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Serving & empowering individuals & families experiencing homelessness & poverty in #YEG 🦋 Harm Reduction Based & guided by Indigenous ways of knowing & being
Jun 1, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Today marks the start of Pride Month and at Boyle Street we’re starting out our celebrations with the raising of the Progress Pride Flag!
#Pride2022 #LoveIsLove
1/5 Image Over our 50 years of serving Edmonton’s vulnerable, we’ve striven to create spaces that were welcoming and inclusive of everyone across the spectrum of human experience. We’re still learning as we grow, but ...
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May 31, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
Bob Frohlich is our tireless and empathetic ID Services Coordinator, and his work is often integral to helping our clients break the cycle of poverty. This is just one of his stories that we wanted to share with you today: (Thread)
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"Charlie (name changed) had just arrived in Edmonton from northern Alberta. He stood in front of me with all his belongings (a back pack). His long black braids told me of the pride he carries as an Indigenous man.
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May 25, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Today in #YEGDT we held an open house for our #ManagedAlcoholProgram (MAP) and their new space - we even got to sample the wine that clients brew themselves. It got grape reviews! Big things are happening at the MAP space - they just moved into a bigger area to give participants a more dignified and functional drop in space with plenty of activities and ways to get to know each other.