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Category Archive: Action

Looking Ahead At 58 W Hastings: Photo Essay

Editors March 6, 2019
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What lies ahead for 58 and the people of the Downtown Eastside? If history has been any lesson, the vision of 58 West Hastings was born and fought for in the streets. Its future cannot be won otherwise.

58 West Hastings, Action, City Hall, Downtown Eastside, Homelessness, Housing, Photo Essay

Downtown Eastside Housing Organizers Occupy 58 West Hastings

Our Homes Can't Wait October 16, 2018


Organizers from the Our Homes Can’t Wait Coalition (OHCW) and homeless residents of the Downtown Eastside have occupied the empty lot at 58 West Hastings. The occupiers at 58 West Hastings will hold a press conference at 4PM. The Coalition has issued the following statement:

58 West Hastings, Action, News

Downtown Eastside Housing Organizers Blockade City Hall

News May 1, 2018

The fight for 58 West Hastings escalates in historic May Day action: “We, the poor and the homeless of the Downtown Eastside will not sit idly as our elected officials deprive us of the housing we need.”

58 West Hastings, Action, Blockade, City Hall, Downtown Eastside, Event, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing, May Day, News, Public Expression

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