Canada
(october - november 2003)

The Anti-Poverty Committee
Downtown Vancouver is an appropriate home of the Anti-Poverty Committee whose mission is to benefit the city’s homeless population. Started ten years ago by a group of concerned citizens, themselves homeless, Anti-Pov has been helping people that live on the streets access services such as welfare, homeless shelters, and social housing ever since.

written by Johanne Pelletier and Francis Murchison,
november 2003 , Vancouver, BC, CANADA

 

The BC Hydro affair: A powerful con job
On October 6th, 2003, a rally against the policies of Gordon Campbell’s Liberals took place in downtown Vancouver. Under a gray sky and an autumn rain too few people came out despite the discussion of critical issues that took place. Among others was the privatization of the hydroelectric system, which is a central issue for the BC as well as the rest of Canada.

written by Johanne Pelletier and Francis Murchison,
november 2003 , Vancouver, BC, CANADA

 

WAVAW
Women Against Violence Against Women
In the early eighties, a group of Vancouver women reacted to a situation of exclusion and created WAVAW in order to provide services for all women who are the survivors of sexual assault. Previous services didn’t include sex trade workers, bisexual women, lesbians, or trans-gender women who receive higher rates of sexual assault than other women. The founding mothers believed that all women who survive a sexual assault need to be supported.

written by Johanne Pelletier and Francis Murchison,
october 2003 , Vancouver, BC, CANADA

 

PEDAL
Pedal Energy Development ALternatives
PEDAL is one part responsible for the movement of a mechanism that has multiple parts. It is a mother organization that rides hard for the development and promotion of pedal powered technology use and the ride is just getting started. Other parts that go around with every stroke of PEDAL are Our Community Bikes, Pedal Works, and Maya Pedal.

written by Johanne Pelletier and Francis Murchison,
october 2003 , Vancouver, BC, CANADA