@reviveTO_

REVIVE is a social planning firm working to address the causes of neighbourhood distress and inequality.

 Toronto, Ontario
revivestrategies.ca
Joined March 2016
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HBO Max has a reality show called “Homegrown,” where Atlanta farmer Jamila Norman helps families who want to transform their backyards into fruit & veggie gardens do so. And it’s so good. I’m learning so much, and how necessary is someone like her as the need grows.
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$1.3 billion for police. A fraction for neighbourhood programs. Why is Toronto still not spending on community safety? dlvr.it/SZt1m1
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NEW REPORT: Perspectives on Health and Well-being in Black Communities in Toronto: Our Health, Our Way blackhealthalliance.ca/wp-co…
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I've been covering gun violence and its tragic impact on Toronto for many years. This story highlights one possible solution — Sunnybrook's BRAVE, a program attemping to address the underlying causes of violence after a young person is shot @TorontoStar thestar.com/news/gta/2022/03…

Inside one Toronto hospital’s plan to help gun victims avoid the next bullet

Simply “patching people up and sending them home” wasn’t working, says Dr. Avery Nathens, Sunnybrook’s surgeon-in-chief.

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Black youth are disproportionately impacted by sex trafficking, homelessness, and overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The BYRP is conducting a research study to understand the barriers these youth face when seeking and receiving support. ⁣#TOpoli
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Did you know it’s taken the City of Toronto 13 years to only partially fund the Regent Park social development plan? This @Spacing piece, co-written by @LenaSanzTovar and I, calls upon our public servants to reflect and deliver on their promises. spacing.ca/toronto/2020/09/1…

Coming clean on Regent Park's Social Development Plan - Spacing Toronto

By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie and Lena Sanz Tovar Earlier this year, the City of Toronto at long last approved $635,000 to partially fund the Regent Park Social Development Plan (SDP). Initially...

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In this week's cover package, urban planner and @progresstoronto founding advisor Shannon Holness writes about the knowledge racialized communities have to offer in building a better post-COVID Toronto. ow.ly/8hIR50Bu6H3

Pandemic brings Toronto's legacy of environmental racism into the open | NOW Toronto

But the gatekeepers of progress still question the readiness of racialized communities to find solutions to the inequities exposed by COVID

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CASE MANAGER JOB OPPORTUNITY: The BRAVE Case Manager is charged with implementation of the BRAVE Project, a hospital-based [Gun] violence intervention program, which serves high risk patients with violent injury. sunnybrook.ca/employment/pos…
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Organizations like @PeachYouthJF do critically important work to support young people who have had negative experiences with school, the youth criminal justice system and the police. They have been hit hard by COVID. Consider supporting financially: ca.gofundme.com/f/peach-need…
Peach Youth@PeachYouthJF22 Jul 2020
PEACH has been greatly impacted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, our community needs us. And we need you. Please support our GoFundMe campaign. Your generous donations will go towards… instagram.com/p/CC9C_U1lETZ/…
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‘My heart’s breaking for these youth,’ says mother of slain 15-year-old Jeremiah Ranger thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05… via @wendygillis @torontostar

‘My heart’s breaking for these youth,’ says mother of slain 15-year-old Jeremiah Ranger

Krystal Ranger said her son bore the scars of the ‘dirty cycle’ of violence around him — even before it struck him down, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Daniel Boima, 23, of Toronto, is the city's latest homicide victim, shot dead in Scarborough's Wexford neighbourhood last night. This is the 15th fatal shooting of 2020. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05…
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Man shot dead outside Scarborough home was hardworking, never got in trouble: father cp24.com/news/man-shot-dead-…
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#CityofTO launches youth violence prevention grant. News release: toronto.ca/home/media-room/n…
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Mom of 15-year-old homicide victim says son was shot to death right outside Toronto home cp24.com/news/mom-of-15-year…
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UPDATED: Toronto police say a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in the area of Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue West. cp24.to/Khw67Qc
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BREAKING: Toronto police say a male has died in hospital after being shot in the area of Jane and Sheppard cp24.com/news/male-dies-in-h…
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We've seen how recovery efforts that do not deliberately solve for issues facing low-income communities & people of color guarantee that they will continue to be the worst hit in subsequent crises. w/ @agb4equity, @kalimarose & @mikemcafee06. plcylk.org/4-22_webinar-arch…
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As someone that has had to use food banks, I wrote this op-ed after the shock of learning about the Vancouver Food Bank's decision to introduce means testing. This approach is not just dehumanizing. It is a distraction from real and systemic issues.@rabble rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/vie…
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Today was our first food box drop off to our members. Huge shout out to @FoodShareTO for partnering with us to feed our community with #healthy food #weceeyou 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🍏🥬🥦🍍🍽 – at Toronto, Ontario
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Angela Glover Blackwell on Putting Equity at the Heart of Economic Recovery kqed.org/forum/2010101877101…

Angela Glover Blackwell on Putting Equity at the Heart of Economic Recovery | KQED

Though African Americans make up only 13% of the US population, one third of the people who have been hospitalized with Covid-19 nationwide are black. Equity advocate Angela Glover Blackwell says the...

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