Black History Month – From History to Future
The International Decade for People of African Descent was from 2015 through 2024. The UN has extended for second decade, from 2025 through 2034. Let’s engage with the decade now.
On Friday, Feb. 14 we hosted a special CCS Friday/interactive online workshop – “From History to Future:
Fostering Hope for a Second International Decade for People of African Descent” – for Black History Month, in collaboration with Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils of The United Church of Canada.
Our special guest was Rev. Thérèse Samuel. Thérèse is an anti-racism education and serves as Minister for Right Relations and Social Justice with ARW, HF and WOW Regional Councils. (She is also a past CCS student).
The workshop was an hour and a half (a bit longer than our usual CCS Friday hour to make space for more discussion and activities), during which we engaged concerns raised in the 2017 United Nations “Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to Canada“, and considered possible actions for each of us and our churches to participate in forging a new future in the second decade.
Sources:
- Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to Canada
- Government of Canada’s International Decade Page
- Government of Canada’s Adoption of Second Decade Page
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