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:
- 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.
- 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.
- To promote and negotiate the raising of funds for the pursuit of the Society’s purposes.
- 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.
- To advocate on behalf of the continuing operation of the house in the public interest consistent with the above purposes.