There is important work that needs to be done:
Anti-Racism
LGBTQ and Allyship
Trans Allyship
Land Acknowledgement
Indigenous Rights and Restoration beyond apology
Fatphobia
Ablism
Homelessness
Climate change Crisis headed in a temperature moderating direction
Human Rights don't exist until all humans are seen and acknowledged for their life experiences, needs and the wonderfulness that they bring to this world.
"It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. Never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant."
Desmond Tutu, South African civil rights activist
Intention:
I am creating this page as a resource and continually evolving document to share others voices in the active quest to restore every persons humanity and human rights.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about this page, please contact us:
- By email: casey@caseyberard.com
Land Acknowledgement
I honour the original people of this land and call on them to offer guidance.
A Land Acknowledgement:
Guelph where I practice, teach, write, and live is on the ancestral land of the Attawandaron/ Attawandaronk/ Neutral Peoples. The colonial processes by which we came to live on this land we’re on were deeply unjust, and have caused and continue to cause great harm to the original people of this land. We, the Berard family, endeavour to be accountable to this reality in ways that go beyond apology or an acknowledgement. We welcome practical suggestions to honour this ancestral land and its peoples.
Anti-Racism
Book List:
“A key factor in the perpetuation of white-body supremacy is many people’s refusal to experience clean pain around the myth of race. Instead, usually out of fear, they choose the dirty pain of silence and avoidance and, invariably, prolong the pain.”
― Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
“Here is a radical idea that I would like you to understand: white silence is violence. It actively protects the system. It says I am okay with the way things are because they do not negatively affect me and because I enjoy the benefits I receive with white privilege.”
― Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
“The simplistic idea that racism is limited to individual intentional acts committed by unkind people is at the root of virtually all white defensiveness on this topic.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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Other Resources:
@guelphblackheritage
@ayanagabriellepage
podcasts and more
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