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Village Vancouver Meetup + Potluck

Event Details

Time: February 28, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: St Philip's Church
Street: 3737 West 27th Ave
City/Town: Vancouver
Website or Map: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=…
Event Neighbourhood and Type: dunbar, potluck, meetup
Organized By: Dunbar Transition Village, VV
Latest Activity: Mar 1, 2011

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Event Description

New monthly gathering. Meet neighbours and Village members, hear what's happening in VV in our Neighbourhood Food Networks and other initiatives, share a meal.

This is our second meetup (our 1st meetup was via Transition Strathcona).

Agenda

Potluck

Intro to Village Vancouver and Transition Towns - including:
- film clips from Transition Network and VV
- highlights from villages, networks, and projects:
Local Economy Network: Local Currency Project
Neighbourhood Food Networks and Urban Farming
Dunbar Neighbourhood village & visioning villages
Imagining the Possibilities: What would your ideal neighbourhood look like?
Dreaming a better future for ourselves and our communities.

Child friendly. Everyone welcome!

Modest donation contributions for the space appreciated but no one turned away due to lack of funds.

RSVP here.

March's meetup will be hosted by Main Street Neighbourhood village.

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Comment by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on March 1, 2011 at 12:30pm: Great to meet you all last night!

As there were some inquires re; VAN BC here are some of our facebook and video links:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/VAN-BC-Vancouver-Alliance-Network-Com...

W2TV: VAN BC Special #1 (listed as 59:45)

Taped February 13, 2011 at the Vancouver Alliance Network Because We Care (VAN BC) event titled Where Change Happens.

Features comments by:
Mike Harcourt - former BC Premier and Vancouver Mayor
Jean Swanson - Carnegie Community Action Project
Darcie Bennett - Pivot Legal Society
Fern Jeffries - Inner City Response Initiative
Roberta Dawn Kennedy - Haida Storyteller

Repeat broadcast on Shaw cable 4:
Friday, March 4 @ 2-3am
Saturday, March 5 @ 1-2am
Saturday, March 5 @ 2-3pm

The raw footage of the whole event plus outline:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8D9717E1113FD510

Openning Prayer" Rose Point, Musqueam Nation

9:00am

VAN BC Welcoming: Scott Clark (MC)

9:15am

Public Education, organizer Noel Herron

1) Jane Bouey, VSB school trustee

2) Noel Herron, former VSB principal

3) Christine Stewart, Van Tech teacher

Moderator: Halesia Luke, member of Save Our Schools (SOS) coalition

9:30 - 10:30

Housing and homelessness, organizer Am Johal

Speakers:

1) Jean Swanson, Carnegie Community Action Project

2) Rider Cooey, City-Wide Housing Coalition

3) Darcie Bennett, Pivot Legal Society

10:30- 11:30

Child and Family, organizer Grace Tait

Speakers

1) Fern Jefferies

2) Ernie Crey

3) Richer Initative: Vivan Nawrocki, NP(F)

11:30- 12:30

Yves Trudel of United way introcudes:

Former Premier Mike Harcourt

Place Based Initiatives/Social, econmic, and ecological sustainability

12:30- 1:00

Political Panel, organizer Scott Clark

Speakers:

1) City Councilor: David Cadman COPE

2) Provincial: MLA Jenny Kwan

3) Federal: MP Libby Davies

Moderator: Yves Trudel of the Untied Way

1:00- 2:00

Women's Panel, organizer Karen Gilchrist

Speakers:

1) Patricia E. Aguilar-Zeleny, Bachelor in Economics, M.A. in Urban Development, Ph.D. in Geography and M.A. Student in Women Studies (project is on lone mothers, transport and urban policy)

2) Carol Muree Martin Victim service worker DTES

& Missing women's March Feb 14th memorial march.

3) Asia Czapska, Justice for Girls http://www.justiceforgirls.org/justicesystemmonitoring/index.html

2:00- 3:00

Environment Panel, organizer Bill Lightbown

Speakers:

1) Environment Ben [email protected]

2) Don Staniford: Salmon are Sacred http://www.salmonaresacre/

3) Nakuset Ansaléwit (Nikki Gould): Multimedia Youth Representative

3:00- 4:00

Arts and Culture, organizer Gunargie O'Sulivan

Speakers:

1) Jay Peachy: Mental Health Advocate for the Arts www.jpeachygallery.com

2) Jeska SlaterFriendship Center Event Coordinator, Founder of Young Warriors

3) Nyla Carpentier: Full Circle performance artist.

4:00- 5:00

Best Regards,

Karen

Comment by Ross Moster on March 1, 2011 at 12:03pm: That was fun!

By my count, we were over 25 people.

Comment by Amy Tran on February 18, 2011 at 2:24pm: I have another event to go to that evening. Sorry! Hopefully I can make it to the March meetup.