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It could take as little as a minutes-long meeting with Sarah Robinson for your life to change, say some who were close to her.
The Indigenous woman from the Fort Nelson and Saulteau First Nations had the ability to make people feel special and transform the way they thought, said Chastity Davis-Alphonse, a friend who sat with her on the Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women. That was one of several advocacy and advisory roles Robinson held before her recent death of cancer at 35.
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Davis-Alphonse said she met Robinson in 2014 while serving on the Minister s Advisory Council and they instantly became friends. Robinson dedicated her life to providing advice and educating cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and other political staff on the lived experiences of Indigenous women in B.C. and what needs to be done to address issues of violence and discrimination.
BC is a better place today because of Sarah Robinson s passionate work to dismantle the systemic discrimination that is still a reality for far too many people in our province. I m sad to learn of her passing and extend my deepest condolences to her family and friends. https://t.co/LCSRoF7hbZ—@jjhorgan