Kombii Nanjalah participated in the World Aids Day December 1, 2020. Along with other work that she does in the community Mama Kombii is the Vice Chair for Afro-Canadian Positive Network. https://youtu.be/cJuukIx_D6Uhttps://youtu.be/s7_swg--iNg
A short video describing the current pandemic as of November 14th, 2020. Showing the statistics of People of African Descent across the world. https://youtu.be/sNee9TBCr4s
The City of Vancouver acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. A letter from the Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart for a successful festival-Harambecouver 2020.
Our last food cooking and distribution is coming up and we are thankful for help from Canadian Red Cross and the City of Vancouver.
Kombii Nanjalah teaches lifeskills at Windemere Secondary School. Windemere Lifeskills Teacher Tamara Maxim (left) chats with (l-r) St. George’s Associate Principal Brian Lee with student Keith Martens and Keiths’ caregiver Kombii Nanjalah
Somali Women's Empowerment Society organize a food bank three times per week bringing fresh, and ready made foods to the community. For more information on this program visit the website or call 604-722-3177. Due to Covid-19 some restrictions are in place and food pick up is currently not available...
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Black Iraqis say George Floyd's death sheds light on their own centuries-long plight African-Iraqi men are calling for equal representation and rights. December 6, 2008. Reuters The death of George Floyd during his arrest in the US city of Minneapolis last month has shed light on the plight of...
VANCOUVER -- Paramedics responded to a record number of overdose calls on Friday, B.C. Emergency Health Services says. There were 131 calls reporting suspected overdoses that day – "the most recorded in a single day," BCEHS wrote on Twitter Monday. "This is double (the) average daily overdoses." Those calls were made in...
SWAHILI Tuko kwenye COVID19 pamoja Huu ni wakati wa busara, sio hofu. Sayansi, sio unyanyapaa. Ukweli, sio hofu na COVID-19 ni adui wetu wa kawaida sasa. Nchi zina jukumu la kusonga mbele, kusonga mbele, na kuongeza kiwango na lazima zitangaze vita dhidi ya virusi hivi. Mlipuko huelekeza nyumbani uhusiano muhimu wa familia yetu ya kibinadamu. Kuzuia kuenea zaidi kwa COVID-19 ni jukumu la pamoja kwa sisi sote. We are in the COVID19 together This is a time for prudence, not panic. Science, not stigma. Facts, not fear and COVID-19 is our common enemy now. Countries have a responsibility to gear up, step forward, and scale-up and must declare war on this virus. A pandemic drive home the essential interconnectedness of our...
At Great Lakes Networking Society of BC, we developed a process for measuring the diversity and cultural competency of our administrative, governance and artistic workforce and how we assess Cultural competence within communities and Workforce At GLBC we value diversity and inclusion, we work more productively in teams, to reach financial and programs goals more easily. We believe in a diverse workforce that is step toward our final goal: which...
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of abolitionists (people who wanted to abolish slavery). They helped African Americans escape from enslavement in the American South to free Northern states or to Canada. The Underground Railroad was the largest anti-slavery freedom movement in North America. It brought between 30,000...
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