Henry is forthright in her criticism of the Olympics. "I would support the Olympics if it was a fundraiser for people in need, and if the money they're spending was staying in the community. But it's a one-way street – all that money is flowing out to corporate investors," she notes.
"At the same time, they're chopping programs for the arts, battered women and disabled children and people with mental health problems."
A cheerful and tireless campaigner for social justice, affordable housing and human rights, Henry has lived and worked in Victoria for 27 years. She is widely known for her volunteer work to end poverty and homelessness, and for her legal challenges to voter identification laws that discriminate against people without current identification or an address. One such challenge goes before the federal court this year, with a hearing scheduled for Monday, October 26 in Vancouver.
Rose Henry and other indigenous activists are speaking out against the Olympic Torch Relay launch in Victoria on Friday, October 30, starting at 2 pm.
More info: www.no2010victoria.net.
Rose Henry has had enough of the phone calls from the Olympic security police. The 51-year-old human rights advocate says an officer with the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit phoned twice a day for about a
