Stacie Swain (isn't on here much right now) Profile picture
PhD Candidate @UVicPoli, Indig Nationhood program. @cupe4163 member. Settler, she/they.
Nov 8, 2020 19 tweets 8 min read
Read about grassroots organizing showers for unhoused folks in Meegan! The day the showers were installed, @CityOfVictoria shut the water off. The city isn't providing services that meet int'l human rights standards, and citizens are trying to do their job for them.

/thread The UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing requires gov'ts to "Guarantee access to public toilets, showers, and handwashing facilities and products for homeless persons living on the street who do not have access to private facilities."

bit.ly/3eDDYiw
Feb 14, 2020 32 tweets 50 min read
Hundreds of people surround #BCGov Ministry buildings in Victoria w/picket signs reading: #BCGovtShutDown & ‘Respect #Wetsuweten Sovereignty”

Indigenous youth & Wet'suwet'en supporters invite @bcgeu workers to stand in #WetsuwetenSolidarity!

#shutdowncanada
📸@mikegraemephoto @bcgeu @mikegraemephoto On the Facebook event page for #BCGovtShutdown for #WetsuwetenSolidarity, there are 1,100 people "going" and 1,900 people "interested" in today's call to action & message to the BC gov't - #NoMoreBusinessAsUsual!

#ShutDownCanada
#WetsuwetenStrong
📸Lauren Sortome