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Until we are free : reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada / edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcus Ware.

Van Pelt Library F1035.N3 U58 2020
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Diverlus, Rodney, 1990- editor.
Hudson, Sandy, 1985- editor.
Ware, Syrus Marcus, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Black lives matter movement--Canada.
Black lives matter movement.
Black people--Canada--Social conditions.
Black people.
Black people--Civil rights--Canada.
Black people--Political activity--Canada.
Race discrimination--Canada.
Race discrimination.
Black people--Political activity.
Black people--Civil rights.
Social conditions.
Canada--Race relations.
Canada.
Race relations.
Black people--Social conditions.
Physical Description:
xvi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2020]
Summary:
"An anthology of writing addressing the most urgent issues facing the Black community in Canada. The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement's message found fertile ground in Canada, where Black activists speak of generations of injustice and continue the work of the Black liberators who have come before them. Until We Are Free contains some of the very best African-Canadian writing on the hottest issues facing the Black community in Canada. It describes the latest developments in Canadian Black activism, organizing efforts through the use of social media, Black-Indigenous alliances, and more. Rodney Diverlus is a Port-au-Prince-born, Toronto-based dance artist, curator, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto. Sandy Hudson is the founder of the Black Lives Matter movement presence in Canada and Black Lives Matter--Toronto and a co-founder of Black Liberation Collective Canada. Syrus Marcus Ware is a core team member of Black Lives Matter Toronto, a Vanier Scholar, a facilitator and designer for the CulturalLeaders Lab, and an award-winning artist and educator. Contributors Silvia Argentina Arauz, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Patrisse Cullors, Giselle Dias, Omisoore Dryden, Paige Galette, Dana Inkster, Sarah Jama, El Jones, Anique Jordan, Dr. Naila Keleta Mae, Janaya Khan, Gilary Massa, Robyn Maynard, Leroi Newbold, QueenTite Opaleke, Randolph Riley, Camille Turner, Ravyn Wngz."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: The Year 2066 C.E. : an imagined future
Part I. Framing our own story : Black Live Matter in Canada, then and now
The origin story of Black Lives Matter Canada / Sandy Hudson and Rodney Diverlus
Part II. Carceral violence : blackness, borders, and confinement in Canada
Many a thousand gone / Randolph Riley and El Jones
Revolution and resurgence : dismantling the prison industrial complex through Black and indigenous solidarity / Syrus Marcus Ware and Giselle Dias (Niigaanii Zhaawshko Giizhigokwe)
Black Lives Matter beyond borders : reflections from building a global movement / Rodney Diverlus in conservation with Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Janaya Khan
Towards Black and indigenous futures on Turtle Island : a conversation / Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Unborderable blackness : how diasporic Black identities pose a threat to imperialism and colonialism everywhere / Sandy Hudson
Organizing direct action in the digital age / Janaya Khan
Part III. Creative activisms : arts in the movement
Black arts and the movement : a conversation / Ravyn Wngz and Syrus Marcus Ware
Relentless / Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae
The Afronautic Research Lab / Camille Turner
Choreographic design and performing black activism / Rodney Diverlus
Part IV. Theorizing blackness : considerations through time and space
The need to root disability justice into movements / Sarah Jama
Blackness in the atmosphere / Dana Inkster
First-generation tribulations / QueenTite Opaleke
It's in us to give : Black life and the racial profiling of blood donation / OmiSoore Dryden
From Cheechako to sourdough : reflections on northern living and surviving, while being black / Paige Galette
Mothering in the movement / Silvia Argentina Arauz
Black and Muslim / Gilary Massa
Black Lives Matter : Toronto sit-in at Pride / Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae
Part V. And beyond : Black futurities and possible ways forward
Power to all people : Black LGBTTI2QQ activism, remembrance, and archiving in Toronto / Syrus Marcus Ware
Indigenous and Black solidarity in practice : #BLMTOTentCity / Sandy Hudson
Black Lives Matter : Toronto Freedom School / photos by Anique Jordan
Conclusion: The palimpsest
Postscript : the Year 2092 C.E. : an imagined future, Part 2.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Format:
Online version: Until we are free.
ISBN:
9780889776944
9780889777361
0889777365
0889776946
OCLC:
1105148007
Publisher Number:
99984328148

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