Former employees of WE Charity are speaking up against what they see as oppressive incidents against racialized people within the organization.
Instagram in which she says she was hired in 2018 to speak on racism during a tour of schools in Calgary.
“I almost fell off my chair when I was given a new speech to read,” Maitland said in the video. “There was no heads up or dialogue that the team on the back end felt the need to change my speech.” WE is the largest youth empowerment organization in Canada, founded by brothers Marc and Craig Kielburger.
" silenced me completely, to be like ... ‘We heard you, we got your email, you tried to reach out, enough,'” she said.
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