Anti-racism Archives - Shining Waters https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/category/anti-racism/ Regional Council Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:30:44 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Anti-racism Archives - Shining Waters https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/category/anti-racism/ 32 32 Regional Statement on Anti-Black and Anti-Asian Hate, Racism and Violence https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/regional-statement-anti-black-and-anti-asian-hate-racism-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regional-statement-anti-black-and-anti-asian-hate-racism-violence Tue, 24 May 2022 19:08:49 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=100967 The impact of the May 14, 2022 racially motivated targeted shootings of Black shoppers in Buffalo, […]

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]]> No Longer Hidden In Plain Sight https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/no-longer-hidden-in-plain-sight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-longer-hidden-in-plain-sight Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:19:21 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=99304 On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Descrimination it’s time to disrupt racism wherever […]

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]]> Standing with Metropolitan UC Against Hate-Motivated Vandalism https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/standing-with-met-uc-against-hate-motivated-vandalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=standing-with-met-uc-against-hate-motivated-vandalism Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:57:53 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=97799 Shining Waters Regional Council stands with Metropolitan United Church (Toronto) against hate-motivated vandalism. As you may have seen in media reports, Metropolitan was targeted on March 7 by an act of vandalism using homophobic and anti-Semitic graffiti that the Toronto police have designated as a hate-motivated incident. A letter of solidarity and support is being sent by Rev. Betty Lou McNabb, President of Shining Waters, on behalf of the region.

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]]> Regional Council Statement on Anti-Asian Racism, Hatred, and Violence https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/regionalcouncil-statement-on-anti-asian-racism-hatred-and-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regionalcouncil-statement-on-anti-asian-racism-hatred-and-violence Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:59:27 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=37174 Shining Waters Regional Council was deeply impacted by the recent shooting deaths of six Asian women in Atlanta, Georgia. We condemn racialized misogynistic violence and we pray for the families and the communities of those killed. We also pray for the safety of Asians in North America and globally who have experienced and reported anti-Asian racism, violence, and aggression since the start of the pandemic. We pray for many more who have not reported their experiences of targeted hate incidents and hate crimes.

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]]> Asian in Canada https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/asian-in-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asian-in-canada Fri, 26 Mar 2021 04:07:21 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=36954 In the wake of the shootings in Georgina resulting in the death of 6 Asian women, Tina Conlon reflects on her experience living in Canada.

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]]> CCS Friday: The Pandemic of Racism https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/ccs-friday-the-pandemic-of-racism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ccs-friday-the-pandemic-of-racism Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:27:17 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=36737 On Friday, March 12, 2021 the Centre for Christian Studies hosted an online discussion of the […]

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]]> Black Lives Matter at Camp Scugog https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/black-lives-matter-at-camp-scugog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-lives-matter-at-camp-scugog Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:59:17 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=23861 Guest blogger: Lamar Edwards I want to tell you about a very special place, a United […]

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]]> A Regional Statement on Anti-Black Violence and Racism https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/regional-statement-on-anti-black-violence-and-racism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regional-statement-on-anti-black-violence-and-racism Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:22:47 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=23277 A Regional Statement on Anti-Black Violence and Racism - Racism is an ongoing sin existing within our communities.  It is with both lament and anger that we respond to the recent killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officers, as well as additional examples of anti-Black violence emerging across North America. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Regis Korchinski-Paquet further highlight the injustices encountered by Black civilians every single day. Anti-Black discrimination is not new, and it is important to name the systemic racism that exists within the Canadian context, as well as within the Church.

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]]> COVID 19 and the Racism Pandemic We Need to Talk About https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/covid-19-and-the-racism-pandemic-we-need-to-talk-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-and-the-racism-pandemic-we-need-to-talk-about Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:57:08 +0000 https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/?p=25487 When news of the coronavirus first began to spread in Canada, Chinese Canadian restaurants and businesses quickly took a devastating hit. Once crowded restaurants were nearly empty. Other Asian restaurants and businesses that were neither Chinese owned nor operated were also shunned and targeted with racist graffiti and vandalism. “Chinese”- identified and “Chinese looking” people were publicly blamed for the growing pandemic and the downturn of the global economy.

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