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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
Oh no he didn’t! Today, Kiwassa Neighbourhood House Board of Directors announced that our Executive Director, Mark Gifford, will be leaving Kiwassa in mid-February, 2020, having accepted a position as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia. We are...
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Giving It Up for Warriors!
This #GivingTuesday, Kiwassa has decided to ask our community and donor network to support Warriors Against Violence, an independent, grassroots, Indigenous-led organization whose volunteers and participants have spent more than 20 years responding to gender-based violence facing people in our communities. They do not charge...
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting & Volunteer Appreciation
Yes, it’s true! This year, we’re taking the opportunity of our AGM to celebrate and recognize the amazing work of Kiwassa volunteers. We will try to keep the boring bits quick and painless. But the people are great, and the celebration will be fun, delicious,...
Read MoreKiwassa’s Statement on the CBSA Raid at Hastings Park
On August 19, 2019, Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) conducted an early morning raid on some of our neighbours. The CBSA decided to arrive early at the Hastings Park stables to identify and arrest racialized, Spanish-speaking workers who were doing their jobs, caring for horses, cleaning stalls in preparation for the day ahead. In our view, the raid was not about defending public safety, but rather a dehumanizing exercise that serves only to generate fear and reduce community safety.
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