June 2014 Minutes

Click through to see the minutes for the June 2014 Regional Council meeting.

Eco-Social Justice Events –

From Streams of Justice, MVA, and assorted sites.

13 Sept

Stand for Social Housing - 12pm – 1pm (http://streamsofjustice.wordpress.com/calendar/)

Where MetroTown Skytrain Station, bottom of the stairs

Description The second Saturday of every month is when we take to the street corners and STAND for social housing.

13 Sept

HIKE FOR THE SALISH SEA

Wilderness Committee event

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 10:00am - 3:00pm

https://wildernesscommittee.org/event/hike_the_salish_sea

17 September 7-9 pm

MVA – Delegates’ Assembly

149 West Hastings Street

Delegations from all MVA member organizations will meet to hear presentations from our four Research Action Teams and give consent to the issues going forward to the Municipal Election Assembly on Oct. 9.

18 Sept – 7-9 pm

MVA – Election Assembly Team

Fairview Baptist Church 1708 West 16^th Ave, Vancouver

Contact Name Margaret Marquardt 604 253-0379

 All teams will meet to plan their work. The Coordinating Committee will meet at 4:00 ahead of each team meeting.

        

"Housing Action Plan for Cities" TOWN HALL MEETING

September 18, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Where 6550 Bonsor Ave, Burnaby (two blocks east of Metrotown Skytrain Station, arts Room, Second Floor

Description The Social Housing Alliance will also be hosting a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Sept 18th that will focus on what cities can do to address the housing crisis in their municipalities. With municipal elections looming across the province, the SHA has put together a document called "Housing Action Plan for Cities" that unpacks various ways cities can tackle the housing crisis.

18 Sept

MINING JUSTICE

When Thu, September 18, 12pm – 4pm

Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Richmond Campus, Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, Conference Centre, Side Description University students across the Lower Mainland have mobilized in response to the University-Mining Industry nexus. What will you do? KPIRG is in KPU Richmond to host a panel on Mining Justice, featuring the UBC-SFU initiative, Stop the Institute. Get informed and involved. When: September 18th at 13:00 More info bellow. https://www.facebook.com/events/261373707396632/

20 Sept

RALLY AT THE USA/CANADA BORDER

Wilderness Committee event

Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Climate Change knows NO Borders - Defence of the Salish Sea is without Boundaries

At Peace Arch, Blaine Crossing.  https://wildernesscommittee.org/event/rally_the_usacanada_border

21 Sept

People’s Climate March and Mobilization – Vancouver – Unceded Coast Salish Territory

1pm CBC Plaza

https://www.facebook.com/events/754576387914695/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

22 Sept

Poverty: Health Hazard for All

7-9pm, Murder by Policy – Poverty Kills: What Can We Do?
Public event at Carnegie Community Centre (401 Main St., corner of Hastings)
Speakers include Mona Woodward (Aboriginal Front Door), DTES Health Practitioners and activists.

23 Sept

Poverty: Health Hazard for All - Impacts and Solutions with Dr. Gary Bloch

WhenTuesday, Sep 23, 2014

WhereSFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St.

Description7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Free but space is limited so please register at bchealth.eventbrite.ca

MC: Anita Huberman, Chair of Surrey Board of Trade

Dr. Gary Bloch has a simple cure for the health problems ailing low-income British Columbians: increase their income. That’s the message that Dr. Bloch, a family physician with St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and chair of the Ontario College of Family Physicians’ Committee on Poverty and Health, will bring to Vancouver on September 23rd. The impacts of poverty on health directly affect 15% of the population of British Columbia, with the poorest 20% having a 60% greater rate of two or more chronic health conditions, when compared to the richest 20%. However, inequality also negatively affects the health of everyone through the breakdown of social cohesion.

25 Sept 5-7pm

MVA – Election Assembly Team

Fairview Baptist Church 1708 West 16^th Ave, Vancouver

Contact Name Margaret Marquardt 604 253-0379

All teams will meet to plan their work. The Coordinating Committee will meet at 4:00 ahead of each team meeting.

27 September

Party Against the Pipelines

When Saturday, Sep 27, 2014

Where A Secret Location, 1 Water Street

Description Party against the pipelines! A carnival for climate justice.

No other info currently available

9 October

MVA – Municipal Election Accountability Assembly

Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan St, Vancouver, BC V5M 3E4

7pm-9pm Contact: Deborah Littman 604 441-8136

The proposals developed by MVA's Research Action Teams will form the agenda for the Municipal Election Accountability Assembly. We will be seeking candidates’ commitment to our proposals and asking them to work with us to make them a reality.