Keeping up with Friends

Joining hundreds to protect rights

We joined almost 200 organizations in calling for the withdrawal of Bill C-2. We called for Canada to reject the US-style anti-migrant and anti-refugee agenda, ensure equal rights, fair treatment, and non-discriminatory access to permanent resident status for all, stop scapegoating migrants and refugees for the housing and affordability crisis, uphold the Right to Asylum and due process in refugee determination by better resourcing the Immigration and Refugee Board. https://QuakerService.ca/WithdrawC2

Popular tips video series continues

People are loving our free weekly tips for difficult conversations. Find out why: https://QuakerService.ca/Tips

Joint statements made at the UN

We joined with partners in the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples to deliver statements at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York and the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva. You can read the statements and find out more about this work at
https://DeclarationCoalition.com

Grants support transformative justice

CFSC has been busy giving out transformative justice grants this year. Recipients have included:

  • Canadian Coalition for Children of Incarcerated Parents (CCCIP)—we continue to financially support the CCCIP, covering the costs of its website, email server, and providing honoraria for youth members of the Advisory committee.
  • Candace House—an organization in Winnipeg that gives support to family members who have lost someone to homicide; our funding supports the hospitality that they can give to families.
  • Write On!—an organization that provides pen pals to people who are incarcerated; our support will fund the Write On! post office box for two years.
  • The National Restorative Justice Symposium—a yearly conference for people and organizations wishing to advance the cause of restorative justice in Canada. CFSC helped the Symposium pay honoraria for excellent keynote speakers, such as Marlee Liss.
  • Rittenhouse: A New Vision—named after Friend Ruth Rittenhouse Morris, this is an organization committed to bringing to fruition Ruth’s vision of transformative justice. Grant money from CFSC allowed the Executive Director of Rittenhouse to attend the Transforming Justice conference in Victoria, British Columbia.

The enemy isn’t who you think it is

When we’re in conflicts, we might not only be up against a real person or situation. We might be up against our own imaginations. We might be doing much of the work to feel bad by ourselves explains CFSC’s Communications Coordinator Matt Legge is his latest post for Psychology Today.
https://QuakerService.ca/EnemyIsnt

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