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Reallocate. Refund. Return the money to community Region of Waterloo

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WRPS had surpluses totalling $9.3M in just three years while community organizations are starved of funding. 1/ #RefundNowWR #ReallocateNowWR #ThisOurMoneyWR

Humbled and excited to go home to Kitchener with my musical trio to perform at the new Willow River Centre with Eric Jackson. There are only 20 tickets left at janicejolee.ca Thanku @bangishimo Amy Smoke for making this happen #kitchener

Leading with Love: Laura Mae Lindo in Conversation with Amy Smoke. In this episode, Host Laura Mae sits down with Amy Smoke, Co-founder of Land Back Camp. On midtownradio.ca Saturday/Sunday at 11am EST.

Our Anti Hate Service Coordinator had been busy meeting with organizations introducing CMW’s anti hate services MAC MGS School, Land Back Camp,Amy Smoke & a productive one with Waterloo Regional Police to discuss strategies and planning for cases related to hate incidents and hate crimes.

Forget #WinterISComing... Winter is here. Gently present, yet present. Region of Waterloo @cityofcambridge City of Kitchener City of Waterloo Supplies and #unsheltered stability, or dead (frozen) residents. You choose. Sanctioned location(s) and supports needed immediately. Please.

'These deaths will be on our hands': Advocates for unsheltered say winter supplies urgently needed kitchener.ctvnews.ca/these-deaths-w…

Another WRPS ask of a budget increase of $14.4m. Policing. Does. Not. Stop. Crime. Invest in social services if you want to prevent community violence and to handle the effects of the harm caused. #ReallocateNowWR

Israel has wiped out over 900 bloodlines in Gaza since October 7th. As in, killed every single living member of the family, in every generation. As in, no survivors of that family name. As in - genocide.

Can I still say fuck Elon Musk?

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free From the river to the sea Palestine will be free From the river to the sea Palestine will be free From the river to the sea Palestine will be free #LandBack #DecolonizationIsNotAMetaphor

Banning talk of "decolonization" on X is the most predictable, colonizer response to decolonization.

If you’re interested in learning about decolonization in Canada you better read this before it gets banned: Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization fpse.ca/decolonization…

Sharing a disturbing video I’ve cropped to conceal usernames. It shows a racist man armed with a knife threatening young people in Waterloo. The Waterloo Regional Police showed up, lectured the victims about bylaws, and GAVE THE MAN HIS WEAPON BACK. Utterly unacceptable and scary.

my dear friend jaye simpson has been charged with mischief for participation in a solidarity action for Palestine. her community of writers, activists, booksellers, and so on is calling for the charges to be dropped

"We do not currently have the shelter capacity to manage the scale of need locally and must deeply consider the pending catastrophic impacts of this deficit (…). Winter creates possible life or death situations for the unsheltered” cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/win… via CambridgeToday

UWs Injunction Sets the Most Dangerous Precedent of All It would limit everyone's right to free expression on campus. Actions that disturb, block or even disrupt any space on campus would be deemed illegal. The university’s attempt to silence dissent is unconscionable.

The man shot and killed by Windsor police has now been identified as an Indigenous man. This means 6 Indigenous people have been killed by Canadian cops in the last week-and-a-half. Windsor Police Shoot and Kill Indigenous Man (57) (Sept. 6, 2024) #ACAB killercopscanada.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/win…

CKMS News -2025-01-15- Exploring Indigenous futurisms at WPL’s first Indigenous reading circle. “people think we are stuck in the past and only write about ceremony or history... we are so much more than our trauma”. radiowaterloo.ca/ckms-news-2025… Waterloo Public Library Amy Smoke #library