Greetings from the Poverty Olympics Organizing Committee!

For the last 2 years, the Poverty Olympics, a community-led event, has been staged in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver in British Columbia. It involves skits loosely based on Olympic events and features its own Poverty Anthem and official mascots. The purpose of the Poverty Olympics is to advocate for poverty reduction in BC, an aim captured in our slogan – End Poverty: It’s Not a Game.

The organization WAVAW, Women against violence against women, is currently in the process of developing a week long curriculum for grade 8 students on violence prevention and systemic oppression.

Youth Resistance through Art: How Will the Olympics Affect You?
A Special 2-Day Workshop on Art & Silkscreening
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"THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN MYTH AND REALITY" - FREE speakers series of Olympic critics and organisers ongoing most Mondays from Sept. 14 - Dec. 7, 5 - 6:30pm. Hosted by UBC's Green College at the Green College Coach House (6201 Cecil Green Park Road, north off of NW Marine Drive).  Map at www.maps.ubc.ca/?412

6. Monday, Nov. 2, 5pm:
"Olympic security and civil liberties: A lasting legacy." David Eby. Eby is the Acting Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre is currently hosting an exhibit on the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.