BlackLivesMatter YVR @BLM_Van
Black folks working in solidarity with communities seeking justice from racialized violence. linktr.ee/Blmvan Coast Salish Territory Joined April 2016-
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📢 SHARE WIDELY: FLASH FUNDRAISER FOR VANDU ORGANIZER IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION As a result of the CoV street sweeps, an unhoused, Black VANDU organizer was turned over to CBSA & is facing possible deportation. ✉️ E-TRANSFER to [email protected] with NOTE: legal fund in memo
Tomorrow Crown Council decides on 1 VPD cop's criminal trial for assault w/ a weapon on Jam during #BHM2018. 6 VPD thugs who stomped him got off scot-free. ✊🏿For #BHM2023 demand #JusticeForJamiel and Black Futures!✊🏿 Mon Feb 13 9:30a Rm 514 222 Main gofundme.com/f/justice-for-…
Tomorrow Crown Council decides on 1 VPD cop's criminal trial for assault w/ a weapon on Jam during #BHM2018. 6 VPD thugs who stomped him got off scot-free. ✊🏿For #BHM2023 demand #JusticeForJamiel and Black Futures!✊🏿 Mon Feb 13 9:30a Rm 514 222 Main gofundme.com/f/justice-for-… https://t.co/ZPgk5To2Sh
Essential Listening for this Black Futures Month!
Policing in B.C. is and always has been racist. Here’s a thread with six years of data that shows systemic racism in all police interactions (e.g. vehicle stops, who police consider a “suspect,” etc.), across all of B.C.’s municipal police departments. #cdnfoi
Today former BLM Vancouver organizer + epidemiologist @DaniAtomicus launches 'Rights Back at You', a podcast on anti-Black racism, policing + surveillance via @AmnestyNow: amnesty.ca/rightsbackatyou Hear from activists + experts resisting state violence + death against all odds.
Content Note: -police violence -child abuse -anti-Indigeneity -abelism -medical violence Two Metro Vancouver Transit Police constables forcefully restrain a handcuffed autistic Indigenous tween at BC Children's Hospital. Neither autism, nor childhood are crimes.
Content Note: -police violence -child abuse -anti-Indigeneity -abelism -medical violence Two Metro Vancouver Transit Police constables forcefully restrain a handcuffed autistic Indigenous tween at BC Children's Hospital. Neither autism, nor childhood are crimes.
Where the city council of Vancouver fails, the people of Vancouver must prevail. Support @kwardvancouver campaign to fund VANDU's art project: gofund.me/ec1c1d99
CN. Police murder of a queer community member . . . 2 months ago the North Vancouver #RCMP murdered Dani Cooper, also known as Maiken and Dee Cee, during a wellness check. This memorial banner was put up at 17th & Lonsdale to commemorate Dani.
For immediate release: our statement regarding an article in @TheTyee by @JenStDen concerning police harassment of one of our outreach staff members.
His video of a police officer shoving a man in the #DTES reopened a police complaint, and led to a criminal investigation. After he did media interviews about the video, police started stopping Tyler Nielsen repeatedly while he was driving. thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/0…
Sitting councillor Brian Montague sporting a Thin Blue Line patch- a symbol which has ties to white nationalist movements and has been banned by police departments all over the country. #vanpoli
Vancouver, where the city has to slash budgets for social programs so that the VPD can create paid ‘make-work’ positions for their recruits
December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Established in 1992, this day is centered around the advancement of the rights and well-being of Deaf and disabled people.
Message from Laura Holland to join her today at 312 Main Street. Laura is the mother of Jared Lowndes, Wet’suwet’en nation. Today, IIO will release its final decision in police-involved killing of Jared. 12 pm for prayers 2pm decision 4pm press conference 6pm dinner for all
On Nov. 29th, to inaugurate the first big snowfall of the year, @CityofVancouver and @VancouverPD evicted residents of the Hastings Tent City and destroyed their homes. They did not offer housing. Residents were ordered to "get off of Hastings." Here's what we saw:
MEDIA ADVISORY - Family and supporters of #JusticeforJared, along with @UBCIC, @defund604, @bccla and Pivot, speak out in response to IIO's investigation of the police-involved killing of Jared Lownde's. ow.ly/XsXG50LRSXT
this has to stop. the government needs to be directly addressing living drug users now instead of sending condolences to our relations after their policies murder us the government needs to address us directly. #bcpoli news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022M…

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Defund 604 @defund604
3K Followers 755 Following Defund 604 organizes on unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm, Skwxwu7mesh, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, Q'e'yc'ey, qiqéyt, qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ & Stó:lō peoples.
Garth Mullins @garthmullins
15K Followers 3K Following Host @crackdownpod, bestselling author, VANDU, drugstore cowboy, writer, policy analyst, shop steward, PhD(c), blind. Repped by @CRSRipley Be safe-Keep 6
VANDU @VANDUpeople
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Negro Frolics @DesmondCole
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack
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DoNoHarm BC @DoNoHarmBC
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10K Followers 6K Following Vancouver City Councillor and downtown resident. #vanpoli (he/him) 🏳️🌈 Email: [email protected] 👉Social Media Policy: https://t.co/bKN8rsj7XT
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UBC Community Engagem... @UBCCommEngage
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669 Followers 97 Following Hi, I’m Kale. A queer, disabled bookworm 📚. I make videos sometimes. Decolonize relationships & abolish the PIC. Beloved roommate is a 6lbs chiweenie.
@harshawalia.bsky.soc... @HarshaWalia
51K Followers 4K Following Over at https://t.co/cZQJ061Cll find me there!
Defund 604 @defund604
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Garth Mullins @garthmullins
15K Followers 3K Following Host @crackdownpod, bestselling author, VANDU, drugstore cowboy, writer, policy analyst, shop steward, PhD(c), blind. Repped by @CRSRipley Be safe-Keep 6
VANDU @VANDUpeople
10K Followers 1K Following VANDU is a group of current & former drug users who work to improve the lives of illicit drug users through user-based peer support, education, and action.
Negro Frolics @DesmondCole
109K Followers 7K Following can you put me on the list? Senior writer @TheBreachMedia https://t.co/ealKkaD46B for bookings contact Scott Sellers [email protected]
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack
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Pivot Legal Society @pivotlegal
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1K Followers 853 Following I'm K!mmortal. or kim. Musician, Artist (they/them) #queerfilipinx #blacklivesmatter #landback #acab ig: @kimmortaltheartist 📧: [email protected]
janellelapointe.bsky.... @janellelapointe
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Better Dwelling @BetterDwelling
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Sex Work in Canada & ... @CanadianSexPro
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BC Hydro @bchydro
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Emergency Info BC @EmergencyInfoBC
221K Followers 552 Following We provide response & recovery info during provincial emergencies. Follow @PreparedBC for emergency preparedness. Collection Notice: https://t.co/u0vaxiYh8J
PreparedBC @PreparedBC
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SEEN @seenthepodcast
5 Followers 0 Following personal healing & collective liberation work through the eyes of Black & Brown queer women.
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2K Followers 1K Following Building community that reacts on #antiGypsyism, identifies solutions to individual stories #RomaReact #OpreRoma #RomaDignity #WallFreeEurope #RomaniResistance
OPS @vancouverops
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PeerNetBC @PeerNetBC
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Migrant Rights Networ... @MigrantRightsCA
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IndigenEYEZ @IndigenEYEZ
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Adriana Laurent @Laurent_Adri
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