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This is really important research and, as noted by others, should be replicated in TO. It is happening here too.
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TW: Police violence. Tonight at my church's Thanksgiving meal, a group of officers (including some plainclothes) stormed through the gathering, into the backyard, without notice or permission, and did this.
I was clearly detained and cuffed solely for filming as an officer pulled his gun even though not threatened in any way
I have filed an OIPRD complaint already
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@OIPRD_BDIEP I am not ok with police entering my place of worship, during a feast, with guns, shouting and manhandling my friends and neighbours.
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I'm going to be paying for a cab to take me from downtown to York because of the risks of transit. I'm terrified of catching COVID at my exam and infecting my grandmother who wants to see me for Easter.
In light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Ontario, and outbreaks within Osgoode cohorts/events over the past week, Law Students for Safe Learning calls on Osgoode administration to provide remote access to ALL Winter 2022 exams.
Read more: lawstudentsforsafelearning.s…
Was so honoured to be a part of this event tonight. Key take aways: the importance of people in the "professions" to unlearn a lot norms/rules of their profession in order to effectivley serve marginalized communities.
Thank you to the 50+ participants who joined us for our encampment evictions panel! Our amazing panelists shared so much knowledge so huge thank you to Les, Isaiah, Brian, Lorraine, and Sima for your generous time and wisdom. Final thank you to JLSP and EJSC for co-organizing!
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Bearing witness to this unfolding crisis (that is getting an agonizingly negligible policy response) is awful. It's awful. The only thing worse is living it. God have mercy.
On a quick one hour outreach shift, over a span of just 2 blocks, 3 seperate people in diff locations literally begging me for housing. Direct quote from one young man: 'Miss, please, I'll do anything!!!' 😭💔
Ppl are desperate. @cityoftoronto SOS!! HELP! 1/3
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This is a really important thread re: the city's problematic data on homelessness. Making data-driven decisions is not actually reasonable if your data sucks.
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This.
The "preference" of @JohnTory should not surmount the combined support of advocates AND the Shelter, Support, and Housing Administration. This motion was a rare intersection of collaboration and trust-building b/w the City and activists. Unbelievable. teapaw.org/GraphicMatt/status/140…
Tory said that Matlow was accusing him of betraying homeless people (which personally, I would argue he was). But what Matlow was actually saying (I think) is that Tory was betraying the people with lived experience and frontline workers (cont'd)...
Time to vote.
Matlow’s motion to establish an advisory group of current/former shelter users and to review shelter standards FAILS 10-16.
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I wish with all my heart that this weren't true.
311 is what people have been calling to complain about homeless people.
the City responds the way they do based on these complaints.
@MumbledVanities
This. This. This.
Just thinking about how @cityoftoronto used Derrick Black's photo for PR on Mar 9.
In his own words:
"I applied for TCHC housing 40 years ago. But they never, ever called me until I said I’m not leaving the park. Until I was too hard to ignore."
thelocal.to/a-year-of-resist…
#ToPoli
ALT A tweet from the City of Toronto twitter that shows an image of Derrick Black, a salt-and-pepper-haired and bearded Black man with circular, thick-rimmed black glasses lovingly holding a cat while sitting on a floral couch.
There's a lot of heavy shit going om right now, and I try to keep things positive...but this resonates hard.
Sadistic Millennial Excited for Teens to Experience First-Hand the Horrors of Low-Rise Jeans: ow.ly/XQxQ50DPDcw
COVID wiped out my friend's business, and she's expecting a baby in May. Consider pitching in to help her cover rent, food, and school fees. gofundme.com/f/help-a-small-…