This is an online interactive speaker series keeping up the momentum for racial justice and inclusion in St. Catharines.
Presented in partnership with: Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre and FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Upcoming Talk:
To be scheduled
Past Talks:
Thursday 25 February, 2021 at 7pm
Topic: Art + Stories of Racialized Migrant Oppression
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Doris Rajan
Roshanak Jaberi
Thursday 29 October 2020
Topic: The intersection of art, activism, and education
Guest Speaker: Lydia Collins
link to recording
Thursday 24 September 2020
Topic: Parenting, and what anti-racist parenting entails
Guest Speaker: Cassandra Boom (@FitNerdyMom)
link to recording
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Topic: How discrimination affects the overall health of the LGBTQIA2S+ community with a specific discussion on LGBTQIA2S+ newcomers.
Guest Speaker: Felipe Ivo Costa
link to recording
July 30, 2020
Topic: Social Determinants of Health within the Black Community
Guest Speaker: Mutsa Charamba
Breakout groups facilitated by: Josefina Perez, Amber Tallman, Edmund Frye, Marcel Stewart + Colleen McTigue and Jillien Hone.
Performances: Shannon Kitchings, Eve Atoms.
Community Partners: Matter of Black, Black Owned 905, Positive Living Niagara and the City of St. Catharines.
link to recording
July 7, 2020
Topic: A community discussion of recipes for racial justice and inclusion in Niagara
Guest Speakers:
Sam Nkomo, Cassandra Muileboom, Sherry Darlene, Shannon Kitchings
link to recording