Colour of Change Network members - firstly we trust that all of you are well and that you're practising healthy and responsible physical or spacial distancing - and continuing to engage in actions and behaviours that work to build, nurture and sustain social connection and solidarity as we all work to weather these unique and challenging COVID-19 times !
And as we've just commemorated March 21, 2020 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day - and March 22, 2020 - World Water Day - https://www.worldwaterday.org/ - with the March 25, 2020 - Ontario Fiscal/Financial/Economic Update or Statement - here's a few related pieces and a reminder for those in and around Peel Region - of our local on-line conversation ( March 30 ) on racial justice change-making - where we are ? where we need to be ? - and how we get there !?
See below two COVID-19 related responses and campaigns - one Canadian - addressing anti-Chinese and other related racism and faithism - and the second - Vietnamese and Thai - coming at it through a public health education and promotion frame !
"Stop the Spread of Racism" Campaign - from the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice !
To combat growing xenophobia as a result of the Coronavirus, The Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice teamed up with "The Hive" advertising/marketing house to launch “Stop The Spread”, a campaign featuring a hand sanitizer with custom warning messages about combating racism - see - https://vimeo.com/395388535 Learn more at - StopTheSpread.ca
Vietnamese anti-COVID-19 public health video - Ghen Cô Vy| NIOEH x K.HƯNG x MIN x ERIK - WASHING HAND SONG - CORONA SONG - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtulL3oArQw and a related Tik Tok Challenge re the Vietnamese anti-COVID-19 public health video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owcdxs_7dWw - and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3HjhevnwA0 - and from the Bangkok Thailand public transit authority - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrU8bpK40Ec - and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2EBlz07YTE