Thank you for joining us at the National Gathering for International Day Against Police Brutality on March 15th at the University of Ottawa, on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory.
We know that hearing stories of police violence and loss can be painful and re-traumatizing. As we continue to build a movement rooted in care, resilience, and justice, please reach out if you need support:
ottawatransformativejustice@
justiceforanthonyaust@gmail.
If you need immediate crisis support:
- Ottawa Distress Centre (24/7, bilingual):
- Ottawa: 613-238-3311
- Gatineau: 1-866-676-1080
- Crisis Services Canada (24/7):
- Call: 1-833-456-4566
- Text: 45645 (4 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET, English only)
Watch the full event recording on CPEP’s YouTube Channel
Listen to interviews with Anne-Marie White and Jeff Bradley on MidWeek, Carleton University’s student radio show:
SoundCloud link
Link to a transcription of Aisha Benslimane’s speech here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16c5Snj_gFwLSxGGLVnQXmBwxGV2Kr97OV12R7u8_ksU/edit?usp=sharing
This gathering would not have been possible without the collective efforts of the Ottawa Transformative Justice Collective, Justice for Anthony Aust Collective, Incarcerated Voters of Ontario, Regis for Ever Foundation, and Freedom is a Must. We are grateful to build with community members who are deeply impacted by state violence, racial capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and other systems of oppression.
Thank you to everyone involved for contributing your time, your stories, your hands, and your hearts. Your energy helped create a space of meaning, care, resistance, and connection. We also deeply appreciate your patience through our technical difficulties and your willingness to stay as we went overtime to hold space for every powerful voice and call for justice. The room was full—and so were many bellies thanks to the incredible food shared in community.
We know that hearing stories of police violence and loss can be painful and re-traumatizing. As we continue to build a movement rooted in care, resilience, and justice, please reach out if you need support:
ottawatransformativejustice@
justiceforanthonyaust@gmail.
If you need immediate crisis support:
- Ottawa Distress Centre (24/7, bilingual):
- Ottawa: 613-238-3311
- Gatineau: 1-866-676-1080
- Crisis Services Canada (24/7):
- Call: 1-833-456-4566
- Text: 45645 (4 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET, English only)
With your support through donations and merch purchases, we raised $3,618, surpassing our fundraising goal! These funds supported food for attendees and unhoused community members, speaker honorariums, travel and hospitality for out-of-town guests, posters honoring victims of police violence, supplies, and more. This was mutual aid in action—thank you for showing what solidarity looks like.