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From YouTube: APRIL 6 2022 Statements Grace Lore
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
victoria
beacon
hill-
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
arts
connect
us
to
each
other
to
our
communities
and
to
ourselves.
Artists,
authors
and
musicians
showed
their
resilience
and
their
cr
creativity
throughout
the
last
two
years.
Over
the
weekend,
as
has
already
been
mentioned,
alex
cuba,
former
victoria
resident,
I
might
add,
won
the
grammy
for
latin
pop
album
for
mendo
an
album
he
recorded
in
his
living
room
in
smithers
in
smithers.
A
Also
during
the
pandemic,
victoria's
theater
scam
took
their
show
on
the
road,
literally
the
side
of
the
road
keeping
theater
and
connection
alive
by
bringing
their
show
to
people.
They
brought
art
and
hope
and
optimism,
while
also
tackling
big
issues
like
anti-black
racism,
and
they
did
it
by
donation.
A
Thankfully,
they
are
now
back
to
productions
and
theater
classes,
inspiring
a
love
of
art
and
expression
in
children
and
youth,
including
mr
speaker,
my
two
children
who
recently
made
their
stage
debuts
as
a
monster
and
a
tech
savvy
princess
in
the
summer
during
the
annual
stampede
you'll,
find
original
shorts
performed,
live
alongside
local
bike
trails,
theater,
scam
and
dozens
of
other
organizations
in
my
community
were
recently
awarded
resilience.
Funding
and
arts
grants.
Arts
impact
grants
by
the
bc,
arts,
council,
orca
book
publishers.
A
Another
recipient
believes
that
all
people,
people
of
all
ethnicities,
abilities
and
genders
should
see
themselves
in
the
books
they
read
and
that
reading
can
contribute
to
a
more
compassionate
world.
So
many
of
the
authors
published
with
orca
are
from
right
here
in
my
community,
including
robin
stevenson,
the
award-winning
author
of
pride,
puppy
and
camosun
college
instructor
and
author
kari
jones,
the
witness
blanket
truth.
A
Art
and
reconciliation
was
written
by
carrie,
newman
artist
and
impact
chair
in
indigenous
art
practices,
an
award-winning
journalist,
kirsty
hudson,
the
belfry
theater,
the
jazz
society,
the
victoria
film
fest,
the
afro-latin
cultural
exchange
society
and
many
more
have
all
been
recognized
by
the
bc
arts
council
through
funding.
I
encourage
everyone
to
pick
up
a
local
book,
listen
to
alex
cuba's
album
and
find
a
way
to
take
in
some
live
theater.
This
spring.