#RCMP issued an #apology on September 7, 2024, for the historic use of #StreetChecks and other harmful interactions with members of the #African #NovaScotian community. It was an apology too long in coming, for treatment that was, in the words of Rev. Lennett Anderson, “dehumanizing and tragic.” And the RCMP's history suggests we should be deeply skeptical that the proposed action plan will be even close to what is required to remedy these grave injustices.

In his 2019 report, written for the #NovaScotia #HumanRights Commission, Dr. Scot Wortley defines street checks as any occasion in which civilians are stopped by #police and subjected to intrusive questions, and their personal information collected into a database. He confirmed what community members have known for years: people of African descent in the #Halifax region are almost six times more likely to face street checks.

It took five years after the release of this report for the RCMP to apologize for the harms caused. They also committed to an action plan, developed in consultation with members of 13 African Nova Scotian communities and the Association of #Black #SocialWorkers.

https://mediacoop.ca/node/119259

#CDNpoli #NSpoli #DefundRCMP #SystematicRacism #ColonialViolence #RacialProfiling #RacistRCMP #RacistCops #ACAB #BlackCanadians #Maritimes #BlackCommunity #ColonialInjustices #SocialJustice #BIPOC #POCinCanada

The Foundation for #BlackCommunities #FFBC announced the recipients of its #inaugural #BlackIdeasGrant (B.I.G): Bridge & Build 2023/24 program. This ground-breaking #investment of over $9.1 million will #empower 107 #BlackLed, #BlackFocused & #BlackServing #grassroots, #nonprofit & #charitable organizations across #Canada. The grants will support critical, #CommunityBased, solution oriented initiatives.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/foundation-black-communities-announces-historic-100000598.html

#GoodNews #BlackCanadians #BIPOCnews #PhilanthropyFunding

( #Creators Damini Awoyiga, Bria Miller and I’thandi Munro were part of the #CBCCreator Network’s #WeCreate : #Artist Studio at the National #BlackCanadians #Summit in July of 2022. They spent time with attendees, listened to their stories and turned those experiences and expressions into art.

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/CBC-Creator-Network-National-Black-Canadians-Summit

#Canada #BIPOC #BlackArtists #ArtShowcase #ArtsAndCulture

When #climate #disaster hits home, the urge to #help is powerful. For the #Somali #diaspora in #Canada that means #SendingMoney to those who are #struggling to #survive . #SomaliCanadian #community #leaders Hibaq Warsame & Jibril Ibrahim share how their #RemittanceSpending has increased since the #drought & #Somalian #climate #activist Hassan Yasin explains how #InternationalRelief can build #resilience in his country.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6778232

#BlackCanadians #BIPOC #DisasterRelief #GlobalSouth

The acting #director of the #African #NovaScotia #Justice Institute says #federal #funding for the institute will go toward #programming to help #Black people in Nova Scotia better #understand & #assert their #rights .

On Wednesday, the federal #DepartmentOfJustice announced it will spend $607,000 over three years for a Justice #Partnership & #Innovation Program.

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_499418af-11be-58d6-982b-7a9b5175da4a.html

#decolonization #HumanRights #LegalRights #BlackCanadians #Maritimes #Canada #GoodNews #CanadaLegal #Legal

Today in 1968, Portia White died.
Born in Nova Scotia, she was the 1st Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame.
She performed throughout North America & Europe, including for Queen Elizabeth II.
She also trained Lorne Greene, Robert Goulet & Anne Marie Moss

#BlackHistory #History #Singing #Canada #BlackCanadians #Canadian #Histodon #Histodons