Edmonton Council for Somali Advocacy and Research

All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.- Samantha Power. Happy Tuesday everyone!

STATEMENT IN CONDEMNATION OF HATE-MOTIVATED ATTACK TARGETING MUSLIM WOMEN IN EDMONTON February 8, 2021 ESCAR strongly condemns the cowardly and inhumane attack against the Muslim women that occurred Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 03, 2021. These recent assaults, in addition to the December’s viciously hate-motivated attack at Southgate Mall, they all happened in a broad daylight and in public place, which is extremely alarming and that is simply not acceptable. ... ECSAR calls all levels of governments to take immediate actions and extra measures to protect the safety of the Muslim women in Edmonton. In addition, ECSAR shares our deepest condolences and sympathy with the families of the victims of these events. Sincerely, ECSAR

The Edmonton Council of Somali Advocacy and Research (ECSAR) are shocked and saddened by the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. Harnett’s family, friends, and the entire CPS. On behalf of our organization and community, we thank the members of the Calgary and Edmonton Police Services for keeping us safe.

Beautiful Somali Edmontonians out there! We will be hosting a community dialogue zoom session to collectively talk about and identify solutions to STOP the violence that is crippling our community. The session will also include policing reform and solution we can contribute as productive members of society. ... The meeting date: Saturday January 2nd, 2020; Time: 3 pm - 7 pm; Venue: zoom session Your participation and involvement in this meeting is very critical and hope that you and other key community members in your networks would be able join us so we could collectively discuss and come up ways to break this vicious cycle of violence that is hindering our community. Please send us a direct message to receive the zoom link of this important dialogue.

Sign this petition to tell Chief Dale McFee and EPS that they are not doing enough to solve the homicide of racialized young men and women who lost their lives to gun violence or any other form of violence. Tell the Chief and EPS leadership to draw dedicated attention to this crisis and appoint a Commissioner or Special Investigator to review the homicide investigations techniques used so far to solve these cases and to work closely with victims’ families to solve these cases in order to get to closure for victims’ families and for the community once for all. Here is the petition link: https://www.change.org/CallForJusticeAndEquality