July 17, 2009
An article in RaceWire looks at the myth of gay affluence and how poverty affects queer people of colour. Recent research looked at American census data and found queer couple families are...
Ethnicity and Race, LGBTQ, Poverty Research, International, United States
April 13, 2009
http://www.economichumanrights.org/ - The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign is committed to uniting the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish...
Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Organizing, General resources, United States
February 4, 2009
February is Black History Month and across the country organizations are celebrating and organizing special events. Check out the links below to find out what is happening in your community. For an...
Ethnicity and Race, All of Canada
December 5, 2008
Latin American workers who helped build the underground tunnel in Vancouver for the Canada Line have won a human rights tribunal against their employers, SELI Canada Inc. and SNC Lavalin Constructors...
Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
December 2, 2008
http://www.clvu.org/ - City Life/Vida Urbana is a community organization in Boston that has organized against evictions and for community controlled housing. They have long struggled for community...
Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Welfare, Women, General resources, United States
December 2, 2008
http://takebacktheland.blogspot.com/
http://takebacktheland.org/
Take Back the Land is an activist group out of Miami that asserts their right to the land in their communities and the use of public...
Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, General resources, United States
September 23, 2008
http://www.sparc.bc.ca/ - The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) is a non-partisan, charitable organization operating in BC since 1966. SPARC BC focuses on social justice issues...
Disability, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty Research, Welfare, British Columbia, General resources
September 21, 2008
The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, a coalition of over 100 organizations across Ontario is urging the premier of Ontario to follow through on his promise of reducing poverty in the province....
Ethnicity and Race, Government Policy, Organizing, Ontario
September 20, 2008
The African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) is a not-for-profit organization established in October 1994 expressly to address anti-Black racism and other forms of systemic and institutional...
Ethnicity and Race, Organizing, Ontario
July 6, 2008
Colour of Poverty Campaign is trying to ensure the Ontario government's poverty reduction strategy begins to address the reality that people of colour are disproportionately living in poverty in...
Ethnicity and Race, Organizing, Ontario
June 28, 2008
Various community groups are keeping a close eye on the ongoing consultation of the Ontario Cabinet Committee on Poverty Reduction. For a variety of informed viewpoints on Ontario's poverty reduction...
Ethnicity and Race, Government Policy, Poverty Research, Ontario
January 2, 2008
The City of Toronto is becoming increasingly divided by income, ethno-cultural characteristics, and socio-economic status, says a new report, The Three Cities within Toronto (in PDF), issued by the...
Ethnicity and Race, Poverty Research, Ontario
January 2, 2008
The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women has a new fact sheet, Women’s experiences of social programs for people with low incomes (in PDF). This fact sheet weaves together the...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Ethnicity and Race, Welfare, Women, All of Canada
September 11, 2007
The Colour of Poverty is a Ontario community based effort to help raise public awareness about poverty within racialized communities. The Colour of Poverty Campaign has created a series of Fact...
Ethnicity and Race, General resources, Ontario
July 12, 2007
The Women of Color Blog is a large blog and info site written by and for women of color. There are blog postings called The Poverty Diaries and a section on Healthy Cooking While in Poverty.
Blogs, Ethnicity and Race, Women, General resources, International, United States
March 8, 2007
The Center for Pan-African Development in South Florida, have created the Take Back the Land project and have set up the Umajo Village shantytown in protest of the lack of affordable housing. You can...
Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, United States
January 7, 2007
An article in the Dominion,"Race and Waste in Nova Scotia" outlines the struggle of a small black community in rural Nova Scotia to fight the opening of a second landfill in their area. The residents...
Ethnicity and Race, Health, Nova Scotia
August 17, 2006
http://www.incite-national.org/ - "INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of...
Ethnicity and Race, Violence, Women, General resources, United States
August 17, 2006
http://www.colorlines.com/ - this magazine works to unite people of color and writers on ethnicity to discuss the issues which effect our world today.
Ethnicity and Race, General resources, United States
August 17, 2006
Women of Color Web is a site providing access to writings by and about women of color in the U.S., focusing specifically on issues related to feminisms, sexualities, and reproductive health and...
Ethnicity and Race, Women, General resources, United States
August 15, 2006
http://www.coloredgirls.org/ - an education, community action, and resource center working on social justice issues that affect women of color.
Ethnicity and Race, General resources, United States
July 10, 2006
http://www.sansad.org/ - this organization promotes secular and democratic values among South Asians living abroad and opposes the growth of intolerance in South Asia.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia, General resources
July 10, 2006
http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/ - J4MV is a volunteer driven political non-profit collective comprised of committed activists from diverse walks of life (including labour activists, educators...
Ethnicity and Race, Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario
July 10, 2006
http://www.stopracialprofiling.ca/ - Stopracialprofiling.ca is a website dedicated to a campaign to stop racial profiling in Canada. It brings together community groups, law makers, lawyers,...
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, All of Canada
July 7, 2006
http://www.tbma.ca/ - this association provides settlement services, interpretation, community programs, cross-cultural/race relations information language instruction for newcomers to Canada.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
http://www.somalifamilyservices.org/ - this group assists refugees and immigrants in need, focusing on the particular needs of the Somali Families and Individuals living in the City of Ottawa,...
Ethnicity and Race, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
http://www.iha-api.ca/ - a bilingual association whose focus is to increase the positive participation and contribution of immigrants and minorities to the social and economic fibres of the New...
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, New Brunswick, General resources
July 7, 2006
http://www.themcc.com/ - this Council an umbrella organization of community-based groups and organizations involved in cultural sensitivity, anti-racism promotion / education, newcomer integration,...
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
http://www.cassa.on.ca/ - CASSA is an umbrella organization of agencies, groups, and individuals that provide services to the South Asian Community.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
http://www.amssa.org/ - this is the website for AMSSA, a coalition of over 80 organizations providing multicultural programs and immigrant settlement services throughout British Columbia.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia, General resources
June 24, 2006
http://www.asia.bc.ca/ - ASIA is a registered non-profit society incorporated in 1995 and committed to providing culturally appropriate and language specific support, outreach, advocacy, education,...
Ethnicity and Race, Health, British Columbia, General resources
May 10, 2005
http://www.mjmulticultural.com/ - this non-profit organization provides direct settlement, adaptation and integration services to all refugees and immigrants in Moose Jaw.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Saskatchewan
March 30, 2001
http://www.tgmag.ca - The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online.
Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Violence, General resources, Ontario
