Volunteer-led
anti-racism group #StopRaceBasedHate has
developed a website resource to educate
and empower allies to address racism.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EDMONTON, February 7, 2022 – With
the continued rise of race-based hate
and violence against underrepresented
communities, stopracebasedhate.ca launches
today in an effort to educate and help
IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, People of
Colour) communities and allies. This web
resource was developed to empower by
providing information and advice to help
individuals respond when they encounter
racism and encourage self-reflection on
thoughts or statements that are racist.
"When speaking out about racism, we kept
hearing about the challenges people had
in finding the right words to articulate
why something is racist,” says
#StopRaceBasedHate co-founder Linda
Hoang. "The ability to put words to why
something is wrong is powerful and the
idea for this tool was fuelled by our
desire to help people become more
confident in their words and reasoning
to speak out.”
The website’s content was developed in
collaboration with anti-racism
organizations, recognizing the varied
experiences that occur with many
different groups. It was critical for
the group to lean on existing
anti-racist resources and expertise from
Act2EndRacism, Bent
Arrow Traditional Healing Society, The
John Humphrey Centre for Human Rights, JHC:
Stride Advocacy, and You
Need This Box (Anti-Racism Box).
One of the project's goals is to be
added to existing anti-racism resources
currently used by groups whose
communities may face racism.
"We hear more and
more how people want to stand up against
racism—they just don’t know how to
navigate the conversation,” says Renée
Vaugeois, Executive Director of John
Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human
Rights. "We are excited to share this
tool to our networks of adult educators
and community organizers across the
country to direct people to as it's
important to be able to respond with
confidence when confronted with racism."
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