Megaphone Magazine
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Megaphone provides work opportunities & community connection for people who are homeless & low income in Vancouver, BC. #changethatworks https://linktr.ee/megaphonemag
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Just over 2 weeks until our annual fundraiser! We’ve added an exciting discounted ticket deal, which includes 2 drink vouchers, catered canapés AND a keynote by Am Johal on non-profit sustainability 💥 come celebrate our dedicated vendors! ✨ ❤️

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The 2026 #HopeInShadows calendar is here!!! ❤️
Get 'em while they're hot + support our low-income photographers + vendors!

Cover shot winner by vendor Martin Verna, who sells outside Bean Around the World @ Main + Broadway. Stop by + say hello and congrats! 🥳
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The 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar from @megaphonemagazine.com has been revealed and it is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver featuring photography from the Downtown Eastside community.
Hope in Shadows Calendar 2026
The 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar from Megaphone Magazine has been revealed and it is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver.
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Vendors purchase the calendar for $10 and sell it for $20 (plus tips!), creating a self-determined income. Find a vendor today and help change the story on poverty. megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
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THE 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR IS HERE 💥 This year's theme — Humour—is a collection of images that spark light and laughter! With over 115 participants and 1500+ submitted images, the top 13 images are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
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Coming up! Come stop by as we unveil the 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR 📆 ♥️
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Join us on Thursday, October 9th as we unveil our 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR! 🥳✨📆

🗓️ Thursday, October 9th
⏰ 11am - 1pm
📍312 Main
🎟️ Free entry

Join us in celebrating our top 13 photographers and subjects!
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🔬 A look at a user-friendly organization offering free drug checking services to help people stay safer.
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🕊️ Hundreds gathered in Oppenheimer Park for International Overdose Awareness Day.
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🎭 The Heart of the City Festival returns with more than 100 events showcasing the incredible talent of the Downtown Eastside.
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🌎 Frequent U.S. traveller and Megaphone peer journalist Louise Boilevin reflects on her recent time in Los Angeles during the ICE raids.
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Inside this issue:
💊 Why is nasal spray naloxone — a safer, more user-friendly overdose reversal tool — so hard to access?
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📰 Hot off the press! The latest edition of Megaphone is here.

✨ Our cover story dives into the upcoming Hope in Shadows calendar (launching October 9) 📸, sharing the stories behind some of this year’s top 30 powerful images + MORE ⬇️

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Get your tickets for Megaphone’s fundraiser on October 16th

🎟️ Hear a keynote from Am Johal on non-profit sustainability during periods of incredible uncertainty
🎟️ Celebrate recipients of the Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year and Angel Gates Memorial Awards

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Megaphone's Annual Fundraiser: The Evening Edition
Join us as we celebrate our annual Vendor of the Year award recipient and Angel Gates Memorial award winner!
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Just over 2 weeks until our annual fundraiser! We’ve added an exciting discounted ticket deal, which includes 2 drink vouchers, catered canapés AND a keynote by Am Johal on non-profit sustainability 💥 come celebrate our dedicated vendors! ✨ ❤️

www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...
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Join us on Thursday, October 9th as we unveil our 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR! 🥳✨📆

🗓️ Thursday, October 9th
⏰ 11am - 1pm
📍312 Main
🎟️ Free entry

Join us in celebrating our top 13 photographers and subjects!
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Early bird tickets for our annual fundraiser are available until this Friday! Tickets include an evening of inspiration with keynote speaker Am Johal, catered canapés, and 2 drink tickets ✨🥂🎈 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones... www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...
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Join me for an inspiring evening in support of @megaphonemagazine.com's mission to amplify marginalized voices and build stronger communities.
🎟 Early Bird tickets available now:
Megaphone's Annual Fundraiser: The Evening Edition
Join us as we celebrate our annual Vendor of the Year award recipient and Angel Gates Memorial award winner!
www.eventbrite.ca
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Two more Megaphone storytellers are attending @langaracollege.bsky.social this fall as part of an ongoing journalism scholarship program. Congratulations to Gilles Cyrenne and Jathinder Sandhu!
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Each year, the non-profit Arts Umbrella delivers programming to more than 20,000 young people across Metro Vancouver and Canada!
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The September issue is here! This month’s cover story takes you inside the Downtown Eastside, with limited resources, residents — many living with disabilities — are reworking everyday items to meet their needs and make life a little easier.
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Don't miss the CiTR Radio + Discorder Block Party fundraiser at Green Auto in Vancouver on Sunday in support of @megaphonemagazine.com 🎉 Entry by donation. Doors open at 3:00pm. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DNOlU-1S_W...
An event poster with colourful graphics:
CITRA101.9FM & DISCORDER MAG PRESENT
BLOCK PARTY fundraiser for Megaphone Magazine
SUN AUG 31 3PM GREEN AUTO ENTRY BY DONATION
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And while we're at it...read our exclusive interview with Vancouver’s Nardwuar, who has been redefining the art of the interview for over 30 years. Discover how this CiTR radio legend became a global musical interviewing icon!

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Megaphone - Who is Nardwuar?
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You’re Invited!
We’re wrapping up summer with a night of live music and readings from this year’s Voices of the Street literary anthology at the CiTR/Discorder Block Party + a raffle!

📅 Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025
📍1822 Pandora St., Vancouver
💵By donation at the door.
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colonial wounds
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini

#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent
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Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano!

Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️