The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and British Columbia Union of Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) filed a complaint to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Chief and brought to public attention what racialized communities have been saying for years: police unfairly target Black and…
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Fighting police power across Turtle Island: Lessons from Oakland’s Anti…
The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition based in Oakland…
Public Protest for Housing Justice in the Downtown Eastside
On Tuesday May 1st, members of Our Homes Can't Wait (OHCW) coalition staged a public protest by blocking entrances…
Rwandan Millennials Remember the Tutsi Genocide, 24 Years Later
Saturday, April 14, 2018 - on a sunny afternoon, the Rwandan community of Metro Vancouver commemorated the 24th…
Liberation, Decolonization, Gacaca – Reflecting on the Rwandan Genocide, 24…
A Rwandan proverb says; “God sleeps in Rwanda.” But on the evening of April 6, 1994, God was so disgusted with the…
BC’s real housing crisis revealed in Maple Ridge: Standing in solidarity with…
On Thursday May 4, I went to visit a tent city in Maple Ridge, which was erected a week before the BC election.…
Rebuilding Hogan’s Alley through the Black community’s struggle for historical…
Hogan’s Alley was the only Black neigbourhood that existed in Vancouver’s history. Its official name…
City launches more temporary housing on the eve of Quality Inn mass evictions
Vancouver’s first modular housing building, a housing model borrowed from mining companies, is set to open in…