New advocacy group ActingOutWR holds rally in solidarity of region’s diverse population Harleen Kaur Dhillon·February 23, 2022On Feb. 21, 2022, ActingOutWR, a new queer and anti-racist advocacy group, held a rally to show solidarity...News·0 Comments·0
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in policing won’t save Black people in crisis insideWaterloo·November 3, 2021USE OF EDI TRAINING AND PROGRESSIVE LANGUAGE IS AN EXERCISE IN PR AND DOES NOT ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH...Columns·0 Comments·0
Black Owned KW – Creating Visibility for Local Black Entrepreneurs Melissa Embury·July 1, 2020Faruk Abukar was born and raised in KW and has lived here his whole life. Growing up Black...Business·0 Comments·0
Black-led Community Organizations Call to Defund WRPS Kaitlyn Severin·June 19, 2020Since the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was murdered by members of the Minnesota...News·0 Comments·1
Local March Organizers Launch The Anti-Racism Community Collective Melissa Embury·June 12, 2020On June 3, an estimated 36,000 people gathered in downtown Kitchener for the KW Solidarity March for Black...News·0 Comments·3
“The Elephant is in the Room” as KW Talks Systemic Racism Jesse Bauman·November 3, 2016Hours of discussion about systemic racism, but many unconvinced by provincial anti-racism initiativeNews·0 Comments·0
