The next Hastings Anti-racism Committee (HARC) meeting will be held tonight – Monday, May 10th from 7-8pm on Zoom. All Hastings parents and guardians are welcome to attend every meeting. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88979477672?pwd=QXVhcUY3Ymkwb2RZaEdFSmJCalBPdz09
On the agenda:- Land acknowledgment – Check-in – Updates from subgroups – All-Nations Room – New agenda – Adjourn meeting at 8 PM
We hope to see you there!
Well, it’s been an exciting week for the Hastings Diversity Book Drive – let’s get updated on all that’s happened….
https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/05/01/hastings-diversity-book-drive/
Orca Book Publishers heard about our book drive and has donated $200 for our librarian to use toward any of the books that they publish! https://www.orcabook.com/Home.aspx
And local, young author Esabella Strickland, has donated a signed copy of her fantasy novel about a girl with a learning disability to our library! https://www.genzpublishing.org/product/orabella-the-oracle-1-then-and-there-here-and-where/
Our total funds raised so far is $1100(!!), including the donation from Orca Books. Our goal is $4000 by May 14th – that’s the end of next week! Let’s see if we can get there!
Ways to donate:
1. Visit Iron Dog Books at 2671 E Hastings St and purchase one of the librarian pre-selected books OR contribute to the in-store Hastings Book Drive account (no donation is too small!).
2. Contribute using the School Cash Online donation form (select Hastings PAC as the fund destination and note that it is for the book drive in the message section).
And keep those book suggestions coming, by using this form! Over 140 incredible books have been suggested so far. Wow – what a week! Let’s keep it up Hastings!
To share the success of the Hastings School Streets Pilot Project, the City of Vancouver would like to make a short video of the project in action while highlighting Hastings students’ and parents’ perspectives. The City is looking for a few parents/students to participate in the video which will take place either this Thursday May 6th or Friday May 7th. Participation may include an interview with questions such as:
If you are interested in participating, please contact Tracy Wilkins at Tracy.Wilkins@vancouver.ca
The next Hastings Anti-racism Committee (HARC) meeting will be held virtually next Monday, May 10th from 7-8pm. Zoom invite will be sent closer to the date. All parents and guardians of Hastings students are welcome to attend.
The next Hastings PAC General meeting will be held virtually Tuesday, May 18th from 7-8:30pm. Zoom invite and agenda details will be sent closer to the date. All parents and guardians of Hastings students are welcome to attend.
Meeting minutes from our April 21st meeting can be found HERE.