Black Power Hour Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

Media Advisory – BlackPride: B(QT)LM vigil and Black Power Hour Film

June 23, 2020

On June 24th, B(QT)LM-Halifax will host a Vigil for Black Queer, Trans and Gender non-conforming (GNC) people lost to violence, including police violence. This includes Tony McDade, a Black trans man killed by police on May 27th and two Black trans women Riah Milton and Dominique “Rem’Mie” Fells who were killed within 24 hours of each other. As organizers point out, “The violence continued when they were all deadnamed and misgendered.”

PSA: BPH presents: Public Resistance

June 16, 2020

As public debate rages about public space and memorialization, this is a chance to come and walk through the history together.

PSA: BPH presents Margaret Kimberley live in Halifax

November 21, 2019

Margaret Kimberley’s talk takes place on the occasion of the Halifax International Security Forum. She will address the need for a strong anti-war movement on the left, the importance of building an anti-war Black grassroots struggle, and the intersections of race, war, poverty, and imperialism.