Dec 17 is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and we are amid a provincially declared epidemic of gender-based violence. At the same time the past year has seen a string of closures and service reductions at organizations serving sex workers across Vancouver, a pattern of taking place in the context of sustained underfunding for a highly criminalized and marginalized group. Currently, our funding …
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Our Board is looking for new members!
The Opportunities We are seeking a Board Treasurer who will also serve as the Chair of the Finance Committee. The ideal candidate has prior board experience and financial expertise with a CPA designation. We are seeking individuals to become Directors on our Board, ideally with prior board experience. RainCity Housing seeks Board members who care …
At the end of National Addictions Awareness Week, we’re still dealing with an epidemic.
Today is the last day of National Addictions Awareness Week, an opportunity to highlight solutions to address drug-related harms. Something that’s barely been mentioned in this sector during the last seven days is the ongoing drug poisoning epidemic, declared a public health emergency over eight years ago. When the drug poisoning epidemic is brought up in …
Truth and Reconciliation and Anti-racism
RainCity’s Manager of Communications & Fund Development shares his personal thoughts as a non-Indigenous person who works alongside Indigenous and non-Indigenous coworkers at a non-Indigenous organization. I’m writing this as the sun sets on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Many events took place today for both Indigenous …
We are looking for people to join our Board!
RainCity Housing wishes to acknowledge that we operate programs on the stolen, unceded, ancestral, traditional homelands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, q̓íc̓əy̓, qiqéyt, qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓, sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, SEMYOME, shíshálh, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, ˈstɔːloʊ and Xʷməθkwəy̓əm Nations. The Opportunity We are seeking individuals to join our Board of Directors, ideally with prior board experience. We are actively recruiting Directors who reflect the diversity of the people that we work alongside and with experience/background in …
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We are standing up against anti-trans discrimination
On September 20th there are rallies planned across the country directly attacking the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and the principles of equity and inclusion, principles which RainCity Housing continues to work to make real throughout the organization. In solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, RainCity is speaking out against these rallies both internally and externally. The planned events in …
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Foxglove is Open!
Foxglove is open! As of today, over 60 people have moved. BC Housing arranged a formal event on Thursday, April 21 where all levels of government attended to acknowledge publicly the need for places like Foxglove that have the added component of enhanced health supports that are on-site, like nurses and the Managed Alcohol Program. It …