Community Enhancement Association in collaboration with BLM in this Together satellite walk/run
- Date Sun 21st September 2025
- Location Truro, NS
- Races 1 race
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Event summary
Join us on Sunday, September 21, 2025, for a powerful and uplifting event in Truro, Colchester, as the Community Enhancement Association collaborates with Black Lives Matter for the "In This Together" satellite walk/run. This event aims to raise awareness about the ongoing impacts of anti-Black racism, honoring Emancipation Day and acknowledging the history of slavery in Canada. Participants will engage in a meaningful journey of education and reflection, taking steps together to promote understanding and healing.
The day promises to be not only informative but also celebratory, with a FREE BBQ at Stan Cook Maxwell Park following the walk/run. This is a fantastic opportunity for families and individuals to come together, engage in important conversations, and support each other as we recognize children and youth entering a new school year. Take part in this enriching experience—let's walk, talk, and celebrate our community's strength and resilience!
The day promises to be not only informative but also celebratory, with a FREE BBQ at Stan Cook Maxwell Park following the walk/run. This is a fantastic opportunity for families and individuals to come together, engage in important conversations, and support each other as we recognize children and youth entering a new school year. Take part in this enriching experience—let's walk, talk, and celebrate our community's strength and resilience!
Organiser's Description
Despite slavery being abolished, anti-Black racism is still prevalent in our provinces and country. To honour Emancipation Day (August 1), collectively we are accepting that slavery existed in what we now call Canada. As a founder and co-organizer of Black Lives Matter (BLM) - In This TOGETHER, I wanted to look at ways to enable our group’s mission statement (see below) to educate, but also create a better understanding of slavery and its implications on the social determinants of health of people of African ancestry. It is extremely important to spread awareness through acknowledging but also acting on ways to address anti-black racism past and present. To do so, we must acknowledge, act, and ameliorate.The steps you will take is just one way of moving in the right direction! As we walk, we talk, we educate, we unpack, and we celebrate!
FREE BBQ at Stan Cook Maxwell Park to Follow. Let’s celebrate all children and youth as they enter the new school year!
FREE BBQ at Stan Cook Maxwell Park to Follow. Let’s celebrate all children and youth as they enter the new school year!
Community Enhancement Association in collaboration with BLM in this Together satellite walk/run