What the community is saying about HOPE IN SHADOWS

I'm finding that sales is my niche and a way for me to escape the trap of the Downtown Eastside. In January I'm going to seek work in sales and training. Stephen Kinnis | Street Seller

HOPE IN SHADOWS is a powerful story telling device that blends a positive and uplifting message with a hard hitting visual approach.

The calendars have a broad reach and empower people of many different social and economic backgrounds to act out and make a difference.

Aron Bjornson | Capers Community Markets

A win-win situation - the person who buys the calendar receives a beautiful gift and the seller gains self-reliance.

Garvin Snider | Sales Trainer

The self-esteem this project provides in the neighbourhood is a positive and practical step in the right direction.

Don McGinn | Uprising Breads

I support the Pivot Legal Society's Calendar Sales Program as it supports a true grassroots training opportunity for Downtown Eastside residents who face multiple barriers to employment.

Sandy MacKeigan | Community Programmer, Oppenheimer Park

HOPE IN SHADOWS has got it right... Real jobs for leal people in the Downtown Eastside.

Lana Bolger | Employment Counselor / Case Manager, Pathways Information Centre

The ownership of the work by community members generates pride of place and the self esteem of participants in the project. These pieces will become a treasured part of a Vancouver archive.

Ethel Whitty | Director, Carnegie Community Centre

I am utterly convinced that this neighbourhood needs this project to rebuild and re-energize, to live and to breathe their true potential amongst the constant suffering and stigma of being a resident of Canada's 'poorest postal code'.

Meaghan Thumath RN BScN | Community Health Nurse, Sheway, Vancouver Coastal Health

Potluck applauds Pivot in its goal to train and employ local Downtown Eastside residents in the delivery of this amazing calendar. Artistically, the calendar dignifies our residents and at the same time offers a much needed opportunity to build life and employment skills. Bravo.

Heather O'Hara | Acting Executive Director, Potluck Cafe Society

HOPE IN SHADOWS is a powerful story telling device that blends a positive and uplifting message with a hard hitting visual approach. The calendars have a broad reach and empower people of many different social and economic backgrounds to act out and make a difference.

Aron Bjornson | Marketing Manager, Capers Community Markets