DELTA – Ravi Kahlon, New Democrat MLA for Delta North, is welcoming $4000 through the province’s Multiculturalism Grant Program for Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society.

“Our province is home to a diverse group of people,” said MLA Kahlon. “We are funding the important work that Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society does. Organizations like this make Delta a better place for everyone in the city.”

Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society is receiving funding for their official screening and discussion of their film “My Name Was January.”

A total of 76 community groups around the province will receive funding though the Multiculturalism Grant Program. The program promotes intercultural trust and understanding by funding projects that bring people together in creative ways to enhance multiculturalism and address racism. The B.C. Government provides $300,000 annually to communities across B.C. through this grant program.

This grant program is just one way the province is tackling human rights issues. In November 2018 the BC NDP government introduced legislative amendments to the Human Rights Code that will re-establish a human rights commission to promote and protect human rights for all British Columbians.

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