‘My ancestors did not survive 300 years of slavery to feel like I had an overseer’: systemic change needed at Equal Voice after three racialized women fired, say women’s rights advocates
Amy Kishek, a former board member of Equal Voice and Hill Times columnist, says she wonders if the premise the group operates on, as a big-tent political group, is feasible, especially as it seeks to broaden its reach to racialized women in the hopes of convincing them to pursue political careers. But MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says Equal Voice should seize this opportunity and learn from it.
Some women’s rights advocates are casting doubt on whether Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization that seeks to increase gender diversity in politics, can effectively represent racialized women in the wake of its recent decision to fire three young women of colo...
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