Here’s how you can support Black, racialized and Indigenous communities in Hamilton
Published June 9, 2020 at 12:58 pm
For those of us looking to find ways to support our Black community here in Hamilton, there are online resources that can help you do just that.
For those of us looking to find ways to support our Black community here in Hamilton, there are online resources that can help you do just that.
For most of us, in the weeks following the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis it’s been a time of introspection and learning and finding ways to support the Black community during this historic time.
There are a number of ways that allies of the Black Lives Matter movement can help, like donating to an organization that supports Black, racialized and Indigenous people or by directly supporting a business owned by a Black member of the community.
Recently, a list of Black-owned businesses in the Greater Toronto Area started making the rounds on Reddit. The list contains dozens of businesses located in Toronto, Peel, York, Durham and even the Hamilton-Niagara areas.
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More locally, Black-Owned Hamont launched this week, a comprehensive list of Hamilton’s Black-owned businesses that provides detailed information on the kind of business, their status during the pandemic and how to access their products and services.
For information on non-profit groups who support racialized communities in Hamilton, there is a list here.
There are also a number of organizations who provide outreach and support for our local Indigenous community, many of which can be found here.
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