OCASI Recommendations to TORR
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Toronto / July 24, 2020
OCASI held a virtual discussion with Toronto member agencies on July 8, 2020 to prepare our submission to the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild (TORR) public consultations.
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2020 ED Forum
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OCASI EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' (ED) FORUM 2020
Transformation: Race, Recovery and Belonging
We are happy to announce some exciting changes to OCASI’s ED Forum this year including new conference dates!
In the Field Newsletter Volume 96
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Re-Imaginations
Re-Imaginations
July 8, 2020 / Toronto
The tears may flow all night, but joy will come in the morning. A paraphrasing of an oft repeated phrase of my mothers and grandmothers steeped in the teachings of the Black Church. For me this phrase is not only a message of general hope, but a message with specificity about resistance, about the coming of the day of liberation for our people held in centuries-long bondage. A message of hope for all people who have been excluded and violated.
Immigration Status For All
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June 25, 2020 / Toronto - OCASI called for regularization of immigration status for all in an appearance before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
OCASI Executive Director Debbie Douglas appeared as a witness before the Committee on Monday June 22, 2020. In her testimony, she called for:
In the Field Newsletter Volume 95
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A Requiem for Black Lives.