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Black Lives Matter: A Reading, Watching, Listening List Part 2

We have a responsibility to educate ourselves to the realities, obstacles and resistance of Black communities and other marginalized communities.  To help create a new “normal” in which we no longer participate in, and benefit from, the oppression of Black people, it requires us to engage in a process of self-examination, education, and unlearning. This reading, watching and listening list provides many resources to help educate people about the history of racism, how it still persists today, and gives insights to the experiences of many people who experience racism and discrimination.

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Engaging with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Minority groups, such as African Americans, Latin Americans, and Indigenous people, have experienced disproportionate rates of incarceration, police brutality, discrimination and more. The Black Lives Matter movement speaks out against the police brutality and systemic racism that leads to the victimization, harm, and often death against Black people all over the world, as seen with George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor currently.

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From the Margins: Communities Respond to COVID-19 – Poverty and Housing – June 25 2020

The global pandemic has laid bare these historical and pervasive socioeconomic inequalities associated with poverty and precarious housing. The public health crisis created new challenges for community members living with poverty and for organizations involved in supporting folks living with these experiences.

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Girls Without Barriers: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Canada

Girls Without Barriers: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Canada

Girls Without Barriers is a project led by the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada, with the objective of reporting what is known on the rights, needs, and experiences of diverse girls and young women with disabilities, and address the gaps in order to promote their full participation in girl-serving programs in Canada. Using an intersectional analysis, the report dresses a comprehensive, yet not exhaustive, picture of the systemic dynamics that erase girls and young women with disabilities from human rights framework, statistical analyses, violence-prevention programs, schooling policies and practices, etc. @DAWNCanada analyses the systemic oppressions that shape the lives of Indigenous, racialized, rural, and gender/sexual diverse girls and young women with disabilities, and those living at the intersection of multiple oppressions. This is ground-breaking work in Canada, leading a path for promoting the full participation of all girls and young women with disabilities. 

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The Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development Partnership

The Live Work Well Research Centre, along with many other people and organizations, are excited to announce our 7 year Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development (EDID) partnership. The project centres around the barriers that women and girls with disabilities face, who suggested by the United Nations are to be one of the most marginalized groups worldwide.

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