Black History Month - Voices of Resistance: A Celebration of Black History and Imagining Futures
Channel: KAIROS Canada
Date: 2023-02-23

For its first-ever Black History Month event (2023), KAIROS celebrated and honored the legacy of Black activists and communities, people of Afro-descent and from the Diaspora, through a roundtable event on February 22, 2023. 
Event participants included:
Moderator - Adele Halliday (United Church of Canada, Anti-Racism and Equity Lead)
Panelist - Racheal Juan (South Sudan Council of Churches)
Panelist - Ruva Gwekwerere (Black Lives Matter; former Citizens for Public Justice intern)
Panelist - Ed Williams (Fort William First Nation)
Panelist - Patrick Kabeya (Award-winning documentary film producer)
Panelist - Daveisha Francis (Spoken word artist)
As part of the event,  a showcase of artwork was presented and youth were encouraged to continue sending in written, audio and visual works for display later in March of 2023.

To read about the event or submit a piece of art for the March 2023 showcase, visit:
https://www.kairoscanada.org/black-history-month-voices-of-resistance

We acknowledge the support of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation with funding provided by the Government of Canada.