Raise Your Voice, Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up

You have a voice. And you have God’s permission to use it. In some communities, certain voices are amplified and elevated while others are erased and suppressed. It can be hard to speak up, especially in the ugliness of social media. Power dynamics keep us silent and marginalized, especially when race, ethnicity, and gender are factors. What can we do about it? Activist Kathy Khang roots our voice and identity in the image of God. Because God created us in our ethnicity and gender, our voice is uniquely expressed through the totality of who we are. We are created to speak, and we can both speak up for ourselves and speak out on behalf of others…
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• twitter .com/birgitomo/status/1624406048823029763 (‘ Birgit Uwaila Umaigba : Okay, Ontario, we mustn’t take our attention off Doug Ford and his daughter taking money from developers to destroy the #Greenbelt. We cannot afford to be distracted by John Tory. Doug Ford is the real scandal. via Dr. David Fisman, Feb 11, 2023 ‘)
• twitter .com/RichardCityNews/status/1613536283611090945 (‘ NEW – Ontario three opposition leaders have jointly signed a letter asking Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk to conduct a value-for-money audit and an environmental impact assessment of the Ford government’s decision to open up Greenbelt lands for development. Jan 12, 2023, via @coteau  ‘)
• twitter .com/DFisman/status/1610708774192566273 (‘ Dr. David Fisman : Thread. We won’t have democracy if we don’t have independent, non-robber-baron-owned, journalism. Jan 4, 2023 ‘)
• theijf .com/IJFMedia/status/1610637357232934918 (‘ Today, we’re launching the Investigative Journalism Foundation. We’re building a new journalism model. Data-driven. Radically transparent. Laser-focused on serving the public and speaking truth to power. Here’s what you need to know🧵: theijf, Jan 4, 2023,👇 🆘, Help to Share, THANK YOU ‘)
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• twitter .com/ajs4t/status/1609723112324579337 (‘ Adrienne Stevenson : Calling 🇨🇦all Canadians🇨🇦–Important petition! Please sign, retweet and pass it along on other social media platforms. We need to reach as many people as possible with this.👇 ‘)
• petitions .ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4113 (‘ Our universal public health care needs to be protected under the Canada Health Act and remain publicly administered; Some provincial governments have thrown the door wide open to private, for-profit health services after intentionally underfunding and misusing federal transfers;… Open for signature: October 5, 2022, at 12:21 p.m. (EDT), Closed for signature : January 3, 2023, at 12:21 p.m. (EDT), Lindsay Mathyssen, London—Fanshawe, New Democratic Party Caucus, Ontario via  @DFisman : Petition calling on @jyduclos to do more to protect public healthcare in Canada. 🆘Please sign and retweet🆘 , Jan 1, 2023 ‘)
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• twitter .com/CanadaGray/status/1606649018565758976 (`  Timothy Gray : Eventually our municipal and federal elected representatives will have to help residents stop the destruction being carried out in Ontario by @ f o r d n a t i o n   and  @ S t e v e C l a r k P C  #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #repealbill23 , @Gasp4Change via Dr. David Fisman  `)
• twitter .com/NoSprawlDurham/status/1606660961296867329 (‘ Happy Christmas Eve! Late yesterday afternoon, amidst holiday chaos and #ONStorm, @AsheCouncillor @MayorKevinAshe released this latest MZO assault on Carruthers Headwaters’ and natural heritage in #DurhamRegion. Keep signing and sharing this petition: https://t.co/9RlH4EjkKD✍️ ‘)
• twitter .com/DorisGrinspun/status/1605045316838985731 (‘ Doris Grinspun, RN : #COP15  others who made it happen! Not perfect but a major step for nature and humanity! @ J u s t i n  Tr u  d e a u  : Fully implement the agreement. @ D o  u gF o r  d @DavidPiccini: Stop paving the Greenbelt instead preserve nature for our children! … via @DFisman ‘ )
• twitter .com/QueensParkToday/status/1604849662107828225 (‘ At issue is the Globe’s report that the DeGasperis family “borrowed $100M from CIBC to cover the purchase” of a Greenbelt parcel in 2021 “at an interest rate of 21 per cent annually, records show.”, https://t.co/1doiISqhwn ,  via @DFisman, Dec 19, 2022 ‘)
• twitter .com/CanadaGray/status/1603805669693571096 (‘ ! Another Municipality says they don’t need Greenbelt lands for housing. Hands off our Greenbelt, York Region tells Ontario provincial government https://yorkregion.com/news-story/10811935-hands-off-our-greenbelt-york-region-tells-ontario-provincial-government/ via @yorkregion #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #RepealBill23 https://t.co/kxByjWaFXu, via @DFisman’)
• twitter .com/winter_canada/status/1602763117439905793 (` John Fraser : Cracking open the #Greenbelt isn’t about building more homes… It’s all about who owns the land, Why would someone borrow $100M at credit card rates to buy land you can’t build on? Because weeks later you could. How did they know @ f o r d n a t i on  ? Dec 13, 2022, https://t.co/DHNTUQ5mdx   via  @Chr155y_333  `)
• twitter .com/maritstiles/status/1600943700888412160 (` Jordan Roberts : LOL. #CorruptAF. Hey, did you know the only available Paxlovid in York Region is at mob hospital? Under lock and key for “donors” and family. That’s where Lecce’s Nana got hers. Ask me how I know? @RichardCityNews, @ChristyCeeCK,  https://t.co/bTCCJELkzM , 😜 via @DFisman `)
• twitter .com/AK4ClimateActi1/status/1599194201375186946 (‘ Anne Keary : Can you hear this @ f o r d n a t i o n ? People understand that Bill 23 is a land and money grab that will hurt renters, the Greenbelt, farmers, First Nations and municipalities while putting billions in the pockets of your developer buddies. Shame on you. #RepealBill23 via  @Gasp4Change  ‘)
• twitter .com/CanadaGray/status/1601943898904993793 (‘ Timothy Gray : A thread on the incredible values in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve that @ f  o r d n a t i o n  wants to take away from the people of Ontario forever. I visited yesterday and think you should know these facts. #HandsofftheGreenbelt #RepealBill39, Dec 11, via @AK4ClimateActi1   ‘)
• twitter .com/CanadaGray/status/1601943978110341123 (‘ Timothy Gray : The hamlets of Cherrywood and Whitevale are nestled in the Preserve and the people who live there have fought to protect this land for decades. We have to join them. #HandsOffTheGreenbelt, Dec 11    ‘)
• twitter .com/NurseWithSign/status/1601069346281115648 (` You’re ok watching this @ S ylviaJonesMPP @ f ordnation ? You’re still going to stand by and do NOTHING? @DebraLefebvre @birgitomo @GrittyNurse @Ontario_RN @NursesWant @CPR_Medico @DotatumU `)
• twitter .com/maritstiles/status/1600943700888412160 (‘ Marit Stiles : I visited the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve last week to see for myself what will be lost with Doug Ford’s Bill 39.There’s no evidence that a single affordable home will be built here, but wealthy developers and speculators stand to make a mint. #HandsOffTheGreenbelt, @DFisman. 👉Be well informed, and raise your voice, together, let’s fight to save democracy  8 december 2022 ‘)
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• twitter .com/ccleighton/status/1601001881832402944 (‘ Dr. Christopher Leighton : So important for as many people as possible to get out and demonstrate on Monday, beginning at noon. If you cannot make it to Toronto, make arrangements to march in your own town or city. Follow @OntarioHealthC, they are making some good noise. #OntarioHealthcareinCrisis #onpoli @OntarioHealthC : #Toronto, Ford is destroying our local hospitals. Surgeries & diagnostics are being cancelled & postponed. Children are being turned away from hospitals. >100 ER Departments have been temporarily closed across Ontario. 🧵1/3  via @DFisman , 8 dec 2022 ‘)
• twitter .com/coteau/status/1612556718344667136 (‘ Michael Coteau : This is a massive win for the Right to Repair movement. Farmers will be a better position to fix the equipment they own, and a major step for the Right to Repair movement globally. #RightToRepair, https://t.co/KeoDPgw6Bt ‘)