January 15, 2024 Carnegie Newsletter

JANUARY 15, 2024

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Neighbourllood invitc]tion to

DTES Housing Action

Town Hall #4 hosted by tlie Carnegie CommLinity Centre Association Housing Project

ln this session we'll talk about the big changes we are ca_lling on all three levels of government to commit to for changing housing from a system that is fc)cused on profit and control of tenants to a system that is focused on providing basic needs that are decided on in partnership with the tenants and their communities.

Carnegie Housing Project Jan. 25th Town Hall needs your voice abc>ut housing

Do you liave ideas al)out I.ov`r social housing should be managed? What should happen when someone is evicted? Should the fedet.al government fund housing for low-income peoi.le or just pe®p]e earning Over about $82,®oo a year? Why is it taking so long to renovate or rebuild the Regent and Balmoral and why can't `ve tise the site o£ 1:he derelict I)uilding at Gore and Hastings for housing? What could we do to get all levels Of government to inake an actual realistic plan to end I.®melessness?

These are some of tlie questions the Carnegie Housing Pt.eject needs your input on at a To`Irn Hall meeting on Jran. zsth at S:3® pin in the Carnegie Tlieatre. The Project has consulted with low income and houseless people

and groups ttiey are members of to cotne up with our third Set of recommendations: longer term recommendations for the fedei.al, I)rovincial and city government. ilt this Town Hall we'll be talking about changes `ve are calling on all three levels of government to commit to for changing housing from a system that is focused on prorit and control of tenants t® a system that is fo cused on I)roviding basic needs that at.e decided on in partnership with the tenants and their conLniunities.

The first set of recommendations, about `irliat t® do al.out DTE§ homelessness for the winter was sent to our provincial politicians last month.

The second set of recommendations for the upcoming provincial I.udget that were discussed and approved at the last To`im Hall were sent to politiclans this fii®nth.

No`]r it's time for out.

DTE§ community t® come up `]rith tlie last set of recomnLe.]dations. We have a list of draft rec-

ollllnendations to start `nrith I.ut we need your input. At the Towri Hall we plan to have stnall groups of peel)le working on several sets of ideas at the sallie ti.r]e and then come together t® See what `ire can agree ®n at the end.

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Ghosts of the Santa Claus Parade The dowiitown eastside is a kingdom riilecl by a fentanyl god. He's cruel to liis `ubiects. amusing hiinsclf by tv,`isting them like paper clips illto pretzel shapes an(I forcing (hem to \` a]k e.\ es to the ground in submission. Others hc tosses aside in a rage. They play dead, littered about the sldi`\` alL=s l]ke discarded rag do„s.

It \`iould have shocked me once.

Now pity aiid irritatioii mix Lmeasily in my stomach. People think its al\h'ays been this \\ £`} forever \+-hich

sometimes even I forget Ism.t true I close my eyes for a moment as I stand at the biis `tc`p and remonbcr hov,' it was. Suddenly this block springs back to life aroulid me, as if I'd opened thi` pagi` lit a brightly illustrated pop lip book, magically restored to a land of plenty. A joyous place where reindeer p[a} theii` ri`indi`cr games in a department store displa}J window, the sidewalks filled with throngs of cheerful people milling about dolng their lio] iday sliopping. Opening my e}'es 1`m brought back to the grim realit,v of the present da,v` looking at an urban wasteland in a land cursed. Namia in the grip o+` a perpetual Winter, waiting for a Christmtis that never arrives. Tt's a depressilig thought biit I remiml mysc.]f that even N.imid's curse was lifted with Asldns return. Anythilig can happen i+`you belie`'e in it enoiigh.

I open the door of tlie wardrobe and board the R5 biib just arrived, brightly lit and spotlessly clean within.

It looks like dL ciilerpillar \\'ith Its accordian middle, Its a brand new bus and thc pride of tlie fleet, with state of the iirt hydraulic lift technology, b`iilt low to the grouiid with its doors opening at curb level to make it wheelchair iiccesbible. Unfortunalcl,v its an accessibility which comes iit the price c)f stflbi]ity' I quickly dlscover. especiall}' if }roiir st:tnding like I am. The passengers are so violently tossed around whenever tlie bus starts or stops its like tra\ielling in a sti`gecoach along the Oregon Trail.

This bus however travels dowii I lastiiigs Street, following along the same route ot` long forgotten Santd Cla`is par:}i]es. They were an anniial cvcnt for decades hilt disappeared along with the dcpartmellt stores tliat sponsored them which aren.t i`roiin(I anymore either. Former retail giants with names like Woodwards, Eatolls alld Simpson Seal.s which once i]pon a time had also scr\rcd by their presence to anchor this neighhorhood to commel.ce and civjc pride. Altliough fragments of it remai[i if`yoLi know VI her.e to look ami what to look for I can still t-aintly see the ghosts of 19271ining the btrL`cl, parents watchillg o\'er their excited children, small ham(ls outstretched for the candy caiies being tossed to them fl'om Santa`s passiiig float. We pass these ghosts from C`hristm:`s past unseen. Thc.ir fu]] atteiition is on a phantom mirching band of tin soldiers trailing behind the biis.

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CommunihI v` :is born in the DTES and lived here off and oil until I \v{is 9. Th.it was when I moved ti> Richmond and lived in subsidi7,ed housing there. I remember one thing that really' bothered me: the community centre thi`rc \\as not \\i'hat I cxpcclcd. It wasli't liki` Camcgic` or Britamiia. There \`Jasn't iiiuch community there £1t all. It wasjust a pldce where }'ou coiild take cldsses. Maybe othc;`r pcoplc f`ouiid community there but I never did.

Thcrc was a lot I clijoycd about Rlchmond, but I was eager to mo\/'e back to Vancouver. When I was in m}' early 20s, I mc>ved to an apartmi`nt near Granvillc and Brc>adwa} . 13ut this wasn't ''Vancoiiver" the way I knew-it. Sure. there \`'ere streets with shops and places lo visit, which made it different froln Richmond But iiol)ody seemed interested in forming a community. So in that sense, it was like I was still liv-

ing in Richmond.

Since then I have 1 i+'ed in different neighborhoods of vancouver :in(I I ]ivc.d in Calgary t`or a while too.

But nov`''hcre did I 1`ind the sei`se of.community that I remembered. I started to think jt was sometliing I had j`isl made up as a kid. But in the last couple of years` I liave been volunteering at Camcgie, and I feel certaiii now that I wasn-I just making it all up. Thcrc really is Such a thiiig as community, and it is still here at Cariiegie and ill the DTES.

I+ere is why I say Ciimegie and the DTES have a real seiise of community People are gcnuiliely opeii and frielldly You can talk to people at the bus stop. Within Carnegie, people know how to bring you into a conversation They aren`t shy of strangers. People will spontancous]y do kind thiiigs for each olher like tidy up, give gifts to strangers, and help out people who seem to bc in trouble O\-erall, there is :i scnsc that every one of us has the powc.r to niake this community a little bc"cr. and every time \ive do, it.s sometliiiig that otliei. people can see and apprcciatc.

Carnegie and the DTF,S are sc>metliing different, and \ve sho`ild treasure that a thousaiid times over--a huiidred tliousand times over.

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The Sufl.cring I)City b}' Bill H. The criicifix, a stark symbol of a God liiadc flesh, enduriiig uliiiliagin{ible p.Tin and sacrifice. is often seeli as the ultimate expression of the suffering deit}J And while Christ]anit\ lias undoubtedly sha|)ed our un(Ierstanding of this theine, it's vital to recogiiize ttiat the "tortured gctd" ari`he(ype traiiscends the boun(Iaries of any single religion. It whispers througl` ancient myths and resonates \+ ithin di\'erse theologiciil frallleworks, offeriilg prot.ound insights into our rL`1ationship with the divine and tlle complex interplii} I)etwccn su ffering, sacrifice, ancl redemption.

In Aztec ni}1bo]ogy, Quetzalcoatl, ttic feathered serpent god, embodies wisdom ai]d renewal. He famously sacrificcs himself on a p}Tc, transfomiing into the moming stal. Veiius. This act symbolizes selfaliiiihilation and rebirtli, the cyclical iiature ot` 1i±`c and death, alid the colistant potential for rene\i/'al within the cosmos.

Norse mythology paints a poigiiant picture of Baldr, the radiant god of beauty aiid imiocencc. felled by mistletoe, the oiily chink in his otherwise inviilnerable armor. His death plunges tlie world into \\Jinter's icy` grip, yet prophecies whisper of his eventual returi]. ushering in a new age of spring and \`iarmth. Here7 suffering becomes a catalyst for triinsformation, a promise of renewal amjdc,t the darkness.

In Hinduism, Vishnu. tlie prescrvcr god, embodies bc>ui`dless compdssion. His avatars, Rama and Krishna. endure exile, war, and the weight of hiimali pan. Fveli in his cosmic form. Vishnu rests upon the ser-

pent Ananta, symbol i7ing the e\.er-present uiidercurrent of suffering within creation. For Hindus, Vishnu's trials remind us that divinit}. grapples with the woTld's woes. offering solace alid ho|)c amidst the struggles of liiiman existelicc.

Aiiciclit Egypt offers the m}1h of osiTis. the god of the afterlife, brutally disiiiembered and scattered by hisjealoiis brother. Yet, his devoted wife lsis mctieulousl}r giitliers his frogments, breathing life back into him, not for this wol.I(I, btit as ruler of the un(lcrwurld. Osiris's suf-

fering highlights the transformative power of love and perseverance, even in the face of death.

Thc.sc are but a few threads in the rich tapestry ot`thc suffering deity. From the frozen plailis of Norse m}tlic>logy to the `im-drenclied lands of Mesctamcrica, each ciilture echoes a universal truth: divinity is not immune to suffering. It grapples with loss. endures hardship, and sacTifices for the sake of creation, redemption` or the cyclical dance of life dud death.

To vlcw the suffei.ing deity solely tlirough the li`Iis of Christianity is to miss the chorus o±` voices rising from across the globe. It is to deny the universalit)' of huiiiaii expericncc, the shared an`ietics

and aspiratiolis that bind us together in the face ot` a vast and often uncaring lmiverse. By recogtiifing the ubiquity of this theme, \+7e opeii ourselves to a deeper `mderstaiidiiig ot`the human condition, the complexities ot` existence, and the divc`rsi` w'ays in whicli we

gTdpple with the mysteries of sufferiiig and re(]emptioii.

B.C.'s chief coroner exits, frustrated and disappointed with government.s response to toxic-drug crisis Lisa Lapointe says health emergency is becoming increasingly politicized as death

rate set to hit record level Dlrk Meissner I The C;3nadi{^jn r`It^.i5s . Pos[ecL I)ec 1Sr ?023 8.00 AM PST I List Updated: I?`ecember 16

Brlticih Columbia's chii'f coroner Lisa Lapointe s.1} s she's a liopefill person. but she is leavlllg her olTlee ri.ilstratcd anii dlsappointed. Angry, even. \``ith dr`ig overdose deatlis expect€c] to h].t record le\'els this Veclr.

Tlie B.C. C'oroners Ser\'ice issiicd a ublic safetv wamin Wednesday, citing increases in overdosc deaths "above earlier indications," \``hen 189 deaths were reported in October.

Lapointe has I)Cell at the forefront of the province's battle against toxic drug overdoses for yeiirs, but she sdjd the public health emergency that \vas dcclarcd in April 2016 never reccivcd a "a co-ordinated response commensurate with the size of.this crisis."

Karen Ward, a drug polic}' analyst alid Dowiitowii Lzistside resident, talked about Lisa Lapointe's legacy :is the corolier looks Set to retire in the new year. Instead, she larnented a "one-off, beds and projects" response to the emergency that the B.C`. CclToners Service says has claimed more than 13,0()() lives in the past 71/2 years.

"We see ttlese ad hoe iilinouilccmcnts but sadly what we haveli't seen is a tlioughtful, evldence-based, data

-dri\'cn plan +`or how we are going lo reduce the nuliiber of deaths in our province," Lapointe said in an interv lew MondayLapoi,lte. who relircs in FebrLia

said she \`'as particularl}' worried about what she feared was the creep ot` pol itics iiito vital public health decisioiis surroilnding overdose policies. She \`'ondered \`''hether lhc

govcmmi`iit even read a recent coroners scrvjce death review pdnt`l report that I.ecommendcd providing controlled drugs to pcop]e without prescriptions. ment last month, momcn{s before Lapoinle had an ected bv the The proposal \`ii]s i±q±p§di opportunity to present `hc coliclusions at a iiews conference.

"It's hard. especially no\v. There are a lot of ideologies battling over tliis lt's become a \Jcry political lsslle, iinfortimatel}J," ljapointe said.

Minister sa.v-s cc)mprehensive response re(iiiired I lealth Minister Adrian Dix said he has I.ead the dedth review panel rE.I)ort.

"When the coroner issiies reports on whate`'er sub.iects. they get detailcd attention at ever,v lc`-el," lie said.

The government ullderst,inds an(I knows fl "com|)rehensive response" is required to address B.C.'s ongoing overdose crisis. Dix said Wednesdfl}i.

"In no area of liealth care have we €idded resources, added staff more [than] in the area of iiiental health

ancJ addictions," said Dix "The coroner'sjob is an ej\lrcmcly difficultjob am] as somcolie who's reflected oli a]id worked on and cligagcd with families on these issues for a few years,1 iindersland that rl,apolnte] would be frustrated."

Ldpoinlc has had an "exti.emely positive impact" i]nd "made a real colitribution," Dix said.

Health Minister Adrlfln Dix said the death panel report that rccomiTiended a non-prescribcr model c)t` safe supply, like every report iss`icd by the coroner, received 'detailed attention at every le\'el.'

Lapointe said that instead of dbatlng, the crisis is poised to ha\'€ its dcadl]cst year yet.

"Wc kiiow that last ye.ir \ve hiid almost 2,400 deaths and this year \ve are likely to see it e`i'en higher," she siiid. "This ,vcar is looking to be the worst yedr ever ill terms of lives lost to driig (oxicity."

I+Tor months, the NDP govcmmcnt has faced opposition chdllengcs abc>ut its safe-suppl}r initiatjves aliiid concerns aboilt drug use in piiblic areas and police investigations of guvcrnment-funded organifatic)ns

providing illegal drugs obta]i`ed t.`rom the underground market.

Police said search waITants were cxccuted at the Vcancouver office of the Driig User Liberation Front

| DULF), which had been buying, testing and distributiiig drugs in an effort t`) pre\ient o\ erdose li` were arrested. and liundreds came out in su ort of the organization. deaths. Two "T}uying drugs from the dark web, supporting organized crime, is not life-saving work. It actiially puts police and the public at risk," Opposition B.C. Ullited Leader Kevin Falcon said in the legislatilre after the

police si`arch and arrests. Premier Dav id Eby said the govemment's contract to prct`'ide funding to DULF \\ as terminated. "Even thougli they were doing that jmportaiit life-saving w-ork, they \`'ere breaking the law-and we ciin't htive it." hc said.

It was against this bacLdrop that the death review panel Issued ]ts Nov. I report. It estimated 225,()()0

people in B.C. were using unregiilatecl drilgs but fewer than 5,000 people a inoiith had prescriptions to receive safe-Supply drugs.

It said a fundamentally diffi`rcnt approach was needed to save lives because "incTcmental increcises in cxistiiig inter`Jentions" weren't likely to make much of an impact.

Michael Egjlson, chair of the p:inel, said its first recommendation was that an applicatioti be made to the federal govcmmci`t for an exemption to lhc Contrc)]]ed Drugs and Substances Act to allow accec,s to opioid and stimulant drugs without a prescription.

The B.C. gc)vemment wiis having none of it.

"I cannot acci`pt the priinary recommendatioiis of this report to piirsue a non-prescribcr model of safer supply." said Jermifer Whiteside, B.C.'s minister of meiital liealth and nddictiolis, in a letter to Lapointe issued miiiutes before her scheduled news conference on the report.

\ Lipointc doubts the report got due coiisideration "I think for government to dismiss those recoinmendations out of hand ... I'm liot e\ieli sure they read tl]e / report as the response came back so qiiickly," she said.

She said she believ ed il w-as "`'ery mucli a political respolise" and to this day tlie govemlnent has not prol vide(I any rcspoiise at}oiit it to hc`r o±`fice.

Lapointe said she was saddened biit woli't stop supporting cl`forts to re`Jerse the overdose crisis.

I,isa Lapointe sa}rs she understands that safer drug supply is controverc;ial and seemingly contradictor}', but defends the work by a deatli I.eview p:tnel showiiig how it can bc doiie safely in the province, outside the health-care system.

She said she loclks to former B.C. chief coroners like Vincc Cain, who chi`mpictiicd treatment over cl`iminal charges for pectple struggling with addictjon, and Larry. Campbell. who led the charge for safe consumption sites.

"I'm not by liature a negative person and I like to be hopeful3 and I think that's what frustrates me," Lapointc said.

"I want to be hot)eful that we can turn this crisis arouncl and I lhink it takes coilrage, and I'm ever hopeftil oiir political leadel.s whether elected or not will at soliie point rccogiil7e [itJ," she siii{].

"lt sounds naivc, but we need to collabol-ate irwc trul}' want to reduce the sut`fering th.it we're sccing and

the deaths \ve are expcrici]cing."

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From tne Library ljasl moiith tlii` libr{iry screened a coilple of Nation`il

Film Board sh(trts: LModc.ril Goose and Sitvereign ±!gj!, whicli ask the qiLestion: L`Wrhat (lo Car`adi:in

best-lo\/led wintc.r birils. Eacll bii.d is illilstrated in

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We're a few uei-Its p:]st the winter so]>lice, a sigllitlcaiit time t.tf yeai. for many Niit onl} mrkil`g \hi` longi`st d.iy ot` the year, it is also

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of Dan .`i)n {lt} ` Yiikon, Da`Jid Ciirtis. Sov.c're/.gH St?I./ is im ode to tlie beauty (it` this ferocious. I.eniote

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I loc)Led tlirough oiir catalogue \\'ith a simple se,irch c)t` "winlcr birds," to fiiiil tt]e following: "BI.rd`. I./I i+'illler: Slir``iving tlie nlost Chulleligiilg Seiisol. ty Roller Piisquii`r is ltie first b()t)k de`'oted to ttii. ceulu-

g) i`nd beha\/ Ior or birds duri]ig tlil` mo`t challenging season. Birds remaiiiiiig in regions with colcl u eatl`er tT\\i`t cope with ITlui`h sliorlcr days to filid food and shelter e\'en a` the}' need to a`'oid I)rcdators iilld >tii}

\\.irill tllri)ugli the long iilghts. whilL` migrants to tlic tropics miist in into ver}' dit-t`ei.i`nt t'cos.\ `teiiis find cilillmum`ies I)l` resident I)irds. Fillei] with eletiant I inc dra\+'mgs by artist alid illiistrator Margai`ct La fargi`` Biril.s in W inter desi.ribes how winter inllucnccs the lives of bii.ds t`iom tlie poles to tile i`qtiii\oT." I pickpd this `tiie bL`ca`]sL` I wiis caught (tn thc` phrase '.challenging se£`son" an(I w[1s instantl}' col`si(1i`riiig

hot+ this tiine of}Jear -the \``inter -Is ublquitoi]s with l.htllll,nge.

I lt'iimt t`rolTi a colleagiie` wll(i just so liappens to bi` a birder, tl`at there is i` teriil for thiit fit.st eiicoiij`tcr

uitli a bil.(l` it gi]teway bird if ,you will. A "sparL bird " I)o }'oii ha\ e a spark biril in } ctiH` I.epi`rtoiri`? Tlie w ill-

ti`r mitliths i`tt`er the perfect opp`irtuni(y fol-us t`t bcCome bettel acqilainted with o\ir ftivitrite birds. ^s tJie}r forage in giirdeiis for sccds aml berrles, wc i]rc

glfted with the chance to v atch from the coml`itll of oiir hi)mes, £`nd lcam iTiore :`bout their bi`havior €ind

special char`ictcristics, Check oiit ll'i.ii/cr #t.rf/.f I)y Lar J(tllsson ill lliis stuniiilig book. one of the wt)rld's lincsl bircl artists. I ,ars Jol`sson` e\i)lore` J0 of Sweileli's

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Gifts of Madness

1'enlicton Art Gallery, Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival` Connection Salon, Tempest Tlleatre & Film Society, and Gallery Gachet Diie February 15, 11 :59PM.

To Apply: google gdchi`t org Gallery Gachet has partnere.1 with Penticton Art Gallery` Ignite the Arts. Tempest Tlieatre & Film Society, VoJces with Impact. Connection Saloii. Commuliity Arts Council of vancouver. itlid Woi`kman Arts "Rendc7vous w ith Madness" r`estival to proiidly I)resent .`GIFTS OF MADNF,SS`' -a groundbreaLing Mud Pride mental health-themed art exhibition.

GIFTS OF MADNESS transcends llie boulidaries of a traditional art exhibition lt is a celebratioii of Mad Pride, a movcnient tliat fearlessly eiiibraccs the cliallenges ot` mental health. Ciiraled by the renowned Ka-

gali Goh, the exhibition endeavors to illuminate tlie multifaccted natul.e of the mental health experieJice, navigatiiig the spectrum from negative to positive and exploring all shades in between.

GIFTS OF MAL)NESS exteiids an open invitation to artists within the mad arts/disability arts moveinent, ellcouraging both emergillg and established creators to apply across all artistic mediums. rl his multlmedia. imlltidisciplHiar}' exhibition will feature a diverse array of cxpfessions, iTicluding photography, panting. drat+ling. installation, sc`ilpturc, video, film, readings, and live performnces by stand-up colnedians, mu

cians, spoken v\/Tord artists, storytellers, and theater artists. The exliibition pr.omises to illuiTlinate the pei son

al stories of these Inad artists, exploring theirjoumc} s from victims to s`irvivors and, `iltilnately, to act]vF ists.

"Like snowflakes, good friends are D()WN |TOVv' N DAYS

unique. They are all gorgeous and unique." Quote from unknown person.

I have tracked the open road steppcd into a yellow meadow l`ouiid iny sanity amongst the small leaves w-ild like a beckoning thunderstorm

I have held a lonesome hand alid felt the depth of a remorseful life because tliese are thc places I have cried

when the curious eyes of November sau'' right through me behind a dumpstcr at Oppenheimcr Park with rocks groum big with weeping as tears edged their way out Close To The Bone

in great enthusiasm when once I smiled

All I got is this shopp]ng carl lt holds evel?-thing I ovyn

ordinary smiles, sitting iTi my father's house

I guess tliat you coulct sa}' I live clobc. to the bo]ie

Sometimes I reallv won(ler How I got to bc 1 iki` (his Biit thei.e miist liave been

Something that this boy has in lssi`(I Most iiights I bleep in the park ill lily old and leaky tcnl

An(I I eflt at the Sally Ann

\then m}' monc} 's a.ll been spent I I.ea]ly don't haow i+`thiT]gs

W'ill get aT].v better

Biit one thing for siirc is I aili't no high-ste|)ping slrutter Yeah,I.Just kci`p a hangi]ig on ln the best \\a}' that I can But rjubt gitt to say that 1{ takes a toll oil a iTiaii B`il if}o`l can7 mister

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