History of Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth

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摘要

TLDRThe passage recounts the influence of Eva, a prominent figure in the Jamaican Canadian community, particularly during the 1960s. It highlights the critical challenges faced by Jamaican immigrants, including discrimination in housing and education. Eva's activism was pivotal in advocating for rights and creating a supportive environment for black youth. She worked tirelessly to ensure that young people did not suffer from unstable home lives, reflecting her dedication to community cohesion. The legacy of Eva is honored through various programs aimed at helping youth navigate their challenges and achieve stability and success.

心得

  • 🌍 Eva was a key figure in the Jamaican Canadian community activism.
  • 📚 She fought for educational access and rights for black youth.
  • 🏠 Housing discrimination was a significant issue for newcomers.
  • 💪 Activism often involved confrontation to demand change.
  • 👩‍👦 Eva emphasized parental involvement and community support.
  • 🦸‍♀️ She was known for her fearless approach to helping youth.
  • ❤️ The phrase "what hurts one of us, hurts all of us" guided her philosophy.
  • 🌟 Eva left a lasting legacy that continues to impact youth today.
  • 🛠️ Programs established in her honor support youth and combat homelessness.
  • 💖 The speaker cherishes Eva's memory and commitment to community love.

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    The speaker reflects on their early activism with the Jamaican Canadian Association in the 1960s, highlighting the need for rights and community support for Jamaican immigrants in Canada. They recount the difficulties faced in housing and education, emphasizing the importance of community activism in addressing systemic issues.

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视频问答

  • What issues did Jamaican immigrants face when they arrived in Canada?

    Jamaican immigrants faced difficulties in housing, education access, and community relations.

  • What was Eva's role in the community?

    Eva was a community activist focused on youth support and education, particularly for black youth.

  • What legacy did Eva leave behind?

    Eva's legacy includes the establishment of programs that support youth, address homelessness, and foster community reconciliation.

  • How did Eva approach her work with youth?

    Eva was dedicated, tough, and fearless in ensuring that youth did not fall through the cracks due to unstable home lives.

  • What does community mean to the speaker?

    To the speaker, community means shared responsibility and mutual support among all members, regardless of their background.

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    I met Eva through the work of the
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    Jamaican Canadian Association those days
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    we were just starting to organize when I
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    came here in 1960 it was ripe for
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    activism we had no Charter of Rights and
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    freedom we had no human rights at office
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    we had no Landlord and Tenant we had no
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    police community relations working for
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    us we had no education school board
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    parents working together even when
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    Jamaicans came to Canada at first with
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    housing and that it was bad you couldn't
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    get places to live and they will tell
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    you it's vacant but by the time you got
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    there and they see you they'd be saying
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    it's already taken sometimes the only
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    way we made the system listen was really
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    through what could be called
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    confrontation you had to show the
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    evidence and you had to say come let me
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    show you those days the schools were not
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    open to the public teachers didn't want
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    you in they didn't want the community
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    commenced in the classroom and touching
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    the chalkboard or using their books and
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    so it was a lot of activism that caused
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    the system to open up to have a bad
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    woman say I want to start something I
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    want to do this there wasn't a lot of
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    confidence that we could accomplish
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    something I miss her I mean it's 25
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    years it's a long time
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    my mother was a very generous person
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    thoughtful kind she was very proud she
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    was proud of her heritage being a
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    Jamaican being a black woman after he
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    was death
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    she was so sadly missed because of all
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    of the things she used to do and her
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    Drive and energy and passions
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    Eva was very very interested in youth
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    and what was happening to them that was
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    one of the reasons I think why Eva
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    worked with the North York school board
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    at vani secondary because she was one
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    that was able to go in and work with the
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    kids and she could get to them what some
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    of the teachers couldn't do her mission
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    was to make sure that none of these
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    children fell through the cracks and we
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    as the community had a responsibility to
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    help them to nurture them to provide
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    openings for them her focus primarily
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    was black youth that that was her focus
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    that's what she was that's where she saw
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    the need unlike most people most
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    immigrants who come to Canada people
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    from the Caribbean especially Jamaica
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    there's not move as a family so they
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    leave their kids with their grandparents
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    because we're going to send for the boys
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    and the girls next next year next year
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    turn into two years three years the kids
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    on they're growing
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    five years later or four years later
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    she's able to take up the oldest girl
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    they come and they need a new family
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    some of these parents
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    [Music]
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    did not know how to handle the situation
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    how to choose the two families together
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    and you know all hell breaks loose
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    sometimes it moves from one thing to the
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    other as she saw the need and realized
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    that these journal are going to do well
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    in soon if they didn't have a stable
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    home life she was very tough very strict
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    and she was also very strict to parents
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    so I said to her you know so-and-so
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    didn't come last week or so and so had
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    to leave early or whatever and she's
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    going right after the parent fearless
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    she was smart but she was fearless there
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    was a rule in my family what hurt one of
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    us hurt all of us and that attitude I
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    have taken with me and I have helped the
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    kids to understand whether you're from
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    Jamaica whether you're from Trinidad or
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    where are you're a Canadian you are all
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    in the same boat
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    therefore what hurt one of us hurt all
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    of us if I had to put it into one word
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    what use means to me I would use the
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    word impact the programs that we provide
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    here including our construction training
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    program or printshop ry SEP and even the
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    other programs that we provide for the
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    youth and the shelters it really changes
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    lives often times it may just it may be
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    immediately take one day it may take one
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    year but it's happening if I can help
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    somebody it doesn't necessarily mean ten
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    fifteen kids there could be one or two
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    and that one and two person just like
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    her as a one person was able to do this
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    as we all know the legacy of mama Eva I
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    call her mama Eva and her middle name be
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    Maude that's my mother name that's a
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    battle warrior she fought a good fight
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    well we're very proud of their
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    accomplishments so far when my mother
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    passed away in 1993 she was aware that
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    it was happening she didn't see the
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    actual structure of the building
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    completed but she did see part of it who
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    would have thought that there would be
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    three buildings I mean we knew about
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    Eva's we didn't know about satellite and
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    Phoenix so it's great we've come a long
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    way we enter where we should be but we
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    end where we was he both provides
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    opportunities for youth to venture out
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    and transition on their own Eva's about
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    reconciling people together
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    Eva's is caring and believing and show
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    you their oranges is love
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    even's is inspiration he was his whole
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    opportunity Eve is a place Rican by
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    community it was to me means taking the
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    initiative to end homelessness for you
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标签
  • Eva
  • community activism
  • Jamaican Canadian Association
  • youth support
  • housing discrimination
  • educational access
  • black youth
  • community relations
  • legacy
  • homelessness