Ellen Breaks Her Fast

Ellen, seen here with Rachel Marcuse of COPE,  breaks her seven day fast with a cracker on Sunday Feb 14 at the Women's Memorial March in the Downtown Eastside.

Ellen breaks her seven day fast with a cracker on Sunday Feb 14 at the Women’s Memorial March in the Downtown Eastside. Celebrating with Ellen is Rachel Marcuse, the Executive Directive of COPE

“I feel good that I took a stand for a National Housing Program,” says Ellen.  You can hear Ellen talk about the “One Percent Solution” in this video from WorkingTV or go to www.2010homelessness.ca.

Ellen passed the wooden spoon to artists Emillio Rojas and jamie griffiths. Rojas, a performance multimedia artist slept in the front window of Vivarium Gallery as part of a Performance/Installation entitled “Of Hunger, Homelessness and Spectacle.”

Emillio Rojas, Ellen, & jamie griffiths at the National Housing Program Rally, November 20, 2010

Emillio Rojas, Ellen, & jamie griffiths at the National Housing Program Rally, November 20, 2010

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