Newton ACORN is Ready for a Big 2017!
ACORN members in Surrey's Newton neighborhood got together to brainstorm for the first few months of 2017.
BC ACORN started organizing in 2005, starting with our first chapter, Surrey. Since then we have built up six more chapters across the lower mainland (New Westminster, Burnaby, Tri-Cities, Whalley, Guilford, and Newton). Some of our biggest victories include: Canada’s first living wage policy in New Westminster; the introduction of a healthy homes bylaw in Surrey; regulation of payday lending; and many local victories against slumlords!
Despite losing our office in an explosion in 2013, BC ACORN is stronger than ever and continuing the fight for healthy homes, disability rights, and closing the digital divide!
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ACORN members in Surrey's Newton neighborhood got together to brainstorm for the first few months of 2017.
Newsmaker of the Year
The Burnaby chapter of BC ACORN is continuing to fight the demovictions happening in Metrotown which are fueled by a mass development plan update that is threatening to gentrify the entire neighbourhood.
While most other Metro Vancouver municipalities have added rental units or stayed the same, Burnaby’s rental housing stock has plunged
The rising number of ‘demovictions’ in Burnaby that has pitted its mayor against housing advocates has today seen a meeting between the two.
Surrey ACORN members braved the weather Thursday night to attend the community safety forum.
This week the city of Surrey announced a team of 16 dedicated law enforcement officers to patrol the areas around the Whalley strip- however 'home base' for those officers will be steps away from a proposed safe injection site.
Despite negative image payday loan industry says it's a necessary service for marginalized Canadians
The only public supervised-consumption site proposed for Surrey would be steps from the home base of a new and dedicated team of 16 law enforcement officers in an area where police have clashed with the homeless and drug users.
Saturday, December 3rd marked the UN's International Day of Persons With Disability and the 10th anniversary of the UN's Covenant on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.