{"id":17503,"date":"2017-02-16T12:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=17503"},"modified":"2017-02-16T12:48:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:48:21","slug":"yolande-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/yolande-james\/","title":{"rendered":"My Yolande James cover story in the Montrealer this month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My feature on Yolande James is the cover story in The Montrealer<\/a> this month!<\/p>\n

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Just as we were going to print, Mme. James announced that she is indeed going to seek the Liberal nomination in St. Laurent, as announced by the CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the quotes from the story:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen things are not going the way that you think that they should, that\u2019s when your voice should be heard. It\u2019s not a time to step away. If you don\u2019t like what you\u2019re seeing, it\u2019s time to step in, whether that\u2019s marching or whatever. Of course, you should vote. Your voice needs to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of who I am is because of Montreal. Growing up in the community where I grew up in and being French and English at the same time. I don\u2019t know anywhere else where that\u2019s possible. It\u2019s really the privilege of diversity. I understand that it is a privilege to live in a place that\u2019s diverse in so many levels, not just in colour but in culture and language and everything. That\u2019s a privilege to live that. You realize that when you have a chance to connect with someone who hasn\u2019t had that privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember setting up this program to help get young immigrants work experience. This was something that hadn\u2019t existed before and I remember seeing them afterwards and hearing how much it meant to them. Those are the moments that really count.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I try to do is to make issues as clear as possible so that people can make up their own minds. It\u2019s a constant effort on my part to connect whatever is going on in Quebec City and communicate about whatever it is that affects you.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m no longer the youngest of anything. I will be 40 in November. It\u2019s a big year. This last year was a lot about reflecting where I am and where I want to go. I like that because it forces me to do the inner work about what works and what doesn\u2019t. In my continual work, I keep thinking that I have so much to be grateful for. When I turned 30, if I had fast-forwarded to my life now, I couldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n

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