CAN (LET’S) was contacted by Nadine Nakagawa, New Westminster Councillor for a conversation about climate and disability justice. The City of New Westminster is working to launch an alternative crisis response pilot project. This means trying to find more appropriate resources for people who are homeless, experiencing a severe mental health crisis, living with addiction, etc. They know that municipalities are responding to many of these issues with policing, fire services, and bylaw responses which do not get to the root cause of the issue and do not adequately serve those who are struggling.
Nadine contacted Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods because we an organization that works on disability justice issues. We discussed the pilot project with you. We shared our perspectives regarding the needs of those in our community. We also spoke about how they be aligned to the work CAN (LET’S) already does.