 According to its website, this mission is accomplished by not only providing housing, education, resources, and support for women, but also by participating in global political struggles around issues of race, class, colonialism, and imperialism.Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter consists of 27 collective members who work at the shelter, ten of whom are staff.They are committed to having their membership represent Vancouver population and therefore have a third of women identifying as lesbian women, a third are working class women, and almost half of them identify as women of colour.