Stand up against Racism and Hate: Support the Makuto Family

As you may have seen recently on TV, newspapers and online media, PJ Makuto was viciously assaulted by four assailants in a racially motivated hate crime at Sutton District High School. He is the 17 year old son of Charles and Desiree Makuto. 

     

As a community, we cannot afford to stand by and watch this atrocity at the sidelines and carry on with business as usual. Our children are under attack. Many social justice organisations are rallying around the family to offer support and help the family to fight for justice. We are now calling upon you, our Zimbabwe Canadian community, to join these efforts. 

Here are concrete ways in which you can help:

• Attend the court case: The court case will begin next week, May 15th, at the Newmarket Couthouse, 50 Eagle Street W, L3Y 6B1 905-853-4801. We will send you the exact time next week.
• Call the school to express your outrage and request the expulsion of the students; Sutton District High School 905-722-3281
• Call the York Region District School Board 905-895-7216
• Call the Town of Georgina
• Call the School Superintendent for Georgina, Trustees, Board officials and Politicians
• Contact social-justice and equity-seeking groups for their support
• Spread the Word Get the word out by forwarding this email to your contacts.  Share and spread the story through Social media
• Contribute Financially; the family faces huge legal bills as they seek to get justice for their son and possibly lodge a Human Rights complaint. Please visit the fundraising page set up by the Vaughan African Canadian Association here
• Your Zimbabwe Canadian Support Group is also actively submitting letters of complaint and seeking to engage the authorities in order to express our outrage at this violent act.

If you wish to contact the family directly or wish to help in other ways, you may also call Mr Charles Makuto at 705-437-2677.

We will send further updates on this case as it evolves but please act on this, we have to do something for the safety and future of our children and our community.

United we Stand!