The rally, the racism, the work: Reflecting on a week of race relations in Kingston

The plans and people behind the Kingston Economic Recovery Team

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 1 Comment Aba Mortley, Bhav, Black Lives Matter, Confederation Park, Ekta Singh, Jagdeep Walia, Justice for George Floyd, Kingston, Kingston: Lets Talk Race, Lavie Williams, Mayor Bryan Paterson, people of colour, police, protest, race relations, racism, rally, Ryan Carter, Sunita Gupta, Ted Hsu, Tiana Edwards

Last week, Jemma Dooreleyers attended to rallies in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and attended Kingston: Let’s Talk Race, an conversation on race in Kingston. Here, she reflects on those events, what she saw, and what she heard. The rally “Black lives matter,” “Say their names,” and “No justice, no

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May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Aba Mortley, Bhavana Varma, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Corcoran, Doug Ritchie, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), Dr. Kieran Moore, economic impact of COVID-19, economy, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Karen Cross, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Economic Recovery Team, Lanie Hurdle, local economic impact of COVID-19, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Megan Knott, Sean Billing, Susan St. Clair, Tim Pater, Tourism Kingston, Tricia Baldwin

Mayor Bryan Paterson has now shared the details of the new ‘Kingston Economic Recovery Team’ (KERT) he announced on April 28, 2020 including the participants, mandate and structure. The team, which will be chaired by Mayor Paterson and have eight additional representatives from a variety workforce sectors across the city,