Step into action this #GivingTuesday.
Donate to Historic Joy Kogawa House.
Who are we?
Historic Joy Kogawa House is a gathering place for Vancouver’s creative community. Our writing workshops and literary events connect the community with visiting writers who live at the heritage house while developing new work. And our weekly Tuesday writing evenings are a place to drop-in to write alongside others. We also offer monthly poetry jams in partnership with Vancouver Poetry House and a monthly ukulele strumming circle in partnership with Vancouver Ukulele Circle (aka. Vanukes). To find out more about these and other activities, join our e-newsletter.
Why do we need your help?
We need to raise $40,000 annually to keep the house warm, lights on, wi-fi humming, and enhance our resident writers’ experience. Your donation will go directly towards month-to-month expenses as we sustain existing programs and online resources.
Here at year end, we fall short of operational funds and cannot meet budget without your help.
- $50 pays electricity for one month
- $75 pays one week of household cleaning and supplies
- $100 pays one month of high speed internet
- $200 pays one writer to host a literary event or writing workshop
What are our challenges?
In the coming year, we will see additional intensives, group residencies, and collaboration/co-production with our performance partners on various projects. Our primary focus will be on fundraising and development, trying to find funds to complete accessibility renovations, and generate funding that helps Historic Joy Kogawa House reach a state where revenue from programming and donor gifts maintain funds needed to keep folks connected to the home.
Also, we will continue to acknowledge the clergy abuse related to the heritage house. Unearthing and facing the truth in all its complexity is critical for the families and the community. We are committed to respecting the voices of the survivors and their families in order to build relationships and find common ground to move forward.
Sincerely,
Board of Directors
Johnny Trinh, Executive Director
Historic Joy Kogawa House Society
executivedirector@kogawahouse.com
Historic Joy Kogawa House is a place to write and share stories that reveal history with its legacies of prejudice, resilience, and courage, located on unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam People.