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COMMUNIN FINANCIAL

SERVICES

On Tuesday, May 10 a t noon, t h e r e was a ga ther ing i n t h e o ld bank build- i ng a t Main E Hastings. Glen Clark, Minis te r Responsible f o r B.C. 21, addressed 50-60 people on t h e i n t r o - duct ion today o f l oca l ly -wr i t t en leg- i s l a t i o n t o c r e a t e Community Financi- a l Serv ices i n t he Downtown Eas ts ide .

On paper i t sounds promising - f i n - a n c i a l s e r v i c e s ava i l ab l e t o low inc- ome people..community endeavors t i e d t o l o c a l i n i t i a t i v e s . . a p l ace where people w i l l b e t r e a t e d with d i g n i t y and respec t r ega rd l e s s of t h e source o r l e v e l of t h e i r incomes.

There was much p r i a s e f o r t h e demo c r a t i c method r e s u l t i n g i n t h i s l e g i - s l a t i o n ; and l o c a l r e s i d e n t s seemed pleased. The i d e a l i s t h a t t h i s se rv- i c e w i l l be s e t up i n t h e same p l ace a s t h e meeting - t h e o l d bank bui ld- ing a t t h e corner o f Main 6 Hastings. In both the p re s s r e l ea se and i n t h e a c t u a l l e g i s l a t i o n , i t makes t h i s more genera l , say ing only " in t h e Main G Hastings area."

Clark s t a t e d t h a t depos i t s of over $100 mi l l i on a r e hoped f o r w i th in 5 years , an amount t h a t would make t h e t h i n g s tand on i t s own f e e t without government subsidy. A quest ion asked was whether t he proposed VLC/casino water f ront development money would have any inf luence on t h e f u t u r e v i a - b i l i t y of t h i s f i n a n c i a l t h i n g - i f i t would somehow fo rce the community t o go along wi th t h i s ca s ino i n o rde r f o r ibc.to work? I f the VLC dec ides t o s t a r t i nves t ing some of i t s union pension money i n t o t h i s community f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e , would t h a t no t t hen give it a lea ther - lunged voice i n making i t / f o r c i n g i t t o compromise on what goes on the water f ront ... ?

'The worst p o s s i b l e scenar io would be VLC g e t t i n g so much inves ted t h a t i f i t chose t o , i t could t e l l t h e comm- u n i t y t h a t e i t h e r we go along with t h e i r c a s i n o / d e s t i n a t ion t o u r i s t r e s - o r t on t h e water f ront o r they w i l l p u l l a l l o f t h e i r money ou t a t once and des t roy t h e e n t i r e tommunity f i n - a n c i a l s e r v i c e .

Clark s a i d t h e r e was "nothing" i n t h e way of a connection between t h e cas ino t h i n g and t h e community f inan - c i a l s e r v i c e .

By PAULR TAYLOR

C - A c love of g a r l i c a day, (chopped up i n a teaspoon of o i l )

- w i l l keep away colds t h e f l u - is well-known t o prevent cancer

' - Vegetables a s x a n c e r preveatlorsc - - cabbage, c a r r o t s , b r o c c o l i , cau l -

f lower and onions (Vitamin C is important a s wel l )

- S l a x o i l ; 2 - 3 teaspoons a day w i l l h e lp prevent h e a r t a t t a c k

- I f you have emotional swings dur ing ovuiaaion o r before your per iod , t r y evening pr imrose o i l . . i t l l l even swings o u t .

Bankinq in the Downtown Eastside

There a r e c u r r e n t l y a t l e a s t t e n char te red banks, one t r u s t company and one c r e d i t union wi th in a few blocks o f Main and Hastings. The only requirement t o open an account is proper i d e n t i f i c a t i o n - e.g. BC I.D. and s o c i a l insurance card.

The m i n i s t r y of Socia l Serv ices is mandated by t h e i r own r e g u l a t i o n s t o he lp t h e i r c l i e n t s t o o b t a i n t h i s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , and t o pay f o r t he complete s e t , s t a r t i n g with t h e B i r th C e r t i f i c a t e .

There a r e a t l e a s t 4 cha r t e r ed banks i n t he a r ea which o f f e r s e r v i c e charge- f ree b a s i c sav ings accounts which can be used t o cash cheques o r t o depos i t and withdraw money without having t o pay any charges a t a l l .

The only o b s t a c l e t o anyone o?ening an account i s t h e amount o f t ime it t a k e s t o apply f o r and r ece ive t h e necessary p i eces of i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

The min i s t ry o f Soc ia l Se rv i ces has solved t h i s problem f o r i t s c l i e n t s by s e t t i n g up a voluntary s p e c i a l photo I . D . grogramme which i s a v a i l - ab l e t o any o f t h e i r c l i e n t s who r e - quest it. This ghoto I.D. i s provided t o t h e cha r t e r ed bank o f t h e c l i e n t ' s choice and se rves t o i d e n t i f y them f o r t he purpose of cashing Soc ia l Assis tance cheques.

In he lp ing people i n t he neighbour- hood t o open over 1500 accounts i n two l o c a l branches of a cha r t e r ed bank, s t a f f o f DERA's Downtown Depos- it P ro jec t have found t h a t t h e v a s t major i ty o f t h e people i n t h e neigh- bourhood only r e q u i r e b a s i c cash dep- o s i t land withdrawal s e r v i c e s , and t h a t almost no one reques ted o r need- ed chequing accounts o r o t h e r serv- i ce s . For t he most p a r t t h e i r money was only i n t h e i r account f o r a very s h o r t pe r iod o f t ime and once t h e r e n t was pa id and t h e monthvs grocer -

i e s p ~ r c h a s e d t h e r e was no f u r t h e r 3 . need f o r bankin, s e r v i c e s .

Service needs

The only s e r v i c e s which a r e not supported by t h e cu r r en t system a r e low- in te res t small loans f o r people on l i m i t e d incomes and s e r v i c e s f o r people who f e e l uncomfortable i n o r d i scr imina ted aga ins t by t h e major banks.

- from a r epo r t by Dayle Mosely

Readers, There has been a l o t of p re s s cov-

erage of t h e "Community F inancia l Serv ices Act" which i s lead ing t o something c a l l e d "community banking" Anything is , o r should be, open t o cons t ruc t ive c r i t i c i s m . There has been a f a i r amount of i d e a l i s t i c r e - views o f what 's supposed t o happen now, about t he democratic process in- volved i n t h i s e f f o r t , e t c . I i n v i t e someone knowledgeable t o d e t a i l what "community bankingf1 is and how it is supposed t o be d i f f e r e n t from a l l o t h e r forms o f f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s inc luding c r e d i t unions. I ' v e heard t h a t c r e d i t unions wouldn't touch I t i t " - what is t h i s "it" t h a t a comm- u n i t y bank w i l l d e a l with? (Mow?)

Un t i l r e c e n t l y I had not had any kind o f account anywhere f o r t h e pre- ceding 15 years , had one f o r about 6 months, and nothing f o r almost 10 1

yea r s before t h a t . I have no exper i - ence o t h e r than i s o l a t e d i n c i d e n t s i n how banks / t ru s t companys E even c r e d i t unions a r e so woefully inadequate t h a t something e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t , with what seems l i k e a c a r e f u l l y chosen monikor - l1Community F inancia l Service" - a t tached , i s now going t o do a l l t h e i n c r e d i b l e t h i n g s t h a t a r e n ' t c l e a r t o anyone except those promoting i t .

I t seems f a i r t o ask what makes t h i s d i f f e r e n t , so en l igh ten us .

PRT

COMMENT (from "Singing in the Night" by Bea Ferneyhough) CoNcLuS~o~

I have observed That those who f au l t - f ind Shi rk , When it comes down t o doing t h i n g s , The shouldering of t h e work.

(1931-32)

She d i d no t d i e On a c ros s . She w a s mashed I n a machine - A s o c i a l machine!

( 1 989)

Bea brought a copy of her book "Singing i n t h e Night" and t h e photograph below was i n it. The i n s c r i p t i o n says PORTSIDE PARK.. . f o r t h e wa te r f ron t enjoyment of everyone." This a lone i s enough of a seed t o sprout an e x q u i s i t e rage. Bea has seen t h i s kind of doub le t a lk f o r over 60 of h e r 86 vea r s .

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

W e must r e c a l l t h a t a l l of t h i s is no t t h e whole s t i n k i n g s to ry ! Back i n t h e t h i r t i e s - I can remember - any month a t a l l from December t o December and o t h e r t imes a s w e l l we put up shacks of tar paper and junk; used o ld f l o u r sacks t o sew s h e e t s f o r bunks b u i l t of t o r n a p a r t boxes - l i k e t h e ones oranges and o t h e r

f r u i t came i n we'd found i n junk p i l e s o r i n d i t c h e s ; put up t e n t s ; i n parks we'd l a y on newsprint w i th newsprint a s a cover and d r a n k ' h e a t ' and v a n i l l a e x t r a c t f o r i n s p i r a t i o n , whi le media vo ices , no t so f r equen t , loud o r a s c l e a r , p e r s i s t e n t , i n s i s - t e n t and everywhere appear ing , a s now, p o n t i f i c a t e d

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To: Mayor P h i l i p Owen and Council 5.

IVE, TIE UNDERSIGNED, WISH TO REAFFIRM OUR JOINT POSITION ON THE COLUMBIA STREET OVERPASS.

THAT IS:

"THAT Council approve the cons t ruc t ion o f t h e overpass from t h e nor th fa'ot of Columbia S t r e e t t o P o r t s i d e Park i n accordance wi th t h e concept G pre l iminary design developed by Gibson Davey Engineering G submit ted t o p u b l i c review." -

This was s e n t a f t e r Owen s a i d he a was g e t t i n g c o n f l i c t i n g s i g n a l s f rom- t h e people i n t h e neighbourhood. He'd w r i t t e n say ing Council had met and made a dec i s ion . . t oo bad you l o s t . We a r e n ' t q u i t e t h a t s t u p i d and no one j u s t whithered and blew away. He then de lega ted any f u t u r e r e p l i e s t o t h e C i t y Clerk , t o s ay "nothing can be done. "

Owen is t h e one who l i e d every yea r f o r 6 yea r s , say ing t h a t access was "almost h e r e . l f He needs waking up. (Like s h u t t i n g down t h e Main S t r e e t Overpass f o r a day.. o r a week.. . )

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Barb Danicl ,, a\ Vowotown Listsidc Kcsidcnts' Associa~ioli

DOII Lmon 4- 777 - 1~~

CRAB Society

Paul Taylor Camepic Cornniunil)' Ccntrc

Margaret Prcvost Carncgic Communiry Cct~trc

Joan Mcislcr

Ray Sm~ndcrs Ciastown Lions Club

Margarcr J.P. Birrcll

Premier Harcourt came t o a meeting o f t h e Strathcona R e - s i d e n t s ' Associat ion and was given t h e 3rd degree.

The ma jo r i t y of ques t ions were on t h e proposed casino; he was asked t o take a pos i - t i o n of be ing e i t h e r f o r o r aga ins t it b u t he re fused .

Harcourt c i t e d an expected r epor t from some Minis te r , on t h e whole quest ion of f o r - p r o f i t gambling, and he couldn ' t commit h i s govern- ment t o anything u n t i l t h i s r e p o r t ' s recommendations were i n h i s hands ... which i s n e i t h e r yay no r nay.. .

Dear S ins : *I I

I am wr i t i ng t o o u t l i n e t h e p o s i t i o n of t h e Carnegie Community Centre Asso-, c i a t i o n with regard ti t h e access o f CRAB Park. This i s s u e was d iscussed a t l ength through ou r Community Re la t ions Committee, with recommendat i ons being endorsed by t h e CCCA Board on May 5 .

I t was agreed t h a t Carnegie would no t p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e planning meet- ing c a l l e d by t h e Port Corporat ion f o r May 9 . Unfortunately, t h e Assoc ia t ion no longer has confidence t h a t t h e Port Corporation has t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of o u r community i n mind. We have been a p a r t o f a seven year long consu l t a t i on and planning process , dur ing which t ime we f e e l ou r input was l a r g e l y ig - nored. We have not C;leviated<:from o u r p o s i t i o n favouring the Columbia S t r e e t Pedes t r ian Overpass opt ion and we w i l l not v a l i d a t e y e t another p r o t r a c t i o n o f t h e process by a t t end ing t h i s f u r - t h e r meeting.

We w i l l , however, make the fo l lowing recommendat ion. We ask t h a t t h e Port Corporation assume t h e complete c o s t s f o r cons t ruc t ing t h e Columbia S t r e e t Overpass. The Standing Committee on Access t o Por t s ide Park has r e f l e c t e d comqiunity w i l l i n endorsing t h e Colum- b i a S t r e e t opt ion and t h e Port Corpor- a t i o n was, a f t e r a l l , w i l l i n g t o meet h a l f t he c o s t s of t h i s overpass . In view of t h e p ro j ec t ed b i l l i o n d o l l a r t o t a l c o s t o f the Cent ra l Waterfront Lands development, and t h e considerab- l e p r o f i t s t o be generated, we suggest t h a t t h e cos t o f t he overpass i s r e l a - t i v e l y minor.

If t h e Port Corporation i s s i n c e r e l y i n t e r e s t e d i n acknowledging and promo- t ing t h e community' s recommendations, we t r u s t you w i l l a c t upon t h i s prop- o sa l . We would s e e t h e completion o f t h e Columbia S t r e e t overpass a s a g e s t u r e of goodwill towards t h i s comm- un i ty . S incere ly ,

Margaret Prevost Vice-president , CCCAB.

Dear ~ a r n e ~ z ~ o l ks, Almost t h r e e yea r s ago on my 50th

b i r thday , Joyce Preston asked me t o *

work on a community development pro- j e c t i n Downtown South. I s a i d no f o r a number o f reasons, bu t mostly be- - cause I was so proud of Carnegie and so p l e a s e d r t o be a p a r t o f t h e Down- town Easts ide team.

Several months l a t e r Joyce was i n b i g t r o u b l e wi th C i t y Council , and because s h e ' s b a s i c a l l y a good person t o have up t h e r e i n t h e Ha l l , J e f f

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Brooks and I agreed t o he lp h e r ou t . Tha t ' s when I began t o wander down t o Granvi l le f o r a day a t a t ime. Then i n August twooyears ago t h e work down here r equ i r ed a s t o r e f r o n t . Good o l d Kathy from t h e program o f f i c e went t o t h e C i t y warehouse t o s e l e c t t h e f u r n i t u r e and t h e next t h i n g I knew I was working at 509 Helmcken. But on ly i n an a c t i n g capac i ty , mind you, and I could come back t o Carneg- i e when t h e work down he re was done.

Well, f o l k s , it f e e l s a s i f t h e work down he re is never going t o f i n i s h . Recent ly t h e p o s i t i o n I ' v e been f i l l i n g on a temporary b a s i s was adve r t i s ed and I had t o make a deci- s i o n about applying.

The sho r t vers ion o f a ' long s t o r y i s t h a t I 've been h i r e d t o remina i n downtown south. (There was only one appl icant a c t u a l l y .)

So my d e a r Carnegie f r i e n d s , t h i s is a f a r ewe l l no te .

The time I spent with you included some o f t h e b e s t yea r s o f my l i f e . I look back and r e a l i z e t h a t we accomp- l i shed s e v e r a l important t h i n g s to - ge ther :

1. We gained t h e r e spec t of C i ty Ba l l ( s t a f f and Counci l) . When I a r r i v e d

the b i g war and t h e Carnegie Review Panel had j u s t ended. Carnegie was a hot po ta to and no one a t 12th 6 Camb- i e wanted us . They t r i e d t o send us t o Parks Board, and then Housing and P rope r t i e s . We s a i d no. And we kept on doing our work down here , g e t t i n g more and more p ro fe s s iona l a s Board and Committees and s t a f f . In 1988 t h e a u d i t o r s came and s e i z e d ou r a t tend- ance records a s i f we were a bunch of crooks. That wouldn't happen today. Today we're s t i l l i n Socia l Planning and s o good a t what we do t h a t people s t i l l come from a l l over t h e world t o s tudy and admire Carnegie ... and now t h e r e ' s going t o be a s i s t e r f a c i l i t y known a s t h e Gathering Place.

2. We got t h e f i r s t s t a g e of renova- t i o n s done, wel l over a m i l l i o n

d o l l a r s worth. Remember t h e day t h e p o l i c e ha l t ed t r a f f i c f o r blocks and h e l i c o p t e r s brought our v e n t i l a t i o n system i n p i eces t o t h e roof top? Re- member when t h e l ane l e v e l was a s t i n k y , r a t - i n f e s t e d carpark f o r s t a f f only? Remember when t h e d i sh - washer was so bad we had t o wash every th ing by hand f i r s t ? And t h e only f r e e z e r was he ld t o g e t h e r by masking t ape?

3. We s t a b i l i s e d s t a f f , w r i t i n g rep- o r t s t o Council , and making many

of t h e pa r t - t imer s r e g u l a r members a f - t e r seven yea r s as a u x i l i a r i e s . We convinced Council we needed t o t a k e s e c u r i t y more s e r i o u s l y and e s t a b l i s h - ed a supe rv i so r p o s i t ion. We nego t i a t - ed more hours $or k i t chen workers. We e s t a b l i s h e d Oppenheimer a s the only C i t y park t o have year-round s t a f f i n g .

4 . We extended o u r schedule by two e x t r a hours a day.

5 . We e s t ab l i shed a kind of non-rel ig- ious memorial s e r v i c e f o r saying

good-bye t o t h e many f r i e n d s who l e f t us, sometimes t r a g i c a l l y and sometimes peace fu l ly .

I w i l l miss you a l l s o much. But f o l k s you don ' t need me an;more, and(: Downtown South does.

I w i l l miss t h e f i g h t s E 'the daughs 6 t he meetings 6 t h e Christmas seasons i n my raggedy r ed d re s s . I w i l l miss t h e f r i e n d s and the problems and t h a t grand o l d h e r i t a g e bui ld ing .

But i t ' s not a s i f I'm moving t o Toronto. I'm only a few blocks away a t 609 Helmcken. The door and my h e a r t w i l l always be open t o you Carnegie f o l k s . Please keep i n touch.

Love, Diane MacKenzie

Can you help us? We a r e l o s i n g ou r newspapers almost everyday, e s p e c i a l - l y our SUNS and PROVINCES. Because these papers a r e missingm most o f ou r pa t rons lo se t h e i r chance t o browse through them and t h i s makes everyone angry.

I f you s e e newspapers i n any o t h e r p a r t o f t h e Cent re stamped CARNEGIE on t h e f r o n t page, p l ease r e t u r n them t o us .

I f you s e e our papers i n someone's room, p l ease t e l l t h a t person no t t o t ake these from the Reading Room, be- cause i t ' s u n f a i r t o o t h e r s .

I f you know about anyone who t a k e s our papers on a d a i l y b a s i s , we would r e a l l y app rec i a t e it i f you could g ive us any ' t i p s ' (we ' l l t r e a t t hese c o n f i d e n t i a l l y ) .

I f you can h e l p us so lve t h e myst- e ry o f t he d isappear in2 newspapers, we'd be very g r a t e f u l . Please con tac t me by c a l l i n g 665-3015 o r drop i n t o t h e Reading Room any weekday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Thanking you a l l i n advance,

Eleanor

LEARNER'S CONFERENCE (What a r e we going t o do with $1500?)

The Carnegie Learning Centre has rece ived a gran t (of $1500) t o hold i t s annual Learner 's Conference. I f you were here l a s t year dur ing Sept- ember, you may remember t h e one held i n t h e Theatre . I t was arranged by l e a r n e r s f o r i n v i t e d gues ts , members and v i s i t o r s and generated a l o t o f

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he SAYS. And & PAY

d i scuss ion throughout t h e bui ld ing . This yea r i t ' s going t o be on June

15, a Wednesday, beginning a t 9am. There i s funding enough ( the magic $1500)to cover t h e c o s t s o f d i sp l ays , adve r t i s ing , decora t ing , refreshments and o t h e r expenses.

Learner involvement made l a s t year aiiiazing, with d i s p l a y t a b l e s of bro- chures on t h e courses taught here ,

c l a s s e s on beadwork, s e l f defence, women ' s r i g h t s , worm farming and o t h e r s . The e n t i r e process of l ea rn - i ng t o work with o t h e r s and arrang- i ng the day i s a g r e a t boon t o our educa t ions . . .SO! ' t i s t o be ho?ed t h a t many l e a r n e r s , t u t o r s and s t a f f w i l l j o i n i n making t h i s y e a r ' s ev- e n t a success .

Meeting t imes t o arrange planning s e s s i o n s w i l l b e posted throughout Carnegie, so keep an eye peeled.

In t he Theatre where I am The band is slowly s e t t i n g up 9.

I t ' s very loud, t h e wal l s a r e hard And so i s l i f e i f you ' re a r e t a r d

I c a n ' t s tand t h i s f o r very long Although they say i t makes you s t rong I must v i s i t a t S t . Paul ' s My dear StepDad, "Cigare t te J i m " He's 80 now and don1 t say much But by h i s eyes he needs no c ru t ch

So BC T r a n s i t , send your b e s t 'Cause I ' m about t o t r a v e l west Bring me back o r I s h a l l walk And s e e the c i t y block by block

+ Poets of Carnegy Regards.

INFO INSIGHT Here we a r e with t h e 2nd e d i t i o n

of "Info Ins igh t f1 . Since t h e l a s t one, a few th ings have changed. Butch ( t h a t ' s Mr. Butch t o you!) is I t ' s a ve ry s t r e s s f u l job . .g ive f u l l o f f on a well-deserved h i a t u s f o r a marks t o s t a f f f o r being the re . few months s o o u r Ms. K i m w i l l b e Our only fu l l - t ime s e c u r i t y guy 1s f i l l i n g h i s day s h i f t s l o t , Monday Paul Haythorne. Paul has t h e dubious through Thursday, which means y o u ' l l honour of tending t h e f r o n t door 5 be see ing a l o t more of P h y l l i s , days a week, Mon-Fri. H i s i s a l a r g e Donna & Steve ( I don ' t mean y o u ' l l presence and he keeps a c l o s e eye on be see ing more o r them, b u t y o u ' l l everyone coming through our doors. be see ing them more o f t en ) a s t hey Dave Alexander is a l s o a S-day-per- f i l l t h e o t h e r open s h i f t s . weekler , a l though considered a regul-

Anyway, today I want t o focus on a r pa r t - t imer , working weekend day- t h e men who a r e t h e f r o n t - l i n e r s , s h i f t s t hen 3 af te rnoon s h i f t s on t h e guys who must f a c e every kind o f Monday, Tuesday 6 Wednesday. s i t u a t i o n imaginable, every day. I t For t h e amount of f l a c k these two may be a r e g u l a r pa t ron who wants b i g guys have t o t a k e every day, I t o come i n , even though they have t h i n k t h e y do an e x c e l l e n t job i n been dr inking , t o an out-of-towner t h e i r dea l ings with i r a t e o r d i s t u r b - who needs information, t o t h e man & woman p repa r ing drugs i n a cug ic l e i n t h e washroom, t o t h e i r a t e volun- t e e r a s s e r t i n g t h e i r space. t i v i t y Attendant (A/A) and I ' l l t a l k

Whatever t h e s i t u a t i o n , o u r secur - about them l a t e r . Also, next t ime I i t y must dea l with i t i n a p ro fe s s - w i l l in t roduce you t o t h e r e s t o f t h e iona l 6 t imely manner. . sometimes having t o make s p l i t s e c o n d ddcis ions 'Ti1 t h e n ... thanks f o r l i s t e n i n g . which may save a l i f e o r s t a v e o f f some h o r r i b l e event from occurr ing . By JOHN FERGUSON

MY TWO CENTS WORTH

There a r e p i c t u r e s on t h e wa l l , on t h e t h i r d f l o o r o f t h e Carnegie L e a n in2 Centre Hal l .

They were put t h e r e by t h e Carnegie Photo Club, whose members t ake p i c t - u re s o f r e a l l i f e i n t h e s t r e e t s o f Vancouver and o t h e r a r t i s t i c scenes around t h e c i t y .

The p i c t u r e s on t h e wa l l s give a comfortable f e e l i n g o f ease t o t h b Learning Centce, r a t h e r than having cold, bare walls. The p i c t u r e s hang- ing on t h e walls g ive the s tuden t s something t o t a l k about and t o look a t . . and t o t r y t o f i g u r e out i f it i s a r t o r no t .

I t g ives t h e s t u d e n t s something t o debate on, and i f t h e s t u d e n t s a r e debat ing, i f t h e p i c t u r e s a r e good o r bad, t hey a r e t a l k i n g . They a r e l e a r n ing about something new, and t h a t i s what t h i s p l ace i s about , l ea rn ing .

I f e k t smart whGn I a ~ c & ~ l i s h e d a t e s t o r f i gu red out how t o f i x somecll t h ing , e s p e c i a l l y i f I had d i f f i c u l t y with it and had t o s tudy.

When I was young I had d i f f i c u l t y with school and was c a l l e d s t u p i d o r dumb. Unfortunately I be l ieved t h i s l i e , b u t now I am a b l e t o l ea rn . An adu l t can t e l l a t eache r where t h e i r l ea rn ing l e v e l is, which makes it e a s i e r on t h e t eache r and s tuden t .

Teachers should always t r y t o en- courage l ea rn ing and s t u d e n t s should be open and w i l l i n g and want t o learn. This makes i t enjoyable and n o t a burden, which I found school t o be i n t h e p a s t ; j u s t always t r y i n g t o do t h e minimum t o pass .

Knowledge i s a good t h i n g when used t o h e l p o t h e r s and a l l knowledge comes from GOD.

By MIKE DAVIES

I decided t o s tudy again because I f i n d i t h e l p s me exe rc i se my s e l f d i s c i p l i n e . Af t e r a l i f e t h a t was t o t a l l y und i sc ip l ined I f i n d it a

,welcome cha l lenge and q u i t e a change. I hope t o work i n t h e f i e l d o f Drug

/Alcohol Counseling, where I can pu t my p a s t exper iences t o use . I ' d ha t e

, t o look back on my p a s t and cons ide r *

it a waste. If I can p u t i t i n t h e ' r i g h t pe r spec t ive , my ha rdsh ips could be someone e l s e ' s gain. I know of t h e *

pain , t h e d e s p a i r , t h e hopelessness o f add ic t ion and no one e l s e should have t o go through t h i s unnecessar i ly .

Knowledge is a very powerful weapon i f used i n t h e proper way and not j u s t f o r one ' s s e l f gain. I be l i eve we were a l l p u t on t h i s e a r t h f o r a reason; once we f i n d o u t t h a t reason we can each make a d i f f e r e n c e . This t o me is t h e beginning o f knowledge.

One t h i n g we a l l have i n common i s we were pu t h e r e t o h e l p each o t h e r .

a\ By ANDY NIEMAN

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN Bad management of h o t e l s and b a r s ,

d i r t y a i r and lack of s a f e t p were j u s t a few o f t h e comments made i n t h r e e community meetings he ld dur ing t h e f i r s t week of May. The meetings were he ld t o t a l k about p u t t i n g to-1 ge ther a Community Health Plan f o r the Downtown Eas t s ide .

The Community Health Plan w i l l look a t h e a l t h i s s u e s and s e r v i c e s i n t h e community and f i g u r e out what needs t o be done t o make t h e Downtown East- s i d e a hea l thy neighbourhood. On May 12 t h e f i rst meeting of many

commenced i n t h e o l d bank bu i ld ing a t Main 6 Hastings, wi th about 35 people present . The b a s i c s d iscussed were a ) How t o work a s a group; and b) How t o work wi th t h e community. I s sues r a i s ed a t t h e 3 meetings leading up t o t h i s one were l i s t e d and handed out t o keep a keen edge on what has t o be the goal o f any process : - use personal contac t G outreach t o

e t h n i c & language m i n o r i t i e s - door-to-door survey on h o t e l s and

rooming houses . .mul t i l ingual - Neighbourhood Helpers P r o j e c t

- use community nedia; Carnegie News- l e t t e r , Co-op Radio. (11.

- Aboriginal leaders / speakers t o make con tac t with F i r s t Nations

- need t o meet a s "ci t izens1 ' , no t " c l i e n t s "

- need t o keep up with o r ahead of New Di rec t ions a s a whole

- g e t people interestedclby holding a s e r i e s o f forums on i s s u e s of con- c e r n t o people - drugs, s a f e t y , a l - cohol (ginseng) , ch i ldca re , e t c .

- a welcoming p l ace t o work..comfort- ab l e , warn, s a f e , with food

- teams o f r e s i d e n t s who, f o r 2-3 months, l i s t e n , then i d e n t i f y comm- on concerns

- r ecogn i t i on t h a t we have many i d e a s and a b i l i t i e s

- our economic 6 s o c i a l circumstances make any l lplant l de l ivered by pa id s t a f f s u b j e c t t o much cynicism LibbylDavies i s working with r e s i -

d e n t s t o develop the Community Health Plan, and i s being a s s i s t e d by Amalia Dorigoni .

The next meeting i s s e t f o r May 19, which i s a Thursday, a t 1:00 p.m. i n t h e same p lace - t he o ld bank bui ld- ing a t t h e corner o f Main & IIastings.

sunday morning steak & eggs POETRY by Bud Osborn

a new dawn breaks above whi te l i g h t s of t h e b l u e b r i d g e 2 c a r s f r a c t u r e 7a.m. s i l e n c e -. a b l i n d young man t a p s h i s way home t o t h e curb a dog l i k e midnight going home d i r t y b roke & weary c r o s s e s j e f f e r s o n avenue a g a i n s t t r a f f i c l i g h t s

I s t o p f o r a newspaper & a man I l i v e d w i t h y e a r s ago i n a halfway house f o r drunken bums i s walking t h e s idewalk

w e shake hands g r i n g e t embarrassed & t a l k knowing t h a t no ma t t e r what ' s happened we've bo th surv ived it

"I don ' t s e e nobody no more" he t e l l s m e "they a l l got f a m i l i e s . I been a lone s i n c e I fucked-up" $' "yeah" I say "you pu l l ed it long"

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he had t o l d m e about r a i d i n g t h e pharmacy Q

dumping t h e drugs i n t o p l a s t i c bags 3

f i l l i n g sy r inges .$ 0 2' everybody l in ing-up a main l ine r i o t i n o l d columbus pen handing ou t s h i v s & b a l l b a t s s e t t i n g t h e c e l l b l o c k on f i r e shotguns & t e a r ga s & 2 more y e a r s

" i t ' s good t o see you" he s ays

I say t h e same t o him ge t i n my c a r & d r i v e t o t h e s eco r g r i l l f o r b r e a k f a s t

t h ink ing about t h o s e who don ' t have & w i l l never have anyth ing but a damned l i g h t i n t h e i r eyes a l i g h t qu icker g e n t l e r more a l i v e t han a slow sun dragging i n t o gray streets a l i g h t i n t h e i r eyes t h a t can laugh between t h e t e r r o r of being nowhere & t h e r age of being somewhere t h a t i s n ' t t h e i r ' s

I f i n i s h t h e food pay f o r it & d r i v e down d o r r s t r e e t .pas t a man who l i v e s i n t h e rubb le of an abandoned warehouse by t h e r i v e r & squeezes s t e r n o through a p a i r of fo rgo t t en pantyhose @

h e ' s walking sunday morning s t r e e t s wi th only c a r s & dogs on them walking s idewalks h e ' s walked f o r yea r s & c a n ' t t h i n k of a s i n g l e door t h a t w i l l open f o r him

t h e sky i n a sudden cloud-tear ing b u r s t becomes purp le orange v i o l e t

t h e man i n a sudden gut - r ipp ing heave t u r n s t h e gray cement b lack yel low & crimson

whi te l i g h t s

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sunday morning men & women

social services: l i t t l e boy i n a s t r o l l e r blowing a yellow horn skinny s t r e e t d o g t r o t t i n g p a s t o ld man counting h i s pension money 3 rough & hungry men g iv ing it t h e eye a guy sweeps t h e s idewalk with a ragged broom I 'm wa i t i ng on a we l f a re worker grey hot & t o x i c sky s t r e e t c a r c rash ing by k i d s s ing ing "fuck t h e schools !" a t r u c k f u l l of bananas r a s t a bumming a match b i g b lack h e a r s e s h i n i e s t t h i n g on t h e s t r e e t one-legged o l d man wi th a whi te beard dragging h i s c ru t ches cops going i n t o a jewel le ry s t o r e where 's t h a t we l f a re worker? l i t t l e red-headed boy wi th a p l a s t i c gun asks me about t h e punk band t h a t p r a c t i c e s i n t h e basement I ' m r o l l i n g c i g a r e t t e s & when she shows up

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she t e l l s me s h e was s tabbed by del inquent g i r l s on h e r l a s t job so I t r y t o b e a s much h e l p t o h e r a s I can

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( I ) CRITICAL SOCIAL PROBLEM EXISTS

-Violates widely-held values -Powerholders support problem -"Official Policies" tout values Real "operating policies" violate values

OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS

- Courts, government offices, ( commissions, hearings .... . Prove they don't work

-Become experts, do research.

-Recognition of problem and victims grow

-Public sees victims faces -More active local groups -Need pre-existing institutions and

-20-30% of public opposes powerholders' policies.

PUBLIC MUST B E CONVINCED THREE T I M E S 5 1. That there is a problem 2. To oppose current conditions

and policies (Stages 4,6, 7) 3. To want, no longer fear,

CHARACTERISTICS O F MOVEMENT PROCESS -Social movements are composed of many sub-goals and sub-movements, each in their own MAP stage. -Strateby & tactics are different for each sub-movement, according to the MAP stage each is in. -Keep advancing movements through the 8 stages -Each sub-movement is focused on a specific goal (e.g. for civil rights movement: restaurants, voting, public accommodation -All of the sub-movements promote the same paradigm shift (e.g. shift from hard to soft-energy policy)

-Dramatic nonviolent actiondcampaigns -Actions show public that conditions and policies violate widely-held values

I -Nonviolent actions repeated around country -Problem put on the social agenda -New Social Movement rapidly "takes off' -4440% of public oppose currefit policies/conditions

5) PERCEPTION O F FAlLURE -See goals unachieved -See powerholders unchanged -See numbers down at demonstrations -Despair, hopelessness, burnout dropout; seems movement ended

-Emergence of Negative Rebel.

I -Majority oppose present conditions & powerholder policies

-Show how the problem and policies affect all sectors of society

-Involve mainstream citizens and institutions in addressing the problem

-Problem put on the political agenda -Promote alternatives -Counter each new powerholder strategy -Demonology: Powerholders promote public's fear of alternatives

-Promote a paradigm shift, not only reforms -RE-TRIGGER EVENTS HAPPEN, re-enacting

- DOWNTOWN STD C l i n i c - Monday through Friday, 9am - 5pm. EASTSLDE FREE KEDICAL CLINIC - Mon, Wed, Friday, 5:30-l:30 pm.

YOUTH NEEDLE EXCHANGE - 221 Main; every day. 9am - 5pm. ACTIVITIES Needle Exchange Van - on the s t r e e t evenings, Mon-Sat.

SOCIETY N . A . meets every Monday n ight a t 223 Main S t r e e t .

Out-To-Lunch Bunch meets d a i l y a t 59 P o v e l l , loam - 2:30bm. L

1994 DONATIONS Bruce J.-$10 Paula R.-$10 Charley B.-$32 r n t t . ~ . . m ~ ~ . m a a c c . p ~ . ~ .

Sandy C.-$20 Ket t le FS -$I6 Ceci le C.-$10 Hazel M.-$10 E i l l B.-$16 Joy T.-$12 L i l l i a n II.$lG Diane M. $16 Etienne S. -$40 Libby ~.:$20

TIIT; NI:VSI.ITTI;II I S A r11111.1 (:AT I INN (IF TIIK Adult - LCC -$I? CEEDS - $50 I:AHNECI I c:cirittl~~ I T Y I:KN'I'UI. ASSIWI KI' ION . Carnegie ALC-$30 Margi S . - $ 5 A r t l r I r x ' r r p r r 3 r n t t l t r v l r u - o r I n d ! v l d u n l

, Anonymous -$35 Sue H.-$35 c n n t r I I W ~ or. RI I~ I I I O ~ or t h r ~ x a o c ~ n t !nu .

llelp i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide (funding) Submission

Deadline NEXT ISSUE

9 Sunday

NEED HELP ? 29 May 0

The Downtown Eastside Residents' Association

can help you with:

any welfare problem information on legal rights I

disputes with landlords unsafe living conditions income tax UIC problem finding housing opening a bank account

Come into the DERA office at 9 East Hastings St. or phone us at 682-0931.

DERA HAS BEEN SERVING THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE FOR 20 YEARS.

Main & Hastings Housing & Employment Project

The s t e e r i n g committee met on May 2 and d i scuss ion continued on o r i n c i p l e i s s u e s surrounding t h e development of t he p r o j e c t . These inc lude the na ture of t h e housing t o be o f f e red , t r a i n - ing and educat ion s e r v i c e s t o be pro- vided, and determining what s t r e e t - l eve l s e r v i c e s may be d e s i r a b l e

Regarding t h e housing i s s u e , t h e comparitive s tudy f o r t he development of 390 Main S t r e e t ( the o l d bank buil- ding) was presented t o t h e committee on May 10. Several op t ions were cons- idered by the a r c h i t e c t s , and they include: r e t a i n i n g the e x i s t i n g s t o r e facades on l!astings and Main S t r e e t s , but b u i l d a new s t r u c t u r e behind and above t h e facade; r e t a i n i n g t h e ent- i r e bu i ld ing , s t rengthening it and bui lding above it; o r demolishing t h e bui lding a l t o g e t h e r and s t a r t i n g wi th a new complex. A l l p roposa ls c a l l f o r some commercialyservice a c t i v i t y a t s t r e e t l e v e l and 4 f l o o r s of housing.

Three o t h e r op t ions were a l s o p e s - ented incorpora t ing t h e bu i ld ing a t 380 Main S t r e e t . These a r e e s s e n t i a l -

l y s i m i l a r b u t inc lude a n increased housing component.

Discussion of t h e r e p o r t is ongoing and a Planning Workshop w i l l be he ld on s i t e on June 4. The pub l i c is wel- come and t imes w i l l b e posted.

The sub-committee on Employment and Education met on May 9 and heard the views o f two young appren t i ce s regarb. ing what kind of housing a s soc i a t ed with t h e development of t h e p r o j e c t may b e appropr ia te , t he d e s i r a b i l i t y of follow-up programs, and poss ib l e problems t h a t may a r i s e . The sub-com- m i t t e e meets aga in on May 18.

The S t e e r i n g Committee w i l l be h i r - ing one o r possibby two p r o j e c t mana- ge r s . A job d e s c r i 2 t i o n i s being dev- eloped and t h e h i r i n g process w i l l be t he same a s t h a t f o r t he P ro j ec t Man- ager ; competi t ion, s h o r t l i s t and s e l - ec t ion o f t h e most q u a l i f i e d candid- a t e by a h i r i n g committee. Applica- t i o n s from t h e downtown e a s t s i d e / s t r a thcona community w i l l be pa r t i cu - l a r l y welcome.

The s t e e r i n g committee meets aga in on May 30.

By MARK1 MIERL3IN

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URM - ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

It was a c a s e of s o much t o w r i t e and so much t ime t o w r i t e t h a t it was l e f t u n t i l a l l t h e "other s t u f f " got done. . . and now it ' s weeks ago t h a t t h i s meeting happened. URM s t a n d s f o r Urban Rural Mission,

a n a t ion-wide o rgan i sa t ion t h a t seeks t o blend t h e needs of people i n both c i t i e s and t h e country t o b e t t e r i t f o r a l l .

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Jean Swanson of ELP helped f a c i l i - t a t e t h i s ga ther ing t o happen wi th t h e west coas t meeting of URM. When I a r r i v e d on t h e Saturday morning I expected t o s e e about 25-20 people, h a l f of whom I ' d met be fo re at v a r i - ous func t ions . Amazingly, t h e r e were people, about 75, h a i l i n g from a l l a c r o s s Canada - from Newfoundland t o t h e Maritimes t o e a s t e r n Canada t o t h e p r a i r i e provinces t o BC .

After b r i e f i n t roduc t ions we s p l i t i n t o four groups t o answer t h e quest- ion i n our minds of "What would you l i k e t o s e e i n 5 and 10 and 20 yea r s . "What would your community have t o have t o be a b e t t e r p l ace t o l i v e ? "

What seemed t o b e t h e c a t a l y s t f o r answers i n each group is t h e c l e a r understanding t h a t what has and is happening j u s t i s n ' t r i g h t o r f a i r .

People spoke of eco log ica l ba lance , daycare, economic f a i r n e s s , co-opera- t i o n , s a f e t y , non-exploi ta t i on , wild- c r a f t , a l t e r n a t e energy sources be ing used proper ly , hea l ing , r e spec t f o r t h e food chain, r e spec t f o r each p a r t of l i f e . It was no t i d e a l dreaming; it was t h e beginning of sha r ing o u r ' personal v i s i o n s of what t h e world could be IFIWHEN t h e t h i n g s t h a t r e a l l y mat te r a r e i n t h e f r o n t of every dec is ion . . .and nbt ignored o r suppressed, a s now, by t h e narrow, s e l f - i n t e r e s t s of e l i t e s . .

It was a heady e x e r c i s e i n s ee ing t h a t we a l l sha re t h e same b a s i c i dea - t h a t our shared v i s i o n is f a r - reaching and common t o most people everywhere.

The next s t e p of t h i s was then t o s e e what t h e "bad news" i s - t o s e e t h e t r e n d s and dec i s ions t h a t are be- ing made r i g h t now by t h e powers-that be t o make what we had envisioned i n t h e f i r s t groups seem impossible . This involved t h e s p e c t r e of NAlTA, t h e ever-worsening t a x a t ion system, t h e l o s s andlor d e s t r u c t i o n of s o c i a l programs t h a t had taken yea r s of s t r u g g l e t o b r ing i n t o being.

(Circle the incorrect answer):

a. urban slums b. small towns c. orphanages d. farm communities e. fishing villages

The methods of economic r e s t r u c t u r - i ng inc lude automation, geographic s h i f t s t o ge t t h e cheapest c o s t s and t h e b igges t p r o f i t s a t any Cost; t h e i nc reas ing concent rat ion of weal th i n every sphere of soc i e ty . Trade is being used a s a cover-up f o r t h e i n s i d i o u s demoli t ion.of democrat- i c government on a g loba l s c a l e . I n every sphere , women a r e being exploit- ed t o absorb t h e p r i v a t i s i n g of a l l p o s s i b l e s e r v i c e s t h a t have been t h e r o l e of governments t o provide. Any a c t t h a t can be performed f o r no pay by women is be ing taken out of s o c i a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y and put i n t o "done f o r f r e e by women o r not done at a l l . ' '

Salvador P in i che , a p ro fe s so r of economics from Mexico and a member of t h e Mexican Anti-!Free1 Trade organi- z a t i o n , spoke of t h e t r u e reasons f o r t h e u p r i s i n g i n Chiapas. .of t h e way t h e Mayan people have made what they Want c l e a r t o t h e world and how i t has been d i s t o r t e d by media and t h e b i g Pub l i c Re la t ions f i rms l i k e Burston-Martsei l ler . I n almost a l l media o u t l e t s , t h e Z a p a s t i s t a s a r e spoken of a s an "extreme" element t h e Mexican gov ' t has had t o b a t t l e t o keep peace and o rde r . The r e a l i t y i s t h a t t h e s e people have succeeded i n p u l l i n g o f f t h e f a l s e f a c e t h a t t h e government of Carlos S a l i n a s has put forward t o t h e world i n t h e l i g h t of NAFTA - t h a t "Mexico is a c l ean and

growing count ry w i th peace fu l and f r i e n d l y markets open t o a l l . "

The Z a p a t i s t a s have used t h e same techno'logy a s t h e co rpo ra t i ons t o ge t out t h e i r message t h a t they want t h e i r l a n d , t h e i r way of l i f e and t h e i r d i g n i t y a s a people guaranteed and no t t o become homeless, l a n d l e s s migrants working f o r crumbs a t t h e whim of t h e r i c h & greedy gene ra l s and landowners who have decimated t h e country of Chiapas f o r yea r s .

The Mexican government sought t o k i l l a s many of them a s p o s s i b l e be- f o r e what they were say ing could g e t t o people o u t s i d e Mexico, bu t t h e i r a c t i o n s of murder and t h e f t on ly made the o u t s i d e world abhor t h i s . People around t h e owrld, caught up i n t h e i r

, own s t r u g g l e s a g a i n s t such rapac ious e x p l o i t a t i o n , have been i n s p i r e d by t h e courage of t h e people of Chiapas

C e c i l i a Dioscin of t h e P h i l i p p i n e Women s Cent re i n Vancouver, j u s t back from a t r i p t o Manila, spoke of t h e ongoing f i g h t t h e r e t o g e t back t h e i r count ry a f t e r y e a r s of t h e d i c t a t o r , Ferdinand Marcos. One of t h e f i r s t t h i n g s s h e admi t ted is t h a t Aquino e i t h e r couldn ' t o r wouldn't make t h e d r a s t i c changes necessary t o undo t h e s i c k system of co r rup t ion applauded by Marcos and h i s c ron ie s .

The people of t h e P h i l i p p i n e s a r e s t i l l accepted i n t o o t h e r c o u n t r i e s as domestic workers , even when they have very s k i l l e d t r a i n i n g and exp- e r i e n c e . I t 's a m a t t e r of economics when thousands of people having no f u t u r e i n t h e i r homeland, have t o t a k e whatever is made a v a i l a b l e t o

? them i n ano the rc country t o have any chance. . . t a k e t h e lowest-paying j obs i n t h e worst cond i t i ons .

The P h i l i p p i n e s i s under a S t r u c t - u r a l Adjustment Program of t h e World Bank and t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund.

HOLT RJ!YFREW e

Af te r g e t t i n g input from each ex- t reme, t h e next move was t o c l a r i f y t h e f o r c e s "against" and t h e f o r c e s "for" a f u t u r e w i th hope. The former had been named i n a l l a s p e c t s of t h e 'bad news' , bu t naming them gave a boos t t o t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e h e l p f u l . Forming c o a l i t i ons , networking, never g iv ing up, s p i r i t u a l i t y , depending on our 'own common sense r a t h e r than ' t h e i r ' e x p e r t s , t ak ing r i s k s , know,-

. i ng who w e a r e . . . our knowledge, our humour, our a b i l - i t y t o s h a r e and change ... s o l i d a r i t y . It was no t an e x e r c i s e i n idea l i sm; it was s ee ing t h e r e s u l t s i n many s e c t o r s - women, fa rmers , churches, an t i -pover ty work, a r t i s t s , energy, r u r a l d i g n i t y , Nat ive a f f a i r s , i m m i - g ran t needs, r a c e r e l a t i o n s , s p i r i t - u a l i t y , t h a t keeps u s s t r i v i n g f o r what w e know i s poss ib l e .

There were 3 workshops i n t h e r e somewhere on r a c e and d i sc r imina t i on , t h e media, and how it r e a l l y workd, and c l a s s i sm, and a f o u r t h f o r t hose who wanted an uns t ruc tu red forum, t o s h a r e a s much i n s i g h t a s possible .

By t h e t i m e it was over , people' had l e t much of t h e chaff of hyped propaganda blow away. It is t h i s k ind of commonality and shar ing t h a t keeps t h e f i r e of s t r u g g l e a l i v e .

By PAULR TAYLOR

religious experience

t h e f i r s t t ime I saw J e s u s He gave me a f a t l i p Good Friday Adoration of t h e Cross a l i t t l e boy asked t o Mass by Ca tho l i c f r i e n d s

I t r i e d t o do what everyone e l s e d i d so endured an e t e r n i t y of pa in upon my knees E went forward wi th t h e o t h e r s t o k i s s t h e Cross 6 when I leaned towards it received a s w i f t k i ck from J e s u s 6 a swollen l i p

l a t e r my f r i e n d s s a i d rhey were a f r a i d T 1 d t ake Communion too - -

b u t t hey needn ' t have worr ied t h e r e was no way I was going t o t a k e another crack a t me

bu t t h a t Mass my l a s t f o r 20 yea r s made a l a s t i n g impression f o r it was when J e s u s

I ,

got my a t t e n t i o n ,

second confession

I hadn ' t been t o confession i n a long time so I t o l d him about my general d i s p o s i t i o n towards s i n f u l n e s s - the t w i s t s E t u r n s I take away from God's i n t e n t i o n i n me

Z a t h e r Henry l i s t e n e d grinned d e v i l i s h l y

be fo re he spoke "here i s your penance" he s a i d

" l i gh ten up"

"Oh Father" I r e p l i e d "anything bu t t h a t "

1 et Je sus

I ' d r a t h e r whip myself with a r a t t l e s n a k e o r p u t on barb ed-wire underwear

b u t r e l u c t a n t l y I could s e e Fa ther Henry's meaning

by t ak ing mvself --~, so s e r i o u s l y . I leave l i t t l e room f o r God t o e n l i g h t e n me i n r e a l i t y

tory Is What We Remember

: a rnegie Cent re is at t h e cor- Hast ings and Main i n t he Down- s t i s d e , Vancouver's o l d e s t ~urhood. u v e r i t s e l f i s a r e l a t i v e l y .y. I t was founded on k p r i l 6, :ven before t h a t d a t e t he f i r s t ~mmissioner o f t he Canadian Pac- ~ i l w a y had been busy l ay ing out

a s r r e e t p lan f o r t h e c i t y . I f you go t o t h e corner o f Hast ings

and Hamilton S t r e e t s j u s t west o f Victory Square, you w i l l f i n d a plaque with t h e s e words -

HERE STOOD HAM1 LTON

FIRST LAND COMMISSIONER CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

1885 I N THE SILENT SOLITUDE OF THE PRIMEVAL FOREST

HE DROVE A WOODEN STAKE I N THE EARTH AND COMMENCED TO MEASURE AN EMPTY LAND

i 1 INTO THE STREETS OF VANCOUVER

S t a t e l y f i r t r e e s deco ra t e tlhe s i d e s of t h e plaque, and a t t h e bo t ton you can s e e a su rveyor ' s s t a k e d r iven in- t o t h e e a r t h . The primeval f o r e s t t e r r i f i e d t h e European s e t t l e r s , and they drove surveyors ' s t a k e s i n t o t h e hea r t o f mother e a r t h a t every o2por- t u n i t y .

Then i n Apr i l , 1994, Prime Min i s t e r Chret ien a t tended a banquet i n Vanc- ouver. Me seemed t o agree with Hamil- ton about an "em7tyf1 land , f o r he r e - marked on the b e a u t i f u l c i t y of Van- couver t h a t was b u i l t o u t o f nothing. Nothing was h e r e before t h e Europeans1 a r r ived according t o M r . 1 h r e t i e n .

Chief Wendy Grant of t he Musqueam Nation was a t t h a t banquet, and she was not amused a t t h e ignorant words

of our Prime Minis te r . She, along with o t h e r F i r s t Nations l eade r s , de- manded an apology, f o r t h e i r peoples had l i v e d i n t h i s p a r t o f the world f o r thousands o f years .

Not only have F i r s t Nations people l i v e d i n what i s now c a l l e d B r i t i s h Columbia s i n c e time immemorial, bu t t h e i r l ands were taken from them ill- e d a l l y and u n j u s t l y . I make a d i s t i n - c t i o n between law and j u s t i c e beg cause it i s easy f o r cor ru2t govern- ments t o make un jus t laws.

First Nations' lands were taken by t h e Europeans i l l e g a l l y because a l - though t h e B r i t i s h government, t h e Hudson's Bay Company and t h e co loni - a l government on Vancouver I s land a l l recognized Aboriginal t i t l e t o t he land i n B r i t i s h Columbia, no t r e a t i e s were made wi th t h e g r e a t major i ty o f the first i n h a b i t a n t s .

F i r s t Nations lands were taken by t h e Europeans u n j u s t l y because the r i g h t s o f peoples inc lude the r i g h t s t o t h e i r l and , c u l t u r e G i n s t i t u t i o n s .

We a r e t a l k i n g h e r e about a t h e f t so l a r g e i n s c a l e t h a t some non-Abor- i g i n a l s simp19 want t o block it out .

F i r s t Nations 2eople haven ' t block- ed it out , however, and they have been f i g h t i n g f o r over 100 years f o r

a j u s t s e t t l emen t o f land claims and a r e l a t i o n s h i p t o Danada t h a t corresp- onds t o t h e d i g n i t y o f t h e i r h i s t o r y .

I t h i n k we have t o look a t t h e m i s - t a k e s o f t h e p a s t , inc luding the avar- i c e and racism t h a t powered them, i n o r d e r no t t o r e p e a t those mistakes. Most o f t h e land i n B r i t i s h Columbia, inc luding the land on which Vancouver s i ts , has n o t been proper ly t r a n s f e r r - ed from F i r s t Nations t o B r i t i s h Col- umbian ownership. Unt i l t h i s wrong i s r i g h t e d , t h e i n t e g r i t y o f our c ipy and province is marred, and our h i s t o r y c a r r i e s t h e s t i n k i f un re s t r a ined e x p l o i t a t i o n .

By SANDY CAMERON

SIGMUND Teleology looks a t s i t u a t i o n s i n

l i g h t of t he f u l f i l l m e n t of f u t u r e i d e a l s rabher than a reduct ion t o p r i o r o r p a s t causes.

Unfortunately, Sigmund Freud used the l a t t e r approach i n h i s a t tempts t o hea l neuros is . Sigmund Freud was r e a l i s t i c when he made t h e empir ica l observat ion t h a t sex and e s p e c i a l l y t h e b i o l o g i c a l imperat ive t o propog- a t e t he p l ane t is t h e most powerful impulse governing the make-up of t h e human psyche.

Rel ig ions1 a t tempts t o subl imate t h e l i b i d o ' en masse' i n t o some soc i - a l cont ro l group has ha rd ly made a den t i n t h e f a c t t h a t people every- where a r e g e t t i n g i t on.

The inf luence of cocaine i n t h e doc tora l t h e s e s o f Sigmund Freud can not be ove r s t a t ed . The a f t e r - e f f e c t s , e s p e c i a l l y t h e depress ion , may have caused Freud t o panic , t o reorganize h i s i d e a s o f b a s i c human s e x u a l i t y i n t o f e t i s h i s t i c modes ... t h e phi loso- ph ic d e r i v a t i v e s of cocaine.

Freud was o r i g i n a l l y t r a i n e d a s a

surgeon. Perhaps he go t i n t o psycho- therapy f o r i t s v a s t l y increased mar- g i n of e r r o r . A f t e r a l l , a s l i p of p sych ia t ry does no t leave the pa tkent dead.

Freud ' s pro tege , Car l Gustav Jung, s t r ayed from t h e s c i e n t i f i c r o o t s o f c l i n i c a l psychology ( p a r t l y i n d i s - gus t o f Freud 's obviously cocaine- induced idea - f ixees about t h e r o l e of i n c e s t i n adolescent devolopment) t o embrace a mongrel t y p e of psychoanal- y s i s t h a t s e e s every th ing a s t h e cause o f every o t h e r problem.

Yet J u n g l s i deas o f synchronic i ty , circumambulation, and t ranscendant func t ion a r e very use fu l i n t oday ' s l i f e i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e .

By DEAN KO

P.S. Yet everyone so o f t e n while reading Jung and Freud, you f e e l

an overwhelming wish t o grab them by t h e c o l l a r , and say, "Carl. Sigmund. I F IT COULD ONLY BE THIS SIMPLE."

I f t h e r e i s a FEead it fo l lows t h a t t h e r e would a l s o b e a PRO-Freud, an ANTI-Freud, and a non-Freud. I ' m j u s t a non-ch r i s t i an !

mavdav a - I f e e l s o r r i e s t f o r those of us wholve never had t h e tyr ranosaurus r e x o f t r eache ry E t e r r o r trample F, t e a r them limb from limb f o r those a re most hopeless he ld f a s t t o a smi l ing mask 6 2 sure fee t never s ink ing i n t o t h e quicksand beneath t h e conc re t e where

!+ t he t r u e seed

L ' 1 bleeds Bud Osborn I G blooms

lEEKS HAD A WORD FOR IT:

~ r d I1spartant ' has come t o mean, rn language, "rough". "spare" i c u l t - t h e oppos i te of luxur- comfortable . You might say,

mple, t h a t most Downtown East- l i v e a "spartan" ex i s t ence , a l - t h i s u s u a l l y only k i c k s i n alfway through t h e we l f a re

...--- --- - "Spartan" i s from anc ien t Greece, o f

course, b u t t hey (The Spar tans) were never i d e a l i z e d the way t h e Athenians were throughout European h i s t o r y . (His s tory . ) Maybe t h a t ' s because Spa r t a was a m a t r i a r c h i a l set-up 6 Athens

was t h e pLace was t h e *lace where pa t r ia rchy first r ea red i t s ugly head. Ugly, because it was t h e major sourde of a deep be t r aya l o f t he sac- red t r u s t between mankind 6 womanhood Not t h a t male-dominated s o c i e t i e s d idn ' t produce g r e a t works o f a r t , science E philosophy - t hey c e r t a i n l y did. But i n t h a t process , an extreme male p o i n t o f view tended t o c a s t as - ide & trample t h e very r o o t s o f i t s ex is tence . And what a r e t hose r o o t s , those sources of o u r humanity, t h a t have become i d s t o r t e d o r have d i ed

d i t h i n us?. . . wel l , you could c a l l it j u s t i c e , e t h i c s , r ighteousness , hon- e s t y , i n t e g r i t y , s g i r i t u a l i t y , o r any number of s i m i l a r terms t h a t express t h e i d e a l o f c o r r e c t human behaviour - not n e c e s s a r i l y l lcorrect" i n s o c i a l terms, b u t according t o a n a t u r a l code o f e t h i c s contained i n individu-1 a 1 h e a r t s 6 minds t h a t agree on t h e

I

na tu re of t h e i r humanity. This i s always d i f f i c u l t t o defube,

o r p i n down, because it a r i s e s from the r i g h t hemisphere of t h e b ra in , which i s b a s i c a l l y i l l o g i c a l , 6 be- cause of t h e i l l o g i c , has been bumped downstairs by t h e r a t i o n a l p o i n t of view, which i s i d e n t i c a l wi th t h e ex- t remely male po in t of view. Not t h a t women a r e i l l o ~ i c a l c r ea tu re s ; the) obviously have a l e f t - h n i n too, $ a r e very l o g i c a l , b u t cons ider ing the two s i d e s of human na tu re i n general - female nrocesq i s t h e way nf the a r t i st ; masculine process i s charac t - e r i s t i c o f t h e t echn ic i an who des igns e f f i c i e n t machinery, i n c o n t r a s t t o t h e poe t who d$cams up insp i+sd music

<To say t h a t Spar tans dreamed up in- s p i r e d music might be ove r - s t a t i ng t h e case , b u t t h e Spartan a t t i t u d e , c r ea t ed 6 maintained by women, de f in - i t e l y contained some s u r p r i s i n g E b i - z a r r e l e s sons f o r 20th century minds.

Some might c laim no t t o possess a 20th century mind, b u t t h e mind-set of ou r t imes, c e r t a i n l y , has a l i f e of i t s own & a l l o f u s l i v e i n i t , o r wi th it, more o r l e s s .

Spar ta was, t o o u r way o f th inking , a s t r ange p l ace indeed - a na t ion wherh men were forb idden t o marry un- til t h e age o f 30 & where homosexual- i t y & promiscui ty were encouraged un- til t h e age of 35s a f t e r which they were s t r i c t l y forbidden. I f t h a t ' s no t s t r ange enough, cons ider t h e spa^ t a n marriage ceremony, i n which t h e man & woman were r equ i r ed t o w r e s t l e -

wear jewel le ry o r ' f o make any d i s2 l ay of wedlth o r even t a l k about money. To do so would erode the h igh regard & s o c i a l s t a t u s t h e i r s t r i c t l y non-comm- e r c i a l l i f e s t y l e engendered. The lower' merchant c l a s s e s were f r e e t o indulge themselves i n a l l t h e l u x u r i e s t h e i r economic a c t i v i t i e s a f forded them b u t were gene ra l ly desp ised f o r it.

Bas ica l ly , t h e Spartan i d e a l was s i m i l a r t o t h e i d e a l s o f a Ghandi o r a Thoreau - a simple, spa re ex is tence l i v e d f o r s p i r i t u a l purposes i n which t h e only power possessed by an i n d i v i - dual was t h e power of h i s / h e r personal development, where t h e possess ion o f ma te r i a l weal th was considered a f a u l t o r weakness.

Another i n t e r e s t i n g Spartan custom was t h e punishment of t eache r s f o r t h e i r s t u d e n t s t mistakes, p a r t i c u l a r l y i n a t h l e t i c c o n t e s t s which were mqch valued, & completely non-sexis t , i n

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economic t r a d e ma te r i a l weal th. A l - though a r t , poe t ry & philosophy f l o u r - ished, it g radua l ly dec l indd i n s p i r i - t u a l va lue u n t i l , by the t ime t h e Rom- ans copied i t from t h e Greeks, i t was merely a hollow s h e l l o f i t s former g lo ry . The g r e a t e s t accomplishments o f Greek s o c i e t y were based on mat r ia rch- i a l c u l t s 6 schools o f thought t h a t migrated from Egypt t o t h e i s l a n d s of t h e Aegean. The "democracy" of Athens was pub l i c i zed 6 even tua l ly cheapened the s e c r e t knowledge of "the mysterys" as t h e Greeks c a l l e d t h e mathematics & philosophy of Egypt. ,

When P la to decided t o ban p o e t s from h i s "perfect" s o c i e t y , i t was a s u r e s i g n t h a t t h e feminine s i d e of hunan n a t u r e was i n f o r a tough time. Rome & C h r i s t i a n i t y took t h i n g s even f u r t h e r , & by t h e time our so -ca l l ed " W e ~ t e r n ~ ~ s o c i e t y developed, t h e

naked i n publ ic , a f t e r which t h e b r ide ' s head was shaved 6 she was d r s ssed i n men's c l o t h i n g & l e f t a lone i n a darkened room t o await h e r husband who was expected to sneak on her 6 ca tch h e r unawares.

Afterwards they l i v e d sepa ra t e l i v e s E only s l e p t t oge the r when sexual de- .

s i r e motivated them. This was t h e only formalised marriage allowed i n t h a t otherwise sexual ly wide-open m a t r i a r c h y t h a t was Sparta .

The reason "spartanf ' has come t o mean a tough ex i s t ence is because Spartan e t h i c s o r idea l i sm was t h e ex- a c t oppos i te of o u r hedon i s t i c o r self-

' t h a t men & women competed f r e e l y on an equal b a s i s . The mentors, t eache r s o r coaches of a t h l e t e s were u s u a l l y t h e i r sexual p a r t n e r s who, when t h e i r young companions f a i l e d t o measure up, were pub l i c ly humi l ia ted E t emporar i ly ,tripped of social p r i v i l e g e s .

Women r u l e d i n Spar ta , and t h e Athen ians, whose ways 6 a t t i t u d e s were imi- t a t e d by l a t e r European na t ions , desp- ised the Spartans fo* what t hey consi- dered a male weakness - al lowing women t o design & c o n t r o l t h e s o c i a l system.

The Athenians, who had rep laced t h e i r e a r l i e r matriarchy w i t h an ext-

'remely male-oriented system, e x a l t e d indulgent a t t i t u d e of today. The r u l l ing c l a s s i n Spar ta was forb idden by law t o engage i n commercial a c t i v i t i e s whiee t h e lowest & l e a s t powerful c l a s s was t h e only group allowed . t o "do business". The commercial -f r e e up- per c l a s s e s were expected t o l i v e i n poverty 6 concern themselves only with t h e development & prese rva t ion o f e th - i c a l va lues . They were forb idden t o

r tan i d e a l o f an i n t e l l e c t u a l 6 x t ive pover ty was com?letely over led 6 replaced with a va lue s y s t - lased on ma te r i a l possess ions a l - . The monetary va lue of land was :nted, 6 r e a l e s t a t e d e a l s became des igners of o u r environment.

: r t y l o s t i t s s t a t u s a s a c r e a t - f o r c e i n s o c i e t y E became assoc-

:d wi th t h e idea o f personal f a i l - , Athenian democracy was t h e t d l e :1 f o r o u r modern age, b u t t h e

,,,advantages o f i t , 6 t h e a l t e r n a t - i ves t h a t e x i s t e d s imultaneously with i t , were completely ignored.

.- So, today we have a luxur ious

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Have you seen what's in the Theatre?! !

Carnegie has had a n i g h t o r two each week f o r a few years when videos a r e shown i n t h e Theatre . Sometimes t h e r e ' v e been f i l m s on t h e o ld r e d l projecf ior , with t h e l i g h t s coming on each t ime it came t o change r e e l s .

The v ideos were shown on one o r two small TVs, kind of l i k e watching it a t home..with 10-40 o t h e r people a l l crowded i n t r y i n g no t t o end up too f a r away where they couldn ' t see .

LO E BEHOLD! The Carnegie Associa- t i o n , a f t e r chec$ing out t he p r i c e s of v a r i o u s new p r o j e c t o r s and b igger TVs, decided t o go f o r it and got a s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t v ideo p r o j e c t o r . I t i s f i x e d i n t h e Theatre , and g ives an image on t h e po r t ab l e screen , a l s o f ixed , o f 8Ix8' - a s c l e a r a s a b e l l .

The new system i s a l s o hooked up t o t h e Thea t r e ' s sound system, so we no longer have t o hope l i k e h e l l t h a t t u r n i n g the TV s e t up t o f u l l volume won1 t d i s t o r t it so much t h a t i t ' s a drag j u s t t o b e i n t h e room.

The next t ime Egor Marov, Mister Video, p o s t s t h e evening33 program, check it ou t . I t ' s ainazing!

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4 . MIKE HARCOURT - FOR PANDERING TO SINISTER FORCES.

3 - THE VANCOUVER PORT CORP - FOR OFFERING up OUR CHERISHED LANDS TO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE CRIMINALS*

4 4 2 . VLC - FOR MISAPPROPRIATING UNION FUNDS FOR SINISTER PURPOSES.

1. STEVE WYNN - READ: TEMPLES OF CHANCE BY DAVID JOHNSTON & THE BOARDWALK JUNGLE BY OVID DEMARIS.

6 Nay 1994 LETTER Jim Crandles E Norman S ta rk Vancouver Port Corporat ion

Jim and Norman,

This i s no r a form l e t t e r . The most recent one rece ived from you i s not at hand, so your respec ted job t i t l e s a r e not p a r t o f t h e address . . . i n e l e v e n t .

For an ' execut ive summary' of t h e fol lowing - the Carnegie Community A s - soc i a t ion w i l l i n no way a t t e n d , cons- u l t wi th o r be a p a r t t o any d i scuss - ion making the Main S t r e e t Overpass "acces s ib l e . 'I

Attendance: A s has happened i n s eve ra l planning meetings over t h e

years , o u r presence has been summaris- ed a s one community group among many while t h e input-we o f f e r e d was ignoned. We a t t ended v i r t u a l l y every meeting o f the Standing Committee on Access t o Por t s ide Patk, only t o f i n d r ep re sen t - a t i v e s from t h e Por t of Vancouver con- s t a n t l y chanding, wi th t h e new f a c e cons tan t ly p ro fe s s ing t o t a l ignorance of the work t o d a t e . This was and r e - mains a favoured de lay in2 t a c t i c o f the VPC, j u s t t o maintain i t s own timeline/agenda.

Lonsul t a t i o n : Perhaps you have been -U

off -p lane t f o r a few years . . .perhaps you (both) d e l i g h t i n p r a c t i c i n g being s tup id . We have j u s t gone through seven yea r s of s n a i l - paced consu l t a t i ons , p lay ing by a l l t h e r u l e s , consu l t i ng with everyone poss ib l e , on ly t o have the sham o f t he e n t i r e process r evea l i t s e ' l f a t t h e C l t y Council meeting o f 17 March. The r e v e l a t i o n o f t h e water f ront develop- ment p l ans t o inc lude a massive d e s t i - n a t i o n - t o u r i s t and b i l l i o n - d o l l a r cas- ino a r e not co inc iden ta l i n t h e s l igh t - e s t . In s h o r t we w i l l no t be co-opted o r compromised by t h e t i t l e of "cons- u l t e e f l when t h e Por t o f Vancouver has done every th ing ib ,could t o block the demands o f t h e Downtown Eas ts ide Comm- u n i t y ... dur ing the 5-year s t r u g g l e t o ge t CRAB Park, inc luding a t e n t c i t y on s i t e , and dur ing t h e fol lowing 7 yea r s ( t h e l a s t 7 years ) inc luding be- l i e v i n g t h e ploy o f Stark asking us not t o c r e a t a p u b l i c fu rou r a s Rick I-lansen r o l l e d through Main E Hastings because % e g o t i a t i o n s a r e a t t h e i r most d e l i c a t e , c r u c i a l stage". . . 3 e i n ~ a Par ty t o . flie Por t i s n o t a - team p laye r - has done every th ing poss ib l e not t o be consc ien t ious o r even honest enough t o admit t h e f i a s c o o f t he Main S t r e e t Overpass o r even t o speak i n favour o f t h e Columbia S t r e e t Pedes t r ian Over- pass t h a t was agreed t o by t h e Stand- ing Committee. The absence of anyone from t h e VPC a t Council on 17/3 was 'more of t h e same!.

The Vancouver Po r t Corporation has had t h r e e yea r s t o make t h e e f f o r t s t h a t you a r e now bubbling over t o make - t o make an admitted imposs ib i l i t y a r e a l i t y . The Main S t r e e t Overpass can not be made a c c e s s i b l e . Your eagerness and 'community-mindedness' , a t t h i s po in t , would be laughable i f it wasn' t so nausea t ing . . .

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City o t Vancouver political hacks s tand between you and t h e pub l i c on t h i s . . a t l e a s t i n your balance shee t . That Council has degenerated i n t o a joke i s not news.

Our demand t o t h e Vancouver Po r t Corporation i s t h a t t h e VPC cons t ruc t t h e pedes t r i an overpass a t Columbia S t r e e t , paying f o r t h e e n t i r e p r o j e c t . You a r e prepared t o spend over a b i l l - ion d o l l a r s on water f ront development t o generate p r o f i t s f a r i n excess o f

t h a t , f i g u r e . l f you wish t o be regard- ed i n any p o s i t i v e way by o u r communi- t y , you w i l l j o i n with u s t o provide t h e access t y p e and rou te we have ag- reed t o . We have a s much i n t e r e s t i n your excuses over n o t meeting t h i s de- mand as we have i n working with you t o make t h e Main S t r e e t Overpass access- i b l e .

Respec t fu l ly submit ted, PaulR Taylor

Member of t h e Board, Edi tor , Carnegie Newsletter.

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(At t h e f r o n t desk ... PETITION ... if you ' re i n t e r e s t e d )

We the tenant5 of the 100 block East Hastings would like to Petition the City of Vancouver to restrict the hours of late night business' in our immediate area. Due to the extreme noise md violence incurred by the patrons of these establishments (the beer parlors, all night fast food outlets etc.) we do not have our siniple right to a nights sleep. This area is well known to be a haven to alcoholics , drug users and sellers, contrary to popular belief these people are not the only tenants in the area. There are many senior citizens students, single mothers, and low income workers that do not enjoy even mlnimal standards of ,safety, security and general peace and quiet, that other areas of the city take for granted. We appeal to the City CounseJlors to restrict the hours of operation of these late night establishments by amending the Permits and Licenses of the 100 Block East Hastings. Name Address siguqture