"Wishing you a pot o' gold and all the joy your heart can hold." Unknown
#StPatricksDay2024
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Caribbean Canadian Association of Waterloo Region
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Caribbean Canadian Association of Waterloo Region
@CCAWR
🌴Celebrating Black history + culture in Waterloo Region 🚀 @liftoff_ccawr 🌺 Social advocacy + Scholarships. ✊🏾Join us for Black History Month, 2025!
Kitchener, Ontario شامل ہوئے Nisan 2014
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The CCAWR wishes to express its sincere sympathy to Nicholas Nembhard's family. We wish the family peace during this difficult time. We are sharing the link to help the family reach its GoFundMe goal of $10,000.00. Please donate and share this link.gofund.me/e532cd83
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@CCAWR have an amazing line-up of music, speakers, food, activities, vendors, workshops and discussions to launch their #blackhistorymonth celebrations. For details on this and other #BHM activities, information and resources
daveschnider.com/black-history-…
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As our community member and regional councillor, @_colleenjames says, “your vote is your voice” … This is your chance, Kitchener-Centre to have your voice heard!
Run 4 Office Waterloo Region@Run4OfficeWR
Today is Election day in Kitchener Centre - go out and vote!! BlackVotesMatter #yourvoteisyourvoice #kitchenercentrebyelection #november302023
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"We're often taught a single story about how Black people came to Canada. Here's why that's completely wrong"
My latest #BlackLifeCBC
cbc.ca/documentaries/…
@UWaterloo @uwaterlooARTS @waterloohistory @BFC_UW @cbcdocs @CBCNews @cbcgem
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We at CCAWR stand in solidarity today & everyday with Indigenous peoples, the first inhabitants of this land. We recognize the pain and violence inflicted on residential school survivors and grief in mourning those who did not survive. We support accountability & reconciliation.
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Indigenous artwork by Tsista Kennedy is being shared with the community through a @GRT_ROW bus wrap & mural. Tsista is an Anishinaabe Onyota’a:ka artist who uses symbolism to connect the story of the bison with that of Indigenous People: hotdogwaterart.com
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Congratulations to all of the winners (and all founders pitching their businesses) at last night’s pitch competition at @LiftOff_CCAWR!
So inspiring to see these amazingly creative minds in our community!
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.@CCAWR supports communities across our Region. I attended their Awards of Excellence, in collaboration w/ the Congress of Black Women of Canada, which recognized the achievements of students who received scholarship awards. It was a fantastic night - thank you for having me!
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@DrCSTaylor @BFC_UW @UWaterloo @uwaterlooARTS @waterloohistory Congratulations! We very much look forward to reading this.
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My latest:
"Cause for change: lessons for Black liberation"
It's behind a paywall (that's academic publishing for ya), apologies, but DM me if you want a pdf copy.
@BFC_UW @UWaterloo @uwaterlooARTS @CCAWR @waterloohistory
emerald.com/insight/conten…
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We proudly represented @WRPSToday @CCAWR Annual Awards of Excellence.
What a pleasure to engage with these fine young men and hear their career aspirations in optometry, hospitality mgmt. and possibly engineering. What bright futures!!!
#productofWaterlooRegion
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Great to meet the CSJ students at @CCAWR who worked in the ‘LIFTOFF’ program. LIFTOFF is a highlight for CCAWR & aims to support black entrepreneurs gain experience & networking opportunities. The students were tasked w/ various jobs such as social media outreach & development.
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Awesome Sunday afternoon celebrating @wrdsb grass and other award recipients. Great level set from @DrCSTaylor about #immigration and Blackness.
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We’re honoured to welcome Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor (@DrCSTaylor), Associate Vice-President of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism (EDI-R) at the University of Waterloo as our keynote speaker to share words of wisdom with our scholarship recipients this year. ✨
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What a great evening celebrating brilliant young people in our community! Amazing ceremony by @CCAWR and (CBCW) #awardsofexcellence
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Congratulations to all the @CCAWR scholarship winners.
Well done, and keep on doing what you do.
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@DrCSTaylor Thank you for your words of wisdom and support today. 🙏🏽
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We love these photos! Thank you @_cllrcolleen for supporting our youth and for attending our Awards of Excellence today!
Colleen James@ColleenjamesKC
Congratulations to the students who received scholarships at today's @CCAWR Awards of Excellence. You all make me proud & inspire me. I know you inspire many! Today was pure joy. "Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit." - Wilma Rudolph
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Still a few tickets remaining!
Join us to celebrate our youth receiving academic scholarships.
We’re excited to have @DrCSTaylor join us as our keynote speaker.
Everyone welcome!
eventbrite.ca/e/2023-awards-…
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