A beautiful launch to our Reclaiming Public Spaces Campaign tonight!

“Public libraries are the heart and soul of any community. They are a place to read and think and browse and dream.”
Mary McNear

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#CommunityOfLove
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Join us in the province wide fight to end the attack on supervised consumption sites and encampments!

⏰ Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
Noon, 12:00- 1:00 pm
Barrie City Hall

This event is hosted by #RyansHope , #MSTH and #BESN

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We are launching our Reclaiming Public Spaces Campaign today with a Free Hugs event at the downtown branch of the #Barrie Public Library. Come join us as we gather in community and share the love. #RyansHope #CommunityOfLove #SolidarityNotCharity #FreeHugs #BeTheLove
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We will be handing out Free Hugs today, come join us as a giver or receiver of hugs. Not a hugger? OK too, our non hugging crew members will be handing out cocoa and cookies.
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Our panelists each bring their own unique lived and living experience to the conversation. Come out and bring your questions as we discuss how we work on root cause solutions.

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Join us on this Thursday for an important discussion on the growing housing and homelessness crisis facing our community and country.

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#MSTH
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
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#Barrie

As I said to Global News, it's not within legislated 'Strong Mayor' powers for 15 individual mayors — without consulting their local Councils or the public — to request the removal of homeless people's right to life. It's unaccountable, dangerous, and won't eliminate encampments.

Big thanks @ourmoh.bsky.social for hosting @releasedrugs.bsky.social folks on Friday.

‘How to Survive the Apocalypse’ is a beautiful & thoughtful exhibition. Telling stories of unhoused folks through the pandemic it’s a really important work, go before it closes next week

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Evictions are violence! We supported residents through an eviction this week. The residents had spent months preparing themselves for the upcoming winter, winterizing their tents and building shelters in which they could survive our cold winter only to have dismantle everything and move on. #onpolu

Facts.
"The decision to close Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) is not rooted in evidence— it is a form of social eugenics.
Closing #SCS will lead to increased harm, including increased drug poisonings, overdoses & deaths among people who use drugs who rely on these services for survival."
#Ontario

People who argue that harm reduction doesn’t work don’t understand what harm reduction does. Without naloxone, supervised consumption sites, methadone, and prescribed alternatives we would see an even greater increase of deaths. Harm reduction doesn’t eliminate harm, it reduces it.

Victoria people - go support DULF this Friday and catch some punk bands!

81% of inmates in ON haven't gone through trial and are presumptively innocent because the provincial justice system is dysfunctional. Bail reform would exacerbate this. But bail reform also justifies Ford's bid to build more prisons — by handing out P3 contracts. It's about lining private pockets.

Join us on November 28th for a special round table discussion about the growing housing and homelessness crisis facing our community. We are focusing on root cause solutions. Healing starts with Housing! #Barrie #HousingCrisis #Homelessness

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