Tolerance is Not Enough: Keynote speaker at March 17 forum
Mission Record newspaper published the story of our March 17 immigration forum which will be presented at the Copper Hall on Railway Avenue.
Admission is limited, so get your names in now to MCSS if you wish to go. Email [email protected] or Annie Charker at [email protected]. Rake is coordinator of the Mission Local Immigration Partnership which features a council of Mission community leaders.
$5 covers the cost of the catered meal at Copper Hall which is below the new The Penny Coffee Shop on First Avenue.
Too see the Record story, click HERE.
The full text of The Record story is here:
Mission to host We’re Your Neighbours immigration forum
Baltej Dhillon will be the guest speaker at the event set for March 17
Baltej Dhillon, the first RCMP member to be permitted to wear a turban, will speak in Mission in March.
Baltej Dhillon will be the keynote speaker for a We’re Your Neighbours immigration forum set for March 17 at Mission’s Copper Hall on Railway Ave.
The event is being put on by the Mission Community Services Society’s (MCSS) New to Canada department.
Dhillon, the first RCMP member to be permitted to wear a turban, will make a presentation called Tolerance Is Not Enough.
The MCSS Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) is leading the forum and has invited Mission Coun. Pam Alexis to speak on the District of Mission’s perspective on newcomers to Canada. Local clients from Syria and other countries will share their special stories on how and why they made their way to Canada.
The LIP also plans to have a property management spokesperson at the event to address issues surrounding housing for those new to Canada.
Mission LIP coordinator Rick Rake will lead a discussion on the hashtag #All Are Welcome Here image and bumper sticker initiative to deal with public and social media commentary that is not pleasant to newcomers.
The effort is being adopted by communities across the country, launching in Ontario.
Cost of the forum is $5 to cover food expenses. To pre-register or ask questions, contact [email protected] or Annie Charker at [email protected].
Seating availability is limited.
The event begins at 8:30 a.m.