Brampton Regional Councillors, Navjit Kaur Brar and Gurpartap Singh Toor, put forward the motion for the city of Brampton to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, which was passed.

Somali Canadian Yasmin Dini represented the riding of Brampton-East, Ontario at Equal Voice’s second Daughters of the Vote gathering in early April 2019, which brought together 338 young women between the ages of 18 and 23, representing each Canadian riding and take their seat in the House of Commons during a historic sitting of the House of Commons. They were addressed by every federal party leader, and engaged with an array of Ministers, critics and advocates.

The City of Brampton inducted Zarqa Nawaz into the Brampton Arts Walk of Fame on March 22, 2019.