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Learning from Movements – Chris Ramsaroop

(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Chris Ramsaroop is based in Toronto and has organized with Justicia for Migrant Workers for two and a half decades. Jusitica primarily organizes with people who come to Canada as part of the Seasonal … Continue reading

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Learning from Movements – Florence Stratton

(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Florence Stratton has been involved in social justice struggles since the 1960s. She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, and in the last decade, her work has been particularly focused on efforts to end homelessness. She … Continue reading

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Learning from Organizers — Emma Jackson

(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Emma Jackson is an organizer, trainer, and occasional writer based on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta. She first began organizing over a decade ago in the student fossil fuel divestment movement and has … Continue reading

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Learning from Organizers — Lorraine Lam

As part of Toronto’s Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN), Lorraine Lam is active in struggles related to housing, homelessness, and poverty. She connects her commitment to social justice to growing up in a church setting, saying, “It was there … Continue reading

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Learning from Organizers — Saleh Waziruddin

[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Saleh Waziruddin is a South Asian anti-racism activist who has participated in grassroots struggles throughout his adult life. In his 20s, he organized in the Muslim community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now in his 40s, … Continue reading

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Learning from Organizers – Nina Newington

[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Nina Newington is an organizer based in rural Nova Scotia. In recent years, her grassroots work has focused on protecting forests in the province.  Newington says that her political consciousness “really emerged from being … Continue reading

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Learning from organizers – Stefan Christoff

Stefan Christoff is an organizer, musician, and broadcaster based in Tiohtià:ke, also known as Montreal. Across his decades of activism and organizing, he has been part of supporting lots of different struggles resisting systemic violence and oppression, including colonial systems … Continue reading

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