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Black Lives Here: We must not be silent when faced with racism

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT In a perfect world there is no racism; no inequalities, no injustices, nobody has to stand up for anyone else because there’s nothing to stand up for. In this utopian world we are all equals and treated as such. As it happens, we live here, in the real world. Our world is […]

Black Lives Here: A reflection on one year of writing the column and some of the words left unsaid

July 20, 2021July 19, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT July marks the one-year anniversary of Black Lives Here. Writing this column has been a journey of taking small steps toward ending racism, opening the conversation within our Beach community, and self-discovery for many, including myself. During this year of meeting all these fascinating people and hearing their stories, I realized there […]

Black Lives Here: With help from daughters, Nella Cramer is reflecting on her past and future

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT Many people of various cultures and religions may not recognize it, but they live with generational trauma. Generational trauma starts with an event, and then over decades, the pain, coping mechanisms, and ways of seeing the world, get passed down to the next generation. As kids, most of us didn’t think of […]

Black Lives Here: Connecting people through art has helped Roxane Tracey through challenging year

May 18, 2021May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT May 25th marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Last month, Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts, which elicited cries of relief throughout the Black community and its supporters. At last, if only for an all too brief moment, Black people felt seen as worthy of some kind of […]

Black Lives Here: Elisha Gotha takes on challenges of running her own business

April 20, 2021May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT In this new era of enlightenment, it seems like every company, charity and government organization is looking for a way to “diversify”. Overall, the goal sounds like a good one and of course BIPOC are cautiously optimistic that our white counterparts are finally forging an attempt to make room at the table […]

Black Lives Here: Can you miss a feeling or connection you never had?

March 23, 2021May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT Do you believe the statement, “You can’t miss what you never had”? I’m not talking about material things, I’m asking if you think it’s possible to miss a feeling, a connection, or a bond that you never had? I spoke with Janelle Francisco, a mortgage agent with a Toronto mortgage group, and […]

Black Lives Here: Steve Anderson made Olympic beach volleyball history as coach of Australian women’s team

February 23, 2021May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT We all know that February is Black History Month, so it feels right to tell a story about an individual whose history has changed how a young Black person might see their own potential, despite the odds. Steve Anderson is many things, a Black man who was born and raised in Kentucky, […]

Black Lives Here: Eadrey Hemmings runs food shop in Leslieville

January 26, 2021May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT If you like hot sauce, you know a good one will have a slow burn. It won’t melt your face off at the first taste. As you add a little more for each bite, the intensity increases, layer after layer until you can’t take it anymore and have to douse the fire […]

Black Lives Here: Eloise Morrison of Teach Me to Fly Daycare on facing racism

December 16, 2020May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT Community is made up of people, you can’t be a community on your own. We all need each other. Even in our ‘independence’ it’s not possible to do everything alone. This is especially true when it comes to raising children. Thankfully there are people like Eloise Morrison. Eloise is a genuine person […]

Black Lives Here: Peter Gowdie of Cut N Run Barbershop on shaking up some core beliefs

November 17, 2020May 20, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT It’s hard to shake a core belief. The world has worked hard to shape you and cement those unshakable “truths”. These nuggets of information don’t even have to be legitimate, what matters is that we don’t know how to let them go. When I spoke with Peter Gowdie, owner of Cut N […]

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