Features
Pivot Potluck in Wonderland!
Music, People, Food, Fun on Sunday July 9!
Visit the Facebook page about the event here
It's sunny, it's warm, and it's time for Pivot's Summer Potluck in Wonderland!
Come out and join Pivot staff, board, interns, and volunteers for a relaxed potluck at Trout Lake Park on Sunday July 12th.
Mingle with other Pivot supporters, talk social change, play a game of croquet, or just lounge in shade and enjoy the scenery. [more]
New Pivot Legal LLP website launched
The Pivot legal partnership recently launched its new website at www.pivotlegal.com [more]
Awesome Pivot office manager wins courage award
 Vancouver, March 30, 2009 - Pivot Legal Society is extremely proud to announce that its office manager Tina Tomashiro has won a Courage to Come Back Award. [more]
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News
Massive public support for HEAT shelters
Pivot sends thousands of petition signatures to BC Housing Minister, calling on Provincial Government to keep the HEAT shelters open
Vancouver, June 24, 2009 - Pivot Legal Society is calling on Minister of Housing Rich Coleman to commit ongoing funding to the HEAT homeless shelters, scheduled to close on June 30 unless government funding is extended. [more]
Cancel blitz tickets say community groups
Vancouver, June 17, 2009 - The Vancouver Police Board has been asked by Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), to cancel the hundreds of tickets handed out in the Downtown Eastside last winter. [more]
City takes action against slumlords
Vancouver, June 11, 2009 - Three notorious Downtown Eastside single room occupancy hotels have been ordered by the City to fix problems plaguing their buildings or face court action. [more]
Major report debunks supposed link between sex trafficking and 2010 Games
Vancouver, June 11, 2009 – A comprehensive report presents evidence-based findings that challenge commonly held assumptions of a link between sex trafficking and 2010, noting that such assumptions may well bring harm to sex workers. [more]
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