Today, we went on a trip to a peace rally in Richmond Hill called “The Ring Of Peace: A Unity Rally” with Mrs. Lamy and Mrs. Lomanno-Aprile. At this event we saw many student and adult speakers that spoke about racism, sexism, homophobia, and Islamophobia, and how we need to fight against it. They described their own personal experiences, and they taught us how to stand up against hate crimes, stereotypes, and micro-aggression.
The speakers specifically pushed the fact that injustice takes many forms and NEEDS to be eradicated. They explained that hate based jokes, and slurs are NOT okay! It may seem like one word or statement can’t hurt or impact anyone, but every single injustice started with just words. They talked about current events such as the shooting in a mosque located in Quebec and the Charlottesville riot, this opened our eyes and showed us that everything's not okay and these acts needs to be stopped.
Their words inspired us to take action and to embrace people of different races, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and social identities. We are going to bring the lessons that were learnt back into Fossil Hill, so future generations can have a safe and equal place to learn and grow.
The Future Aces
Anisa Sule, Eric Nguyen, Vishal Das, Samantha Schwartz, Amina Abdillahi, Andrea Lue, Sachin Solanki, Omanand Dookhie.
