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Black & Cultural Events
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Black & Cultural Events
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Virtual Tour Media and Press Event - June 10, 2021, 7:00 PM
Cost: Free, with a suggested $5 donation to the Save the Evidence campaign
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Shé:kon/Hello!
"As you can imagine, Woodland Cultural Centre has received an overwhelming response to the recent discover of 215 children in Kamloops, BC.
We are grateful for the ongoing support of media to continue to tell this important story.
On Thursday, June 10th at 7PM EST we will be hosting an exclusive virtual event for media and press.
You will be guided through the recent renovations of the Mohawk Institute Residential School, and get an updated report on the status of the Save the Evidence campaign and the final phase of the project. Hear from staff, and stories from Survivors.
We invite you to share this invitations with others who would be interested in seeing the inside of the building and discussing the future of the project with our Executive Director, Janis Monture.
Please reply to this email if you have any questions and our staff is here to support you. (Limited Seats Available)"
Click Here to Register for The Event
(From Woodland Cultural Centre website)
"As you can imagine, Woodland Cultural Centre has received an overwhelming response to the recent discover of 215 children in Kamloops, BC.
We are grateful for the ongoing support of media to continue to tell this important story.
On Thursday, June 10th at 7PM EST we will be hosting an exclusive virtual event for media and press.
You will be guided through the recent renovations of the Mohawk Institute Residential School, and get an updated report on the status of the Save the Evidence campaign and the final phase of the project. Hear from staff, and stories from Survivors.
We invite you to share this invitations with others who would be interested in seeing the inside of the building and discussing the future of the project with our Executive Director, Janis Monture.
Please reply to this email if you have any questions and our staff is here to support you. (Limited Seats Available)"
Click Here to Register for The Event
(From Woodland Cultural Centre website)
CULINASIA Conversation Series Explores the Future of Asian Food in America
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"Premiering at the 2021 Hot Docs festival, the timely documentary "Subjects Of Desire" examines the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features, as told by the women who aren't afraid to challenge conventional ideas of what "beauty" is." (Hot Docs Film Festive website)
This is the conversation you’ve been wanting to have about Black women and beauty!
Concerts
TOGETHER IN CONCERT: IN SOLIDARITY WITH AFRICAN GRANDMOTHERS
"The Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign was launched by the Stephen Lewis Foundation in 2006 in response to the crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to raise millions of children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. The Campaign raises funds to support the life enhancing programs run by African grandmothers and the community-based organizations which support them. African grandmothers continue to raise the next generation while two pandemics intersect, HIV and AIDS, and COVID-19. The need is greater than ever, to ensure that community-based organizations have the resources they need to support their communities."
Raising funds for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation
E: cdngrandmothers@gmail.com | W: www.cdngrandmothers.com
Facebook: @Canadiangrandmothers | Instagram: canadiangrandmothers | Twitter: Canadiangrandm1
E: cdngrandmothers@gmail.com | W: www.cdngrandmothers.com
Facebook: @Canadiangrandmothers | Instagram: canadiangrandmothers | Twitter: Canadiangrandm1
Podcasts and Videos
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"In The Black: Canada, was started by three Black Canadian women Nina Aning, Sonia Godding-Togobo, and Donna Paris who, through their work in media and education, have focused on the experience of being Black Canadian. Together they created two projects - The Web Chronicles (2015), and The Windsor Project (2017), which is now part of the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Windsor. Though the collective is not currently active, they all continue the work of telling the stories of Black people." (From the In The Black: Canada website)
I Am Black History (ITBC)
The I Am Black History podcast is a solo project by Donna Paris through InTheBlack:Canada website. Individuals who have stories to share can contact Donna through the website.
Webinars
A Conversation About Woodstock Wainer Family History
Join former Norwich Curator, Mary Beth Start, who will be talking about a former Black Woodstock family, the Wainer family with one of their descendants - George Wortham of Syracuse - in an online program for the Westport Historical Society in Massachusetts. This discussion will be live on at 2:00 p.m. and will also be recorded for later viewing. Below are the details and link for pre-registration which is a free event.
"Join Wainer and Cuffe descendant George Wortham and historian Mary Beth Start for a geographically wide-ranging conversation about the Wainer family and their connections to New York State and Upper Canada. The Wainer family became closely intertwined with Paul Cuffe and his family through marriage, business partnerships and property ownership. The Wainers helped Paul Cuffe build his connections with the Native American community. The Wainer farm is located on Drift Road, Westport. This conversation will focus on Wainer family members who, in the early 1800s, moved to New York State and further afield to Ontario, Canada.
George Hugh Wortham Jr. has collected Wainer family stories, copies of deeds, cemetery locations, family member names, and relationships to pass on to the next generation. George was born and raised in New Bedford and is a Wainer and Cuffe descendant. George moved to Syracuse to start his long sales career and found himself living 30 miles east of his 3rd great-granduncle, Gardner Wainer, and 30 miles west of his 3rd great-grandfather Michael (Micah) Wainer Jr.
Mary Beth Start will contribute information on the families of Thomas and Gardner Wainer focusing on the period following their move to Upper Canada in the late 1820s and early 1830s. She will explore the primary source material available and some of the details that these documents reveal of the Wainers’ experiences in Upper Canada. She will also provide some information on the known descendants of Thomas and Gardner Wainer after 1850.
Mary Beth Start is from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Her interest in local history and the Wainer family began as curator of the Norwich and District Historical Society. This interest continued into her graduate studies at the University of Western Ontario where her research focused on the construction of local historical narrative in a rural Canadian Quaker community. She now farms with her family in the Township of Norwich." (From the Westport Historical Society website)
George Hugh Wortham Jr. has collected Wainer family stories, copies of deeds, cemetery locations, family member names, and relationships to pass on to the next generation. George was born and raised in New Bedford and is a Wainer and Cuffe descendant. George moved to Syracuse to start his long sales career and found himself living 30 miles east of his 3rd great-granduncle, Gardner Wainer, and 30 miles west of his 3rd great-grandfather Michael (Micah) Wainer Jr.
Mary Beth Start will contribute information on the families of Thomas and Gardner Wainer focusing on the period following their move to Upper Canada in the late 1820s and early 1830s. She will explore the primary source material available and some of the details that these documents reveal of the Wainers’ experiences in Upper Canada. She will also provide some information on the known descendants of Thomas and Gardner Wainer after 1850.
Mary Beth Start is from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Her interest in local history and the Wainer family began as curator of the Norwich and District Historical Society. This interest continued into her graduate studies at the University of Western Ontario where her research focused on the construction of local historical narrative in a rural Canadian Quaker community. She now farms with her family in the Township of Norwich." (From the Westport Historical Society website)
Workshops
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The Survivor Healing Series Every Wednesday in June
"The Survivor Healing Series is a weekly gathering for us to come home to ourselves and learn strategies that support our healing journey. Each session will take place on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm PT/ 7:00 pm EST. Mark your calendars for these upcoming sessions:
June 9
Therapy: Mental & Emotional Health as Disruption
REGISTER HERE
June 16
Disrupting in the Home: Unpacking Black Familial Trauma
REGISTER HERE
June 23
Disrupting Sexual Violence Amongst Youth
REGISTER HERE
June 30
Disruption Across Borders: An International Perspective
REGISTER HERE
When we engage in the practice of healing as disruption together, we empower others to do the same. If April taught us anything, it’s that disrupting rape culture is possible, and that healing is our greatest tool for doing so. " (From
Sincerely,
The ‘me too.’ Team
June 9
Therapy: Mental & Emotional Health as Disruption
REGISTER HERE
June 16
Disrupting in the Home: Unpacking Black Familial Trauma
REGISTER HERE
June 23
Disrupting Sexual Violence Amongst Youth
REGISTER HERE
June 30
Disruption Across Borders: An International Perspective
REGISTER HERE
When we engage in the practice of healing as disruption together, we empower others to do the same. If April taught us anything, it’s that disrupting rape culture is possible, and that healing is our greatest tool for doing so. " (From
Sincerely,
The ‘me too.’ Team
Black History Month Events
The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
Dial to your local TVO station
Tune into your local TVO station that carries The Agenda with Steve Paikin. on Tuesday February 16, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. He will be discussing a documentary by Hungry Eyes Media "Speakers For The Dead" produced by Jennifer Holness and her husband Sudz Sutherland made in 2001. "Jennifer Holness (Hungry Eyes Media) was named the recipient of the Established Producer Award in recognition of her contribution to Canada’s film industry and incredible career achievements, which include Home Again (2012), Badge of Pride (2010), and Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (2003)."
Elise Harding-Davis will also be a quest on The Agenda. Elise is the recipient of the Town of Essex 2021 Heritage Preservation Award for her long-time dedication to heritage preservation of Essex County's African Canadian Cemetery Sites (14 to date), seeking an obtaining heritage status from municipal, provincial and federal governments and the promotion and preservation of Black History." Ontario's Hidden Black History
Elise Harding-Davis will also be a quest on The Agenda. Elise is the recipient of the Town of Essex 2021 Heritage Preservation Award for her long-time dedication to heritage preservation of Essex County's African Canadian Cemetery Sites (14 to date), seeking an obtaining heritage status from municipal, provincial and federal governments and the promotion and preservation of Black History." Ontario's Hidden Black History
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The University of Windsor Alumni Association presents events to celebrate Black History Month
Friday February 26 - 3:00-4:00 p.m.
"Celebrating Excellence - A conversation with Bryant McBride and Jermain Franklin.
"Celebrating Excellence - A conversation with Bryant McBride and Jermain Franklin.
Bryant McBride is an executive with the National Hockey League and producer of the movie WILLIE – a documentary about hockey legend Willie O’Ree. Jermain Franklin, anchor at TSN’s SportsCentre in Toronto and a graduate of UWindsor’s Communication Studies program (BA '99). Join Bryant and Jermain as they talk about the making of WILLIE, their shared love of hockey and running. Alumni will have the opportunity to enjoy a complimentary viewing of the movie at their convenience." (From University of Windsor website)
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The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) is a registered Canadian charity, dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of Black History and heritage.
- #BlackedOutHistory Interview on Global News with Natasha Henry
- Interview on Breakfast Television with Mawuli Chai (From Ontario Black History Society website)
#BlackedOutHistory
"In Canada, history is only ever taught one way.
To prove this, we blacked out all of the non-Black history from a 255-page history textbook.
Only 13 pages remained. To demand change, use #BlackedOutHistory."
(From Ontario Black History Society website)
To prove this, we blacked out all of the non-Black history from a 255-page history textbook.
Only 13 pages remained. To demand change, use #BlackedOutHistory."
(From Ontario Black History Society website)
2021 Black History Month Kick-Off
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177 King Street East
Inside the WISH Centre
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Call (519) 352-3565
Inside the WISH Centre
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Call (519) 352-3565
The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society, a Non-Profit Organization, is dedicated to the discovery, research, and preservation of the Black history found in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the city of Chatham.
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The purpose of the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) is to preserve the historical significance of the former Guelph British Methodist Episcopal (BME) Church building by creating a cultural, historical and social centre within Guelph and Wellington County
Fourth Friday at the Guelph Civic Museum
"Featuring a musical performance by Aisha Barrow. Lifeandthetribe is the new R&b and Pop project from singer/songwriter Aisha Barrow. Drawing from diverse influences Lifeandthetribe has a bold, fresh, and new sound that that can be best described as an amalgamation of Jazz, R&B, and Pop. After the successful release of their debut EP, Eye-sha: Extended, Lifeandthetribe is currently in process of recording their first full length album, slated for release in 2021."
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2410 Central Ave, Windsor, ON N8W 4J3
(519) 945-0213
(519) 945-0213
WINDSOR WEST INDIAN ASSOCIATION
To provoke brotherhood, morals, social, cultural and educational well-being of all people of the West Indies to enhance and foster good relationship between people of the West Indies and the wider community.
To provoke brotherhood, morals, social, cultural and educational well-being of all people of the West Indies to enhance and foster good relationship between people of the West Indies and the wider community.
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Emancipation Day August 1, 2020
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2020 DIGITAL 158th EMANCIPATION DAY
Saturday August 1, 2020 11:00 a.m. - Saturday July 31, 2021 12:00 p.m.
"Join us online for a Digital program for Emancipation Day. Bruce Kruger, the Official Crier of the Emancipation will lead off with an opening address followed by greetings from Mayor Ian Boddy, Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard and a host of speakers and performers who have graced the Festival over the years. Memories of past festivals and events in the form of photos, video performances, a Taste of the Festival Jam and Gospel in Moreston Village and so much more.
Here is the link to register on YouTube."
Owen Sound Emancipation Festival Digital 2020 YouTube Premiere (From Owen Sound Emancipation Festival website)
Here is the link to register on YouTube."
Owen Sound Emancipation Festival Digital 2020 YouTube Premiere (From Owen Sound Emancipation Festival website)
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Speaker's Forum - 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Grey Road 18, Owen Sound, ON Canada
6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Grey Road 18, Owen Sound, ON Canada
Gospel at Moreston Village - 2021
Sunday, August 1, 2021
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Grey Roots Museum & Archives (map)Guest Artists - Guest artists - TBD
Suggested Donation - $10.00
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Grey Roots Museum & Archives (map)Guest Artists - Guest artists - TBD
Suggested Donation - $10.00
Black History Tours
Entertainment
- Arobiz.ca - Listings of Toronto Events and Entertainment
Financial Resources
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"For too long Blacks have been left behind by the diversity movement in Canada. The BlackNorth Initiative was created by The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism to combat anti-Black systemic racism in Corporate Canada. The Initiative challenges senior Canadian business leaders to sign a CEO Pledge committing their companies to specific actions and targets designed to end anti-Black systemic racism and create opportunities for all of those in the underrepresented BIPOC community." (From Black North website)
Media
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- African Canadian Voice (AVC) - A program focusing on African Canadian culture and heritage
- Caribbean Vibrations TV - is a magazine style program, highlighting the best of the best in Caribbean entertainment, lifestyle & culture
- The Caribbean Camera - Many People, One Paper
Quote: "We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ~
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ~
