VANCOUVER – Some 80 people met for the solidarity picnic called “PeaceMeal” at Trout Lake Park in East Vancouver on August 14. The event was jointly organized by The Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights, Migrante- BC, the Victoria-Philippines Solidarity Group and Wed-Pro. Participants of diverse communities and organizations attended to remember the victims of repression in the Philippines and reaffirm their commitment of solidarity in opposing human rights violations. Joining Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians, Canadian solidarity activists from Solidarity Labour Notes Choir, Crafts for a Cause, Spartacus Bookstore, Coalition for Migrant Workers’ Justice, Iranian Centre for Peace, Freedom and Social Justice, Kathara Collective, Committee for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Lakeview United Church, Mobilization Against War and Occupation and Pride Vancouver were present alongside members of BC’s Latin American communities, and Amnesty International (Richmond chapter). Member of the Legislative Assembly Mable Elmore also attended.

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