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| Members of Williams Lake Anti-Racism Committee |
As part of a B.C.-wide initiative, the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Cariboo Chilcotin branch has received $19,976 from the provincial government toward the delivery of a local anti-racism project.
The Canadian Mental Health Association will launch an anti-racism education campaign in Williams Lake and facilitate a series of anti-racism workshops with PeernetBC.
“We want to ensure all people feel a sense of belonging and acceptance in Williams Lake and across B.C.,” Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett said. “Through education and workshops, we can help address racism and strengthen our community.”
“The multiculturalism program at the Canadian Mental Health Association - Cariboo Chilcotin branch is pleased to receive funding from the B.C. government to support anti-racism programming in our community,” multicultural program co-ordinator Margaret-Anne Enders said. “The funds will be used to provide experiential anti-racism workshops for local youth, parents, and community members and racism awareness facilitation training.”
The CMHA’s Cariboo Chilcotin branch is one of 14 B.C.-based organizations that is sharing nearly $263,000 from the provincial government in the latest round of grants to fund local anti-racism projects.
These anti-racism projects include community events, works of art, theatre productions and a variety of other forms of community engagement designed to fight racism.
In November 2015, the B.C. government announced it had provided $240,000 to 14 organizations belonging to the Organizing Against Racism and Hate (OARH) network to support the work they do to address racism in B.C.
British Columbia is Canada’s most ethnically diverse province, with almost 30 per cent of residents having emigrated from another country
Editor's Note -- Williams Lake Tribune does a story on the above here
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