The people we work with face oppressive circumstances daily in their lives. Poverty is constantly seeking and searching to get your needs met. One of the beauties of the community I talk about is, when one person has groceries, for example, what you'll see in the Downtown Eastside is that they'll share those groceries with their neighbour. It's so someone is not poor and hungry; they both have something.
I think when there's a natural deficit in the community, something steps into that, and that's really the human spirit of kindness. One of the things I see that people are fighting for in our community is agency. I think there's nothing more that gives you agency in society than placing a vote. I will say there are political buttons in our community of all parties. There's political discussion that happens. It's an equalizing factor for us all. It's one of the very few things that's not based on economics or status in our society. Placing that vote and having a say is the one place that we are all equal.