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Black History Month gala shares love, talent and awareness

The vibrant cultural heritage of YellowknifeSA国际影视传媒檚 Black community was recognized Saturday during the second annual Black History Month Gala Night.

Hundreds of people attended to feast, and watch and participate in traditional performances of music and dance during the evening.

Gilbert Langsi, the finance officer and chief organizer of Black History Month, said the evening was a culmination of a month of activities and workshops that provided information and awareness about Black history and cultural awareness.

SA国际影视传媒淚t is a commemoration of the resilience and the achievements of Black individuals and Black communities into the Canadian society,SA国际影视传媒 Langsi said.

SA国际影视传媒淭his gala was put together to share our cultural heritage, to share our struggles, our resilience, our success stories, as a people, as individuals, and as a community.SA国际影视传媒

Langsi said there is a strong Black community in the North.

SA国际影视传媒淲e have a very traditional diverse Black community from different parts of the world - from Africa, where we have different countries Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, and we have the Caribbean and we have Jamaica. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 why we find so much joy and so much comfort in our lives,SA国际影视传媒 he said.

Yet, Langsi said there is so much more to be done.

SA国际影视传媒淏ecause if you look at it in terms of education and awareness, in terms of representation, in terms of policing, in terms of public engagement, we are not there just yet.

SA国际影视传媒淪o thatSA国际影视传媒檚 why we are here to let our voices be heard and to provide the black voice representation in community engagement and in education and awareness,SA国际影视传媒 he said.

Everyone in a community can help raise awareness, he added.

SA国际影视传媒淚f you can learn to hate somebody, you can as well learn to love that person.

SA国际影视传媒淲e donSA国际影视传媒檛 look the same, we donSA国际影视传媒檛 talk the same, but we were created by one Creator. So we donSA国际影视传媒檛 have any reason to discriminate or disenfranchise against anybody,SA国际影视传媒 Langsi said.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 a very big place for all of us to live in, and so join us. We cannot do this by ourselves. We need everybody to come together and join us and letSA国际影视传媒檚 move together as a people.SA国际影视传媒

SA国际影视传媒擝y Jill Westerman





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