The National Black Canadians Summit concluded Sunday with a historic declaration demanding justice and equality for Black Canadians and people of African descent.
“We will remember this moment becoming a movement,” said Michaëlle Jean, one of the declaration readers. She is a former governor general of Canada, and her foundation hosted the summit.
The Halifax Declaration is a comprehensive document that grew out of the discussions, panels and workshops that took place over the course of the three-day summit. Writers of the declaration also spent months leading up to the summit gathering input from community members. The declaration is the first of its kind in Halifax.
Sunday began with a non-denominational church service. A number of speakers then took the stage, including Ahmed Hussen, the minister of housing, diversity and inclusion, and Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard.
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