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We also aim to foster a collective consciousness on various social and political issues. We hold ourselves accountable to being led by the community, for the community. Our hope is that through education and collaborative discussions, communities will feel empowered to challenge historically oppressive institutions, including our colonial legal system, and defend one another’s human rights. 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With the support of a community leader and a Black mental health practitioner, this event encouraged community collaboration and provided attendees with the opportunity to share their experiences with the judicial system, offered coping mechanisms, and ways to support each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef699f63cd7b15067b00a6d/fde0a1fc-17e1-4df4-b14b-aeca83abaa92/IMG_6997.jpg Events - Black Mental Health Week: Defunding the police - Funding our communities On March 6th 2021, The Rights Project hosted a conversation with Semir Bulle, a third-year medical student at the University of Toronto and the co-founder of Doctors for Defunding the Police to discuss moving away from the police and investing in the communities for mental health crisis responses. 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