[Vanact.internal] Fwd: Sun March 20 - Community March Against Racism

[Cassie Sutherland]

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From: Harsha W. <harsha at resist.ca>
Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Subject: Sun March 20 - Community March Against Racism
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- please forward widely -


On March 20th, No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories
invites you to join us in a march to mark the International Day for the
Elimination of Racism and show our communities’ collective strength in
challenging racism. Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!

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Community March Against Racism
Sunday, March 20th, 2011 at 2pm.
Waterfront Skytrain Station, Downtown Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199130026767653
- Multilingual posters and flyers: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=3171

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March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, 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.

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 reality of
racism.

>From historic injustices – such as Japanese internment camps, residential
schools, and the Chinese Exclusion Act – to the current mass detention and
impoverishment of racialized peoples and refugees under the guise of the
War on Terror; Canadian corporate development on Indigenous lands from the
tarsands in Alberta to mining operations in Guatemala; the expansion of
exploitative migrant worker programs; the tragedy of missing and murdered
Indigenous women, and military occupations from Afghanistan to Haiti,
racism is an ugly truth about Canada.

Join us on March 20th to confront racism while celebrating the dignity,
strength, and resilience of our communities.

- End individual and institutional racism, racial violence, and racial
profiling!
- Defend Indigenous lands and communities!
- End all racist wars and occupations!
- Freedom from police violence, imprisonments, and deportations!
- Living wages, healthcare, education, and housing for all!

To endorse the march or for more information email noii-van at resist.ca or
call 604.715.6990

www.nooneisillegal.org
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