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Here are some Canadian organizations accepting donations
Please consider donating to one or more of these groups if you have the financial means
Justice for Regis Fundraiser
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| Justice for Regis |
"On May 27th 2020, my sister Regis Korchinski Paquet, tragically lost her life, she was so special and meant the world to us. She was kind, beautiful and she will be missed beyond belief. We are asking the public to help with meeting are goal to get the proper justice we need."
Black Lives Matter- Toronto
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| BLM Toronto |
OUR VISION:
To be a platform upon which black communities across Toronto can actively dismantle all forms of anti-black racism, liberate blackness, support black healing, affirm black existence, and create freedom to love and self- determine.
OUR MISSION:
To forge critical connections and to work in solidarity with black communities, black-centric networks, solidarity movements, and allies in order to to dismantle all forms of state-sanctioned oppression, violence, and brutality committed against African, Caribbean, and Black cis, queer, trans, and disabled populations in Toronto.
Black Lives Matter Waterloo Region - Community Solidarity Fund
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| BLM Waterloo |
The Black Community Solidarity Fund is a way that the local Waterloo Region community can provide support to meet some of the urgent needs being communicated by urban organizers in North America who have responded with direct action to the most recent incidents of anti-Black police brutality and violence. The Black Solidarity Community Fund is also a way for the local community to provide support to ongoing Black-led anti-racist community care projects and organizations in the Waterloo Region.
Funds raised will support the following initiatives:
Local Initiatives
Funds raised will provide support to ongoing under-resourced Black-led student, and youth focused anti-racist initiatives in the Waterloo Region including:
Young City Growers
Africa Camp
Local Post-Secondary Black Student Associations
Local Secondary Black Student Associations
Funds raised will provide support to the following Black-led community care initiatives in the Waterloo Region:
Woke Women and Woke Men
African Community Wellness Initiative - Afrocentric Counselling Services
Bring on the Sunshine Waterloo Region
International Initiatives (20%)
Funds raised will provide on the ground support to organizers and activists in the Minnesota and Louisville through the following initiatives:
Minnesota Freedom Fund
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Louisville Community Bail Fund
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/?fbclid=IwAR1Bg3RLgNNbQIW-NR-dr5KXPHik6K0dTy9XcwFyywkwu66PYn9HFh4RdX8
African Community Wellness Initiative will be providing oversight to the management and deployment of funds.
https://africancommunitywellness.org/
Black Health Alliance (Canada)
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| Black Health Alliance Canada |
OUR APPROACH
We take on the key issues that impact Black communities in Canada through:
- Systems Change
- Health Promotion
- Research and Public Policy
- Convening, Collaboration and Capacity Building
- Championing Health Equity
- Fundraising
Black Legal Action Centre
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| Black Legal Action Centre |
The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is a new not-for-profit corporation set up under the laws of Ontario in 2017.
BLAC delivers legal aid services to low and no income Black Ontarians. We work to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism by:
- providing legal representation, summary legal advice and brief services to individual clients
- engaging in test case litigation, law reform and community development to improve the laws that affect low income people
- giving public legal information sessions to members of the public and other community agencies.
We can help clients by:
- giving you legal advice
- helping you fill out forms
- representing you at some tribunals and courts
- referring you to other agencies when we can’t help
Black Youth Helpline
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| Black Youth Helpline |
The Black Youth Helpline (BYH) is a not-for-profit, registered charitable organization governed by a Board of Directors. The organization serves ALL youth and specifically responds to the need for a Black youth specific service, resourced to promote access to culturally appropriate supports for youth, families, schools and other youth serving institutions.
The organization’s Stay-in-School program and support services is now Canada-wide and focuses on helping youth remain and succeed in schools and in community life.
Intervening early to help address challenges faced by youth and helping vulnerable children remain and succeed in school, results in the best chance for youth to experience successful futures. This is the focus of the Black Youth Helpline.
“God is my guide. I would not be doing this if it wasn’t for His clear calling on me. Jesus is my saviour and my strength. Whether you are a believer or not all are welcome to join me on this journey. There is no moving forward if there is no desire to get along and accept all those who want to reach the same goal no matter their religion or beliefs.” -Pheona Jimenez, Founder
The organization’s goal is to help Black people here in our city feel they have a voice, they are important and they are loved in their every day lives outside their homes. Bridging GAAPS hopes to bridge the gaps between the Black people of Cambridge and store owners, churches, law enforcement and our government leaders on all levels. There needs to be improvements in how Black people are treated in all of these places and all of the leaders in this place need to come up with new ways to make this happen.
Contact: bridginggaaps14@gmail.com
