BDC will host two great events to honour and celebrate fathers during the month of June. For more information please contact either Brandon – Brandon@blackdaddiesclub.com or Rehema – Rehema@blackdaddiesclub.com
 
Daddy and Me at Ontario Place - Sunday June 13, 2010
BDC along with Kids Up Front Foundation, a charitable organization that provides access to events for underprivileged children, will host an exciting and fun-filled event at Ontario Place. Dads and their kids will spend the day taking in the many rides and attractions featured at Ontario Place.
You have the chance to win tickets to this great family focused event, by sending an email telling us your proudest moment as a father (in a short paragraph)
Deadline: May 31, 2010.
Winners will be picked and notified by June 3, 2010
Please send your entries to: Rehema@blackdaddiesclub.com
 
BDC photo exhibit - Sunday, June 20 2010 3pm- 7pm
BDC presents our first fundraiser; a photograph exhibit showcasing the images of fathers and their children who have participated in BDC initiatives over the last 2 years. These beautiful and unique images were captured by the talented Steve Carty, Moses Kofi, Michael C. Palma and Isa Miguel Ransome.
Photographs will be auctioned, with all proceeds going towards new BDC initiatives and programming.
Special performances by: Al St. Louis (poet) and King Reign (hip hop artist) 
New BDC branded t-shirts designed by Mark Stoddart on sale - ($25)
We will be selling new BDC membership packages ($40) which include:
·         BDC newsletter (featuring thought provoking information for fathers, tips on parenting, first-hand knowledge on BDC events and initiatives and much more)
·         Discount on BDC events
·         New BDC t-shirt
Admission: FREE
Location: Toronto Free Gallery 1277 Bloor West, Toronto

 
Peace, Faith, Justice and Love

Brandon Hay
Executive Director
Black Daddies Club
brandon@blackdaddiesclub.com
www.blackdaddiesclub.com
416-951-6075 (mobile)
 
 
 
 
*BDC events:
 
Check out the images from BDC’s recent Daddies and Me event at the Art Gallery Of Ontario
 
http://stevecarty.com/cartyclients/bdc-web/Carty-Sessions/
 

*BDC in the news:
Check out BDC on Canada AM - May 2010
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/dads-changing/#clip302813

Check out BDC interview on 100 Huntley Street
http://www.100huntley.com/video.php?id=4lvMF2Ihs1o
 
 
The Toronto Star cover BDC 2010:
 
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/yourcitymycity/article/786093–dreamers-and-doers-black-daddies-club-a-labour-of-love
 

Black Daddies Club every election year feels very strongly that we has a community should be more informed to the voting process.

BDC knows after speaking to a lot of immigrants that come here to Toronto feel distanced to the voting process and some might not vote because of that.

In collaboration with the Malvern ANC and other community agencies; BDC will be promoting a Malvern Community Engagement Training, on Sunday May 16th, 2010, from 12pm -4pm

Please check the link for more information

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Please click the link below for more details

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42 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King. Was reputedly addressing a religious congregation about the need for their support of civil rights activism in their own community. Many members of the audience had serious concerns and expressed why they should not get involved. One individual stated, “we may be recognized and lose our jobs”. Another commented that the “police may become violent and we may get hurt”. Others in the audience also passionately expressed reasons why getting involved might result in pain, frustration or even possible death. After listening to these concerns for a while and attempting to respond to them as they arose, Dr. King seemingly exasperated with some in the audience loudly proclaimed, “if we are not willing to die for something, we are not fit to live!” By his own personal example Martin Luther King was willing to die for the principles he believed in, and he did.

On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, an assassin’s bullet took the life of Martin Luther King, the main architect and the leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement in the United States. He was 39 years old.

The murder of Martin Luther King sparked riots in Washington and more than 100 other American cities, threatening to turn a peaceful struggle of African Americans into a violent racial confrontation. Even before the tragic event, the movement seemed to be undergoing a transformation that many of King’s closest associates watched with apprehension.

By May, Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Ture), veteran of numerous voter registration drives, had established himself as the new head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the principal student organization of the civil rights movement, whose leadership was growing increasingly impatient with the gradualist strategy of Martin Luther King and his associates.

In a speech at Greenwood, Mississippi, Carmichael raised a call for “Black Power.” Where people like Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King had sought integration, Carmichael instead sought separation. Integration, he said, was “an insidious subterfuge, for the maintenance of white supremacy.”

Meanwhile, the Black Panther Party (some accounts trace the name to a visual emblem for illiterate voters used in an Alabama voter registration drive), founded in Oakland, California, in October 1966 by activists Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, employed armed members — “Panthers” — to shadow police officers who, they believed, unfairly targeted blacks.

While the party briefly enjoyed a measure of popularity, particularly through its social services programs, armed altercations with local police resulted in the death or jailing of prominent Panthers, turned many Americans against its violent ways, and fragmented the Panther movement. It petered out in a maze of factionalism and mutual recriminations.

Many feared, however, that King’s assassination would increase the influence of militant elements within the movement. At that time, some questioned King’s life work. But the “Promised Land” that King described was in many ways far closer than it seemed during the riots of April 1968.

I encourage you to think about the things in your life that are worth living for. I have touched upon a few reasons in this note. Your integrity tells the world what you are. Your service tells the world who you are. Finally, your zest for life tells the world why you are here. So, let me ask you: what are YOU willing to die for? Are there meaningful values and goals in your life that would meet such a test? As a way of celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, please consider these life-affirming questions as you ponder YOUR life.

Remember, the great possessions of life are not simply those things we discover on the outside, but what we also discover and develop within.

-Learn how to do well by doing good. -Educate, Empower, Unite.-MCMLXVIII

By Greg L. Thomas & Michael Friedman

You are cordially invited to PEACH’s Mom’s Group

The topic of discussion this month:  

Depression & Anxiety.

This should be an interesting discussion by York University Nursing students.

Please join us for a meal and the opportunity to mingle with other mother’s while discussing thought provoking topics.

Hope to see all of you there!

Are you ready to join our team or do you know someone who is ready for an exciting and rewarding career with Toronto Fire Services?

Please help us by sharing this email and posting the attached flyer about our upcoming Toronto Fire Services Career Information Sessions.

These sessions offer a chance to listen and ask questions of our recruiters as we focus on the application process and career preparation for Operations Firefighter, Call Taker/Dispatcher and Fire Prevention Inspector.

Attached to this email you will find information about our Career Information Sessions in April 2010.

Thank you for your interest and assistance.

Adina

_______________________________
Captain Adina Kaufman

Recruitment and Community Outreach
Toronto Fire Services
4330 Dufferin Street

Toronto, ON M3H 5R9
416.338.9519 office

416.518.7740 cell

www.toronto.ca/fire/recruitment

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Hi Everyone,

I want to let you know that we’re having a free, First-Time Home Buyers’ Seminar on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 7 pm.  Registration at 6:45pm.  Please forward this email to your friends, neighbors, family members, and coworkers who might benefit from learning the process of buying their first home.  Limited Seating available and it’s very important to R.S.V.P. ASAP!  TEL: 1-888-445-0352 EXT. 303.

The class will save you time, money, and worry, even if you’ve owned a home before.  Here are a few of the topics:

Understanding your credit score.

What Lenders are looking for when approving you for a home loan.

Information on how to buy a home with zero down payment.

How to get pre-approved to buy a home that you can afford.

Home Buyers Tax Credit

How the Harmonized Sales Tax Credit does apply to you?

Help answering the question, “Am I ready to buy a home?”

How to choose the right real estate/mortgage consultant.

You’ll leave this free seminar with a clear vision of how the process comes together, as well as a free Home Buyers’ Handbook for easy reference.

Date:  Tuesday March 23, 2010

Location:   The Mortgage Group, 2680 Matheson Blvd. West Suite 102, Mississauga Ont. L4W 0A5 (in Mercedes Benz tower)

Time:  6:45pm registration

Start: 7:00 pm to 8pm

Please register for this seminar by Friday, March 19^th at 1-888-445-0352 EXT. 303

Plan to arrive on time to reserve a good seat.  We will be starting 7 pm sharp

Seating is limited.  If you do have to cancel once you’ve registered, please notify us immediately so we can provide your seat to someone else.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Kerwin Vuo

Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Greetings All

I wanted to share with you all, the most recent CBC coverage of the More Than A Haircut program that Macaulay Child Development Centre puts on, this program is supported by the Black Daddies Club

http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2010/03/the-barbershop-project.html

Warmth

Brandon Hay

Executive Director

Black Daddies Club

www.blackdaddiesclub.com