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URL:https://events.ufv.ca/events/keep-on-steppin/
SUMMARY:Keep on Steppin’: Everyday Activism in the Anti-Racist Movement
DESCRIPTION:\nKeep on Steppin’: Everyday Activism in the Anti-Racist Move
 ment\nJoin the Race and Anti-Racism Network (RAN) at UFV for its annual ev
 ent commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Disc
 rimination.\n\nAll are invited to join the online panel\, "Keep on Steppin
 ’: Everyday Activism in the Anti-Racist Movement\," on Wednesday\, March
  17\, 2021 from 2-4pm PST.\n\nRegister at: http://bit.ly/keep-on-steppin\n
 \nMeet the Panelists:\n\nMAUVEY – musical artist and songwriter\nBorn in
  Ghana\, West Africa\, and raised between the U.K. and Vancouver\, artist 
 and songwriter Mauvey filters his unique batch of alternative music with h
 ip hop\, R&amp\;B/soul\, and 80s inspired synth-wave always alongside his 
 message: Love. The Chilliwack artist designs his projects to distribute Lo
 ve through the creative narratives of intentional songwriting\, intelligen
 t melody\, and hypnotic beat\, and received top honour at the 2020 Fraser 
 Valley Music Awards.\n\nJASMIN KAUR – Writer\, illustrator\, poet\nSpoke
 n-word artist\, writer\, and UFV alum Jasmin Kaur has toured North America
 \, the U.K.\, and Australia to connect with youth through the power of art
 istic expression. Her debut poetry collection (When You Ask Me Where I’m
  Going) and sophomore novel (If I Tell You the Truth) explore themes of fe
 minism\, womanhood\, social justice\, love\, healing\, and reclaiming iden
 tity\, earning her praise as "a rising star" by Vogue Magazine and "Writer
  to Watch" by CBC Books.\n\nPEGGY JANICKI – Indigenous educator\nPeggy J
 anicki (Dakelh First Nation) is an Indigenous mentor\, teacher\, and curri
 culum developer with Mission Public Schools\, holding a Master’s of Educ
 ation in Indigenous Knowledges and Pedagogies from UBC. As a facilitator w
 ith the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)\, Janicki has supported many educ
 ators and students across B.C. and Canada with Indigenizing their classroo
 ms. She has taught subjects ranging from math and history to social studie
 s\, psychology\, emotional literacy\, and social justice.\n\nThis panel wa
 s organized by UFV RAN with generous support from:\nBlack Connections\nUFV
  College of Arts\nUFV Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI)\n
 CHASI graphic design intern Celina Koops - poster artist\nUFV Peace and Re
 conciliation Centre (PARC)\nUFV Office of Research\, Engagement\, and Grad
 uate Studies (REGS).\n\nFor more information\, please contact antiracism@u
 fv.ca.
CATEGORIES:Advising,College of Arts,Donors and friends,Human
 Resources,Indigenous Student Centre,International,Online Event,Research
 Events,Theatre,Tours and info sessions
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