Amarjeet Sohi, Edmonton Ward 12 Councillor

Yesterday I had the honour of joining City of Edmonton staff and community members, including partners from 16 major institutions in our City, to recognize commitments made this year to eliminate racism in Edmonton. I represent City Council on the Racism Free Edmonton initiative, which has been running a campaign to engage Edmontonians for the past several months – at their workplaces, at school, at libraries, in shopping malls – to talk about issues of racism and discrimination, and to commit to actions to reduce them. Many of our colleagues and friends have committed to speaking out against racism when they see it occurring, or to asking whether their workplaces have policies to ensure diversity and inclusion – and lots more. 

 

It has been a remarkable achievement to start conversations with over 23,000 Edmontonians about these issues, which too often do not get discussed. However, there are obviously many more people to be engaged if we are to be a fully inclusive City, so these conversations must continue even though this public awareness campaign has concluded. 

 

Find out about all the great work RFE is doing for our City: RacismFreeEdmonton.ca.