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WINNIPEG -- A new grassroots organization is calling for the CEO of Siloam Mission, a Christian humanitarian organization that serves Winnipeg’s homeless population, to resign. ‘Not My Siloam’ is a new group made up of former Siloam Mission staff members and concerned citizens. The group says Jim Bell, Siloam Mission’s CEO since 2017, has been a barrier to the inclusion of Indigenous traditions and cultural practices in Siloam Mission services. “There was not a lot of consistent space” dedicated to cultural practices, said Delvina Kejick, the former spiritual and cultural care coordinator at Siloam Mission. “There was no space, there was no place that existed that way.”