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Seven Black panelists break down Canada’s systemic anti-Black racism

By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor In response to the recent calls for anti-racism, Feminists Deliver, a BC grassroots organization, decided to host the talk Resistance and Resurgence: Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Canada. Feminists Deliver is an anti-oppressive, decolonial, and intersectional organization that aims to spotlight issues facing marginalized communities, connect grassroots feminist movements, and transform “the global women’s agenda” for all women-identifying and non-binary people. The two-hour event featured several Black BC-based panelists: writer and historian Dr. Yvonne Brown; producer and community radio host Denise Goldberg; anti-oppressive facilitator Cicely Blain; poet Junie Désil; CEO of Elevate Inclusion Strategies…

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