[bru-info] March 21 rally against racism

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March 21 marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South
Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting
against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186...

MARCH AGAINST RACISM!

Join us on March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racism, to
show our communities collective strength in challenging ongoing racism.
Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!

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COMMUNITY MARCH
Friday March 21 at 1 pm
(Good Friday Holiday)
Meet at Clark Park on Commercial Drive and 14th
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
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==> Bring your children and family.
==> There will be food, water and snacks during the march.
==> Rest vehicles will accompany the march.
==> All welcome!


For centuries, communities have led countless courageous struggles against
racism and the many ways in which it manifests itself in our daily lives.
Although many would like to believe that racism no longer exists, we are
reclaiming the tradition of anti-racist marches to reveal the ugly truth
about the worsening reality of racism both locally and globally. Join us
on March 21 to celebrate the dignity, strength, and resilience of our
communities!

- End individual and institutional racism, racial violence, and racial
profiling!
- Stop the theft of indigenous lands!
- End all racist wars and occupations!
- Stop the deportations now!
- Living wages, healthcare, education, and housing for all!

[[[  Events organized and supported by a community network including No
One Is Illegal, Indigenous Action Movement, Komagata Maru Heritage
Foundation, Canadian Arab Federation, John Graham Support, Siraat
Collective, Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity
Society, DTES Elders Council, SIKLAB - Overseas Filipino Workers
Organization, Anniversaries of Change, International Indigenous Youth
Conference Secretariat, Canadian Muslim Union, Asian Society for the
Intervention of AIDS, Justicia for Migrant Workers, Al-Awda Vancouver,
Salaam Vancouver, Iranian Federation of Refugees, Cafe Rebelde Coalition,
VIRSA, Latin American Connexions, Hogans Alley Memorial Project, Filipino
Nurses Support Group, La Surda Latin American Collective, Indigenous Free
School, Communities for Laibar Singh-Vancouver, Canadian Network for
Democratic Nepal, Canada Palestine Association, Group of Relatives and
Friends of Political Prisoners in Mexico, South Asian Network for
Secularism and Democracy, Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca Ricardo
Flores Magon (CIPO-Vancouver), Chetna Dalit Association, Philippine Women
Centre of BC, Coalition of South Asian Women Against Violence, Vancouver
Status of Women, The North Shore Women's Centre, Battered Women Support
Services, Friends of Women in the Middle East Society, Women Against
Violence Against Women, Grassroots Women, Canadian Union of Postal
Workers, Hospital Employees Union, Industrial Workers of the World, SFU
Teaching Support Staff Union, Vancouver District Labour Council, Canadian
Union of Public Employees - Local 1004, Gallery Gachet, Rhizome Cafe, New
World Theatre, Colouring Book Project, UBC Realities of Race, SFU Public
Interest Research Group, BC Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines,
StopWar.ca, Anti Poverty Committee, Politics Re-Spun, Building Bridges to
Chiapas, Alliance of People's Health, International Solidarity Movement
Vancouver, SFU Interfaith Summer Institute Community Consultative
Committee, Vancouver District Labour Council Young Workers Committee,
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance, UBC Students for a Democratic Society,
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir  ]]]

To add your name to the list of supporting organizations, please do get in
touch!  CONTACT noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 885 0040.




































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