The convergence of the virus and racism has inequities, responses from those with resources would help highlighted the depth and breadth of needs of specific communities and shape a path to a healthy recovery and towards further equality how the pandemic impacted some communities much harder than others. [...] And there’s the need for more intentional resources that will allow our community to elevate and be included within overall society to provide services and be of service.” L A I D L A W F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 0 COVID 19 SPOTLIGHT BLACK COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND HEALING PROGRAM The Black Community Recovery and Healing program was created to ensure The pandemic created the sp. [...] How would you like to go about doing it?’, that’s when you get to answers, not trying to get to the yes.” L A I D L A W F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 0 YOUTH 20 ACTION FUND $1,441,415 The Youth Action Fund offers grants to grassroots initiatives working with youth who are underserved by the education system and overrepresented in the justice and child welfare systems. [...] Not only a source of food, the process offers a sweat lodge ceremony, professional and personal development courses, and the the opportunity to observe and learn from the land, gather as a community for ability to pay Indigenous youth, elders, and knowledge keepers for their time and ceremonies and feasts, and craft traditional art or clothing using the whole animal. [...] And it’s the empowerment disrupted our ways of knowing and living in a healthy, balanced way.” of being able to do it and the resurgence and resistance that comes with it.” L A I D L A W F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 0 L A I D L A W F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 0 YOUTH When Ontario declared a state of emergency in March 2020, it forced the closure of school.
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