Lincoln DePradine
The City Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) is promising a “lot of thrilling issues” within the subsequent few months, particularly actions commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the group.
The UARR, as a part of its golden anniversary celebrations, can be enhancing its on-line presence and rebranding its web site.
“We’re additionally going to be getting a brand new brand. That can be launched within the coming months, so keep tuned for that,” stated Samara Lijiam, UARR’s outreach communications coordinator, as she addressed the group’s current annual normal assembly.
UARR, a non-profit charitable group based in 1975, says it “works primarily and proactively with the group, private and non-private sectors to supply instructional applications and analysis, that are crucial in addressing racism in society”.
In response to UARR, its mission is to “promote a secure and wholesome multiracial setting locally’’.
In its half-century of labor, UARR has collaborated on applications and initiatives with different teams such because the Ontario Alliance of Black College Educators, Council of Companies Serving South Asians, Chinese language Canadian Nationwide Council Toronto, and the Tamil Canadian Centre for Civic Motion.
Amongst a number of providers supplied by UARR are one in racial fairness and training; a “Various Youth Fellowship” program; in addition to anti-racism and entry to justice applications.
The UARR additionally hosts an annual “Racial Justice Awards’’ occasion to acknowledge “change-makers for racial fairness in well being, labour, authorities, training, media and justice.
This yr’s awards’ ceremony can be held Saturday, December 7, at The Property Banquet & Occasion Centre in Scarborough.
Subsequent yr’s awards, on UARR’s fiftieth anniversary, can be a significant affair, promised City Alliance government director Neethan Shan.
“We hope to take it up a couple of ranges,” Shan advised the AGM.
He stated different occasions subsequent yr will embrace training summits, including that the UARR additionally intends to discover a option to grow to be “an alternate media” and a platform, “the place tales and considerations of racialized voices round fairness could possibly be shared”.
Lijiam stated UARR plans to embark on securing extra “sustainable funding”, on strengthening relationships with “group companions and unions’’, and likewise recruiting extra members and “getting extra month-to-month donors”.
As nicely, stated Lijiam, “we’re going to be spending 2025 highlighting essential figures, moments and programming during the last 5 a long time of UARR historical past”.
She stated a committee of the UARR board of administrators has been holding consultations and has performed a survey of greater than 100 group members, aimed toward getting their enter on “an important racial justice points and essentially the most impactful assets to handle these points”.
“With this group session challenge, we’re going to be taking all of that enter, and utilizing that information and suggestions, to assist decide 10 strategic priorities for the following 10 years,” Lijiam stated.
