"Even if you are afraid, do it anyway. We learn to work when we are tired, so we can learn to work when we are afraid." - Audre Lorde ✍🏾💙

Racism is NOT enacted through name calling or ways of thinking, it comes through laws and policies and tangible systemic functions. You can NOT defeat racism through symbolism alone, you have to incrementally pick at it through the same systems that allow it to operate.

A new report from Ryerson University says Canada urgently needs to diversify in science, tech, engineering and math bit.ly/2xFk1AY

"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." - Shirley Chisholm ✨ #WellReadBlackGirl

Black people in Ontario spend longer behind bars awaiting trial than white people charged with the same crimes: reuters.com/article/us-can…

"Books saved you... they sustained you. They enabled you to better yourself. What society refused you, they granted." - Mariama Bâ 📚💖

Check out - "How to be an Ally: Anti-Blackness at the Intersections" - hope to see you there !! #racesEDJ eventbrite.com/e/how-to-be-an…

"There is always some beauty in life. Look up… Build you a rainbow. Do it yourself! Learn how to fly. Then soar..." - J. California Cooper 🌈

Next week, November 5-11, is Treaties Recognition Week! Together we'll learn about the importance of treaties in Ontario #TreatyON

Black on Bay Street: Hadiya Roderique had it all. But still could not fit in /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/h…

So honoured to be profiled by Ryerson. Racism isn't necessarily something I was dying to write about. But I'm done with silence. x.com/RyersonReview/…

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Maya Angelou

This 17-year-old super scholar is on her way to earning her Ph.D. bit.ly/2zuX5GR

Thought you might be interested - "Blackness, Gender, Work, and Love Symposium" - Toronto - December 2, 2017 !! eventbrite.com/e/blackness-ge…

WANTED: your ideas for a transformed criminal justice system for Canada. Join the discussion. #CdnJusReform cards.twitter.com/cards/pb6kp4/5…

Representation Matters.

Deloitte UK Admits To Paying Minority Employees Less Than White Staff bit.ly/2kO50vV