Black Lives Matter Toronto: Watch CBC #Being Black InCanada on February 7th at 5pm ET on #CBCNN to meet 3 activists paving the way for #change! Alisha Parchment February 2, 2016 Sandy Hudson, 29, is co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, according to Huffington Post Canada. She helped organize demonstrations in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter organization in the U.S., protesting police shootings and enforcement issues on both sides of the border. It the new age of activism where millennials are using unconventional ways to fight for change. To mark Black History Month, CBC Asha Tomlinson speaks to three young community leaders in Toronto to find out what black activism or #blactivism means to them and what they envision for the future. Desmond Cole, 33, is an activist and journalist. He also a strong advocate against the practice of carding by Toronto police and wrote a Toronto Life article about the dozens of times he been stopped by police. He a big supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and has participated in #BLMTO events.
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