{"id":42485,"date":"2021-02-27T08:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=42485"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:06:26","slug":"declaration-to-divest-from-policing-and-prisons-gains-traction-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/declaration-to-divest-from-policing-and-prisons-gains-traction-across-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration to divest from policing and prisons gains traction across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Host:<\/span> Ivan Angelovski<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Over 250 organizations and over 3,000 individuals have signed onto \u201cChoosing Real Safety: A Historic Declaration to Divest from Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities for All.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Signatories include UNIFOR and a wide array of human rights and racial justice organizations across Canada who talked at the recent online conference, presenting the declaration.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this episode, CKMS listened to Christin Macklin from UNIFOR, Robyn Maynard of Abolition Coalition, Ravyn Wyngs, of Black Lives Matter -Toronto, Molly Swain of the Indigenous-led organization Free Lands Free People, Nanky Rai of Doctors for Defunding Police, Souheil Benslima of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP), and Harsha Walia of British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Canada's oldest civil liberties organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

The website sharing information about the declaration and facilitating individuals and organizations can sign on to declaration is <\/span>choosingrealsafety.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

This program is a part of the \u201cLocal Journalism Initiative\u201d grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Check out the archived versions of\u00a0 this program and other episodes on <\/span><\/i>radiowaterloo.ca\/news<\/span><\/i><\/a>. You can\u00a0 follow us on twitter <\/span><\/i>@RadioWaterloo<\/span><\/i><\/a>. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of <\/span><\/i>mobygratis.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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