Vancouver
RIGHT TO THE CITY DAY 1 - COPS, CONDOS, GENTRIFICATION AND THE ALTERNATIVES
Part one of a two day conference on cops, condos, gentrification and the Alternatives
7:00pm
Friday November 5 2010
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*By Donation, no one turned away for lack of funds*
*Free Food Provided* *Pre-registered Child Care Available*
7:00pm-7:30pm
Introduction – Right to the City, Elder’s Welcome, and Poetry by Bud Osborn
7:30pm-8:30pm Gentrification 101 with keynote Elvin Wyly
8:30pm-9:15pm Debate on future of the Olympic Village
Gentrification impacts communities the world over. In city after city, real estate and rising land values displace existing communities, only to be replaced by high-end condos, unaffordable stores, and poor-bashing organizations.
This conference will open a space for discussion of the role of police and courts in facilitating gentrification, analyze the relationship between art, philanthropy, and developers, and highlight Woodward’s and the Olympic Village as sites of struggle.
The process of gentrification is not inevitable! Communities around the world have been organizing under the banner of “Right to the City” to resist displacement and to take community development into their own hands. East Vancouver is determined to remain an innovative leader in this global movement.
To register for child care, contact: (604)347-0434
For a full schedule of the conference schedule check out: http://www.righttothecity.ca/4101.html
(Don't miss Right to the City Day 2 http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/events/4887)
PANELISTS AND PERFORMERS:
Bud Osborn (Poet)
Cynthia Oka (Poet)
Wendy Pedersen (Carnegie Community Action Project)
Douglas King (Pivot Legal Society)
Cecily Nicholson (No One is Illegal - Vancouver)
Harsha Walia (DEWC Power of Women Group)
Ivan Drury (Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council)
Jeff Derksen (SFU English Department)
Ali Lohan (Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show, Lifeskills Collective, Desmedia)
Kathy Coyne (Community planner)
Am Johal (Impact on Communities Coalition)
Tami Starlight (Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council)
Dawn Paley (Vancouver Media Co-op)
Nicholas Perrin (SFU Against Goldcorp, SFU Teaching Support Staff Union)
Aaron Vidaver (Archivist, editor of Woodsquat book)
Debbie Krull (Moms on the Drive, APC co-founder)
Arlin French (Purple Thistle Centre)
Anthony Meza-Wilson (Purple Thistle Centre)
Lauren Gill (Vancouver Action)
Tonia Zinger
Dave Diewert (Streams of Justice)
Gregory Dean (Vancouver Action)
Ed Durgan (UBC Social Justice Centre)
Nate Crompton (Vancouver Action)
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