Concordia’s Black Perspectives Office strives to empower Black voices and aspirations at the university
The office offers mentorship, scholarship, and wide-range supportive opportunities for Black students
Having started off as a pilot project, Concordia’s Black Perspectives Office proved a success in 2019 and was permanently installed as an advocacy and support office for Black students at Concordia.
Three-time Concordia graduate, Montreal Black activist and author Annick Maugile Flavien is the founding coordinator at the office, which aims to address and challenge systemic racism by representing, connecting, and supporting Black perspectives.
“Our students, our faculty, our staff need spaces to connect with one another,” said Flavien during an interview with Concordia alumni Josie Fomé, Montreal journalist and podcast host featured in Concordia’s 4TH SPACE in December.
Executive Editor Target has been at the forefront of racial equity efforts in the grocery industry since the social unrest that gripped the nation last year.
Target is celebrating Black History Month in a major way in 2021.
The retailer plans to celebrate Black voices, heritage, ingenuity and creativity with its biggest Black History Month collection ever, including hundreds of items from Black designers and businesses.
The retailer will feature marketing, merchandise, content and events to inspire shoppers and team members to build a thriving legacy for Black success showing Black creators and entrepreneurs, products and brands.
The Black History Month collection is just one piece of Target’s Black Beyond Measure campaign, a platform focused on celebrating Black life every day of the year as part of the company s commitment to support and uplift the Black community. Now in its sixth year, this exclusive collection features apparel, accessories
Monday, February 1, 2021
Here are the latest developments from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
New OFCCP Director. Jenny Yang, formerly of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently replaced Craig Leen as director of OFCCP. Yang was at the EEOC from 2013 to 2018, initially as an EEOC commissioner and later as vice chair and chair from 2014 to 2017.
Section 503 Focused Review Report. OFCCP recently published its “Section 503 Focused Reviews Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report.” The report provides a description of the goals of the Section 503 Focused Review Program, the guidance provided in anticipation of the reviews, the results of those reviews, and what was learned from the reviews. In the report, OFCCP noted that it did not find discrimination or reasonable accommodation violations in Section 503 Focused Reviews. The report lists the top five violations “found during Section 503
Black History Month: How It Began and How to Celebrate Author: Doriean Stevenson Updated: 5:30 AM EST February 1, 2021
Today marks the first day of Black History Month 2021. The month-long celebration is a chance to acknowledge the historic achievements of Black Americans and to highlight their undeniable impact on American history. Game changers like Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. are some of the names we learn more about each February. But the celebration that is now Black History Month started long before these civil rights leaders made their mark.
How It Started
Negro History Week
In 1915, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). This group focused on researching the advancements made by people of African descent and, in 1926, sponsored the fi