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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 4h

More info here 👉🏻 www.instagram.com/p/DP2kK5LkQf...

harshawalia8 on Instagram: "Breaking!!City of Burnaby Social Committee adopts definition and framework of Anti-Palestinian racism!!View all 68 comments"

Breaking!!City of Burnaby Social Committee adopts definition and framework of Anti-Palestinian racism!!

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 4h

🚨Exciting #Burnaby news!! In addition to officially becoming Canada’s first #apartheidfreecity in AUG, the adoption of #APR 🍉 into its #antiracism framework just passed unanimously! SO proud & thankful to our councilors for setting a brave precedent. 👏🏻 #NOantipalestinianracism #solidarity #B4P

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

Good 🧵 about whiteness for us Canadian white ppl to read:

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 1d

A word on #5
It’s not that I don’t feel comfortable in Canada but I’m more relaxed here because it’s the Caribbean. But there’s another reason that it’s a lesser burden: I don’t have to perform whiteness and it’s glorious!

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 2d

Some more observations:

1. There are more men than women in this country

2. The Chinese food is the best!

3. Lawd it hot. This humidity is no joke

4. How do Guyanese ppl not wear sunglasses cause this sun is blinding!

5. Being in a Black country hits different. It’s so fucking relaxing 😎

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 4d

Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫

😂😂😂

Snapshot of dallas brodie tweet:

"ANTIFA is a leftwing terrorist organization."

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 8d

It passed btw! 👏🏻

SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 8d

Check out what happens in the #bcleg when an #mla like #ndp @rohiniarora.bsky.social stands against #antichoice #anti2SLGBTQIA+ lobbying groups like @arpacanada. EVERY CONSERVATIVE bailed, to avoid voting 🗳️ on #motion38 to condemn their hate! Shame on you cowards!
#abortionishealthcare #loveislove

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 17d

THANK YOU attendees & amplifiers for a great first workshop! ✊🏻
Sharing the nuanced challenges in our white relationships sharpens our skills to move other white folks away from divisiveness, & toward solidarity & liberation.
TY #surjvancouver facilitators, and #VinesDen for the beautiful space! 🪶

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for amplifying Fam! ✊🏻❤️

SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 23d

@rohiniarora.bsky.social

SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 24d

✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)

Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.

More info at - surjvancouver.ca

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 24d

✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)

Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.

More info at - surjvancouver.ca

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · Jun 12

When the BC conservative party is "too woke" for you, you've got another option now 😬. Just a PPC party equivalent on the provincial level. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · Jun 12

New BC political party just dropped 🚨

OneBC, launched by former BC Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie along with Tara Armstrong

Jordan Kealy, the 3rd ex-BC Con MLA, is not named in the press release

Among the new party's policy pitches, privatizing health care and banning teachers' strikes #bcpoli

Dallas Brodie is the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena and the Interim Leader of OneBC. She is a former defence lawyer and television broadcaster. Since her election in 2024, she has quickly become one of Canada’s leading voices on the “reconciliation industry”. Dallas has the courage, honesty, and the audacity of a true leader. She also has a clear vision for the structural changes needed to bring back the opportunity for every British Columbian to prosper.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · May 29

People who insist this app is less racist than X are the same people who insist that Democrats commit genocide better

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 29

Oh lovely they suspended him since I posted

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Showing Up for Racial Justice Saskatoon - Treaty Six @surjyxe.bsky.social · May 26

Hundreds attend vigil for George Floyd on anniversary | REUTERS

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#georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter

Hundreds attend vigil for George Floyd on anniversary | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · May 22

The far right has successfully moved racist conspiracy theories like "white genocide" or the "Great Replacement Theory" from fringe ideas to the mouth of the president on live TV. By drumming up a fake crisis for white people, they create cover to pass bills that will harm all of us.

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april-cotcobbler.bsky.social @april-cotcobbler.bsky.social · May 26

💯! #rohiniarora statement shows strong understanding & appreciation for our responsibility to historical awareness and to concrete good faith “truth & reconciliation” w/ Indigenous peoples, in so called Canada. The deplorable white supremacist reaction(s) to these words say it all. #settlerfragility

Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · May 26

This is a powerful, fact-based statement. It’s unacceptable for elected officials to deny colonialism, the reality of unceded Indigenous lands — and the lasting trauma it causes. Learn the history.

@rohiniarora.bsky.social spoke the truth — and many of us stand with her.

#bced #cdnpoli

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · May 20

The kind of movement we want to create (article written by members of @surjto.bsky.social):

convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...

A Culture of Care: The Secret to Building Organizations People Want to Stay In

What we learned about organizing white folks away from the racist right.

convergencemag.com

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