Joy Kogawa House Society is now a legal entity

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:02:12 -0700

The Historic Joy Kogawa House Society is now incorporated with the BC Registry of Societies, which means we’re now a legal entity that can carry forward the purposes of the society:

Purposes

The purposes of the Society shall be:

1. To operate and preserve the former Joy Kogawa family home at 1450 West 64th Avenue in Vancouver as a heritage and cultural centre and as a site of healing and reconciliation.

2. To establish in the former Joy Kogawa family home a centre for writers in which they can reflect on issues of conscience and reconciliation and write about their own personal experiences or the experiences of others, past or present.

3. To promote and negotiate the raising of funds for the pursuit of the Society’s purposes.

4. To encourage in the former Joy Kogawa family home educational programming along themes of social justice and social history, and to provide docent services for such programming.

5. To advocate on behalf of the continuing operation of the house in the public interest consistent with the above purposes.

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Joy Kogawa House Society is now a legal entity