Article Type: Our Voices
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March 8th is International Women’s Day by Sobia Ali-Faisal
March 8th is International Women’s Day (IWD). For me, and for many other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) women I know we celebrate it as International BIPOC Women’s Day, and here’s why. First, A Little History Ever since the beginning of the Western feminist movement white women have only fought for themselves. Indeed, this…
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The Black House By Kendi Tarichia
Ayyyee hellooo Black People!Y’all know me and my love of our people, our culture, our EVERYTHING.So I’m here to gas y’all up once again. First of all, big thank you to BCS for an incredible Black History month. Any opportunity to celebrate our heritage, our Ancestors, our culture, our accomplishments, to celebrate US is MagiK…
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Provincial Anti-Racism Budget Proposal
In August 2020, BIPOC USHR successfully obtained funding from United Way to secure two community navigator positions. Their role was to research and build solutions that address issues impacting BIPOC folx. This is work that has never been done before on PEI. Very often, it is white staff within white systems who research BIPOC issues…
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The Gaslighting of Muslims: Four Years Later
Today, January 29th, 2021 marks four years since the Quebec Mosque shooting. Four years ago a white supremacist walked into the Islamic Cultural Centre in Laval, Québec and murdered six Muslims while injuring 19 others. To this day it is one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history and the worst mass murder in…