Join us for a cross-movement discussion to learn from each other in our shared struggles to dismantle systems of violence – from police and prisons, to colonization, militaries, and borders – while cultivating communities rooted in justice, care, and collective well-being.

This will be both an in-person event in Toronto as well as broadcast online as part of World BEYOND War’s global conference. Your Zoom ticket includes access to this session. To join in-person in Toronto, register here. Refreshments & networking in-person starts at 6:30pm. 

Featuring:

• Desmond Cole is a journalist, activist and author based in Toronto. His work focuses on struggles against state violence, particularly local policing. Desmond’s 2020 best-selling book, The Skin We’re In, A Year of Black Resistance and Power, received national acclaim and won the 2020 Toronto Book Award.
• Syed Hussan is the Executive Director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change; a member of Migrant Rights Network; long term organizer in support of Grassy Narrows First Nations; and part of Palestine Solidarity Network.
• Brianna Olson Pitawanakwat is an Anishinaabekwe, Indigiqueer and member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation. As an Indigenous Birthworker, jingle dress dancer, artisan and radical educator, she is committed to principles of Indigenous Liberation and self determination. She currently co leads Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction and Native Arts Society, both 2spirit/Queer/Trans led initiatives.
• Rachel Small works as the Canada Organizer for World BEYOND War. She is a founding member of the Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition, and coordinates the Arms Embargo Now campaign. She has done grassroots organizing within local and international social/environmental justice movements for nearly two decades, with a special focus on working in solidarity with communities harmed by Canadian extractive industry projects.