We’ve released a rich new document for non-Indigenous Quakers and others who are looking to move from words to action on reconciliation. The rest of this article is exerpts from the resource. We encourage you to read the whole thing: https://QuakerService.ca/Reparations Learning the truth Maybe you’re at the start of the journey and aren’t sure…
Peace Program Coordinator Mel Burns delivered a peace education workshop in Montreal, an intergenerational creative nonviolence/craftivism workshop at Atlantic Half Yearly Meeting in Prince Edward Island, and was a Quaker United Nations delegate at the first annual UN peacebuilding week in New York. We’re celebrating 95 years of peace and social justice work! To kick…
New executive summary and infographic explain who profits from Canada’s prisons $259,654. That’s the cost to incarcerate a woman in Canada for one year. Jaw dropping isn’t it? Incarceration costs much more than effective alternatives. It also fails to reduce reoffending. So then, why does the carceral system persist? Who benefits? Check out our new…
This article is the first in a two-part series on the limits of policing and the promise of alternatives. I grew up in a middle-class, white, well-educated household in a quiet urban neighbourhood. My family, school, and the entire society around me (especially TV shows) taught me that if you’re in trouble, you should turn…