Our friends at Harlem Restaurant have just received more props. The time from Toronto Life magazine. Click on the following link http://www.torontolife.com/guide/restaurants/american/harlem/
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
We would like to wish all mothers young and old a “Happy Mother’s Day“!! We men could not do it without you!!
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
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Hey!! What is up? We hope that all is fine with you.
We have some exciting news!! Vibe and Vegas are being interviewed on two different shows that you can check out.
We are being interviewed live on radio station CHRY on the “Cutting Edge” radio show hosted by Colin Jobe on May 9, 2010 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The link for CHRY is http://www.chry.fm/. The are a number of ways that you can listen to the show.
1.You can go the website http://www.chry.fm/ and click on “Listen Live” in the “Quick Links” section on the left hand side of the site.
2. You can listen the show on TV on Rogers cable dial 945.
3. You can listen to the show on the radio at 105.5 FM.
The second opportunity to catch us being interviewed is on the “And The Beat Goes On” hosted by Nikki Clarke at www.caribbeanheadlinenews.com. Our interview segment on will be aired Monday, May 10, 2010 to Friday, May 14, 2010 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
We would like to thank Nikki and Colin for having us on their shows. Feel free to check out their shows!! They are doing great things!!
We hope that you can take some time out of your busy schedules to check us out!!! Thanks to all of you for your support!!! It is appreciated and not taken for granted.
Feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
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The Black Daddies Club (BDC) located in Toronto is looking for some volunteers for their advisory board. Check it out …
The Black Daddies Club (BDC) was founded in 2007 by Brandon Hay in response to the lack of forums and spaces for Black men to discuss parenting issues as well as the issues facing the Black Community as a whole. The main goal is to change the image of black fathers in the media, from a neglectful figure to a responsible, involved and loving role model.
BDC Mandate/Guiding Principles
• To develop a continuous support system for black fathers to share their challenges and or experiences
• To host events featuring various speakers both high-profile and “everyday” people who inspire and encourage positive practices for Black fathers and community members generally
• To work with various media outlets to provide alternate images of black fathers
The Black Daddies Club (BDC) is currently recruiting 11 volunteers to be apart of an advisory board (1 year term) as well as community agencies to partner with for our latest initiative called the Holistic Integration Programming (H.I.P).
About H.I.P (Holistic Integration Programming)
The H.I.P is a 3 step model initiative focused on successfully integrating incarcerated individuals back into society upon their release:
1. Youth Center – working directly with the young men that are incarcerated at various youth centres or prisons, to break a negative cycle and replace with a positive cycle; using methods of mentorship and various community partners
2. Community – working with these men when they are released into the community,
3. Long- Term Community – ensuring that the individuals making sure these men are independent to navigate through the systems to acquire the help if needed.
Our proposed role for the advisory committee is to provide strategic input to BDC that will assist in accomplishing the goals set by the H.I.P. initiative. Your contributions as part of the advisory committee will be much appreciated and we will do our best to accommodate all members of the committee to ensure that your participation is possible. As part of the initial step of the H.I.P. BDC is currently recruiting and setting up the advisory committee. The advisory committee’s term end date is July 2011. The advisory committee will be consulted approx 4-5 times over the course of the project’s timeline. Meetings will take place in person as well as by phone and via e-mail. Our initial in person is tentatively scheduled for early June.
We are particularly interested in candidates and agencies with grassroots community engagement experience.
Specifically, we are seeking:
• Individuals or community agencies with the capacity to assist is areas such as social work and research, law, family law and human rights, social development, education (post secondary), rites of passage, mental health, social justice movements, and employment
• People who bring a perspective that encompasses the general experience of visible minority groups
• People from various ethnic identities, cultural traditions and backgrounds
• People who understand from their personal experience, work, and/or volunteer activity issues important to vulnerable or marginalized community members
• People who live or work in any of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods
Send your letter of interest to info@blackdaddiesclub.com identifying your skills and qualifications. (Deadline: May 2nd, 2010)
If you are interested in hearing more about the H.I.P. initiative, BDC will be conducting a community meeting open to the general public on Saturday, May 1st (1p.m.-3p.m.) at Harlem restaurant (67 Richmond Street East just east of Church street, http://www.harlemrestaurant.com/aboutus.html). Admission is free.
Black Daddies Club
http://www.blackdaddiesclub.com/
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
One of the reasons for the success of the “The Dr.Vibe Show” is the support of Harlem Restaurant. We record many episodes there because we support them and they support us. Plus, the food and the staff are great!! Here is a great recent review of Harlem Underground. Enjoy!!
http://www.eyeweekly.com/food/review/article/85667
Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com.
Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr.Vibe Show” Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalists (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series)
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We are always pleased to share positive information and events with you. Here is one of them …
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
It’s a Black History Month story with role models who aren’t Musicians or Sports heroes.
It’s the story of ten thousand Black engineers who will be coming to Toronto for the National Society of Black Engineers annual convention from March 31st to April 4th, 2010.
The National Society of Black Engineers is one of the largest student-run organizations in the US, centered on improving the recruitment and retention of Black engineering & science students. It diligently follows its mission to “increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community”.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), an province of Ontario government run corporation, recognizes the long term benefits of partnering with this organization and will be funding the convention registration for the students from a local Toronto high school, Blessed Mother Theresa in Scarborough, Ontario. OPG has taken a vested interest in this school, and since October 2009 10-Pickering based employees visit a local high school, to help students prepare for the Engineering Design &
Tri-Math-a-Lon competitions taking place at the annual convention.
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) organization of over 30,000 members spans all ages with 3 core targets groups: Pre-College Initiative (from grades K-12), Collegiate (college & university students), and Technical & Professional (Alumni & Industry Colleagues). The convention themed “Engineering a Global Impact” will be the largest black professional event ever held in Canada, with mini-conferences focusing content to each of the 3 core groups, a 300+ company career fair, many networking and tour opportunities.
There are many more opportunities to help students attending this convention. For more information visit http://convention.nsbe.org or call (416) 520-2138.
NSBE Convention Information on Facebook: http://facebook.com/nsbe2010
NSBE Convention Information on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nsbe2010
WHEN: March 31st –April 4th, 2010
WHERE: Metro Toronto Convention Center
CONTACT: Nnaziri Ihejirika 416-520-2138
Feel free to email the The Dr.Vibe Show at info@blackcanadianman.com
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
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Welcome to the new home of “The Dr.Vibe Show”. Over the last few months, we have been working on improving the site for you!! Well, here it is!!!
We have uploaded most of the interviews from our first site The Dr.Vibe Show. Please note that we will continue to have interviews posted to our first site at The Dr.Vibe Show until further notice.
With our new site, we offer some new things such as:
1. A “Search” box that allows to look for a specific topic or person within the site
2. “Links” to other sites
3 . A calendar of the current month and the days that posts have been made during that month
4. If you would like to follow us on Twitter, there is one of two ways.
The first way is:
1. Go to our Twitter page at Vibe and Vegas Twitter Page.
2. Click the link labeled “Follow Me” below, then once you get there, click the “Follow Me” button.
The second way is:
1. If you already have a twitter account, you can just put “vibeandvegas” in the search box on your home page and request to follow us.
5. A list of current “The Dr.Vibe Show” tweets
6. One thing that we are really excited to be able to you with the new site is video. We are now able to post videos to the site. After each episode, you will see that we have posted some video that is related to the podcast episode. If you would like to look at any of the videos that we have collected for the site, please go the right hand side of the site and there will be a yellow box with “vibeandvegas” with videos below it. At the bottom of this box, you will see the blue caption “see all videos” (the number of videos will keep changing. If you click on the blue caption, you will be taken to our video collection. If you would like to view a specific video, just click on it.
7. All of episodes are now available for download at Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes. Here is how:
To find and subscribe to the “The Dr.Vibe Show” podcast:
1. Launch Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes. If you do not have Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes, download the latest version of Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes, free.
2. In the left column of Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes, click on Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes Store.
3. In the box labeled “Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes STORE”, click on “Podcasts.”
4. Enter “The Dr.Vibe Show” in the Search Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes Store field. When Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes displays results for your search, click PODCASTS.
5. Click Subscribe.
After a few seconds, Listen to the Dr. Vibe Show at iTunes will begin to download the latest episode for the podcast you subscribed to. To listen to the episode:
1. Click the triangle next to the name of the podcast to see all the episodes:
2. Double-click on the top episode to play it.
3. To download and play older episodes, double-click on them or click the Get button.
8. The “Live Traffic Feed” box on the right side of the site provides a live view tells you what city the site’s visitors are from.
9. A place where you can sign up to receive notification via email of new posts and RSS Links that provides links to the blog’s RSS feeds.
We are working on fixing some things and adding some more things to the site. When new features are added to the site, we will post the updates on the new site.
We appreciate your feedback, comments and suggestions at info@blackcanadianman.com
You can also leave us a message by calling us at 1-866-208-9385 (toll free in North America).
Special thanks:
To all our guests … thanks for taking the time to share … you have educated us and our listeners!!
To Carl, Anthony and the rest of the Harlem Restaurant posse … thanks so much for hosting so many of our podcasts … your food is great but you guys are even better!!
Yaffa, Cushma Gal, David and Sandra … thanks so much for believing and taking part … more group podcasts to come!!
Xania and Nigel … thank for your support and being there in the beginning … the mic is always open to you …
Kingpin and Dr. K … you are providing encouragement … it is appreciated and not taken for granted …
Ray from The Podcasters Studio … a few months ago, we wanted to improve our podcast site … I did some searching on the internet and found Ray’s site … We emailed each other over the next two days Ray helped us take the site to another level!! Podcast picker, you da man!! Thanks for your help and support!! If you want to know about how to podcast, please check out his site The Podcasters Studio.
From Vibe … Thanks Annmarie for your believing in me, your support and love support in doing this!!
Finally, we would like to thank you for your listening, support and encouragement. If you have a guest suggestion, please feel free to contact us. Myself and Vegas are looking forward to providing you with content that will stimulate thought and discussion so that Black Canadian men and those that care about them can work, share and grow together.
Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com.
Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr.Vibe Show” Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series)
Twitter
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We hope that 20X (2010) brings you, your families and loved ones blessings and favor!!
We thought that we would share a poem that we feel will provide educatione, empowerment, enlightenment and encouragement to Black Canadian men and those love them. It is a poem titled, “I Am A Black Man” by George Edward Tait. Enjoy!!
I AM A BLACK MAN by George Edward Tait
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
My history is that of humanity
My roots predate the calendar
My contributions are
all that is / has been / will be thought (i.e. civilized ideas)
all that is / has been / will be said (i.e. cultivated words)
all that is / has been / will be done (i.e. creative words)
I am a Black man
An Afikan man
My father’s son
My thoughts include his thoughts
My blood and bone and flesh include his
My work include his spirit
I follow in his footsteps
I continue them-
and make my own
I am a Black man
An Afikan man
Speak not to me of compromise
I am straight line i.e. will
I am upward i.e. growth
I am circle i.e. fulfillment
My goal is perfection
My path is productivity
My vehicle is power
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
Re-ascending my throne
I tolerate no obstacle
Hindrances do not deter me
I feed on impediments
I shall purge my kingdom
All poaches beware
It’s game warden time
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
Do not attack me with media cries of Chauvinism
(Exploitation is a foreign product-imported by Negroes)
Do not try to change me-I reject the effeminate
Do not ask me to cry-tears are the for the trembling and watery eyes anathema to the warrior
(i.e. the enemy must remain in focus until the enemy no longer remains)
Do not attempt to domesticate me-
I cannot protect you with dishpan hands
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
In time of war
Present me with harmony but
Speak not to me of peace
Until victory is ours
Present me with unconditional love
That I might
Present us with unconditional liberation
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
Acknowledge my strength
Offer me not prizes for weakness
Do not encourage the superficial
Tempt me not with diversion
If you are my friend-fight by my side or heal my wounds
If you are my enemy-confess
I am a black man
An Afrikan man
Detained
But not destroyed
Enslaved
But not extinct
Conquered and
Oppressed
But not for long
I am a Black man
An Afrikan man
Fighting for the future / heading for home
Manhood
Be my momentum
Nationhood
Be my challenge
Familyhood
Be my reward
Please feel to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
One of the favorite places that we like to hang out is Harlem Restaurant. We love the people, the food and the atmosphere. We love it so much that we have recorded a number of podcasts there.
Harlem Restaurant has just received a great review. You can check it out at http://bit.ly/7jNMah
Please note that they have opened up a second location. Check out http://bit.ly/8tEPVp
Enjoy!!
Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com
God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Vibe and Vegas
info@blackcanadianman.com
