Patrick Cajina Cortez, one of the founders of the Afro Latino organization, La Connexional took our questions about race, discrimination and more at an event organized with David Shepherd, MLA Edmonton-City Centre. The event was titled Switch -Not One of Those Political Parties. Spiced with poetry, rap, spoken word and dance, it was well attended and rich with diversity, flavour and culture.
the Anti-Racism Advisory Committee: the goal of the committee with 12 members is to make recommendations to council through reports on community based issues, continue awareness and dialogue on anti-racism, and recommend funding allocations on initiatives that address racially motivated hate.
For the Anti Racism Advisory Committee just like many of the ABCs, recruitment of members happens in the beginning of the year where people from all walks of life can apply.
This narrative of Canada is manufactured for good reason, no sovereign nation would willingly admit to ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis, which especially targets women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. Without genuine and persistent accountability by provincial and federal governments, there will be no justice for Indigenous peoples.
