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“Is this the disaster you were predicting two months ago?” @CBCLorenda asked a panel of experts Friday after they presented the latest modelling from Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table. “Could the government have prevented it if it had followed the modelling?”
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More than 4 years after a 6-year-old Black Peel school girl was shackled by her hands and feet for 28 minutes by Peel cops, the rights tribunal has awarded her family $35,000. (I find that amount insulting).
Story by @millermotionpic and @Jleerankin: thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01…
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UPDATE TO FAMILIES: The Ontario Government has announced that schools will continue with remote learning following Spring Break on April 19.
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@OlivetteOtele ambitiously aims at unveiling the long-standing – and long-ignored – contribution of people of African descent to the history, social construction, and identity of European societies. @HurstPublishers #ERSBookReview by Cédric Audebert @CNRS
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Congratulations to AdvocacyPeel for receiving the Racial Justice 2020 Award in Education! Established from the need to disrupt education systems with community support & collaboration, AdvocacyPeel continues to work as a change ambassador for Black/African student success. #UARR
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When we found out the name "Vaughan" was attributed to the slave owner Benjamin Vaughan we knew that we could no longer have that name represent VACA. So, here it is.
REGISTER EARLY.
Check out "Welcome to the official launch of ANCHOR" eventbrite.ca/e/welcome-to-t… @Eventbrite
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1/ White conservatives like to tell Black folks to "stop wallowing in victimhood" by talking about racism. But they literally marinate in grievance and a sense of their own victimhood as a matter of daily routine. Let's count all the ways they feel victimized shall we? ...
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GRATITUDE ALERT:
The Vaughan African Canadian Association @VACAORG has been nominated by a Federal Equity agency as one of the BEST BLACK COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING AGAINST RACISM. It's a huge honour to be recognized for doing the work we love. @mbmayor @City_of_Vaughan
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This is gonna be great. As usual. @ava
Can’t wait to see what @ava does with @isabelwilkerson’s #Caste! It’s an absolute must-read for humanity and will surely become a must-watch film with her vision. Yay for you Avs!
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DEAR CITY OF VAUGHAN @City_of_Vaughan
Are you going to stay silent? @YRDSB
Vaughan Secondary School was named after a Slave owner. Vaughan Secondary School was named after a Slave owner. Vaughan Secondary School was named after a Slave owner. #BenjaminVaughanWasASlaveOwner
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Most BLM activism, especially by actual Black folks, has been nonviolent & disciplined. It's white folk who risk fucking this up: burning shit in Portland, breaking windows w/skateboards in MSP, screaming at diners in DC. White folk keep asking 'what can we do?' Yeah, not this.
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OHRC start litigating & intervening on cases involving anti-Black racism. It’s simply not enough to produce reports. And, stop praising the Head of the OPS who has done nothing to meaningfully address anti-Black racism in the OPS - see UR harmful letter of Oct ‘19 to Davidson.
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‘The data is bad’: Black and racialized Canadians lacking on boards, study finds - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Justin Trudeau promised action ‘very soon’ to tackle systemic racism. Seven weeks later, where is it? | The Star thestar.com/politics/federal…
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We have 10 demands on our August 3rd #marchforblackstudents; this is 1 of them. We will not continue to see our #blackfamilies suffer at the hands of @YRDSB bc YOU @YRDSBDirector &#Baystreet lawyers are dragging #victims through your lengthy court proceedings.
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MATH QUESTION: If a secondary @PeelSchools has a budget of $130,000. How many high schools could double their budget if the 1.7 million in lawyer fees were redirected to them? @Sflecce @equitychatter @NancyNNaylor @VACAORG @charlineGrant @YRDSBKids @AntiBlackRacis1 @ONABSE
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For all those groups and individuals asking us why we haven't started a GoFundMe Page, well here it is. No amount is too small. Watch what $5.00 can do if everyone who supports our work donates. Support VACA so we can continue our work. Click to Donate gofundme.com/f/support-vaca-…
