Thread by @OnElectionDay

Dear white sisters & brothers in #TORONTO,

I’m asking you a question that may make you uncomfortable, that may make you recoil, that may make you hide, &/or that may make you retaliate in various ways.

You are the majority of people who vote.
Your vote has impacted our lives.

Yes white sisters & brothers, your. Your vote has impacted our lives.

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This thread is not about making you feel guilty. Know that I write this with love to you because I love you & want better for our City. In order for our City to thrive we must work towards certain goals together.

We must ensure #CommunityWellness!

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We must ensure that our resources are rightly allocated to City services that nourish, empower, encourage, engage and build #communityUnity. We must ensure #inclusion!

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#Inclusion ensures #CommunityWellness & includes:

👉🏿 equity, equitable proactive planning and practices that ensures that we all have the ability to live & thrive!

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👉🏿 investing in & implementing #mentalhealth plans -
wellness social supports i.e., Counselling services (mental health; financial literacy; city wide anti-oppression engagement opportunities; empowerment & encouragement strategies & tools;...

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...coping & thriving in society education, strategies & tools; understanding the impacts of #whitesupremacy on planning, policies, purposes & society and overcoming this together); #accessibility; literacy engagements; supportive Housing; our safe injection site;...

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...beautifying neighbourhoods (adding communing spaces, Public seating, trees, flowers, solar lighting & technologies); ensuring #farefreeTTC & increased #accessible bus routes & transit schedules; protected & increased bike lanes & reduced speeds throughout #TORONTO;...

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... creating & fostering opportunities for self-employment, encouraging #entrepreneurs; #jpopTORONTO (Joint Property Ownership Plan TORONTO - creating opportunities for #accessible home ownership); vertical organic farms; building accessible #housing;...

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...providing & ensuring Community engagement opportunities; improving infrastructure (by proactively preplanning & policies, ensuring development fees, implementing solar technologies, ensuring #accessibility); ensuring access to timely services;...

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👉🏿 basic #humanRights -
Inclusive Public meetings (everyone is included aka no ‘accommodation requests necessary’ because inclusion aka basic human rights will already be provided); inclusive City operations; inclusive planning; inclusive design...

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👉🏿 #accountability (Elected Representatives must engage with & respond to the Public including the questions the Public asks) the Public is the Elected’s boss; #transparency (in how, in what proposed way and in what way the Public’s money is used; decision in policy making)...

For various reasons we have not been an #inclusive #TORONTO.

If you’re reading this and think we are- this is part of the problem.

Ask yourself why you think this is an inclusive City and ‘others’ say our City is not inclusive?

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Every.single.election has demonstrated that you dear sister, dear brother have defaulted white. It didn’t matter that the individual running and you chose to elect had no plan or proactive ideas or equitable solutions- you defaulted white.

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Sadly, you allow yourself to default white in media, print and promotion. As soon as media gives you a name of someone who looks like you for an election, you tend to fixate on that individual in ways that keep you from recognizing...

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...that that individual has never been in the struggle in ways necessary to understand what this City as a whole has been lacking for decades.

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Have you ever asked, out loud or in your mind, why there weren’t more Elected PoC in Government leading the way with the necessary solutions we need while you vote for the white person in your action?

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This all words not translated into action evidence has been a fundamental part of why we have what he have today. Why we are where we are today. Yes. It. Is.

The propaganda of fear has appeared to keep us bound to making the same mistakes over and over again.

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The same type of people- white, wealthy, working in government tend be your choice. These same types of people have been in Government for however many years and we still haven’t arrived at having an inclusive City.

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We’re tired of bringing things to the attention of the white voting population- yet nothing changes. Why?

We’re tired of bringing things to the attention of the white voting population, you claim to agree with us- yet nothing changes. Why?

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We’re tired of realities being in the attention of the white voting population- yet nothing changes. Why?

If you’re not acting for us, you’re not thinking about us. If you’re not thinking of us, you’re not acting for us.

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We all say we want a better Toronto. The time is now to make Toronto what we want it to be. Brave. Bold. Beautiful.

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We want a #TORONTO focused on #inclusion- #equity #accessibility #empowerment engagement continually vibrant & inspiring so that we actively ensure that we all have the ability to live & thrive!

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Do we ever want to get there- to arrive at being a City known to be an inclusive, equitable, engaging, accessible, vibrant, inspiring, empowering City where everyone has the ability to live & thrive?

Vote D!ONNE Renée on Election Day for Mayor!

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Vote D!ONNE Renée on Election Day for Mayor and the list of Councillor Candidates that I’ll tweet about shortly who will ensure that we all have the ability to live & thrive!

Together we succeed!

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July 30, 2018 will is the day the City Clerk lists all official Candidates for the 2018 Toronto Municipal Election. Check our track records.

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Check to see who devoted their backs, minds, heart, time and finances and resources to the struggle to make your life easier. This is the type of dedication required to finally get the necessary things done that have been outstanding for too long.

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Are you interested in amplifying the Public’s voice and position or amplifying your own voice and position?

Are you interested in supporting others or yourself?

Stating Activist/Advocate in one’s profile doesn’t make one an Activist/Advocate.

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Have you been:

👉🏿 in and through the struggle with Community?
👉🏿 willing to suffer loss so others could succeed?
👉🏿 weary about the policies in place that oppress & are barriers for members of the Public who are underrepresented?

Are you in the struggle?

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IMO, together we succeed.

It can never be a me thing it has to be the we thing that we often ‘say’.

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We claim we must be bold but often choose the bland option in the end.

We must elect a majority of PoC & other Candidates who have ‘we’ in mind and action to reach the goals we claim we all want.

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Will you finally choose #inclusion #equity #accessibility #empowerment engagement as the choice that ensures a vibrant, inspiring, empowering #TORONTO wherein we all have the ability to live & thrive dear sister & brother?

Together we succeed!

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Together we succeed!
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Together we succeed!

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Have a great day!