About Pivot
What is Pivot?
Qu’est-ce que Pivot?
Pivot Legal Society is a non-profit legal advocacy organization
located in Vancouver's Downtown
Eastside.
Pivot's mandate is to take a strategic approach
to social change, using the law to address the root causes
that undermine the quality of life of those most on the margins.
We believe that everyone,
regardless of income, benefits from a healthy and inclusive
community where values such as opportunity, respect and
equality are strongly rooted in the law.
Pivot Legal Society brings a new
and dynamic approach to advocacy on behalf of marginalized
persons.
Pivot combines the following approaches to maximize
the impact of its resources on as many people as possible.
Everyone benefits
Everyone in society benefits from Pivot's legal
efforts to improve the lives of marginalized persons.
Personal empowerment
Rather than providing legal services as a charity
for the poor, Pivot views itself as a lawyer to a client,
taking informed direction from that client.
Pivot understands that people know the challenges
they face in life best. Creating opportunities for our clients
to take control over their own interests and concerns is a
big first step toward improving their lives.
Strategic legal advocacy
Strategic legal advocacy means focusing on the
causes of problems rather than symptoms.
By selecting those cases with the potential
to advance the legal rights and interests of the largest number
of people, Pivot aims to maximize the impact of its resources
on the law and on society.
Communications strategy
Pivot uses the media as a public education tool
to promote its mandate and messages around specific issues.
Pivot’s focus on its media strategy over
the past five years has raised public awareness about the
concerns of marginalized people.
These issues include police misconduct, the
impacts of criminalizing sex workers, the importance of harm
reduction and the pressing need for affordable housing. |
