International Day Against Racism March

Then we will march through the Dowtown Eastside and Chinatown and back to Thorton Park. This is where Indigenous, Black, Chinese, Japanese and South Asian people lived historically.

The International Day Against Racism is observed annually to remember the 69-people killed by police at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly of the United Nations called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

1. To help us create a scent-reduced event space, please refrain from wearing perfumes or any scents the day before the rally, as well as during it. Please also reduce scent from tobacco or incense.
2. ASL interpretation is in the process of being booked. If you require ASL interpretation, please let us know by messaging the Coalition Against Bigotry - Pacific before March 11th.
3. Gender neutral and wheelchair accessible washroom locations along the march route are to be confirmed.
4. Also to reduce cell phone frequency, please turn of your cell phones at the march and rally if possible as people do have sensitivity to cell phone frequencies.

Supported by: Coalition Against Bigotry - Pacific, Solidarity Against Fascism Everywhere (SAFE), Stand Up To Racism - Metro Vancouver, Vancouver District Labour Council (VDLC), Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society (CARES), UBC Social Justice Centre, Radical Desis, Latinos In Action, Salaam Canada, Siraat, LGBTIQ2S+ Health Equity Collaborative, Young Communist League, International Socialist, Peace Bearers, Anti-Oppression Network, BC Teachers Federation and South Asian Network for Secularism, Democracy (SANSAD) and Vancouver Pride Society.

If your organization wants to support this march, please message the Coalition Against Bigotry - Pacific
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