Things Black Girls Say

Things Black Girls Say ... 

Comedy Bar

945 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario 

Sunday, April 12th

7 p.m.

Headliner, Zabrina Chevannes

Hosted by Keesha Brownie

Featuring

Aisha Alfa

Aisha Brown

Coko & Daphney

Jhanelle Dennis

Chrstal Ferrier

and special guy

Mark James Health

Community Meeting

 

Join Anthony Perruzza Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7 pm at Elia Middle School (215 Sentinel Road) to discuss how to fight the sale of Elia Middle School's field by TDSB.

 

Local Toronto District School Trustee Stephnie Payne will be in attendance.

31st Division BBQ

The 31st Division welcomed the community to a very entertaining and informative open house today. Community youth enjoyed hotdogs, cold drinks and other delicious treats. Music, clowns, face painting, basketball and hockey kept the youth busy.  Residents had the opportunity to have pictures taken inside the fire engine, the police car and even on the police motorcycle. 

 

Photos by gLoRiA

The community met and spoke with the police officers and members of the fire department.  There were also employment information booths inside the station and Judy Sgro stopped by to greet community members.

Photos by gLoRiA. Lower left hand corner by Grace)

It was fun and an excellent day for getting to know the brave men and women who keep our community save.

Centre for Green Change

Wednesday, May 1st, 1-9PM

 

Help build a beautiful harvest table for a new community kitchen at the Centre for Green Change!

 

 

ALL WELCOME!

WHERE:

Carpentry Workshop in the Odette Sculpture Studio
Center for Fine Arts Building
Faculty of Fine Arts

York University
4700 Keele St.

*Dinner and snacks provided and transportation to/from York University can be arranged.*

International Day of Pink

April 10th marks the International Day of Pink. It is a day where communities across the country, and across the world, can unite in celebrating diversity and raising awareness to stop homophobic, transphobic & all forms of bullying.

The International Day of Pink was started in Nova Scotia when 2 straight high school students saw a gay student wearing a pink shirt being bullied. The 2 students intervened, but wanted to do more to prevent homophobic & transphobic bullying. They decided to purchase pink shirts, and a few days later got everyone at school to arrive wearing pink, standing in solidarity. The result was that an entire school stopped homophobic & transphobic bullying.

The message was clear: anyone can bully, any can be victimized by bullying, but together we can stop it.

Each year on the second Wednesday of April, millions of people wear pink to remember that positive actions make a difference. And that the change starts with each one of us.

http://www.dayofpink.org/en/info

OPEN HOUSE & BARBECUE

Happy Birthday, York University!

Celebrating York's 54th Birthday, on Tuesday, March 26.

 

 

 

All photos taken by gLoRiA

The First Black . . .

• Anderson Ruffin Abbott, became the first Black Canadian physician  in 1861;
• Wayne Adams, Nova Scotia's first black MLA, Liberal;
• Lincoln Alexander, first black Member of Parliament in Canada and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario;
• Yvonne Atwell, Nova Scotia's first black woman MLA, NDP;
• Jean Augustine, former Member of Parliament, First Black Canadian Cabinet Minister, former deputy Speaker of the House of Commons;
• Addie Aylestock, first ordained Black woman minister in Canada;
• Donovan Bailey, first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100m sprint (1996 Atlanta);
• Emery Barnes, first black Speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly and CFL defensive end;
• Lindsay Blackett, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and the province's first Black cabinet minister;
• Rosemary Brown, British Columbia legislator, and the first black woman to run for the leadership of a political party in Canada (the federal New Democratic Party);
• Ulrick Chérubin, mayor of Amos, Quebec and one of the first black mayors of any city in Quebec;
• Anne Cools, Canada's first black senator;
• Delos Davis, first Black lawyer in Canada;
• George Dixon, first black world boxing champion in any weight class;
• Keith Forde, the first visible minority Deputy Chief of Police in the history of the Toronto Police Service;
• Rose Fortune, first female police officer in Canada;
• William Hall, first Nova Scotian, and third Canadian and first black person to be awarded the Victoria Cross;
• Daniel G. Hill, sociologist and first head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission;
• Michaëlle Jean, former broadcaster and former Governor General of Canada, the first black person in Canadian history appointed to that position;
• Marlene Jennings, first black woman from Quebec to be elected to Parliament;
• Harry Jerome, runner and first Canadian to hold an official world track and field record;
• Olivier Le Jeune, believed to have been the first slave purchased in what later became Quebec;
• Sandra Levy, Olympic field hockey player;
• Daurene Lewis, first black woman mayor in North America;
• Ray Lewis, first Canadian born Black to win a medal in the Olympics;
• Howard McCurdy, Member of Parliament and the first black male to run for the leadership of a political party (the federal New Democratic Party);
• Firmin Monestime, mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first black mayor in Canada;
• Aaron Albert Mossell, first Black person to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School;
• Nathan Francis Mossell, first Black person to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School;
• Willie O'Ree, first black hockey player in the National Hockey League;
• Donald Oliver, first black senator from Nova Scotia;
• Stuart Parker, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia 1993 to 2000, the first (and only) black leader of a political party in Canada;
• Juliette Powell, television host and the first black Miss Canada (1989);
• Bill Riley, third Black player in NHL history;
• Mary Ann Shadd, first female newspaper publisher;
• John Ware, former slave, Alberta cowboy;
• William A. White, only black officer of the No. 2 Construction Battalion; and
• Mary Matilda Winslow, first Black female graduate of the University of New Brunswick.

Black History Month

Food Bank Locations

2350 Finch Avenue West
Finch & Weston Road
Beside CIBC Bank & Gas Station
Call for appointment: 416-663-2978

Salvation Army
Jane & Yorkwood
Call for appointment: 416-631-7222

Society for the Living
274 Eddystone Avenue
Thursday 9 - 11 a.m.
Saturday 3 - 5 p.m. (drop-in)
Sunday 11 - 1 p.m.
Call for details: 416-746-0388

North Prayer Palace
1111 Arrow Road & Finch
Call for appointment: 416-241-1100

Mount Zion/Adventist Church
Keele & Sheppard
Call for appointment: 647-688-6558

I hope this helps those in need of assistance with food, living in the Keele and Finch area. Please remember to contact the food bank for an appointment and/or more information on their services.

Idlenomoreyorku

 

A round dance flash mob in solidarity with Idle No More and Chief Therese Spence took place at YorkU today. It commenced inside Vari Hall and smoothly flowed outside where the round dance continued in support of Chief Therese Spence.

 

Photo and Video by gLoRiA. More pics at http://facebook.com/keeleandfinch

Remembrance Day

BRAVE

WORLD AIDS DAY

World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is a time for reflection: on what we have achieved with regard to the national and global response to HIV, and what we still must achieve.

World AIDS Day is a day dedicated to commemorate those who have passed on and to raise awareness about AIDS and the global spread of the HIV virus.

The first World AIDS Day was held in 1988 after health ministers from around the world met in London, England and agreed to such a day as a way of highlighting the enormity of the AIDS pandemic and nations’ responsibility to ensure universal treatment, care and support for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Led by the World AIDS Campaign organization, the theme for World AIDS Day 2012 is ”Getting to zero.” Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.

According to the UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report 2012, 1.7 million people worldwide died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2011. By 2011, an estimated 34 million people around the world were living with HIV.

On a national scale, an estimated 71,300 Canadians are living with HIV, and an estimated 3,175 new HIV infections occurred in 2011.

 

Click here to visit Catie.ca

Poverty in Canada

Once the full impact of the recent global economic crisis is calculated, it is estimated that as many as 4.8 million Canadians will be poor. If you gathered this many people in one place—men, women and children—you would create a city twice the size of Toronto.

On average, 9% of people living in Canada are poor. However, some groups are much more likely to be poor than others:

• Aboriginal women (First Nations, Métis, Inuit)—36%
• Visible minority women—35%
• Women with disabilities—26%
• Single parent mothers—21% (7% of single parent fathers are poor)
• Single senior women—14%
• Some groups have appallingly high rates of poverty: In Manitoba, almost 70% of Aboriginal children under the age of six are poor.

Compared to other developed countries, Canada’s poverty rate is high—we rank 20th out of 31 OECD countries. High poverty makes a country less competitive, its people less healthy, and its society less equal. 

 

Read more: FACTS-ABOUT-POVERTY

OPEN House

Join OPIRG York on...

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16th 2012 from 12pm - 4pm
in the OPIRG office (Student Centre Rm. 449 C) for free food, fun and meeting amazing fellow social justice thinkers on campus!

JFAAP

Come Out

to

Demonstrate Against Poverty 

for the

Day for the Eradication of Poverty

on

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

starting at 3:30pm

Jane & Finch (South East Corner)

Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) meets at 6pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Black Creek Community Health Centre in Yorkgate Mall; new members are always welcome!

 

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Come celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty!

Four years ago JFAAP was formed on the corner of Jane and Finch. Since then, we have done much but poverty prevails and may have gotten worse. We have to continue to resist!

JFAAP.wordpress.com
janefinchactionagainstpoverty@gmail.com
Organized by Jane Finch Action Against Poverty and Allies

Endorsed by: OPIRG York, York University Faculty Association (YUFA), York University Graduate Students Association (YUGSA), Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC), CUPE 3903, Ontario Coalition AgaiJane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) meets at 6pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Black Creek Community Health Centre in Yorkgate Mall; new members are always welcome! Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) meets at 6pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Black Creek Community Health Centre in Yorkgate Mall; new members are always welcome!

Keele and Finch Campus

REMINDER:
Tomorrow
Saturday
Sept. 22nd
York Homecoming Celebration.

Check out http://yorku.ca for details.

YorkU Tuition Contest

In celebration of York’s new brand – “this is my time” – one current student could win free tuition for a year at York just for coming up with their vision for the future.

The contest is open to all full- and part-time students at York. The year of free tuition is a credit worth up to $6,200, which can be used up to the year 2016.

The contest will close Oct. 26 with the winner being announced in November. http://yorku.ca

 

FREE WiFi

 

Tim Horton's, located at Keele and Finch, now offers FREE WiFi (but no electrical outlets). I did speak to the manager regarding outlets and he informed me that Tim's is looking into putting electrical outlets in stores in the future.  But for now, I think we should all just enjoy the FREE Internet service that Tim Horton's is offering its customers.