Calls this morning at Queen’s Park by First Nations families, leadership, for the Thunder Bay Police Service @tbpsmedia and the Thunder Bay Police Service Board to be disbanded. Families of Mackenzie Moonias, 14, Jenna Ostberg, 21, Corey Belskey, are here along with @NANComms…
"Hate crime statistics for Hamilton continued on the same upward trend of the past several years, with hate incidents and hate crimes in 2023 rising by 26 per cent over 2022, according to Hamilton Police Service data released Friday"
thespec.com/news/crime/gaz… via @TheSpec
Community statement:
The recently released statistics by the Hamilton Police Service indicate a 26% increase in reported hate/bias incidents.
These statistics are deeply concerning and serve as a troubling reminder of the need for collective action to address systemic racism…
Wishing Ontario’s Sikh communities a happy Sikh Heritage Month.
Throughout April, we celebrate and recognize the important contributions of Sikh Ontarians and all they do to strengthen Ontario’s social, economic, political and cultural fabric.
Ontario Judge says sentence was meant to "send a message to other like-minded individuals that this type of hate and violence will not be condoned in our community."
cbc.ca/news/canada/ha…
It was a pleasure to talk with Hamilton Mayor @AndreaHorwath today about how Hamilton came together to ensure the Hamilton Jewish Film Festival would be able to go on, bigger and better than ever. Thanks for your leadership in working with the community to say no to hate. I look…
Community Statement:
The Hamilton Anti-racism Resource Centre is deeply troubled by the theater venue's decision to postpone hosting the Hamilton Jewish Film Festival.
The decision by the venue to postpone the Jewish Film Festival sends a chilling message to the Jewish…
Inspired by the words and every day work of the panelists and community guest speakers at Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre’s Recognizing Everyday Justice event on this International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination @HamiltonARRC
Last night’s Recognizing Everyday Justice community panels, speakers, and keynote @ibramxk unpacked some difficult discussions about racism, antiracism, and the troubling state of our world. We need these conversations and we’re lucky to have @HamiltonARRC to guide them. #HamOnt
On this International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with @HamiltonARRC - raising awareness and inspiring action with special guest speaker Ibram Kendi. What an evening!
Had such a wonderful time that I didn’t take any pictures.
So wonderful to listen and learn from everyone in the room and to see our communal commitment to building an Anti-Racist Hamilton
Thank you to @HamiltonARRC and @LyndonGeorge1 for your leadership + organizing
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we’d like to shout out the work of such organizations as @HamiltonARRC who fights against discrimination in our community every day. Thank you for everything you to do make our community stronger. (4/4)
Dr. Kendi- “One of the way to maintain the status quo is refusal to collect racial data, it becomes hard to track racial disparities if you don’t track them, how can you advocate for change”
“When we are position of power to push back on racism today the response has been that the action is considered anti white..there are people who are pushing the source of their pain is the person who doesn’t look like you”
-@ibramxk
Guest speaking event underway:
Raising awareness and inspiring action confronting racism.
-author, activist, historian @ibramxk talking about his deeply personal journey of defining racism
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