Fwd: Dec 8th, 7pm = War on Drugs is War on the Poor (info session & campaign launch)
Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition
From: Harm Reduction Victoria <victoria.ha...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:37 PM
Subject: Dec 8th, 7pm = War on Drugs is War on the Poor (info session & campaign launch)
To: Harm Reduction Victoria <victoria.ha...@gmail.com>
Thursday December 8th
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7-11pm / Cabin 12 (Pandora@Govt)
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On December 8th, Beddow Centre, S.O.L.I.D & Allies of Drug War Survivors will launch a campaign to challenge the War on Drugs as a critical component of the current War on the Poor.
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The “War on Drugs is
a War on the Poor” campaign will demand:
> SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES NOW! An end to denying essential services to
people who use drugs (including the immediate implementation of peer-driven
Supervised Consumption Services in Victoria)
> HOMES NOT PRISONS! No new money for the criminalization of people who use
drugs (no new prisons; no increases to policing budgets for policing poverty)
and spending where it should be --providing housing, income, health services
and supports for all!
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The launch features
presentations about upcoming projects including:
> plans for a 2012
convergence by and for people who use drugs, aimed at building and sharing
organizing skills as the first step in creating a powerful, accessible and
broad-based local campaign against the War on Drugs/War on the Poor.
Please join us to share knowledge about existing projects and allied
organizations (Society of Living Illicit Drug Users, Beddow Centre), and to
pool our resources to build a strong, focused anti-poverty movement in
Victoria.
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See ‘Allies of Drug War Survivors’ F-book Page for further info
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