Brandy Williams is an accomplished educator who writes for the Huffington Post, Associated Content, and a host of magazines. As a scholar, Brandy focuses her time on issues in Black America and Education. Her drive towards success comes from her husband and son.
Ms. Williams will be on our show live tonight at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PST. She will be discussing one of her articles, “An Open Letter To Black Women” and the Black family dynamic. To read an “Open Letter To Black Women”, please click on the following link:
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Jumoke (pronounced Joo-MOH-keh) is a Nigerian word which means “Everyone Loves The Child.”
Camp Jumoke was founded in 1994 by The Association for the Advancement of Blacks in Health Sciences (AABHS) and is dedicated to enriching the lives of children who have Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). In its first year of operation, 40 children attended the camp for two weeks.
The continuing mandate of the Camp Jumoke Organization is to better serve the needs of hundreds of children across Canada afflicted with Sickle Cell Disease. Your contributions help send kids to a camp where they can participate in outdoor activities, develop lifelong memories and relationships, enhance their self-esteem, create support networks and so much more.
In this episode, we talk and share with Yvonne Clarke, Events Director for Camp Jumoke. She talks a little about herself and a lot about Camp Jumoke.
Each year since its inception in 1994, Camp Jumoke has held a walkathon to raise the necessary funds to send children with Sickle Cell Disease to summer camp. Camp Jumoke receives no government funding. Therefore, it is primarily supported by private and corporate donations.
The annual Camp Jumoke walk-a-thon is an entire day of family-oriented events featuring celebrities, live entertainment, children’s activities, vendors, refreshments and free giveaways. Thanks to the City of Toronto, we are able to hold all of these festivities in the park behind the provincial legislative building.
The Camp Jumoke walk-a-thon is a lively procession through the streets of downtown toronto and attracts participants from the Greater Toronto Area, surrounding areas and across North America .
At last year’s walk-a-thon, thousands of dollars were raised by more than 1,500 individual donations and corporate sponsorships. This allowed 36 children to attend the two week camp session and develop a life time of memories.
Date: Saturday May 29th, 2010 – Rain or Shine!
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Queens Park- Toronto (North Entrance Near Museum Subway Station On the North-South University Subway Line)
Web information: http://www.jumoke.org/walk.asp
If you would like to find out more about Camp Jumoke contact:
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LeRon L. Barton is a writer, photographer, and all around artist. He started Mainline Publishing to produce works that will captivate and get people talking. After tons of rejections letters and crazy advice from his agent, he decided to take his destiny into hia own hands and go indie, and Mainline Publishing was born. The idea behind the company was to showcase works that maybe considered too controversial for other houses to take on.
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Colin shares on how he got started in radio and podcasting and some of the challenges that the Black community faces.
You can listen to Colin on “Colin’s Edge” every Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Blog Talk at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/colinsedge. Colin also is on “The Cutting Egde” on CHRY (http://www.chry.fm/) on the second Sunday of each month on the “Cutting Edge” from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Eastern Time).
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Celebrating Jamaica’s national fruit, 2015 marks the third anniversary of the Caribbean culinary festival, Ackee Fest. On Sunday, August 16 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm at the Jamaican Canadian Centre, 995 Arrow Road this family friendly event will leave attendees with their stomach and hearts full.
From hot and mild, to savoury and sweet, Ackee Fest 2015 showcases the versatility of Ackee serving both traditional and contemporary fusion dishes. From Ackee and Saltfish to Ackee Lemon Cheesecake attendees can expect a mouthwatering experience.
This year’s festival highlights include an Ackeelicious booth serving unique Ackee dishes including; coconut soup, chocolate mousse, ice cream and lemon cheesecake highlighting a sweeter side to the fruit traditionally used in savoury dishes.
“Nothing brings people together quite like sharing a meal does,” says founder and organizer Lona Hughes. “What makes this festival unique is that attendees are sharing more than just a meal. Many are sharing their heritage with their children, and stories of their childhood in Jamaica with their friends and community. Meanwhile we also have so many people experiencing ackee for the first time and building their own memories.”
Ms. Hughes will on our show live talking about this year’s Ackee Fest tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Pacific.
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Ackee was first brought over to the Caribbean from Africa during the 18th century, and is traditionally served with salt fish. Ackee Fest inspires attendees to celebrate the fruit by using it in new ways.
Each year the festival hosts a competition challenging local chefs to present an innovative ackee dish to a panel of judges. This year chef Gene Campbell will return to defend his title as the reigning champion. The competition will be judged by 2015 Miss Caribbean Canada, Valarie Steele, President of Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation, Francesco Serpe from sponsor TD Canada Trust and Christopher Jones from TTC’s ATU Local 113.
This year’s festival features live entertainment including; drummer Muhtadi Thomas, Little Mr. Philippines Canada, singer Edward Jones, folklore storyteller Letna Allen, singer Nana McLean, dance group Arch Angels Dance Academy as well as a Kid Zone with face painting, art classes, games, and story telling.
Attendees can also browse the marketplace where they can purchase vegan delights, books, Ras Stone’s Art, one of a kind pieces from local artisans, and more.
An authentic Jamaican style brunch will be served from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, and dinner from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Both meals are included in the ticket price. Dishes served will include favourites like ackee and saltfish, jerk chicken, fried plantain, and less traditional dishes like ackee fritters, ackee pasta salad and ackee lasagna.
Ackee Fest raises funds for The Sage In Me Education Services; a Toronto based non-profit organization, which aims to provide programs, services and events that focus on academic development, mental wellness, and self-empowerment to build healthy communities.
Advance tickets for adults can be purchased for $30 from select ticket outlets or for $35 at the door. Children’s tickets are on sale $15. For more ticket information please visit Ackee Fest, Twitter and Email.
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News footage from the 2013 Stand Up Conference
Every young person deserves and has the ability to be successful. We know from data that young men of Colour are at risk of not meeting the Ontario Standard at grades 7 and 8. Only 40% of students born in the English-speaking Caribbean and 45% of students born in East Africa achieve or exceed the provincial standard in all four subjects in grades 7 and 8. These young men represent one of the largest groups of students at risk of failing the grade 10 literacy test and graduating from high school*. They can sometimes feel powerless to navigate the barriers to their success.
In response to the high number of young men of Colour underachieving in schools, The Toronto District School Board launched the inaugural Young Men Conference in May of 2010. The conference was a tremendous success!
For students, the conference provided a very special opportunity for synthesizing their learning, as well as meeting successful men of Colour and hearing directly from them about the challenges ahead and how through, hard work and education they can achieve their dreams. Students’ feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive and encouraging. Students left the day expressing optimism and hope for their futures and were able to visualize a path to success as outlined by the men at the conference.
The men who volunteered to spend the day with the youth at the conference demonstrated their commitment to reaching out into the community and providing leadership in fostering the social and intellectual development of young men of Colour.
As a result of the resounding success of all the prior conferences, we are doing it again for the 5th year! On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at George Brown College, we will gather over 250 young men in Grades 7 and 8 from cross the TDSB (Toronto District School Board), to spend the day together learning, sharing and growing at this very special conference organized just for them.
The fifth annual Young Men’s Conference will provide its young male participants with the opportunity to engage with successful men of Colour from a variety of professions including business, sports, entertainment, medicine, politics, and so on. These professionals will share their personal stories of success and strategies for overcoming barriers. The hope is that the student participants will leave the day with a feeling of empowerment, responsibility and a desire to be successful!
We spoke with Hugh Lawson about the Stand Up Conference. During our conversation, Hugh talked about:
– His background and his experience with education
– director of Business Development in the Promotional Product Brand Merchandise Division
– The history of the Stand Up Conference
– What young men of color in grades 7 and 8 in Toronto are facing and they are telling him about their lives
– What needs to be done to help young men of color
– Some of his memories from the Stand Up Conference and how the conference has evolved
– The history behind the 100 Strong Academy
– What does he get out of the conference
– The theme for this kids and the men attending this year’s conference
The 5th Annual Stand Up Conference
Date: Wednesday April 30, 2014
Time: 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Location: George Brown Campus (290 Adelaide Street), Toronto
This year’s themes are:
For the attendees: “Putting your plan into action”.
For the mentors: “The importance of giving back through mentoring.”
DRIVEN is a non profit, mentorship focused start-up accelerator. We accelerate highly innovative tech start-ups led by women and people of colour.
DRIVEN’S first Demo Day will take place on Tuesday November 20th at 1 PM. Our 5 start-ups will have 5 minutes to demo their product to a panel of judges, investors, and industry influencers.
Come and see the best the Toronto start-up community as to offer. Register in advance to save your spot. This event is private and by invite only.
The entrance fee for Demo Day is $5 advanced, $10 at the door. All revenue generated from the event will go towards the support and development of the DRIVEN accelerator program.
Today at 9:45 a.m., we will have Tamar Melissa-Huggins, DRIVEN’S Creative Visionary Officer, live on our show to talk about DRIVEN’S Fall Demo Day.
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