Community Development
Award date
February 2023
Amount
$10,000
Organization
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
Purpose
To strengthen community by fostering intergenerational relationships.
The Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice supports youth and low-income immigrant seniors in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, CA. It builds power in its community through intergenerational relationship building, and by helping seniors overcome language and cultural barriers to services that meet their basic needs. It combines service provision and grassroots organizing, with a core belief that service work is political and that communities have the tools they need to take care of one another.
The Yarrow Society empowers seniors and youth to work together to improve their communities and tackle the difficult problems of oppression and violence. Its vision is of a Chinatown that is intergenerational and thriving, with accessible and culturally relevant services and an environment that cherishes its seniors and youth.