Help @MegaphoneMag raise $10,000 to continue their writing workshops for DTES folks

Promoting charitable causes on my blog is one of the things that I am most inclined to do and most proud of. Because of the fact that my office at The Network Hub is in the heart of the downtown Vancouver Financial District, almost bordering with Gastown and the Downtown East Side, I feel a very strong familiarity with the issues that DTES folks face. I am keen to help alleviate poverty and end homelessness, and at the core of these issues is the DTES. Whenever I walk by a Megaphone Magazine vendor, I ALWAYS make the point to buy the issue, and if I can, I always pay much more than the suggested donation (a measly $2 of which $1.25 go directly to support the vendor).

I was reading the last issue of Megaphone Magazine and found out that they need to raise $10,000 to continue providing writing workshops for DTES folks. From the Megaphone Magazine Director’s Corner:

For the past three years, Megaphone has been running weekly writing workshops in treatment centres, social housing buildings and community centres in the Downtown Eastside and downtown Vancouver. Our facilitators work with individuals who are dealing with issues such as homelessness, addiction and mental illness. By giving people the opportunity to tell their story, and then have it published in Megaphone, the rest of the city can learn what it’s like to live with these issues./ It’s had a powerful impact on those writers.

I would want to encourage you to donate to Megaphone Magazine (you can donate online, or mailing a cheque using the form provided in the latest issue of Megaphone). Your donation would have a great impact in helping provide a voice to those who are most marginalized and disempowered in the downtown East Side of Vancouver.