Please see below for media advisories and press releases regarding the policing of poverty in Victoria February 14 VIPIRG launches campaign to end the policing of poverty: a safer city for all is possible if city resources are used to reduce poverty, not punish the poor
CFAX interview with Seb Bonet (Feb. 16 2012) Street People Targeted by Police (Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, Feb 16, 2012) Police Tactics Making Victoria Unsafe for Homeless People (Gordon O’Connor, Georgia Straight, Feb 2, 2012) Policing Away Poverty Doesn’t Work (Simon Nattrass, Monday Magazine, Feb 1, 2012)
Please see below for press releases and media coverage of VIPIRG’s campaign to stop the policing of poverty and the social profiling of street-involved people Media stories Press releases
According to the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s 2010 report, there are over 600 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Of these deaths, nearly half of the murder cases remain unsolved. Rates of violence against Indigenous women are highest in British Columbia with 28% of the cases of missing and murdered women occurring here.
This initiative is a current and on-going work of a member of the Lekwungen community whom is inviting Indigenous people and allies to work together in reinstating the Kwetlal food system.
On this day, we are calling for an end to laws and unjust policing that prevent sex workers from reporting violence. Join sex workers and their allies in a march to say violence against sex workers must stop now!
Join us for VIPIRG’s Annual General Meeting on November 16th!
Please join us for the Policing Poverty in Victoria publication launch, panel and discussion featuring community members, street interviewers, researchers & students.
Are you interested in making a hands-on contribution to a local research project on policing, criminal justice and poverty? The Vancouver Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG) is looking for Volunteer Street Interview Recorders …