When the system fails us, we can build better. In our first episode, we go back to 2018, exploring the overlapping contexts and systems that contribute to the victimization of African Nova Scotian and Urban Indigenous women in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma,ki - also known as Halifax, Nova Scotia. We hear from the four organizations that would come to form the Creating Communities of Care Project. We learn about the needs of Black and Indigenous women in Kjipuktuk, and the ways in which the systems and institutions (that are put in place to aid women in need) underserve and ultimately criminalize African Nova Scotian and Urban Indigenous women facing gender-based violence. RESOURCES:If you heard parts of your own story in this podcast, and are interested in learning more about the organizations mentioned in this episode, please refer to the following: More about Creating Communities of Care https://creatingcommunities.ca/about-us/Association of Black Social Workers: Contact or intake number/email: ccc@nsabsw.ca OR 902-407-8809 Link to online intake portal: https://www.nsabsw.ca/contactus/ Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia: Contact or intake number/email: ed@efrymns.ca OR (902) 454-5041 Link to online intake portal: https://www.efrymns.ca/copy-of-apply-for-legal-support (select creating communities of care) OR https://www.efrymns.ca/contact Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network: Contact or intake number/email: 902-379-2042 OR 902-895-1141 Link to online intake portal: www.MLSN.ca Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre: Contact or intake number/email: contact@mymnfc.com OR denise@mymnfc.com OR 902-420-1576 Link to online intake portal: https://mymnfc.com/2020/01/contact-mnfc/