Inkspire

Inkspire Inkspire Board is an interactive art piece that focuses on raising awareness for the women of the Downtown Eastside. How can you contribute?

Our team, consisting of Eben Haezer, Gio Orendain, and Rafaela Tam, presents INKSPIRE. We are participating in a Social Entrepreneurship Challenge hosted by SFU (www.startsocialchange.ca). Our goal is to raise funds for a childbirth clinic in Bamako community in Mali, Africa, whilst fostering social change in our local community. In partnership with the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC), we

aim to make a positive change in the women society through public art. Our Inkspire Board is an interactive art piece that encourages members of the public to engage in our cause. The surface of the board will have an outline of an image and a theme provided by the DEWC. The public will be able to write or draw a personal message dedicated to the women of the Downtown Eastside. The public will write their messages in colour designated zones, with the appropriate marker, essentially colouring the image. Looking closely, personal messages of individuals will be seen; but from a distance, the individual stories will blend into one image - the DEWC logo. The completed inspiration board will be given to DEWC for their future marketing campaign. For just $2, you can make a direct positive impact in a woman’s life through your motivational message on our Inkspire Board. Over the next two weeks, we will have booths set up in various locations around Vancouver, and during our “Connect & Change” event happening on July 19th. Check back frequently to see where the board will be headed next! Link to "Connect & Change" Event:
www.facebook.com/events/339297592813925

Please feel free to contact us for more information about our project. Rafaela Tam: [email protected], 778 881 1790
Gio Orendain: [email protected], 778 238 7140
Eben Haezer: [email protected], 778 837 6316

Volunteering is a chance for us to give back to our community, and support the local women in Vancouver. If you would li...
08/09/2012

Volunteering is a chance for us to give back to our community, and support the local women in Vancouver. If you would like to volunteer, please visit: www.dewc.ca/volunteer or contact Sara at [email protected]

07/29/2012

Inkspire will be set up outside of Vancouver Art Gallery next to Robson Square today from 11am-4pm! Write your message of hope & inspiration on the board.

07/23/2012

Team Inkspire couldn't have done it without the help of Downtown Eastside Women's Centre!

Learn more about Downtown Eastside Women's Centre here
https://www.facebook.com/DowntownEastsideWomensCentre

Our mission: to provide basic needs and positive change for women and children in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

07/21/2012
07/21/2012

Team Inkspire is grateful to have won first place in the Social Entrepreneurship Challenge. A very big THANK YOU to everybody who has supported us in the past 5 weeks. Thanks for writing your inspirational messages on our board. Thanks for coming and volunteering for the Connect & Change event. Thanks for spreading the words about our cause. We would not be able to accomplish this without the love & support from each of you.

Although the competition has ended, Team Inkspire will still support the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre to promote and raise awareness. Stay posted for where our board will be headed next!

All is not lost, as long as there is hope. Connect & Change aims to raise awareness on the women’s issues locally in the...
07/21/2012

All is not lost, as long as there is hope. Connect & Change aims to raise awareness on the women’s issues locally in the Downtown Eastside. Featuring guest speakers from the Power of Women Group & representatives from the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (DEWC), they will share their stories about hope, love, and resistance in the Downtown Eastside.

Special thanks to our guest speakers Harsha Walia, Shurli Chan, Stella August.Shurli Chan:http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/...
07/20/2012

Special thanks to our guest speakers Harsha Walia, Shurli Chan, Stella August.

Shurli Chan:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/mental-health-and-police-violence/7450

Stella August:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/residential-schools-and-my-journey-downtown-eastside/7441

The heart of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) is home to survivors of the war on terror: the terror of poverty, physical and spiritual abuse, child apprehension, addictions, and residential schools - all of which quietly destroy the human spirit. Yet in spite of its image as the poorest urban postal cod...

For more information about the Connect & Change speakers, the Power of Women Group: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsr...
07/20/2012

For more information about the Connect & Change speakers, the Power of Women Group: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/7375

The Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group is launching the In Our Own Voices writing project in June 2011. After a six-week period of intensive writing, we are ready to share our stories about hope, struggle, love and resistance in the Downtown Eastside.

07/18/2012

Add your INKspiration the the board!

We will be set up in the AQ from 1:30-5pm tomorrow!

The Inkspire board is really starting to take shape!!!Inkspire set up at the Friends of the Rotunda picnic today. We'd l...
07/18/2012

The Inkspire board is really starting to take shape!!!

Inkspire set up at the Friends of the Rotunda picnic today. We'd like to thank the SFPIRG, Out on Campus, the Women's Centre, CJSF and ACHSA for being such gracious hosts.

Lots of support from the public in Downtown Vancouver.
07/17/2012

Lots of support from the public in Downtown Vancouver.

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