Why anniversaries matter in the pursuit of justice

Authors Phylicia Davis-Wesseling & Kimber Kunimoto
var TRINITY_TTS_WP_CONFIG = {"cleanText":"Why anniversaries matter in the pursuit of justice. May 25, 2020: The murder of George Floyd, in Minneapolis.\u00a0 May 27, 2020: The death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, in Toronto.\u00a0 May 27, 2021: The recovery of 215 Indigenous children\u2019s unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the territory of the Tk\u2019eml\u00faps te Secw\u00e9pemc.\u00a0 The philanthropic sector\u2019s immediate collective emotional response was anger, rage and demands for change. Eventually in the aftermath of these three events, companies and organizations put out their DEI statements, pledging to address systemic racism and self-labelled \u201callies\u201d put up their Black squares on social media.\u00a0 The end result? S

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