Article Type: Our Voices
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Climate Change is a Justice Issue
The oceans are helping to absorb the extra heat trapped by the atmosphere. This fuels more powerful and destructive storms. We have seen this time and time again in the Global South. The extra heat also means tropical storms can maintain their strength further north. Climate change is a justice issue. Nature is destroying nations…
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Letter to Minister Trivers, Social Development and Housing
(The following is the letter we submitted to Minister Trivers and his office. Some minor details about specific cases have been removed from this public version.) January 26, 2022 Dear Minister Trivers and Deputy Minister Keedwell*, BIPOC USHR has witnessed many barriers faced by our community members and clients with regard to housing, including racism,…
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Please oppose Quebec’s Bill 21
Updated May 30 Subject: Opposing Quebec’s Bill 21 Dear Charlottetown City Councilors, Summerside City Councilors, and Mayors Brown and Stewart, We, BIPOC USHR, write to ask that you support the condemnation of Quebec’s Bill 21. We ask that Charlottetown and Summerside city councils bring forward a motion to oppose Bill 21 just as many other…
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“Fat” Brown and in Ballet
Hello folks, friends, movers, shakers, and readers. I’m writing this to tell a story that is unfortunately not unique and deeply personal. My name is Surraya, I am a 29 year old Queer POC. I guess it’s only natural to start from the beginning. My mom has this story.. all mom’s do.. you know, the…