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CityNews - Reviving tradition of Black feminist organizing in Montreal

Abstract: "Leaders in Montreal’s Black community are coming together to revive the tradition of Black feminist organizing. They are...

NO VISIBLE TRAUMA directors Uppal + Francoeur talk with Godfred Addai-Nyamekye + Marlihan Lopez

Join us for a live-stream conversation with NO VISIBLE TRAUMA directors Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal, Godfred Addai-Nyamekye...

Hoodstop les violences sexuelles: tackling systemic barriers while fostering experiential learning

In the context of this experiential learning initiative, community-led and students supported strategies are identifying and tackling the...

Insurgent Love: Abolition & Domestic Homicide

Transformative frameworks for high-risk intimate partner violence How do we deal with dangerous forms of intimate violence in a...

Les parcours des femmes noires dans le milieu féministe institutionnel québécois

Une conférence en compagnie de Jade Almeida sur les parcours des femmes noires dans le milieux féministes québécois lors de l’Université...

UNAPOLOGETIC - Conversation with director Ashley O'Shay, Charlene A. Carruthers & Marlihan Lopez

After two police killings, Black millennial organizers challenge a Chicago administration complicit in state violence against its Black...

What the Black Lives Matter movement looks like in 2021

“Where are those changes?” BLM activists say it’s time to put pressure on politicians and businesses that made promises last year to take...

Définancer la police pour investir dans les personnes survivantes

Today Marlihan Lopez, a member of BLM-MTL, is telling us why we should defund the SPVM and reinvest in our communities to prevent...

Marlihan Lopez: The Need of Accountability in Domestic Violence Services & Anticarceral Perspectives

Within 8 weeks, 8 women have died from domestic violence in Quebec. Femicides are generally seen at much lower rates provincially. On...

Sécurité, genre et blanchité : la couleur de l’insécurité- Paroles D’ExcluEs

Les approches dominantes de la sécurité urbaine prennent rarement en compte certains enjeux tels que les violences intimes et sexuelles,...

Black Perspectives Live at Concordia: A conversation with Marlihan Lopez

Join the BPO’s founding coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien, as she enters in conversation with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s (SdBI)...