We had an incredible time celebrating the launch of the Hope in Shadows calendar! 📸✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us — from vendors to our generous sponsors and community partners — for supporting this project that shines a light on the creativity and connection in the Downtown Eastside.

Give the gift of security & sustainability to our 150+ vendors and storytellers this holiday season. Amid public service cuts and demand on nonprofits, our vendors need your support. Your donation will ensure a stronger, more sustainable future for our vendors. 🎄✨ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Batmans say: Fight evil in Gotham City by supporting @megaphonemagazine.com vendors with a Hope In Shadows purchase! No tricks, just treats in this awesome product: just $20 for a year’s worth of uplifting #streetphotography! David will be selling at Commercial + Broadway till 6pm Oct. 31 🎃

Have you purchased your 2026 Hope in Shadows calendar yet? Find a vendor at the link in our bio ✨📆📸

Join us this Saturday, November 1st at Carnegie Community Centre to hear from writers in this year’s Voices of the Street anthology! 12:00-1:30 p.m. - free entry! 💥 ✨

Have you spotted the Hope in Shadows Calendar around town? @megaphonemagazine.com vendors now have this in stock and it's filled with some fantastic photography from the Downtown Eastside community. It's available from your local vendor for $20.

Join us on Saturday, November 1st as writers from this year's Voices of the Street read their work at the Heart of the City Festival! This is a free event ✨ 📍Carnegie Theatre - 401 Main St, Vancouver 📆 Saturday, November 1st ⏰ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

At the @megaphonemagazine.com Fundraiser 🎉 Megaphone amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside Donate to support: megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Last minute tickets are AVAILABLE for our annual fundraiser 💫 see you at the Russian Hall @ 5pm tomorrow! Celebrated our Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year award recipient with us + keynote by @amjohal.bsky.social 🎤 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

The 2026 #HopeInShadows calendar is here!!! ❤️ Get 'em while they're hot + support our low-income photographers + vendors! Cover shot winner by vendor Martin Verna, who sells outside Bean Around the World @ Main + Broadway. Stop by + say hello and congrats! 🥳 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

The 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar from @megaphonemagazine.com has been revealed and it is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver featuring photography from the Downtown Eastside community.

THE 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR IS HERE 💥 This year's theme — Humour—is a collection of images that spark light and laughter! With over 115 participants and 1500+ submitted images, the top 13 images are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Coming up! Come stop by as we unveil the 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR 📆 ♥️

Read about our fundraiser! It’s an evening of love, celebration and community. Celebrate our wonderful vendors with us ❤️ www.straight.com/city-culture...

Inside this issue: 💊 Why is nasal spray naloxone — a safer, more user-friendly overdose reversal tool — so hard to access?

📰 Hot off the press! The latest edition of Megaphone is here. ✨ Our cover story dives into the upcoming Hope in Shadows calendar (launching October 9) 📸, sharing the stories behind some of this year’s top 30 powerful images + MORE ⬇️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Get your tickets for Megaphone’s fundraiser on October 16th 🎟️ Hear a keynote from Am Johal on non-profit sustainability during periods of incredible uncertainty 🎟️ Celebrate recipients of the Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year and Angel Gates Memorial Awards @megaphonemagazine.com

Just over 2 weeks until our annual fundraiser! We’ve added an exciting discounted ticket deal, which includes 2 drink vouchers, catered canapés AND a keynote by Am Johal on non-profit sustainability 💥 come celebrate our dedicated vendors! ✨ ❤️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

Join us on Thursday, October 9th as we unveil our 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR! 🥳✨📆 🗓️ Thursday, October 9th ⏰ 11am - 1pm 📍312 Main 🎟️ Free entry Join us in celebrating our top 13 photographers and subjects!

Early bird tickets for our annual fundraiser are available until this Friday! Tickets include an evening of inspiration with keynote speaker Am Johal, catered canapés, and 2 drink tickets ✨🥂🎈 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones... www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

Join me for an inspiring evening in support of @megaphonemagazine.com's mission to amplify marginalized voices and build stronger communities. 🎟 Early Bird tickets available now:

The September issue is here! This month’s cover story takes you inside the Downtown Eastside, with limited resources, residents — many living with disabilities — are reworking everyday items to meet their needs and make life a little easier.

Don't miss the CiTR Radio + Discorder Block Party fundraiser at Green Auto in Vancouver on Sunday in support of @megaphonemagazine.com 🎉 Entry by donation. Doors open at 3:00pm. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DNOlU-1S_W...

You’re Invited! We’re wrapping up summer with a night of live music and readings from this year’s Voices of the Street literary anthology at the CiTR/Discorder Block Party + a raffle! 📅 Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 📍1822 Pandora St., Vancouver 💵By donation at the door.

colonial wounds scars of oppression desperately beg for healing but they get infected because this world has no medicine called justice — Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini #DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com Photographed with consent

Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano! Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️

Happy 14th anniversary at the Rickshaw, Mo! Here’s a cover story I did about the venue for @megaphonemagazine.com last year @rickshawtheatre.bsky.social @bifnaked.bsky.social ♥️ @backstagerider.bsky.social

The August edition of Megaphone magazine is OUT NOW! 📚🇨🇦 From Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories our cover story spotlights must-read Canadian authors. megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Your July Megaphone magazine is here! This edition features a story about the award-winning Climate Disaster Project and its play, the Eyes of the Beast, which spotlights British Columbians who lived through the deadly North American "heat dome" of 2021 –– including some of our vendors.

📸✨ VOTE NOW for the 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar! ✨📸 This year’s theme is HUMOUR -- joy, laughter, and the moments that make us smile through it all. The photos are in -- now YOU help choose the ones that will fill next year’s calendar with light and laughter. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Happy Birthday to Nardwuar! @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social 🥳 — ➡️ Watch Nardwuar in action youtube.com/@nardwuar?si... ➡️ Read our @megaphonemagazine.com interview

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported Megaphone’s participation in the 5K on June 22nd! 👟 🥇 Special congratulations and thanks to vendor and writer Yvonne Mark, who raised an incredible $4,884.65 towards our Spring Campaign! We had so much fun as a team crossing that finish line with her 🏃🏻‍♀️💗

📆🌸 Join us at these upcoming events ➡️ each event will have a vendor selling product!

🏃‍♀️ Just 2 DAYS left to support Yvonne Mark running the Vancouver Marathon 5K for Megaphone’s Spring Campaign! 🌸 Help us close the $3,800 gap and uplift women vendors. 💪 Donate today and be part of real change! 💜 raceroster.com/events/2025/...

🌿 For #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, we hear from Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh matriarchs on what land acknowledgements should mean — and why it’s time to move from words to action. 🧡 📖 Read the full story: megaphonemagazine.com/2025/06/from... #Reconciliation #IndigenousVoices

A full house for our Community Journalism 101 course for peers! Going over all things media and journalism for those who have experienced barriers to educational resources. In collaboration with SFU CERi and the UBC Learning Exchange 🖊️✨📓

Megaphone vendor + writer Yvonne Mark is walking the Vancouver Marathon 5K with us on June 22! She’s raising funds for fellow women vendors through our Spring Campaign — and needs your help to hit her goal! Make a tax-deductible donation today and make a real impact. shorturl.at/1fY4f

Happy June! 🍃 It’s Megaphone magazine release day and the start of National Indigenous History Month. This issue is packed with powerful stories of tradition, innovation, and Indigenous connection — written largely by Indigenous journalists and peers.

Opening night chat on Centre Stage with @jay.bsky.team "The focus we’ve always kept is that users can have choice over their experience, developers can have the freedom to build, and creators can keep their relationship with their audience." #WebSummit #WebSummitVancouver @megaphonemagazine.com

TODAY IS THE DAY ✨ We've begun handing out 115+ cameras to our community members for the 23rd annual Hope in Shadows Calendar!

Our May Vendor of the Month is Evelyn Baron! Evelyn initially joined Megaphone's Victoria program in 2013. After a brief hiatus during the pandemic Evelyn decided to begin vending again within the community she built at Cook Street Village.

Peter + David + Juliana + Ross are stocked up on new copies of Voices of the Street! megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

It’s launched! 🚀 @megaphonemagazine.com’s 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology “Gravity: Hope as Resistance in Hard Times” has hit the streets! Vendor Peter Thompson autographed his story, What is Freedom? Read it + pieces by 31 other #DTES writers 👉🏻 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Our 2025 edition of Voices of the Street is on sale NOW! Featuring 39 pieces from writers based primarily in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, this year’s theme explores what keeps us grounded and connected; what tethers us in times of chaos. Attend our launch event! www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-...

One week until our Voices of the Street literary anthology launch event! www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-...

We’re lacing up for the Vancouver 5K on June 22, and we want you on our team. Join Megaphone staff and supporters as we walk, run, and roll for community and equity. ⁠ Sign up using the referral link and $5 from every registration goes to Megaphone's spring campaign! raceroster.com/94630?aff=R7...

The May issue of Megaphone spotlights all the current literary goings-on in our very own city! From the DTES Writers Festival, the recent release of Garth Mullins' new memoir, Crackdown, the latest edition of Voices of the Street and a new poet laureate - we have all of your literary needs covered.

RIP Trey Helten, photographed in 2021 by @megaphonemagazine.com peer photojournalist Mike McNeeley. Memorial service May 10 throughout the day in the Balmoral Parking lot (100 block) #DTES.

Megaphone is highlighting some of the wonderful work by some of our dedicated women vendors + writers! Priscillia Mays Tait has been with Megaphone for over a decade, she is a steadfast member of our peer newsroom, The Shift. Donate to Megaphone today to continue providing low-barrier opportunities!

2/3... Speaking of the fabulous peer newsroom, this month The Shift and @amyromer.bsky.social sit down with amazing + award-winning blind photographer 😮!! @cathybrowne.bsky.social, who writes for @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social + is a badass associate producer at CBC Vancouver! 👉 PLUS...