[DefendGrandview-Announce] GUERRILLA BLOCK PARTY! This Saturday!

[defend-grandview at riseup.net]

***GUERRILLA BLOCK PARTY!***

SATURDAY MAY 15th, 8:30pm @ Grandview Park (Commercial at Charles)
Dancing, Live Music, DJ's Street Hockey and more! All performers welcome!

*LET'S TAKE THE MOTHERFUCKING STREETS!*


A party in defence and celebration of Grandview Park. Construction starts
in July 2010 and will close the park for a YEAR!

STOP THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GRANDVIEW PARK!

Upcoming Events:

***COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY & POTLUCK!***

SUNDAY MAY 23rd 4pm @ Grandview Park

For chatting, information, and action planning against the redevelopment
of Grandview Park. Got an idea? Want to help? Want to know what the hell
is going on?? Come out!


***GUERRILLA GARDENING!***

Meeting every WEDNESDAY 4PM @ The Purple Thistle (#260-975 Vernon Dr @
Venables)

Who's park? The people's park! Why should some stiffs in suits decide how
we should "improve" it??!


***FREE BIKE REPAIR IN THE PARK!***

THURSDAY MAY 20th 11am @ Grandview Park

Thanks to some members of Our Community Bikes.
Come out & fix your stuff with nice humans! And cookies!


***THE LOITERING JAMS***

Every SUNDAY AFTERNOON in Grandview Park

Parks are for loitering! Bring your banjos and whatever-the-hells & make
some noise!


STOP THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GRANDVIEW PARK!

Grandview Park sits in the heart of Commercial Drive, Vancouver's most
radical neighbourhood. It serves as a humble social space that is well
loved for its welcoming demeanour and inclusivity. It has historically
been a fitting rallying point for anti-capitalist and anti-colonial
events, and is a home to many.

The official complaints in favor of redevelopment:

The park is


1. “Chronically overrun by illegal inhabitants.”

2. Used for “drug dealing and hard drugs.”

3. “The chosen location of illegal protesters.”

4. “The design of the playground encourages loitering of non-families.”

5. “The unsanctioned use of tennis courts by the bicycle polo club” means
that the “
 tennis courts (are) no longer available for parents to teach
their kids how to ride bikes.”

We want East Vancouver to be a community where you don’t have to be rich
to exist, and where we don’t criminalize our neighbours. Because the
redevelopment of Grandview Park is a step towards the further elimination
of poorer people from our neighbourhood, and serves to
pacify our community, we say...

NO REDEVELOPMENT OF GRANDVIEW PARK!

For more information check out:

http://defendgrandview.wordpress.com/

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