Portrait of Michiko Bown-Kai

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Finding Other Paths to Racial Justice

Published On: October 26, 2023

Day 21 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: For Michiko Bown-Kai, moving from a big city to a small town has meant imagining new ways to remain committed to the ongoing work of racial justice.

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A White teenager with short dark hair sits in fall leaves and looks at the camera with a slight smile.

40 Days on Anti-Racism: A White Teenager’s Anti-Racism Exposure and Education

Published On: October 26, 2023

Day 20 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism. Matthew Tyhurst recounts how the testimony of a racialized person his own age helped change the way he looks at the world.

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A Korean-Canadian teenage woman sitting and looking directly at the camera, wearing a red and black windbreaker.

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Learning to Be Fluent in Two Cultures

Published On: October 26, 2023

Day 19 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism. Sarah Yang, the teenage child of Korean immigrants, has wrestled with racism, identity, and intergenerational culture clash.

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Portrait of Diane Dwarka

40 Days on Anti Racism: The Only Brown Person in the Room

Published On: October 26, 2023

Day 18 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Diane Dwarka hopes that, as time moves on, racialized people who choose to be members of the United Church will be fully accepted and not treated as guests or visitors.

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Portrait of Ibi Soqluman (Chuan)

40 Days on Anti-Racism: The Way You Use Language Is the Way of Your Life

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 17 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Ibi Soqluman (Chuan) points out that “It’s just a joke—don’t take it so seriously” is an unacceptable response to racist language and systemic racism.

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Portrait of Shane Goldie

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Carving Out a Space in the Church

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 16 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: For Shane Goldie, wearing both a minister’s hat and the hat of a Two-Spirit Indigenous person in the world today is not a journey for the faint of heart.

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Portrait of Katherine Brittain

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Learning to Challenge My White Privilege

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 15 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: What Katherine Brittain has learned most of all about White privilege is that White people have an obligation to keep showing up without trying to make things “better.”

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A young Black woman, with long braided and twisted hair that is coloured pink. She is wearing a yellow top, and turning slightly to the camera, with a wise and confident smile.

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Proud of Being African and Black

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 14 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism. Inzwirashe Munikwa seeks to understand Black culture and her Zimbabwean roots beyond the labels the world may apply to her.

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Portrait of Jeffrey Dale

40 Days on Anti-Racism: The Stories We Tell to Young Minds

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 13 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: For Jeffrey Dale, the stories of Indigenous or racialized experiences that we grew up on need to be examined for biases and with a discerning mind today.

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Emo Yang

40 Days on Anti-Racism: Difficult Conversations on Race among Friends

Published On: October 19, 2023

Day 12 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Emo Yango asks, how does one honestly reflect on the different colonial and racist experiences among Indigenous and racialized peoples?

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