Ban Ki-Moon speaks warmly re: inspiring meeting w/ JFK when he was a young man. JFK told him boundaries don't mean much (despite the obviously significant border politics at the time). What is more imp is whether you are ready to extend yr helping hand to others. #ymcaignite2022
Ban Ki-Moon recommends the World YMCA prioritize the climate justice goal of "Sustainable Planet" from Vision 2030 or the others won't be here to solve. #ymcaignite2022
"175 M young people cannot read a full sentence... when young people are given the right tools... they become effective drivers for change" Ban Ki-Moon #YMCAignite2022@WorldYMCA
"We have an obligation to act wherever we are, in whatever role we feel we have on this earth... this is global citizenship" Ban Ki-Moon #YMCAignite2022@WorldYMCA
happy #IWD including and especially to trans women, sex working women, incarcerated women, Black and Indigenous women, and so many others who are partially or wholly rejected from the category of "woman" when it suits the needs of the status quo.
A reminder for #BudgetSpeech2022 If we don't pay for social impact in financial investment, we pay for it in our neighborhoods, cities & homes. It costs domestic violence, homelessness, school drop out rates, mental illness, & drug poisoning. Let's invest in each other. #abpoli
For the love of god, the answer isn’t just to get vaccinated.
The answer is paid sick days.
The answer is getting vaccines to millions around the globe.
The answer is publicly producing and distributing PPE.
The answer is our governments protecting us over corporate profit.
Let's drown out the hate and show our health-care workers we support them. 💛 Please like, share, save and re-share so health-care workers in all our lives know we are with them, now and always. ✊ #ableg#cdnpoli
Like a lot of people, I've spent the past week reeling over the #FreedomConvoy and what it says about the current state of the Left.
People know the system is rigged against them. It's up to us to organize them behind a new story of how it's rigged.
https://t.co/DRDDxXqLDm
Here it is!
The Black on the Prairies: teacher's guide. We heard from teachers and students across Canada about integrating the content of Black on the Prairies into their classes.
For the month of February, the teacher's guide is available for free.
https://t.co/wcsKU366Ct
Hey! Look! Did you see that massively huge convoy of health workers who has gone in to work each & every day to provide healthcare for vulnerable people amidst staffing shortages, snowstorms & a raging pandemic? Yeah...shoutout to that convoy. That convoy is the best. 🙌🏾
Wrap up from @AECEA_
-$3.8B over the next 5 years from the federal government
-By 2026, $10/day child care will be a reality for parents
-By the end of next year (2022), fees will be cut by half
-Will be available for children up to Kindergarten age
🧵#abpoli
We know its white supremacy & colonial violence. These attacks are not new. From the ongoing assaults on Hijabi women, most if not all Somali women, in Edmonton. To our young Muslim brother who lost his family in London, innalilahi wa innailayhi raji'un #bystanderintervention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Press Release: Siksika Nation is pursuing a legal challenge against the Government of Alberta's decision to rescind the Coal Policy