Hello Concerned families and friends,

We need you. We are counting on you to join us at our upcoming Mtl. Kneels for Change event.

As a community, we are witnessing protests all over the world calling for justice and equality for everyone. As a community, we must come together and demonstrate our solidarity with this global call to action.

Denburk Reid and Montreal Community Cares Foundation are calling on you to stand in solidarity, along with community partners, community leaders, athletes, influencers, politicians and the media, on Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 8:15 pm EST on our virtual event that will speak to the injustices within our community.

Hundreds of us knelt in silence in Loyola Park six months ago. Today, enough is enough! Today, we are standing up against the ongoing injustice and speaking out about the changes we need to see. It is time for us to move past the silence! We’ve knelt, protested and pleaded; now it is time to collectively come together to respond to the Black trauma we are faced with on a daily basis.

We want to see:

• Accountability from those who are sworn to protect us but do us harm. Our community needs the public safety services to protect our humanity and value our lives.
• Bridges built through dialogue and educational platforms to overcome unconscious biases.
• The creation of our own community intervention response system by putting a program in place that will be able to train and hire community security services (Community Watch).
• Ensuring a safe community by investing in programs that will empower youth and help them on the path to a positive future.

Our youth hold the key to our cities’future. We need to protect our sons and daughters, our future leaders and change-makers!

When: Wednesday February 24th, 2021, 8:15 pm EST

Where: Montreal Community Cares Instagram @mtl_community_cares 

What: Montreal Kneels for Change: We will host an Instagram Livefrom 8:15 pm ET until 8:45 pm ET with brief, powerful speeches/declarations and short musical presentations to lift our spirits and energy.

How:We will be honouring the life of Sheffield Matthews and denouncing the injustices committed against Mamadi Camara to raise awareness of local social justice issues. We ask you to join us on Instagram Live and take a photo of yourself standing with your hand on your heart, share it out to your followers with the hashtag #kneelsforchange & tag us @mtl_community_cares. We will collect all the images so that people can see how many people believe in this cause. And please share the attached image on your social media so that we can create a worldwide community of people dedicated to making change happen.

Our goal: 10,000+ participants/change-makers On behalf of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, I hope that we can count on your support at this event. Your presence would mean a great deal to all of us who are working hard to create changes locally and globally within our community for the youth of tomorrow.

In solidarity,

Here are a few short Possible Instagram captions Mtl Kneels For Change that can be used for you and your network. 

“@mtl_community_caresinvites you to join us for the MTL Kneels for Change Instagram Live on Feb 24  at 8:15 pm ET. Together we’ll be raising awareness for the social injustices within our communities. Our goal is to break down the stereotypes held against minorities and to unite as people to spread a message of hope. #KneelsForChange”

“I show my support for #KneelsForChange by spreading awareness about the social injustices in our communities. Show your support by posting a picture of yourself standing in solidarity and join @mtl_community_cares Instagram Live on Feb 24 at 8:15 pm ET. We knelt in silence, now we stand in solidarity to create change!”

“Join the #KneelsForChange movement by posting an empowering picture of you kneeling or standing for change. @mtl_community_careswill be hosting a Kneels For Change Instagram Live on Feb 24 at 8:15 pm ET to unite for the injustices and inequities faced by the Black Community.  ”

“I’ll stand in solidarity with @mtl_community_cares on Feb. 24 at 8:15 pm ET. Post a pic of you standing or kneeling with #kneelsforchange. Let’s break down stereotypes held against minorities & create change.

“On Feb 24 at 8:15 pm ET, post a pic of you standing or kneeling with #kneelsforchange & tag @mtl_community_cares Together we’ll create change & break down stereotypes.