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Video: Interview With Bishop & Wohlmuth
Catholic Bishop Wes Spiewak and Chairperson of the Peace and Social Justice Committee Joanne Wohlmuth are speaking with Bernews this afternoon [July 25], sitting down for a live interview with journalist Don Burgess, speaking about the Church’s anti-racism initiative. Update: The live broadcast has concluded and the 36-minute replay is below Related... Read more of this article
Court: Man Fined For Racist Slur At Police
A visiting man who used a racist slur towards police officers has been fined $1,500. Gronda Dobroslaw was detained in the early hours of this morning for using offensive words outside an establishment in Hamilton. Dobroslaw, 33, had been drinking during the evening, and people called police to report his behaviour. The court heard that he was unsteady... Read more of this article
NAACP’s Hilary Shelton To Speak In Bermuda
The U.S. Consulate has invited American speaker Hilary Shelton to Bermuda to participate in a series of events leading up to Human Rights day on December 10. Mr. Shelton, Director of the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People [NAACP] Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, will participate in activities... Read more of this article
Artist’s Work Used During Counter-Protests In VA
Aiming to make a point at the recent ‘Unite the Right’ white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, one man used a sign featuring a painting by Bermudian artist April Branco, using her work to help present a message of love and equality. Mark Martin contacted Ms Branco a few weeks ago asking permission to use a print of her painting... Read more of this article
CURB Releases 2017 Racial Justice Platform
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] has released their 2017 Racial Justice Platform, which outlines “the importance of racial justice to the Bermuda community.” The organisation said, “Today Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] releases its 2017 Racial Justice Platform outlining the importance of racial justice to... Read more of this article
CURB Gives Presentation To Hamilton Rotary
Lynne Winfield from Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] recently made a presentation to the Hamilton Rotary about the “Truth & Reconciliation Community Conversations” [TRCC] announced in early January. Ms Winfield said, “There needs to be an opportunity for diverse Bermudians to meet, share experiences and dialogue about... Read more of this article
CURB: “Address Matters Of Racial Justice”
“Race continues to be a strong force in determining how opportunity is distributed in Bermudian society,” Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] said, adding that “by talking about race we have the opportunity to explore, examine and challenge these attitudes.” CURB said, “On May 16th Opposition Leader, Mr. David Burt,... Read more of this article
Court: Ayo Kimathi Appeals Stop List Decision
[Written by Don Burgess] An American man put on Bermuda’s stop list for comments said to “propagate hatred and messages of intolerance and discrimination” is appealing the decision. Ayo Kimathi was put on the stop list in September 2015 by then Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy after Mr. Kimathi and Professor John Smalls spoke in... Read more of this article
School Students Discuss Eliminating Racism
Senior students from Berkeley and Saltus joined forces for an initiative to highlight the need to work towards the elimination of racial discrimination. The Berkeley Institute and Saltus Grammar School held a joint session as part of Imagine Bermuda’s involvement with the UNESCO’s Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is being... Read more of this article
U.N. Day ‘Two For One’ Celebration On Tuesday
Imagine Bermuda and Chewstick Foundation are collaborating in the observance of the United Nations’ Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Tuesday, March 21st , a date that is also UNESCO’s World Poetry Day. “To this end we are inviting Island residents to join a ‘two- for- one’ celebration – Poetry 2 Progress –... Read more of this article
Video: Sir John Swan On Race Relations
“We are a divided community on economic grounds,” Sir John Swan said, adding that until “everybody feels as though we’re all working together to get benefits, we’ll always be this divided community.” Sir John Swan, who served as Premier from 1982 to 1995, recently sat down with Bernews for a live interview on a... Read more of this article
PLP: ‘Bigotry Has No Place In Bermuda’
Following the social media post by businessman Rick Olson, the PLP said “this blatant form of racial bigotry has no place in Bermuda and we call upon the OBA Government to declare exactly where it stands when society is confronted with this bigotry.” Rick Olson Strongly Criticized For Social Media Post Mr Olson’s original comment linked... Read more of this article