Two women from different backgrounds have teamed up with a common goal of breaking down the negative stigmas surrounding people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Kelowna.
Erica Stewart has been living at Kelowna’s city-maintained encampment, colloquially called ‘Tent City’, for the past 1.5 years. Despite the fact that she lives in a tent at the busy encampment and often does not know where her next meal will come from, Stewart is a fierce advocate for the unhoused community in Kelowna.
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