August 15, 2017 carnegie newsletter

401 Main Street, Vancouver BC V6A 2T7 604-665-2289 email: carnnews@shaw.ca Website/catalogue: carnegienewsletter.org

Jean Swanson for City Council

Jean Swanson for City Council Listen:

Jean began as a single parent with two kids poor people - and single moms in particular - are treated.

It's heart-breaking and gives rise to simmering anger at the discrimination, the poor-bashing and the lookdown-your-nose attitudes of those who have even relatively obscene amounts of money/power.

Jean has spent her entire adult life in the struggle for real social justice. She met Bruce Eriksen while slinging beer at a local bar, and obviously impressed him with her personal integrity in making it clear to the boss/bartender that it was not okay to overserve the . old guys, bleed them for whatever meager amounts of 1 money they might have, then just roll them out the I, door at closing time. The tip of the iceberg. .

Jean began to work with Libby Davies & Bruce as I more & more of the ills of living in this area became 1 issues; organising showed no one was alone in their .I fights with slum lords, bad housing, street safety and the need for dignity. The Downtown Eastside Residents Association was born & took on the same slum- . lords, exposing what they had been getting away with. ~ People dying by the score as firetrap rooming houses & hotels.had no sprinklers; people being robbed (either legally or illegally) and developers skirting any rule or regulation they could just to make another buck. Sound familiar?

The point of all the organising and community input was and remains to resist, to fight back and hope for real changes. Most often you lose or make no difference, but every struggle is worth it.

One of the successes in the first several years for these 3 leaders included getting the closed/boarded up Carnegie Library transformed into the Community Centre, the most-used (and most envied) in Canada.

The myriad difficulties of being economically poor ! kept Jean organising, forming End Legislated Poverty ! at the time of the Solidarity movement against Bill Bennett's government. ELP was a coalition of antiil poverty activists & groups throughout BC. It was ELP that fought for 6-7 years to finally get a school lunch I1 program for kids trying to learn on empty stomachs. It I was the idiot Vanderzalm that opined, "These hungry kids must be throwing their lunches away." The sheer stupidity would make any low-income parent cringe: the idea that there wasn't enough money for thousands of families to both pay rent & have sufficient foo~ ford a month was an idea 1that couldn't find any room 111 t11.

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Jean developed equanimity and patience over the years, knowing that sudden & headline-grabbing. change is just in the movies; long-lasting change IS the result of persistence in organising and action. Selfdeprecation is useful not in convincing yours~lf that you are no good or that you don't matter, but 111 honestly asking "What did I1we do wrong & what can I1we do better," when results are not optimal.

Jean held the position of President of the National Anti-Poverty Organisation for some years and has continued to be involved in the ongoing struggle to make welfare & pension rates livable. Her involvement with the Raise the Ratescoalition is years-long.

Jean is the author of a ground-breaking book Poorbashing: The Politics of Exclusion. It is required reading and part of course material at several uni~erssities and colleges, especially in the fields of SOCial Work and Urban Geography.

For the past several years Jean has been the volunteer coordinating the Carnegie Community Action Project.

The work is to raise awareness and fight for social justice both in the Downtown Eastside and throughout Vancouver. Issues of housing, homelessness, development without inclusion, mixed-income gentrification, renovictions, racially & class-discriminatory slumlord barriers and all the woes around income assistance occupy the attention ~f Jean and her eo-workers.

A small (in Jean's eyes) recognition of her life's work came recently when she was made a member of the Order of Canada.

And now, at the age of74, Jean Swanson is running as an Independent for a seat on Vancouver's City Council. By now you might think this writer's pretty biased, given that Jean & I have shared an office for years. Well, yeah, I have met very few individuals in my life who have the integrity and moral courage Jean quietly (and otherwise) displays. Please ensure you are registered to vote and cast a ballot for Jean Swanson in October. Thank you.

By PAULR TAYLOR PS: This is a good story to mark the 31st anniversary of the Carnegie Newsletter. The website numbers August 15, 2017 as the 723rd, plus 51 editions of Help in the Downtown Eastside over 26 years.

Signs of the Times

across North America hand held pieces of cardboard crudely lettered or painstakingly printed express the lived poetry of poverty no home nojob no money no food and name preventable diseases untreated because of inability to pay for relief or healing signs

their sheer physical presence their faces their eyes their likeness pierce our entertainments pierce our wastefulness our priorities our conscience a blind man home less holds a sign and sees through us so deeply and clearly we can't stand it

please help God bless you have a good day God bless please help

demand public space be made private and these I i\ ing signs driven elsewhere anyw here nowhere by more by !av.s by more police

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but they want Ill) money for alcohol they want Illy money for drugs give to all whu ask but there's too many of these signs that disclose and subvert by their very understatement the social exterrn ination of human beings

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more censorship or human beings who ho Id these signs of the limes because they ho Id them fOI' us all

from the Library The next time you visit please anticipate our new historical photos display! A big thank you to the "Friends of the VPL" and VPL's Special Collections depart'ment. If you would like to explore more photos from back-in-the-day, check: www.vpl.calhistoricalphotos.

This edition contains eclectic books and movies recommended by you - regular library patrons sharing their latest selections.

Confessions of an Ayahuasca Skeptic: finding enlightenment in Iquitos, Peru (2014) by D.W. Walker.

Known for his impeccable research and candid descriptions, Walker takes on the mythic ayahuasca and its hallucinogenic hype while living in Peru.

God in my Head: the true story of an ex-Christian who accidentally met God (2016) by Joshua Grisetti.

A strange story of an accidental overdose, which leads to a miraculous experience, providing the author with profound answers to age-old questions. Not your typical "heaven tourism" book.

Monster Hunter (Chinese DVD - 2015). This fantasy film which is part animation was a huge sensation in China. It's set hundreds of years ago in a time when monsters existed, but were banished. The monster , queen, with the "help" of a human father, produces an infant and both human and monster hunters try to kidnap the creature.

Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV series). A patron recently performed the "Dead Parrot" skit featuring John Cleese, and we ¡eminisced about how painfully clever Monty Python was. VPL has them all on DVD! Prisons We Choose to Live Inside by Doris Lessing (1986). A CBe Massey Lectures collection, where Lessing challenges her reader to rise above mob thinking and brain-washing that has led to a pattern of destructive behaviour from WWII to soccer riots. A clear and thought-provoking plea for humanity.

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake (2003) by Samuel Bawlf. This book reveals a secret mission where the famed explorer between 1577-1580 tried to discover the fabled Northwest passage, which Queen Elizabeth I did not allow him to reveal- a mystery that was hidden for 400 years.

Your librarian, Natalie

~ August 19, 26 ~ 2 Saturdays 1 play to read "The Ecstasy of Rita Joe" written by George Ryga (1932-1987)

Join in ,.. 1pm-4pm Aug 19 & 26 - Carnegie Theatre Fifty years ago, in 1967,

The Ecstasy of Rita Joe premiered at the Vancouver PLayhouse and is considered

by

many to be the most important EngliSh-Language pLay by a Canadian pLaywright. The drama was one of the first pLays to address issues reLating to Indigenous

peopLes and

teLLs the story of a young native woman who finds that she has no pLace in either the city or with her own peopLe. Participate

in the pLay reading and discussion.

Free, everyone welcome!

No experience necessary For more info: Teresa 604-255-9401 thirteenofheartstiihotmail.com

Priscilla Died Today

From the Carnegie Centre Director The Carnegie Community Centre is one of the oldest buildings and one of the most used Community Centres in Vancouver. Within the Centre exists the "one and only" Carnegie Kitchen, which serves over 280,000 delicious meals a year. The Carnegie Centre's kitchen and concession will undergo a muchneeded renovation this fall, which requires both areas to be closed completely. The Centre and the kitchen will still be open and, for the most part, it will be business as usual, with a few necessary adjustments.

Here are some of the highl ights & impacts: o Beginning in October 2017, the Carnegie kitchen will be undergoing major renovations.

0' The renovations are anticipated to take a minimum of3 - 4 months. ~ . On-site food service will continue during renovations. We are aiming for no disruption to our food service - fingers crossed! o The menu will feature new and exciting items. and will continue to feature nutritious, '~holesome and affordable choices. o The current serving area will be closed due to renovations. Food will be cooked off-site, and served and sold in the gymnasium.

Cl The dining room will remain open for patrons

It had been a lovely sunny Sunday I stopped to smoke ajoint At the Mass at St. James Thinking to have a drink at the Empress My regular watering hole.

Then I heard the tragic news Only forty-five years old Younger than my youngest son A victim of those new designer drugs We thought or speculated.

Peut etre : Who would know for sure The day changed As every thought & action became tinged By the black hole in our lives A bright & shining light extinguished Our own lives diminished.

She spoke her own language And proud she was, loyal and remembered kindnesses She respected the traditions of her people And those of others Now I am awake at 3 a.m.

Still unbelieving my friend is gone.

to eat in. o The gym will be unavailable for recreation or sports programming during the renov~tions. Staf~ are looking at relocating programs or adding alternative opportunities wherever possible. o Staff are looking at creative options to continue Volunteer Dinners and catering for other important events. o Volunteer coordinators will help find other volunteer opportunities for kitchen and recreation program volunteers.

[J There will be minor / short impacts on the 3rd floor of the building.

I thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation. I will continue to inform all of you with updates in the newsletter and on signage posted within the Centre.

Sharon Belli, Director Carnegie Community

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Our 2nd annual Women's Fair is happening this summer, promising a vibrant atmosphere, lively entertairunent and fun for all. Come by on a Saturday and find yourself a treasure, enjoy a treat, & support the women of the Downtown Eastside. Hosted by the DTES Women's Centre and the City of Vancouver.

Avec la beaute dans les yeux Tu voie comme la vie est belle Et la partout ou tu vas la chaleur du monde qui t'antoure Te facillite la vie et la tentation que tu recherche Mais Ne te don ne pas le temps a ton Coeur de dire stop Malgre I'effort de tout les donateurs que tu croise sur ton chemin 11 te parle d'avoir plus dE! discipline et de regarde pour un refuge Avant que la pluie ne vienne et que tu ne voie pas la riviere Et Que la beaute de vie que tu aimerais avoir se change en problem Et que finallement tu te sens prisonnier de cette vie Que tu as choisis de vivre plus intencement Mais tu ne realise pas que tu est morte as I'interieur Car cette vie que tu voiais si belle c'est changer en chaumare Roger Brouillette

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YOU WHO LIVES With the beauty in your eyes You see the treasures in life And everywhere you go the human warmth is all around They help you live and outwit the temptations you see But you don't make time for your heart to say stop They tell you to have more discipline and to find refuge Before the rain comes you can't see the river Life you can bring a down pour of problems Finally you fell yourself in prison What you feel becomes even more intense But you don't realize that you are dead inside The life you could have had would have been a nightmare.

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Music will be composed and performed to complement and incorporate the acoustics of this large reverberant space. The program will include the premiere of commissioned works by Jordan Nobles and Dean Thiessen as well as vocal works from the 16th and 17th century. Known for creating music filled with an "unearthly beauty" (Mondomagazine) that makes listeners want to "close (their) eyes and transcend into a cloud of music" (Discorder Magazine), Jordan Nobles has emerged as one of Canada's finest composers. His piece Immersion won 'Classical Composition of the Year' at the 2017 Juno Awards. A recent graduate of the Jazz Composition degree at Capilano University, Dean Thiessen is a pianist, arranger, and up and coming composer in Vancouver's music scene. Drawing from Romantic and 20th Century composers such as Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Gunther Schuller, Dean strives to delicately and thoroughly construct all his works. Eight of Vancouver's top classical vocalists will fill the Atrium with vibrant music irsrnersing those attending in sounds only possible in such a cavernous space. An open rehearsal will be held in the Atrium before the performance for those interested in seeing music is prepared & rehearsed within a large public space & a short time frame. ;"

The City and The Sea To None the city bends a servile knee; Purse-proud and scornful, on her heights she stands, And at her feet the great white moaning sea Shoulders incessantly the grey-gold sands, One the Almighty child since time began, And one the might of Mammon, born of clods; .

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Canada's Most Censored Story and the man who brought it to light

The work & writing ofKevin Annett have been presented in the Carnegie Newsletter over time. There was a disassociation when he had his radio program removed from Co-op Radio. He broadcast that the RCMP were murderers, guilty of high crimes in their collusion with both churches and governments. Kevin refused to be bound by laws against slander even though the licence to run a radio station can be rescinded for such.

Presented here are promotions for his now-twelve books, as well as a documentary called "Unrelenting" that gives the history as he has uncovered it of Residential Schools and the genocidal abuse perpetuated.

Quotations are from the website at www.createspace.comhiddenfromhistory@gmail.com On

Murder by Decree

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proof that Canada and its churches deliberately

under the guise of education.

Dr. Archibald Sayers "This is the ultimate

exterminated

This work should be in every college curriculum.

tens of thousands of children " - Murder by Decree reviewer

David and Goliath story of official crime and heroic integrity.

by a book." - Unrelenting

reviewer

I have rarely been so moved

Elizabeth Richeson

On A Manual/or Whistleblowers: "I found the Manual an immensely helpful guide for navigating pitfalls and attacks from powerful adversaries.

But it also elevates us beyond the mundane facts of oppression to the higher purpose given to any truth teller.

Every social activisf should have a copy. " - Darryl Connelly, veteran journalist On A History of White People in Canadal

-activist

"Where does this Annett fellow get off calling our honorable Prime Ministers drunkards and robber barons? Not all ofthem were!" - George McLaren, Royal Canadian Legion "Holy shit et mon dieu! I thought

I put out a gag order on that little bastard!"

- former Prime Minister Jean Chretien

On Fallen: The Story of the Vancouver Four Fallen is a personal recollection

and reflection

concerning the lives of four men known to the author, all of

whom died from probable foul play. The men were survivors of the murderous

"Indian residential

Fallen is the human face of Canada's ongoing genocide, written

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twelfth book. Kevin is a renowned Canadian whistle blower who has led the global campaign to expose and prosecute crimes against humanity by church and state.

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The Gift of Curses Like all the evil that sounded so good at the time like auctioning years off of your life why not burn down complete cities it is not as if it were a crime lives disintegrate what a stellar world we have maintained!

Have you seen the newest clothing designers & what they design three-piece non-flammable suits how beautiful to watch others bum god&his own scrape by nothing may be ours but somewhere everything is fine Must have gotten too involved with Penny & took the wrong lane ...

The next solar eclipse happens in April 2024 could my curses be gotten rid of in a humane shape or form life is about giving, giving less or nothing at all what has it given back except criticism pity with people older than me offering their busseat I have not been by birth or accident hideously deformed these curses others would beg for, like a happy face in a sea of Mister Y ucks music is numbers god I love numbers I could probly be the richest accountant by now I have read about those addicted to writing & drugs some move . forward some backward as Mister Death gives out free samples is it we who have become the intruders?

Some of us wake up suddenly with a story to tell that never ends Wow even the gods always mop up then even the score, like a non-future expanding as rapidly as our own universe every piece of everything that is good has only been provided so we can watch it become oh so much worse you have to get in front or fall under & behind good endings never did exist, Like someone who can turn a million words into one sentence how very very wise did you know that graves can accommodate just about every religion drug preference sexual orierflation & size stupidity & racial slurs are settled humanity-wise with a new ten curses do not ask me anything only the gift of making a group of people happy could make other people's lives hell then the gift that launched a thousand fists, Do you get the feeling of seeing myself through other people's eyes fuck right off like the Auschwitz Board game six million voices straining to be heard shut up & hear me out Indifference is in itself a curse living only to make alibis glass houses lie shattered in a sadly woven town full of people that seem to have' been born to be held then eventually dropped off like unwanted babies before you know what is what it's 'play this' for your friends play this for your dinner if you are fateful your gift will buy you dinner watch all

the wishful scatter, like closing arguments for an episode of "Lawn and Order" a dead body of work lays upon a yard of grass with which music nor words could have prevented this all too common end of an enjoyment-filled night yeah sounds pretty awesome another person dead.

Like Plywood Station I guess all skystains need multimillion dollar cures .. this gov't acts like regrets are a disease growing up knowing high that so many others would have taken such curses with extra withdrawal Please I have spent light years avoiding achievement to stand in line to get a meal if not a loaf of brown Cl hate brown) bread. Like "Have Terrorists. Will travel."

So much bad I will not hold my breath I have been to the past & it all comes out destruction 'decay' progress & death I think it is time to go. There are TVs that can tell you how stupid you are yeah just what a depressionist needs sticks&stones may alter my perfonnance as a musician or numericalist but I do not have to succeed words are just that I am about to tell you so.

By ROBERT McGILLIVRA Y "There is no place for a person like me. I know you don't want to be the one to S,'Y I told you so I told you so." G.Fulvimar

Provincial Court Clicklaw Common Questions: "Where do [ start for.."

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Introduction Clicklaw and the Provincial Court of BC have created three pages containing summaries of a few of the most useful online resources in each of the Provincial Court's major areas of work - family, criminal and small claims.

Located online in Clicklaw's Common Questions at Where do J start {or information on ... , they can be handed out, pinned up or referred to online. The printable handouts contain a short URL people can write down or photograph to later access the page and its resources online.

We are asking you to help us let people know about these unique information resources. To make that easy, this kit contains messages to help spread the word on email, social media and blog posts.

Valued customer, your call may be monitored

For coercive quality assurance.

Google eyes and searching engines, and high speed, Direct feed.

Refresh, Refresh, Refresh Control, Alt, Delete Switch user The four steps of the internal combustion engine: 1. Intake 2. Compression 3. Power 4. Monoxide poison I suck tailpipe, walking on the sidewalk Evicted -coerced- out of a home As mad driving eyes accelerate past me I breathe the poison in to my lungs.

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CROWS G>N SNOW What gets you is the colour contrast so black meets so white also their mischievousness from bill to tail oh yes they talk a black streak I've conversed with them often maybe scavengers yet they clean up what we call garbage so don't underrate them, for their minds- be Other They could teach us much If only we would listen!' john alan douglas

Crime Long ago this man lived in Tellier Tower. He lived with his common-law wife. She is from England. Her name is Andrea. Both drink in the West Hotel. One day the man went to the West and he won $500 playing Keno. A strange woman followed him home. She stole his money and murdered him. Next day the people told the police what she looked like and she was arrested.

Beware of people when you have lots of money. Keep it in the bank. To lose his life for $500 is terrible.

MarJene Wuttunee

The Government of Canada is looking for ideas from youth across the nation on how we can reduce poverty in Canada.

The #ReducePoverty in Canada Youth Contest gives young people an opportunity to share their ideas in video, writtenand visual formats.

Selected individuals will have the chance to showcase their entry at a national poverty reduction conference in Ottawa 011 September 28,2017.

Youth have urttil August 21 to submit their projects.

Full contest details are available on our #ReducePoverty in Canada website<http://esdc-consultations.canada.calreducepoverty-contest> .

This contest is part of the Government of Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy I also encourage you to a share your views and ideas on how we can better address poverty across the country. Thank you for your help & good luck to everyone!

Yours truly, The Honourable Jean- Yves Duclos Minister of Families, Children & Social Development [This is here sans computer-links as it may be worth sending ideas to. If you Google Poverty Reduction Strategy a working computer should bring up their website. Ideas of reinstituting laws on sharing and rights - the Canada Health Act for one -, repealed or eliminated by both Liberal (under Chretien & Martin) & Conservative (especially under Harper) governments. I wonder how good a case some kid could make for just taxing the rich?!! -Ed.]

Jenny Kwan, MP

POETRY FOR GENTRY Saw somebody

that looks just like you

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though looking a bit worse for wear walking into 58 West Hastings homeless camp closeness in the gene pool

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Vancouver East NDP Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Critic 2752 E Hastings St Vancouver, BC V5K IZ3 T: 604-775-5800 F: 604-775-5811 Jenny.Kwan@par/.gc.ca

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from cardboard yardage on concrete Missing

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screwed in the genetic lottery epigenetic confusion lack of love in childhood booby trapped for misfortune excessive

love of party-hearty time addictive personality through no fault of one's own falling through the cracks

lacking spark to see better ways a society where profit trumps compassion where real-estate <displace

gentrifiers

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The Sandy Cameron Memorial Writing Contest The community is eager to see writing from denizens of the Downtown Eastside. Whether you live here or halfway around the world, whether once long ago, just here for a few days or maybe you've only heard of the place, having experience with poverty, bad housing or being homeless, drug use/substance abuse, violence & aggression, raising a family amidst any of these, bei ng an artist, a poet, a writer, having a friend who can help get your thoughts on paper ....

The conditions that permeate the lives of each reader are fertile ground for growth.

The structure of the Sandy Cameron Memorial Writing Contest involves, I) reading the guidelines on the opposite page; 2) writing your essay or story or contribution; 3) letting someone whose opinion you respect read what you wrote and listening to their feedback; 4) making a final, readable draft and submitting it in an application envelope at Carnegie's Front Desk.

The deadline is September 15,2017.

Between now and the deadline people are soliciting donations of prizes that can be given to writers. There will be cash awards of$25 for 3'"<1, $50 for 20<1, and a I" prize of $100. The money is coming through the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. Other items being sought are good pens, stationary, journals & gift cards from bookstores, coffeeshops and more.

Do work on yours .. _ do not leave it until the last mrnute. Getting good input frorr~omeone whose opinion you respect is a two-way thing: give them time to appreciate what you've written so their feedback is from the heart and head.

Expect greatness!

PAULR TAYLOR, editor.

THÂŁ. SANDY C.AMÂŁ.RONMEMORIAL WRITIN6 CONTEST ENTRY FORM Please print as neatly as you are able to.

Name of author Contact information:

Today's date Phone

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Guidelines for Writing Contest 1. Writing must be original & not fiction (if plagiarism is recognised the work will be returned).

2. Entry forms, for contact information, are available both at the Community Centre's front desk (Main floor) and from the Newsletter office (2nd floor).

3. Essays are the focus of the event. This means writing in sentences, with grammar and structure attempted. Not in the "free-form" of poetry.

4. Subject matter is open to the individual author. It can be about most anything relevant to readers. The only caveat is in this example: writing about having a pet while having a lowincome or living in a hotel/rooming house is fine; writing about nothing but what kind of food it eats or its colour(s) is mostly just boring. Good examples of essay-writing are most anything by Sandy Cameron, reprints of which are in April & May editions.

5. The length of the essay can be 250-700 words, basically what can be printed on 1 page in the Newsletter.

6. Help with form, sentence structure or grammar, length, flow, etc. can be obtained in various writing venues. There are the Carnegie Firewriters (meeting on Wednesday mornings on the 3rd floor), the Thursday Writing Collective (meeting in Oppenheimer Park) and from tutors & staff in the Camegie Learning Centre.

7. Deadline for submissions is September 15,2017. Results will be announced at a special event during the Heart of the City Festival in October.

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THIS NEWSLETTER IS A PUBLICATION OF THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION Articles represent the views of individual contributors and not of the Association.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Meade

WANTED Artwork for the Carnegie Newsletter

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Small illustrations to accompany articles and poetry.

Cover art - Max size: 17cm(6 1"')wide x 15cm(6")high.

Subject matter pertaining to issues relevant to the Downtown Eastside, but all work considered.

Black & White printing only.

Size restrictions apply (i.e. if your piece is too large, it will be reduced and/or cropped to fit).

All artists will receive credit for their work.

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