Extra, Extra! The new issue of Megaphone out today hands the reporting reins over to graduates of Community Journalism 101, Megaphone’s reporter training program for Downtown Eastside residents. Pick up a new issue from your local vendor today and read all about it!DTES Correspondents: A few of the participants in our Community Journalism 101 program give their perspective on issues as diverse as food security, education, and the arts reporting we feature in this issue.
WISH Grant-ed: Thanks to a new $400k grant from the City of Vancouver, WISH Drop-In Centre Society can expand its space and put more money into programming for survival sex workers.
Austerity Kills: In their new book The Body Economic, David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu argue government austerity measures are killing Europe’s poor, citing a dramatic climb in suicide rates, HIV infections, and injection drug use in countries hit by austerity measures.
Hope In Shadows: Pivot Legal Society launches its 11th annual Hope in Shadows photography contest, focusing on participants love of their community. In addition to cash prizes, the best photos will appear in the 2013 calendar on sale this fall.
Also in this issue: Vision Vancouver and COPE disagree over whether the proposed Oakridge Centre will have the required 20 per cent of social housing; poetry and prose from our writing workshops; arts listings; and more!
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Sean Condon
Executive Director
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