The Regent Park Social Development Plan (SDP) “was established to guide the revitalization and work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders who live or work in Regent Park. It incorporated the leadership of residents, grassroots groups, agency partners, institutions, government, Toronto Community Housing, and the City of Toronto. The Stakeholders’ Table was responsible for the implementation, coordination, resourcing, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of the Refreshed Social Development Plan, as well as maintaining its ongoing relevancy and responsiveness
to commmunity needs.”
At a recent monthly meeting of the Regent Park SDP Employment and Economic Development, held at the Daniels Spectrum, two key presenters were on hand, the first was Varda Parit a Community Outreach Worker from the Anti-Racism Action Project (ARAP) who presented a short talk that combined a needs assessment survey designed to determine area resident's experiences related to racism. Followed by another ARAP initiative called Healing with T, a Somatic Healing session dealing with how racism is “trauma” that may become buried in the physical body, and which through Somatic Healing therapy individuals can find some relief