Uzo Anucha

Professor, Social Work @YorkUniversity; York Research Chair in Youth and Contexts of Inequity; Academic Director @REXforYouth; #1 fan of everything youth work

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

Announcing our brand new certificate on combatting anti-Black racism 📢📢📢

It will provide the Ontario youth sector with the knowledge to cultivate practices, policies and alliances that challenge anti-Black racism.

REGISTER by Friday, Feb 26 @ 5pm: https://t.co/2tTXc0oare

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Two facts that shouldn't be debatable in 2020:

1. @serenawilliams is the #GOAT. #23 in the open era has NEVER been done before. Don't move the goalpost!

2. #BlackLivesMatter. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.

[Lisa Philipps @YorkUPresident]

Welcome to the first day of an academic year, unlike any other in the history of #YorkU. As a community, we are beginning this academic year with a renewed sense of who we are, what's important to us and how much we are truly capable of: https://t.co/fx3BCrCuDy #WelcomeYU (1/8)

[Lupita Nyong'o @Lupita_Nyongo]

For the beloved #ChadwickBoseman. #TakeYourTimeButDontWasteYourTime

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Sept 9-10, 2020: #ScholarStrike Canada is hosting public digital teach-ins on the systemic violence that disenfranchises #BIPOC & is a function of slavery, carcerality and colonialism.

Check out the Programme of Digital Teach-Ins https://t.co/W4Vf9nz3NT via @wordpressdotcom

[Mike Shor @MikeShor]

720/ "It is clear that Black youth...were overrepresented in stops conducted by Toronto police." & "The disproportionate stop-and-search rate of Black youth is not an appropriate response to a high crime rate among Black youth and does not represent...efficient police practices."

[Hannah Sung @HannahSung]

This takes practice. It also takes power. If you have the opportunity to back up the BIPOC ppl in the room, do it. If you’re a boss, all you need to do is repeat the statement and credit them. It can change the energy in the room

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Black people were 3 times more likely than white people to contract the coronavirus, 6 times more likely to be hospitalized as a result & twice as likely to die of Covid-19.

Anti-Blackness is a Health Risk Factor in the U.S. for real

Racism’s Hidden Toll https://t.co/FlZazBRG8e

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

We must find ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed to us #StayWoke #NoPermissionNecessary #SquadGoals #EveryoneIncluded

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Today. Dream. Mighty. Change the World. Start where you are. With what you have. #SocialChange #SocialJustice #EquityMatters #StayWoke

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

#03 In Conversation ft. Gabrielle Fayant-Lewis, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of @A7G_Official, an Indigenous youth-led org.

July 29 @ 1pm to 2pm

How do Indigenous youth define safe spaces? What resources & supports do they need in urban environments?

Register: https://t.co/k5xC3mz9Hs

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

Old tweet from @actforyouth that's still relevant in this #COVID19 era:

“Youth workers are often at the centre of #youth lives but at the margins of decisions that shape #YouthWork. #ONyouth policy needs their voices too!“

Youth workers are key to better outcomes for #ONyouth!

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

"But how could boards not be crappy? A groups of volunteers who barely know one another, see 1% of the work, have little to no experience running nonprofits, are given vast power to supervise leadership and determine values, policies, and practices".

https://t.co/OUJF6euVdg

[Dr Aisha Ahmad @ProfAishaAhmad]

I wrote this for BIPOC women starting their journey in academia, so that these cesspools of racism do not erode your precious self-esteem. ❤️🙏🏽

https://t.co/nzOJ4cotlc

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Our blogpost about this powerful Moment-to-Movement asks:

Will this be the ONE that finally energizes us all to dismantle anti-Black racism forever and create a better future for Black youth?

https://t.co/avWUYm80ZD

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

Great time to revisit our report on the top 10 issues for Black youth based on data from consultations with over 1500 community members https://t.co/cxcKAtnQaj

#1 issue? Pervasive anti-Black racism that interlocks with other structures of oppression #BlackLivesMatter #ONYouth

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

Very excited to share the news that our Provincial Academic Director Dr. Uzo Anucha (@actforyouth) has been named a @yorkuniversity Research Chair in #Youth and Contexts of Inequity! | York University announces nine York Research Chair appointments – YFile https://t.co/JZEdjXDZT9

[Uzo Anucha @actforyouth]

Exactly what I wanted from #Santa! Returning all other gifts 😏

#LakersWin #LakeShow #LALvsGSW #LeBron 💯

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

Looking forward to 2019 & the continuing work of an equitable #Ontario youth sector!

1/ ICYMI: Check out our visual report with the top 10 issues for Black #ONyouth & their families identified in community consultations with over 1500 community members. https://t.co/voRFAfkaFh

[YouthREX @REXforYouth]

A youth worker’s #SnoopDogg speech:
I want to thank me for believing in every #ONyouth
I want to thank me for not giving up despite systemic barriers
I want to thank me for keeping it real with youth
THANK YOU to every youth worker doing so much with so little #onpoli