A fierce holiday giving guide to build a better future

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A fierce holiday giving guide to build a better future

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By Maya Bhullar | December 16, 2016

A few weeks ago I was interviewing Cathy Elliott for an upcoming Activist Toolkit blog about the DAREarts' First Roots Aboriginal Program. At the end of the interview, she offered us the gift of the following words:

"What can I offer activists? For a long time now I have been saying that the time for 'pretty words' is over, it is time for collective action and I mean everybody in Canada has to work together to make this work. It is going to take generations. It took generations to get us here and it is going to take generations to get us out of this mess that we are in.

And I know, I am only reflecting what other people have said, but that is exactly how I feel. And that is from my heart to all of our supporters and to people who are taking action, Miigwech, thank you, Wela'lin, Masi Cho, thank you, thank you so much.

Don't stop, but before you take a step, reach out and ask and listen, ask for guidance, and listen and then take your initiative based on real solid information." -- Cathy Elliott, Mi’kmaq artist and a proud member of Sipekne'katik, Nova Scotia

The complete interview will be available later this month on the Activist Toolkit

As this year is drawing to a close, hope lies in continuing to build collective action. We have been, shall we say underwhelmed [ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-p ... -to-emerge ], when Federal government "consultations" finally became recommendations and policies. We have been repulsed by the election results in the United States [ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/penney- ... tabloids-t ]. Kinder Morgan has been approved [ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael ... yal-to-can ] and, given the political climate, we will face much more horror in the coming years. Meanwhile, the atrocities and war crimes being committed around the world must be prosecuted and stopped. [ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/eva-bar ... ited-natio ]

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