The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition team at the Black History Ottawa 2017 Launch in Ottawa

30
Jan

2017

Justice for Abdirahman Coalition Wins Black History Ottawa Community Builder Award

Written by Chelby Daigle

Published in News

The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition won the award for Community Leadership at Black History Ottawa's Community Builder Awards Ceremony, held during the launch of Black History Month on January 28, 2017.

Each year, community members nominate a Black Canadian individual, organization, or initiative that has made a positive difference in such areas as community building, human rights, multiculturalism in Ottawa.

Past Muslim recipients have included Sharmaarke Abdullahi, the Canadian Somali Mothers' Association, and Muslim Link's Editor in Chief Chelby Marie Daigle.

The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition was founded after the death of Abdirahman Abdi on July 24, 2016 who died during an interaction with Ottawa Police members.

Recently, the Coalition called for an independent third party audit of the Ottawa Police Service's equity and diversity practices in order to rebuild trust between police and racialized communities in Ottawa.

Read a reflection by Farhia Ahmed, the co-chair of the Justice for Abdirahman Coalition, about why she got involved here.

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Chelby Daigle

Chelby Marie Daigle is Muslim Link’s Editor in Chief and Coordinator. Under her direction, Muslim Link adopted its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy so that the website strives to reflect the complexity of Muslim communities in Canada. She knows that she fails to do justice to this complexity every day but she will continue to try to improve as she recognizes the frustration of being both marginalized in the mainstream and also marginalized in Muslim communities. As Coordinator, she works to build relationships with Muslim and mainstream organizations and manages the website's social media, event listings, and directories. She organizes regular Muslim Link gatherings. She also works closely with the Publisher to find ways to keep Muslim Link sustainable. Find her on Twitter @ChelbyDaigle