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Toronto Refugee Rights Day 2022

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Come Celebrate!

Join us at our virtual commemoration of Refugee Rights Day in Toronto brought to you by Toronto Refugee Rights Day Planning Committee.

MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022 FROM 1 PM - 2 PM

Featuring:

  • Refugee speakers and musicians
  • Refugee Rights Day Proclamation by Toronto Mayor John Tory

Emceed by Debbie Douglas – OCASI

American Sign Language interpretation provided.

This is a free event and you can join us from anywhere on the planet.

In the Field Newsletter Volume 116

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them”. This quote, often attributed to celebrated and well-loved African-American poet and author, Maya Angelou, appeared time and again on my various social media platforms as primarily Black, Asian and Arab people found themselves gaslighted, contradicted and called out, for raising concerns about the treatment of Black and racialized people, primarily international students attempting to flee the devastating war in Ukraine.

Keeping Watch

March 2022 / Toronto

“When someone shows you who they are believe them”. This quote, often attributed to celebrated and well-loved African-American poet and author, Maya Angelou, appeared time and again on my various social media platforms as primarily Black, Asian and Arab people found themselves gaslighted, contradicted and called out, for raising concerns about the treatment of Black and racialized people, primarily international students attempting to flee the devastating war in Ukraine.

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