Winnipeg Free Press
Students, educators advocate for updates, additions to diversify Manitoba s curriculum
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
West Kildonan Collegiate Grade 11 student Tofunmi Eludipo says her classes provide very little in the way of Black Canadian history.
Oluwadamilola Ojo can only remember spending a handful of classroom hours learning about Canada’s Black history everything else she knows has been self-taught.
Oluwadamilola Ojo can only remember spending a handful of classroom hours learning about Canada’s Black history everything else she knows has been self-taught. It’s a little bit embarrassing on the Manitoba government, because Winnipeg in particular is full of immigrants… and we don’t even know the history of Black Canadians, said Ojo, 17, the leader of Black History Month events at St. Mary’s Academy.
The Journal of Narrative Theory hosts a competition to cultivate the culture of Detroit, and EMU hosts several events to commemorate Black History Month. EMU’s Student Government accepts a new senator application and decides on Resolution 107-05. In community news, the University of Michigan held a virtual town hall to discuss COVID-19 and the African American community, and Ypsi Studio closes after sixteen years.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) People driving past the McLaurin parking lot at 11 South East Street on Saturday saw a solemn group gathered there. Firefighters, elected officials and history buffs heard Lift Every Voice and Sing at the start of a Black History Month Celebration that honored African American public safety pioneers.
Earl Ijames, a curator with the North Carolina Museum of History spoke during the ceremony. He explained to ABC11: The Victor Fire Company organized here in Raleigh. All Black, formerly enslaved people. Got their name because they were first in one of the early firefighter competitions that was held here in Raleigh for all firefighters in the state, Black and white.
Groton Rashaad Carter smiles every time he drives by the Raheem Ali Carter Memorial Park, where he and his twin brother played football with other neighborhood kids when they were youngsters.
Rashaad knows that his twin brother, Raheem, a gifted student-athlete who became a New London police officer and died in 2007 at age 25 after a battle with cancer, is still with him every day and that people who knew Raheem are still thinking of him.
For the people who didn t know Raheem, Rashaad would like them to look at the sign and know that Raheem was one of their own a kid from Poquonnock Bridge who followed his dreams over his 25 years and is a symbol of hope that everybody can fulfill their dreams and do it the right way.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Friday, February 26
Anytime Story with Miss Lisa: – Watch Miss Lisa share a story on the St. Paris Public Library YouTube channel or the St. Paris Public Library Facebook page.
Girl Scout Cookie Drive-thru Booth: 4-7 p.m., county Community Center, 1511 S. Main St., Urbana. Cash, credit cards, checks accepted. Proceeds support Champaign County Girl Scouts.
“The Croods 2: A New Age”: 7 p.m., The Gloria Theatre, downtown Urbana
Saturday, February 27
Girl Scout Cookie Drive-thru Booth: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., county Community Center, 1511 S. Main St., Urbana. Cash, credit cards, checks accepted. Proceeds support Champaign County Girl Scouts.
Girl Scout Cookie Drive-thru Booth: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 1013 East Lawn Ave., Urbana. Cash, credit cards, checks accepted. Proceeds support Champaign County Girl Scouts.