Live Breaking News & Updates on Street Workers Advocacy Project
Stay updated with breaking news from Street workers advocacy project. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
'Canada's Worst Neighbourhood' residents take charge, create change regina.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from regina.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
REGINA A Regina man is demanding change at a local shelter after his daughter died four months after being allegedly evicted. Roland Desjarlais s daughter, Marilyn Gordon, was 30 years-old when she died of a fatal drug overdose. She was the mother of four young children. Marilyn spent the Christmas holidays with just me and her family, Desjarlais said. She spoke repeatedly about reunification with their children and how important that was to her. Tragically, I found her deceased in her bed on the morning of Sunday, January 3, six days after being denied re-admission to the government-funded program. Desjarlais said his daughter was evicted from the Raising Hope in September 2020. Raising Hope is a government funded-program, operated by the Street Workers Advocacy Project (SWAP). ....
FSIN calls for Indigenous representation in gov’t review of Regina’s Raising Hope program By Moises Canales Mar 3, 2021 4:30 PM The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations wants the provincial government’s review of Regina’s Raising Hope program to include one of their own First Nations representatives. The program is in place to support vulnerable, at-risk women in the community. The call comes after the death of 30-year-old Marilyn Gordon, a former resident who accessed the program for several months in 2020. She was suddenly evicted from Raising Hope by staff four months prior to her passing on Jan. 3, 2021. Her father Roland Desjarlais said on Wednesday that Gordon struggled with mental illness and substance abuse since the passing of her mother in 2017. She ended up entering the Raising Hope program last year in order to heal from her trauma. Desjarlais said it was her way to take steps to rebuilding her life. ....
Article content The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and past workers and residents of Raising Hope are calling for the immediate removal of the program’s directors and members of staff. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, the group levelled accusations of abuse at the hands of workers, and a culture that punishes vulnerable residents for speaking about how they are treated. Run by the Street Workers Advocacy Project (SWAP), the program helps “pregnant or early post-partum women who struggle with substance abuse issues as well as a number of other issues including homelessness or substandard/dangerous housing,” according to its description. ....
Grieving father joins calls to overhaul Regina non-profit Raising Hope cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.