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Members of a Violence-Prone Department brutally killed Myles Gray

Members of a Violence-Prone Department brutally killed Myles Gray - The coroner’s inquest jury classified this death as homicide.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | May 02, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Situating Pivot’s sex workers’ rights campaign within its colonial roots and possibilities for new directions

A human rights-based, intersectional approach to sex work advocacy is an invitation to rethink the ways in which we approach systemic advocacy that supports the rights of sex workers. This will necessarily involve recentering the lived experiences and voices of sex workers, particularly Black, Indigenous and Asian migrant sex worker communities whose work is traditionally erased from public and organizing around sex workers’ rights. Stay tuned for ways to get involved in our upcoming human rights work!
By Simone Akyianu Simone Akyianu | Apr 28, 2023 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

Today, on International Day Against Police Brutality

Honour Their Names, an art exhibit and organizing space presented by #JusticeForJared returns to Gallery Gachet, opening on March 15, International Day Against police Brutality, and runs until March 24, 2023. #DefundThePolice #JusticeForJared
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Mar 15, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Reflecting on the City of Vancouver’s 2023 Budget

Just 10 years ago, the VPD budget was $219.8 million. In the last decade, the VPD’s budget has almost doubled, with little to show in terms of “public safety.”
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Mar 07, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Police out of Politics - Response to City of Vancouver budget 2023

Continuing to overfund the VPD, while people’s most basic needs are not met, amounts to a tacit approval of the havoc the police are wreaking on those made vulnerable by a discriminatory system. #PoliceOutOfPolitics #PoliceOutOfEverything
By Tonye Aganaba Tonye Aganaba | Feb 24, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Pivot to Challenge City of Campbell River’s Anti-Drug User Bylaws at the BC Supreme Court

On February 10, 2023, Pivot Legal Society filed a petition at the BC Supreme Court to challenge the City of Campbell River’s newly adopted bylaws. The bylaws, which directly undermine BC’s new decriminalization policy, were illegally passed and fall outside the scope of local government powers.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

#DecrimInBC – Are you protected? New Rights Card!

On January 31, 2023, BC will decriminalize small amounts of certain drugs for personal possession. Are you protected by the new policy? Download Pivot's Know Your Rights card. #DecrimInBC
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Jan 09, 2023 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

How the VPD Defunded our Communities

The legacies of racialized policing & controls continue to be replicated under expanding police budgets, with devastating impacts of state violence shouldered by Black & Indigenous communities.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Dec 19, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Introduction to Anti-Stigma Campaign: Stigma is a phenomenon with real life consequences for individuals

NEW CAMPAIGN ALERT: Addressing stigma is part of the solution to ending discriminatory policies and bylaws that harm already marginalized communities. From by-laws to provincial and federal legislation we must #EndTheStigma
By Nina Taghaddosi Nina Taghaddosi | Sep 06, 2022 | Blog, Anti-Stigma, Project Inclusion

A mixed ruling from the BC Court of Appeal in R v Ellis

A win for our client, a missed opportunity for law reform - Read our latest blog post: A mixed ruling from the BC Court of Appeal in R v Ellis
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Sep 04, 2022 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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