Think Out Loud

RNC Workers | Protesters At The RNC | Vancouver Anti-Gang Program

By Julie Sabatier (OPB) and Sage Van Wing (OPB)

July 20, 2016 10:19 p.m.

Julie Sabatier / OPB

Producer Julie Sabatier talked to some vendors and other workers inside the RNC.

Reporter Sydney Brownstone from The Stranger newspaper has been covering the protests at the RNC, and joins us to tell us who has been protesting what. Then we hear from Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans from Springfield, and Dave Miller shares his impressions about some of the workers, protesters, police officers and others who were gathered in a pedestrian area near the RNC.

We learn more about gang prevention efforts in Vancouver from Josh Beaman, program coordinator for the Safe Communities Task Force.