My friend Kevin Washbrook, who is a founding director with Voters Taking Action on Climate Change (VTACC) and a long time activist, is campaigning to be a director on the board of the Port of Metro Vancouver. I wholeheartedly endorse him for this position. I hope you too will endorse Kevin by writing a letter […]
As the lone COPE park board commissioner for the past 3 years, I want to acknowledge and thank Brent Granby for being my political confidant and intelligent sounding board. Brent is both unpretentious and passionate in his quest to contribute to making Vancouver a better place for everyone to live in. Brent has dedicated more […]
I live in the West End and work downtown with a large non-profit organization. I have worked with Brent Granby on a number of innovative projects related to immigrant integration and community building over the last few years. The projects have included organizing intercultural community gardens, a large symposium that brought together 75 organizations to […]
I first came to know Brent when I was renovicted from my rental suite. He helped our group of West End tenants in understanding our rights and connected us to resources that enabled us to dig deep and fight for our cause. We won, in large part because of Brent’s support. He gave us his […]
Brent Granby for Park Board, what an incredibly powerful idea. Park Board will never look the same. I have been working with Brent for the past three years. I follow his Tweets to try to follow his outstanding public work and ideas. It is sometimes hard to keep up given he is so active as […]
Every so often a community activist comes along who epitomizes what is good about us. They demonstrate a sincere interest in their community. They provide a strong articulate voice on key issues offering solutions and ideas as well as criticism. And they are happy to do the hard work of planning and organizing. They do […]