The fundraiser is held twice during the month of December and can last up to four hours! “We just do every song that we can, and we keep it going for as long as we can!”
Local family celebrates 20 years of fundraising for WISH
Nov 18, 2020
WISH Stories & Press Releases
Panel Discussion: Impacts of COVID on Sex Workers
Nov 2, 2020
The discussion was not intended to represent or speak for all sex workers or types of sex work but rather, was informed by the lived expertise of the panelists and what they are hearing from the folks they work with and support.
OPEN LETTER: Call for a BC Action Plan on MMIWG2S
Oct 14, 2020
With less than three weeks until voting day in BC, residents in this province are extremely concerned that the safety and security of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people is not a priority when it is literally a matter of life and death.
First of its kind emergency shelter for sex workers to open in Vancouver
Sep 29, 2020
Run by WISH Drop-In Centre Society, this temporary shelter will open in four to six weeks and will provide beds for 23 self-identifying sex working women (cis, trans) and two-spirit folks along with hot showers, laundry, and meals.
Over 90 Organizations Call for Street Check Ban
Sep 15, 2020
Hogan’s Alley Society, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, WISH Drop-In Centre Society, Black Lives Matter-Vancouver, and the BC Civil Liberties Association will make a presentation to the Vancouver Police Board calling on them to immediately ban police street checks in the city.