{"id":50426,"date":"2020-06-04T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=50426"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:05:08","slug":"national-youth-council-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/national-youth-council-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"National Youth Council Statement on Anti-Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RJC-NYC-Facebook-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p>We have teamed up with our friends at Kids Help Phone to provide 24\/7 support.\u00a0Text BGCHelp to 686868 to be connected with a Crisis Responder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BGCC-KHPFacebook.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acrossboundaries.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acrossboundaries.ca<\/a> &#8211; provides mental health services for racialized communities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blackhealthalliance.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackhealthalliance.ca<\/a> &#8211; helps improve the health and well-being of Black communities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camh.ca\/en\/your-care\/programs-and-services\/substance-use-program-for-african-canadian-caribbean-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">camh.ca\/en\/your-care\/programs-and-services\/substance-use-program-for-african-canadian-caribbean-youth<\/a> &#8211; support and counselling to African and Caribbean Canadian youth who are dealing with substance use problems and mental health concerns<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/taibuchc.ca\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taibuchc.ca<\/a> &#8211; focuses on Black mental health and well-being<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ontario.cmha.ca\/documents\/mental-health-and-wellness-services-for-indigenous-children-and-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ontario.cmha.ca\/documents\/mental-health-and-wellness-services-for-indigenous-children-and-youth\/<\/a> &#8211; mental health and wellness services for Indigenous children and youth<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heretohelp.bc.ca\/resources-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heretohelp.bc.ca\/resources-0<\/a> &#8211; more resources for Indigenous communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ways to Help<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Petitions, donations, etc: <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatters.carrd.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blacklivesmatters.carrd.co\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stream these videos:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to financially help BLM with no money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQ-HRJvabR4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate with no money<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reasons to Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Lives Matter Canada\u2019s List of Demands: <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.ca\/demands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blacklivesmatter.ca\/demands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stay Educated<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blacklivesmatter.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/healthy-living\/emotional-wellness\/Building-Resilience\/Pages\/Talking-to-Children-about-Racism.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthychildren.org\/English\/healthy-living\/emotional-wellness\/Building-Resilience\/Pages\/Talking-to-Children-about-Racism.aspx<\/a> (for caregivers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/blog\/common-sense-media-resources-about-race-and-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commonsensemedia.org\/blog\/common-sense-media-resources-about-race-and-racism<\/a> (for caregivers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BGC-NYC-HowWeFeel.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BGC-NYC-WhatWeNeed.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources We have teamed up with our friends at Kids Help Phone to provide 24\/7 support.\u00a0Text BGCHelp to 686868 to be connected with a Crisis Responder. Mental Health Resources acrossboundaries.ca &#8211; provides mental health services for racialized communities blackhealthalliance.ca &#8211; helps improve the health and well-being of Black communities camh.ca\/en\/your-care\/programs-and-services\/substance-use-program-for-african-canadian-caribbean-youth &#8211; support and counselling to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[768,261,796,500,731],"class_list":["post-50426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-anti-racism","tag-national-youth-council","tag-protest","tag-resources","tag-statement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}