Marginalized Voices: Thing I and Refugee Students

marginalized voices: The first thing I always say to any people who are the dominant group is the only way that marginalized voices or people ever thrive is if mainstream voices step aside and create that space, and so instead of speaking for others or advocating for others, actually give them the room and allow them to speak for themselves, she said, according to CBC. Individual pieces in the cultural mosaic puzzle Geer, who is the guest speaker at the Caribbean and African Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay banquet on Saturday, which raises money to cover the cost of educational resources for immigrant and refugee students from elementary school all the way to college and university, said when she talks about diversity she means all the individual pieces in the puzzle of the mosaic. Society as a whole must create a protective environment where people feel safe sharing their own opinions, challenges and solutions, she said. Things changed because those marginalized groups changed it. Geer points to February as Black History Month as a good opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions made over the past 400 years by people of African descent, many who arrived here originally as slaves. It was the people who suffered those laws that actually made change and made a better culture and community for everyone.- Dreeni Geer, director office of human rights and equity, Lakehead University We shouldn't really see the world as binary, meaning white and non-white, but recognize that diversity means there's going to be different groups within that non-white paradigm who have different lived experiences, different challenges, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.