Improvements... no less than heroic

About 100 women come to the drop-in each night for dinner, a shower, access to free clothing, supplies and make-up, a consultation with the street nurse or just to relax in front of the TV before they go back to the streets. [...] However, the literature review and the description of the research will be written in the first person singular (“I”) because the experiences described and the reflections on the literature and the research process are written from Betsy’s perspective. [...] For example, in the RiP report Dancing in the Dark (Niks, Allen, Davies, McRae, & Nonesuch, 2003) the researchers argued that they had a different relationship with literature than those trained to do academic research, and that the literature review would not improve the report or the research in a way that would benefit those we were hoping to reach. [...] No Less than Heroic 12 o. Violence o. Health o. Poverty •. Literacy Programs with Homeless people, Women in Conflict with the Law, and Survivors of Violence Each section is concluded with a description of the “lessons for literacy work” and the entire section concludes with a summary of the lessons organized by the three Research questions: 1. What is Harm Reduction and how does it affect Downtown [...] The agreement commits these government partners to work together, and with communities and business in Vancouver, on a coordinated strategy to promote and support sustainable economic, social and community development.(The Vancouver Agreement, 2000) The initial focus of the agreement is Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.