“DARE II DREAM!!”

“Inspiring Celebration of Youth Excellence!” 

The Jamaican Canadian Centre

995 Arrow Road, Toronto, ON (Hwy 400 and Finch)

Saturday, February 18, 2012 @ 7:00pm

STARRING

Jesse Jones | Innovator | Speaker | Cultural Architect | Brand Builder

Dwayne Morgan | Poet. Speaker. Social Entrepreneur

Al St. Louis | Spoken Word Poet | Actor | Motivational Educator

Danielle Dowdy | Toronto Police Service

ENTERTAINMENT 

Keisha Monique Simpson | Ian Kamau | Andrew Forde, The Violinist | Janee Olivia | Keysha Freshh | Yung Saintz | Jade’s Dance Academy | Saxophonist, Patrick Walton | Owen “Blakka” Ellis | Jesse Ellis | IatunbI | Live Band

2012 YOUNG | BLACK| GIFTED | HONOREES

Tamika S Johnson | Editor in Chief of Boss Magazine | Youth Advocate

Clayton Thomas | Founder | Recognize the Real, Life Skills and Education

Richard Kojo Bonsu Addo | President & Founder, Change Promotions

Jerome Morgan | President of Ryerson University United Black Students Assoc. | Youth Advocate | Educator

Entertainment LIVE Music, Spoken Word, Comedy.

SPONSORSHIP & VENDOR OPPORTUNITIES NOW AVAILABLE

 BUY YOUR TICKET NOW

“TICKET OUTLETS”

      Nicey’s                       |        Jamaica House       |      Online Ticket Sales  

Mississauga: 905.270.4417 |  Brampton: 905.874.6811  |  www.ticketgateway.com

Toronto: 416.497.9717

Brampton: 905.450.6045

$15.00 (students with I.D, youth) | $20.00 for Adults

FOR MORE INFO

416-814-6032 | info@ybgevents.com

www.ybgevents.com

T-Dot Renaissance represents a group of emerging and interdisciplinary artists, working and rooted in Toronto.
Our first art instillation takes place December 3rd and 4th! check out our website! http://tdotrenaissance.squarespace.com/

Follow the movement on Twitter!
http://twitter.com/#!/tdotrenaissance

THIS FRIDAY!!!!! see event Flyer for details!!

Ian Kamau will be officially launching his album ‘One Day Soon’ (available now at.. http://iankamau.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-soon-lp) in sync with Keisha Monique’s pre-release of her book ‘because we were born’. The evening will feature performances by Keisha Monique and Ian Kamau as well as the…ir guests: hip hop artist – Progress, singer/songwriters – Victoria Sol and Brendan Phillip ,and spoken word artists -Brandon Wint and Ikenna Onyegbula. 11.11.11 will also feature a photography exhibition of Ian Kamau and Keisha-Monique’s return to Africa (Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Sierre Leone, South Afrika and Zimbabwe). Photos will be available for purchase on the evening of the event.

Refreshments will be on sale by EarthStrong. The evening begins with doors opening at 7:30pm: Keisha Monique’s book launch and exhibition at 8pm followed by Ian Kamau’s album launch at 9pm (CDs and other merchandise will be available for sale). Contribution: $10-$15 sliding scale.

THIS IS AN ALL AGES COMMUNITY EVENT

NO ALCOHOL WILL BE SERVED

Pandora’s Box (One Day Soon CD promo) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo.

Inspired by our brother Ian Kamau’s “The Gathering” concept, we have put together this event to celebrate creative expression amongst womyn of the black community in Toronto. This event will consist of photography, visual arts, musical performances, poetry and monologues.

WHERE: 37 Bulwer (Queen St West & Spadina Ave)
… WHEN: Saturday, November 19th, 2011 at 7:00 PM

No charge at the door. However, donations and hugs will be accepted.

PERFORMANCES BY:
Jamilah Malika
Helen Yohannes
Dre Ngozi Roberts
Sam Chang
Kamilah Apong
Kim Crosby
Amanda Parris
Edil Ayan
Naomi Amanuel
Abigail Ghide
& others.

+ Before performances begin, the first hour of this event will be dedicated to the exhibit of photography and visual art by some of our friends.

+ Pieces by Hilary&Denise (by Jade&Dre), WiLD MOON (By Asia) and Glass Hearts (by Sajae) will also be sold at this event.

WEBSITE: www.the-africana.com
TWITTER: @the_AFRICANA
FACEBOOK: TheAfricana

all luv,
Milca & Huda
♥



Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the political activist, human rights activist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist and pioneer of Afrobeat is a legendary renaissance man that changed the meaning of music forever. FELA! the musical has had rave reviews in other cities in the last few years and here’s your chance to see it in TORONTO for a first, second or perhaps third time!

Associate producer of FELA!, Questlove of The Roots speaks on the significance of Fela and his influence and relation to hip hop music.

The people of Toronto have joined together in solidarity with freedom fighters all over the world in an effort to work towards building a better future. Press For Truth gets an up close look at some of the people involved, some of the issues being discussed and some of the solutions that we should all be working towards.
Stay tuned to Press For Truth for our continued coverage.

http://www.facebook.com/PressForTruth
http://www.youtube.com/weavingspider
http://twitter.com/#!/DanDicksPFT

Support independent alternative media by getting our films on DVD:
http://pressfortruth.ca/dvd_dtls.php?rid=7

For more information visit:
http://pressfortruth.ca/

As some of you may recall, the original name of the event was Boom Bye Bye: Homophobia in the Black Community. However, after some discussion, this was shelved because it was felt that it carried overt references to violence against members of our community who self-identify as gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer.

Whatever the personal opinions of individual members of the BDC may be, we as an organization stand in open opposition to any calls for violence against anyone in the Black community. Furthermore, because we are committed to creating a safe space where everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, would feel comfortable expressing their opinions, we concluded that the name change was simple common sense.

Despite the fact that virtually all of us know (or know of) Black people who are lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer, the silence around this reality in the African and Caribbean communities in the GTA is, frankly, deafening. We intend to shatter that unhealthy silence on the 26^th of November and, to that end, we will be jumpstarting the discussion by posing questions on our Facebook page and Twitter (under the hashtag: #queerasblackfolk).

The first question: As a parent, would it be harder to accept your daughter or your son telling you that she/ he was queer/ gay?

We have already received some great feedback. Read some of the opinions posted on Facebook (some of which are seen below)…and feel free to weigh in with your thoughts!

• For me both would be just as difficult as I view the gay reality as a psychological abnormality issue which should be addressed as such. Like with someone who is Schitzophrenic, has ADHD, addicted to eating tissue, or something like that. Living with it wont kill them but I would prefer if something could be done to address the condition and “fix” whats “broken”.`

• I asked my father the very same question and he said he would rather have a queer daughter than a gay son.

• How many of us had the choice in being heterosexual? For the most part we were socialized into that “choice.” The sexual orientation or gender identity selected by my children would be totally theirs and would be accepted unconditionally.

Date: Saturday, November 26^th 2011

Place: George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church Street (south/east corner of Gould st and Church st)

Time: Doors open at 5:30pm

Tickets go on sale Oct 17, 2011 at the following locations

East- 2 lined Music Hut (Malvern Town Centre) 416-264-3999

West- Hair Play Salon 416 782 6930

Loc N Twist Brampton: 905-463-1747 / Loc N Twist Toronto: 416-850-0336

Downtown- Onyx Barbershop 416 363 8408

For more info email info@blackdaddiesclub.com

LOVE JONES SUNDAYS Where Poetry Meets Soul Nov. 6th@ Cayo Coco 304 Richmond St West

(Across from Scotia Bank Theatre) Hosted by Jemeni Featuring performances by: Mercedes, 2DetestIgnorance, LaMoi, Destinie styles, Dwain Wellington, MLG Musical performances by…Courtney Taylor & Li MUSIC by DJ Soul Child And EXCLUSIVE to LOVE JONES.. Cover + 2 Drinks + 1 Appetizer = $30!
Purchase in advance or at the door.
(Add $5 & make it a date)

ALSO..

$5 Martini’s Available b4 8:00
www.clubcayococo.com

DOORS 7PM | COVER $10

Dress to impress – No sportswear

SEATING IS LIMITED

To reserve your table contact:
Email: lovejonessundays@live.ca

Twitter: @LoveJonesSunday
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Love-Jones-Sundays/128574987209617
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHB7Ro0tX4M

ALSO IMPORTANT !!

Help Love Jones Sundays support  The Blackstone Foundation Library!!!!

The Blackstone Foundation Library Mission is to create multiple Black focused Cultural Libraries across Toronto to make Afrocentric literature more accessible to our communities.  Their 1^st location will be opening in early 2012 and they need some community support to build their inventory.

HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP:  Donate a *Black focused books to the Blackstone Book Donation Box at the Next Love Jones Sunday (November 6^th @ Cayo Coco)

*Black focused: written by, for or about African-Diasporic people or culture.
Sponsored by:
404 Media Group
Above All Oddz Radio Show
Stolen From Africa
The Blackstone Foundation Library
Gifted by Genetics Photography