Mike McRae 🇨🇦

@mikemcrae@mstdn.social
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Magna Bay, BC, CA
Husband, dad, grandfather, dog dad.
Retired Search & Rescue Team Leader
At least 66 children dead of malnutrition in Gaza amid Israel’s war

UNICEF says the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an ‘alarming rate’.

Al Jazeera

"Those findings hold true for Chantu William, a young Tsilhqot'in language speaker and second generation residential school survivor who says learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person."

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554 #Indigenous #health #language

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds | CBC News

Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with improved health. 

CBC
Sleep well tonight USians. This is happening.

“He’s easily bruising. He has bone pain. He looks pale .… He has also lost his appetite …. His mom is terrified that these are symptoms that his leukemia situation might be deteriorating.”

A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?

https://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/family-files-for-release-in-lawsuit-considered-20396546.php

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#Edmonton #Alberta
#Canada
#MMIM #MMIW
#MMIWG #EveryChildMatters
#Indigenous

Donald Trump and his goons want you to shut your mouth, keep your head down, and quietly flip burgers this 4th of July — while he pisses on your rights.

I don't think so.

This Independence Day, we speak up. We show up.
Because freedom wasn't won in silence.

#July4Protest #WeThePeople #ResistTyranny #Protest #IndependenceMeansAction

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.