Honour the Coast Salish people on whose unceded Traditional
Territory the DTES resides.
Celebrate our strong community of urban Aboriginal
andlow-income people of many ancestries, abilities, cultures,
health conditions, genders, ages and sexual orientations.
Put people first and welcome all who advocate for affordable
low-income housing and respect our vibrant community values.
Ensure low-income people have affordable homes and access to
resources to meet our needs.
Unite in fair processes and act in peaceful and necessary ways
to expand our abilities, overcome adversity and protect our
community.
5.
Working for justice and the community;
Strengthening our community;
Respecting each other and nature;
Making decisions about our own neighbourhood;
Accepting people without judgment;
Cooperating;
Appreciating diversity;
6.
Caring;
Respecting all generations and their roles increating a healthy
community;
Providing sanctuary for people who arentwelcome in other
places;
Building harmony;
Empathizing with those who are suffering and honouring empathy
knowledge.
7.
Should be the foundation for future DTES development;
8.
Lots of work needed;
Divide change into things that can be done by residents alone,
residents with help, and outsiders;
DTES is famous for accomplishing the impossible, like getting
CRAB Park etc.We want big changes in the DTES.
9.
Build social housing for low-income people
Tackle systemic poverty;
Slow the pace of neighbourhood change
10.
Improve safety by dealing with police and security guard
harassment and brutality, non resident drinkers, and replacing the
illegal drug market with a legal market based on health and human
rights principles.
11.
Improve health services;
Support and fund DTES arts and culture;
Embrace the history of the DTES founding Aboriginal, Chinese,
Japanese, and working class communties.
12.
Develop an economy that serves and employs local
residents;
Ensure safe, welcoming and sufficient public spaces;
Respect existing historical and neighbourhood scale.
13.
Involve DTES residents in neighbourhood decisions;
Attract children;
Create a DTES image that honours and respects low income
residents;
Preserve the founding historical communities.
14.
A place of sanctuary for suffering people;
A centre of action for basic human rights;
A place where new ideas and alternatives arise;
Its a real community.
15.
New resident council with unique structure;
Prioritize Actions;
Work with others inside and outside the community to implement
them.