Media Advisory: Community Organizations Push Ontario Government to Adopt Anti-Racism Legislative Framework

TORONTO, ON--(September 30, 2016) - A coalition of community organizations will be launching a proposed legislative framework for the newly established Anti-Racism Directorate in Ontario at a press conference on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the office of TAIBU Community Health Center, 27 Tapscott Rd #1, Scarborough, Ontario.

The proposed legislative framework is launched by the Colour of Poverty Campaign - Colour of Change Network (COP-COC) in partnership with a number of community based organizations working in anti-racism advocacy work.

COP-COC and its partners will speak to the need to strengthen the Anti-Racism Directorate and will make a number of proposals on how to address racism in Ontario.

Speakers at the Press Conference will include:

• Dr. Akua Benjamin, Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson University
• Denise Brooks, Executive Director, Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
• Debbie Douglas, Executive Director, OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
• Avvy Go, Clinic Director, Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic
• Shalini Konanur, Executive Director, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario

Contact Information

• For further information, please contact:
  Debbie Douglas
  OCASI
  (416) 322-4950 ext.229
  
  Amy Casipullai
  OCASI
  416-524-4950 (cell)
  416-322-4950 ext. 239
  
  Avvy Go
  Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic
  (416) 971-9674