The Black Legal Action Centre was created in 2017 to address anti-Black racism in Ontario. In this session, they join OJEN to talk about anti-Black racism in schools, the Ontario school to prison pipeline, and other issues facing Black youth.
0:00 - Beginning of webinar
1:42 - Land acknowledgment
2:52 - Panel introduction
4:17 - What is the Black Legal Action Center (BLAC)
6:56 - Defining anti-Black racism
7:20 - Areas of law covered by BLAC
9:16 - Intake process
11:43 - Public legal education
15:00 - Legal resources
16:37 - What is the links to justice project
18:32 - The school-to-prison pipeline and giving language to experiences
19:43 - Statistics
20:58 - Objectives
23:05 - Key partners
24:56 - Four key components
29:26 - Four key questions to address
32:36 - Results and feedback
34:35 - Getting involved
38:16 - Contact information
39:29 - What to expect from a workshop
42:00 - Need beyond the income cutoff
43:20 - What can youth contacting BLAC expect
45:09 - Do youth connect their own issues to systematic issues
46:45 - Can teachers help identify youth
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OJEN offers special thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding made this webinar series and so many other crucial projects possible.
6 июл 2024
