Street sweeps are conducted every morning in the DTES. We must end this dehumanizing practice!

The Vancouver Police Department is doubling down on the Trespass Prevention Program by expanding it, despite concerns.

BC's proof of vaccination plan as it currently stands, fails to account for people who will face legitimate barriers to accessing a vaccine card.

BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, Homeless Services Association of BC, and Pivot Legal Society write to address transit poverty and the role of TransLink in eradicating inequity within its ridership.

"Motion B2 assumes that policing is best-suited to respond to a myriad of social and economic issues, rather than grappling with what interventions could be made available through defunding police and investing in community-led crisis intervention."

You can refuse consent for law enforcement to seize or dump your alcohol because it violates your charter rights and undermines harm reduction.

"We are making the difficult decision to cease any involvement with the process. In order to move forward with defunding police while supporting community-led initiatives, police and/or police-adjacent organizations cannot be at the table. "

Legal and community-based organizations submit a formal Service and Policy complaint regarding the Vancouver Police Department’s Trespass Prevention Program (TPP). Complainants are calling for the termination of the TPP and a public accounting of its operations to-date.

June 5 is Access Awareness Day. We wrote a blog on moving from access and awareness to justice and action #SayYesToAccess @SPARCBC

17 residents and worker in the DTES who experienced police misconduct, violence and harassment in the DTES filed official complaints against two police officers with a pattern of abusive behaviour. Read some of their stories in their own words.