Further to the notice below, we'd like to sell the remaining copies of our acclaimed book, 
"Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front," excerpts of which were featured 
in Dennis Raphael's book.

Our book sells for $25, plus shipping and handling.

The WISE website and email accounts will cease functioning effective April 1st. Until then, we can 
accept online book orders and payment in the usual way, and orders will be shipped immediately 
upon payment. 

Please help us end WISE's existence in a positive way. The money from book sales will go to the 
WISE women who have worked so hard, for so long, and for so very little; and the book will 
inform and enlighten you - and others with whom you may share it - in a way that most 
(including myself) would never have thought possible.

SOME COMMENTS FROM READERS:
* On my way to work this morning, I tried to think of words to express simply the tumble of 
emotions, concerns, guilts, etc. that the stories evoked in me. And the admiration, the humility - 
for would I be so resourceful, so grittily determined if I had been faced with such adversity and 
stumbled, and stumbled, and stumbled? Before reading this, I would have said I grew up poor. 
But I don't know the meaning of the word! And then the hope and excitement expressed in 
phase two. This is a tremendously powerful work. All of those involved have created something 
that will affect every reader profoundly to the core. That's where the change will start. --Aly 
Stubbs, Executive Director, Vancouver Island Providence Community Association, Duncan BC, 
Canada.
* The strength of this powerful book is that it is not "about" women in poverty. It's women 
speaking for themselves. Another thing the book does is give an insider's view of what it's like to 
deal with the various agencies and bureaucracies established to serve people in poverty. There 
are a few bright spots in the maze, but mostly it's a grim picture. The overall impression is of 
strength and gritty determination in spite of impossible situations - a testament to the human 
spirit. --Cathryn Wellner, Food & Health Project Manager, Interior Health Authority, Kelowna BC, 
Canada.
* There is simply nothing that compares to the 'lived experience'... I am terribly impressed. --
Sandi Pniauskas, cancer survivors/caregivers advocate, Whitby ON, Canada.
* I read your book over the weekend and it moved me deeply... I wish I were still teaching 
sociology - I would assign this book. It tells women's stories in ways that no one can ignore and 
it drives home the major features of vulnerable women's lives. You have done the best kind of 
qualitative research. --May Partridge, Victoria BC, Canada.
* I thought the book brilliant. The subject matter is not easy, but you must be so very proud. 
Thank you. --Lianne Fisher, Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Canada.
* Shows so clearly the connection between health and social and economic inclusion. --Monika 
Merkes, PhD, Senior Social Planning and Policy Officer, Darebin City Council, Australia.

Chrystal Ocean, Coordinator
Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially & Economically
http://www.wise-bc.org/

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:58:47 -0800, WISE - Ocean <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>There's no easy way to say this, so here goes...
>
>WISE is shutting down permanently. Its virtual existence - the WISE
>website and associated email accounts, which were the residual of
>WISE that we'd been holding onto - will cease effective April 1st.
>
>In our media release of December 10th, we'd indicated that we might
>still survive, if x, y, and z all came into play. They didn't.
>
>A few days ago, we received the annual renewal notice for our website
>hosting. That prompted a fresh evaluation of where we are and where
>we're going. In speaking among the core organizers of WISE today, we
>realized we no longer have the heart to carry on. Anything that might
>happen now, when we're at the verge of folding, would be too little,
>too late.
>
>My associate, Daphne Moldowin, and I are exhausted. WISE work has
>been so incredibly draining that words fail to describe its depth.
>The need among women in poverty is so great and our own poverty
>hasn't helped.
>
>As WISE's Founder, I am sad; but I'm also relieved.
>
>Perhaps it's time for the women who have done so much for WISE to
>start caring for themselves. After all, we've been carrying more than
>our own weight for several years.
>
>As for me, I'd like to branch out into fields that being Coordinator
>of WISE have prevented me from doing, including becoming politically
>active.
>
>Chrystal Ocean, Coordinator.
>Wellbeing thru Inclusion Socially & Economically
>http://www.wise-bc.org/

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