Rhythm & Blues Cambridge will be hosting for Cambridge families on April 30, 2024 @ 5:00 - 8:00 PM at Galt Collegiate Institute & Vocational School 

Please see further details in the flyers attached and share with your community members and networks. Registration is required. Please see link below

https://forms.gle/kf46gaX4E6VhG3eo6

AGENDA

• Structured Literacy Presentation

• Navigating School Policies

• Curriculum Expectations

• Understanding Special Education

Child care, GRT tickets and a light meal will be provided

ALSO, Kindergarten registration will be available.

For those looking to register their children they should bring

• An original birth document

• Proof of address in Waterloo Region

Come join us for a day of reflection, connection, and learning at our Black Mental Health Retreat. This in-person event is a partnership between Rhythm & Blues Cambridge and Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services designed to provide a safe space for the Black community to focus on mental health and intergenerational connection. This retreat is meant for Black youth ages 12-18 and their caregivers/parents, but we will have activities for all ages and childminding available during focused workshops.

Check-in begins at 9:30 am, with the day kicking off at 10 am. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for everyone. We will email a retreat schedule to all registered participants the week prior to our day together.

Registration is free. Come be a part of a unforgettable experience to connect with other Black youth and their families!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-mental-health-retreat-tickets-852597882217?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us as we reimagine the latest trending hairstyles suitable for everyday wear and special occasions, tailored for racially diverse families, ensuring you feel confident with your hair and empowered in your styling techniques.

Please note that participants can work on their child's hair, their own hair, and/or we will also have mannequins available for use.

This program is provided by Rhythm and Blues Cambridge. To learn more about Rhythm and Blues Cambridge, please visit www.rhythmbluescambridge.com or visit their Instagram at @rhythmandbluescambridge.

For Teens (12-18) or Families with children

Registration is required (one spot per participant) and opens on February 26.

Children's Programming Room
Central Library
85 Queen St N
Kitchener Ontario

Questions? Please contact iarnold@kpl.org

Register Here: https://kpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=72178

We are excited to invite you all to our 2024 Cambridge Black History Month Celebration focusing on Black Joy, Wellness and Resistance.

The event takes place on Saturday, February 24th from 12 pm to 4 pm at Idea Exchange, Queen's Square. We have an entire afternoon of fun activities planned for the whole family!

• Drop by and see Marvin Colebrooke for your very own Caricature drawing

• Our Kids Corner will feature book readings from Messy Marvin & Friends

• Visit our History Corner

• There will be a Fireside Chat in the Art Gallery focusing on Joy and Wellness with Nicole Brown Faulknor from Wounds 2 Wings, Suzanne Trotman from Winds of Change, and Ajirioghene Evi-Cobbinah from Kind Minds Family Wellness

• Interactive drumming workshops

• Irie Mirie's will be providing delicious Caribbean cuisine

We invite you to come out and celebrate with us. This is a free event, but we ask that you register so we know how many people to expect. We look forward to seeing you there!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-history-month-celebration-tickets-794398857367

Thank you to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada for your generous support!

This year, Rhythm & Blues Cambridge is hosting our Black Love Day Celebration on Saturday, February 17th at Cambridge Community Players (formerly Little Galt Theatre).

In recognition of Black Love Day, we are joining Black leaders, community members, artists and entertainers for an afternoon of celebration starting at 1:00 pm.

Black Love Day has been celebrated in North America for the past 30 years with a singular purpose of demonstrating love, forgiveness, and acceptance among Black people. Rhythm & Blues Cambridge is excited to showcase this important date with our friends and neighbors.

The afternoon will begin with Master of Ceremonies Dwayne Morgan, spoken word artist and Canadian National Poetry Slam Champion sharing some of his work, followed by an open mic session providing an opportunity for local talented artists to perform. The headline performance of the afternoon will be Yasus Afari, a writer, dub poet, and musician joining us from Jamaica.

In addition to the performances on the main stage, there will be an opportunity to participate in an art activity throughout the event. A delicious lunch will be provided by Irie Myrie’s Caribbean Catering Company

Rhythm & Blues Cambridge works tirelessly to provide the Waterloo Region community with opportunities to celebrate Black excellence through education, music, dancing, and movement. This will be an uplifting afternoon filled with music, poetry, spoken word, and art. We hope to see you there!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-black-love-treatment-tickets-796870480057

Thank you to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada for your generous support!

If you live in the KW region and have been struggling with or wanting to learn more about taking care of your child's or your own curly and afro-textured hair, then this is the workshop for you! We are very happy to present this workshop in partnership with Sassy Beauty Salon, Black Girl Excellence and the Kinbridge Community Association to help the families in the KW region take care of, honour and celebrate their natural hair.

Sassy Miller owner of Sassy Beauty Salon will be facilitating our first hair workshop focusing on protecting your hair. Join us for an empowering hair event dedicated to protecting and celebrating your beautiful kinks and coils. Learn the art of roller setting techniques and other protective style methods that promote hair health and vitality.

Our second Hair Workshop will be hands-on as we invite you to get creative. You will have the chance to work with your own mannequin's and create a beatiful hairstyle. Use whatever techniques you have learned or already know. There will be many accessories provided.

We will be offering a complimentary lunch, as well as door prizes, donated hair products, and more. The details of the workshops are as follows:

Tickets Include

• Access to 2 Hands-On Workshop

• Free Lunch

• Expert Guidance and Demonstrations

• Networking Opportunities

• Goodie Bag With Haircare Essentials

The details of the workshops are as follows:

10:00 AM: Workshop #1 - Protecting Your Hair Under the Dryer Addition

In this workshop, families will be able to view our professional stylists showcase roller setting techniques and demonstrate various protectve hairstyles tailored for Black hair textures. Come and get hand-on guidance to perfect your roller setting skills and practice protective styling medthods with our mannequins. gain valuable insights on maintaining healthy natural hair, personalized care routines product recommendations

1 2:15 PM: Lunch & Community Connection

During this time, lunch will be provided by Jamadian Patties Plus. Participants will have an opportunity to connect with one another and learn more about Black Girl Excellence, the Kinbridge Community Association and Rhythm and Blues Cambridge.

1:15 PM: Workshop #2 - The Creativity Within You

In this workshop participants will be given an opportunity to work with a mannequin hands-on and create your own unique hairstyle. We would love to see you express your creativity!!

11:15 AM & 2:30 PM: Self-Love Seminars (after each workshop)

Registered psychotherapist Nicole Faulknor will conduct a self-love seminar providing resources around how to help you or your child navigate the discrimination, bullying, and lack of societal acceptance that they face due to their hair texture. In addition, Christine from Dream Chair Massage will also be offering free hand massages!

Secure your spot NOW for an event dedicated to the love and protection of your unique gorgeous hair.

There are limited tickets available. Due to high demand and limited capacity at our venue, please only register once you are sure of your attendance, and please de-register if you become unable to attend at a later date.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hair-joy-celebrating-our-kinks-our-coils-our-curls-tickets-793215658387

We hope you can join us for a day of community connection, education, and natural haircare empowerment!

If you would like to be part of our membership and find out details about all of our upcoming events and more please sign up here

This is an invitation to come and explore the powerful and healing benefits of art and movement therapies on building mental health and resilience. You will be inspired and uplifted as we explore the topics of joy, wellness and resistance.

Art from the Heart is about creating more collective and safer spaces for our communities to heal, move and play together.

For the art portion of this event we will express our creativity by a creative process of tranforming sweater and t-shirts. Unleash your creativity as we guide you through theraputic art techniques. This hands on session promises a blend of artistic exploration and emotinal wellbeing. No artistic experience is required just come and let the healing begin. limited spots available. So secure your spot now for a rejuvenating and expressive experience

We will supply the swaeters and t-shirts

Nicole Brown Faulknor registered Psychotherapist and Yoga instructor https://www.wounds2wings.com; https://www.teaocanada.com will be leading our movement therapy class with a focus on destigmatization (shame & trauma) of the body through movement. A movement therapy class and gentle stretch for those needing some time to rest and play - in an unhurried and loving space to offer their bodies the space it deserves to explore healing itself, through this self-healing process.

Alana Decker a local Artist in our community will be leading us in creating art that is healing that we can take pride in! We want to continue to feel the power to move and feel free in the space we are in.

There will be refreshments and snacks provided.

This event will be at The W Programming Centre, 20 Dickson Street, Unit 101, Cambridge, ON on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 from 1:30 - 3:30 PM.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/art-from-the-heart-processing-joy-wellness-and-resistance-tickets-793195167097

If you would like to volunteer with us we would love your support please fill out this form https://forms.gle/W2HQ4Uzh7zwp4HBV7

This is an invitation to come and explore the powerful and healing benefits of art and movement therapies on building mental health and resilience. You will be inspired and uplifted as we discuss confidence and courage, and take time to appropriate the holiday season for our own wellness.

Confidence is making a promise to ourselves and keeping it

Courage is being fearful and moving through that fear and doing it anyway, for example speaking in front of the class, sharing your feelings, meeting new friends, etc.

We learn confidence and we strengthen courage!

Art from the Heart is about creating more collective and safer spaces for our communities to heal, move and play together.

For the art portion of this event, we will express our creativity by decorating sweaters in a way that is meaningful to each of us. Please bring an old sweater that you would like to jazz up for the holiday season!! No sweater to bring, that's ok, we will have some on hand.

There will be refreshments and snacks provided.

This event will be at the Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St N, Kitchener on Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 from 1:30 - 3:30 PM.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/art-from-the-heart-x-press-yourself-event-tickets-749367808287?aff=oddtdtcreator

Nicole Brown Faulknor registered Psychotherapist and Yoga instructor https://www.wounds2wings.com; https://www.teaocanada.com will be leading our movement therapy class with a focus on destigmatization (shame & trauma) of the body through movement. A movement therapy class and gentle stretch for those needing some time to rest and play - in an unhurried and loving space to offer their bodies the space it deserves to explore healing itself, through this self-healing process.

Alana Decker a local Artist in our community will be leading us in creating art that is healing that we can take pride in! We want to continue to feel the power to move and feel free in the space we are in.

If you would like to volunteer with us we would love your support please fill out this form https://forms.gle/W2HQ4Uzh7zwp4HBV7

Join Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services for another event in our Conversations for Community Care series. Working alongside Rhythm and Blues Cambridge, we will be hosting an evening on the topic of Black Men's Mental Health at the end of November.

Join us for an information session where our speakers will share trends in Black Men's Mental Health in our community and individuals will share their own personal challenges around this topic. This event is designed to encourage our community to learn more about how we can better support Black Men's Mental Health. This session is open to anyone in the community who wants to understand Black men's lived experiences. While we will have registered therapists presenting, this is not a substitute for psychotherapy, and is meant to be educational.

This event will take place on Thursday November 30th from 6-8 PM at the Old Post Office location of Idea Exchange. Light refreshments will be provided.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/conversations-for-community-care-black-mens-mental-health-tickets-755705865587?aff=oddtdtcreator

Rhythm & Blues Cambridge would like to invite youth age 10+ to join us on a bus trip to the Black Barbie Pre-Show and Black Barbie Documentary being held at the Guelph Youth Music Centre on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

Pick Up - 4:15 pm at Kinbridge Community Centre, 200 Christopher Drive, Cambridge

Drop Off - 10:15 pm at Kinbridge Community Centre, 200 Christopher Drive, Cambridge

This is going to be a fun filled celebration!! Dress up like your best version of Black Barbie!! Enjoy sweets, treats and mocktails along with prizes and entertainment. There will also be local Black vendors.

Attention parents/guardians - chaperones are needed for this event. Let us know if you would like to join us on the bus and help out during this event. Please email: rhythmandbluescambridgenews@gmail.com

**Limited number of tickets are available, sign up today to avoid disappointment.

A permission form will be emailed separately to parents for children under 18 years old.

Rhythm & Blues Cambridge would like to thank United Way Waterloo Region Communities for their support.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-barbie-pre-show-event-and-screening-of-black-barbie-documentary-tickets-740993470417?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Co-presented by The Kween Company

In-Partnership with Guelph Black Heritage

Venue: Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan St, Guelph, ONFilm Tickets: $15/PWYW Screening at 7:30pm

When Black Barbie arrived on the scene in the 1980s, it was a transformative moment. Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Through intimate auntie access to charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, filmmaker Lagueria Davis explores the path that led to the creation of the first Black Barbie and the influence that she has had.

Lagueria Davis ⋅ CANADA⋅ 100 min ⋅ Captions

Coils, Cocoa Butter & Auntie Vibes (Pre-Event)-FREE: FOR ACB (African, Caribbean and Black representing Folx)This is a celebration to honour our Aunties, Sistas, Grannies and Mamas who have been leading forces within our African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities. The Kween Company wanted to take time to get our people together to celebrate - YOU! Come out with your bestie, grab the famalay and dress in your best version Black Barbie - or perhaps rocking her iconic red and gold! Enjoy sweets, treats and mocktails, prizes and entertainment and shop at some local Black vendors. Grab your Black barbies, come visit our 360 Photo Booth, be part of our community art design, visit the mini Black Barbie exhibit and make sure to grab your photo in front of our Black Barbie backdrop!

This is Black, this is beautiful, this is dynamite - this is Black Barbie. The event is for our ACB community and a free event before the screening. The documentary of Black Barbie will be screening following this event at Guelph Youth Music Center hosted by Guelph Film Festival for $15 / Pay What You Want.

Glittery Black Barbie party hosted by The Kween Company to celebrate Sistas, Aunties, Grannies, and Mamas & conversation with director Lagueria Davis.

Vendors include: Bonjor Sunwear, GN Fashion and Accessories, Allure Dolls, Origin Creation, Shop Ikandy Boutique, Frantz Black Barbies, Mint Greetings and A.Decker Creations

Sponsors: Guelph Black Heritage Society, Denise Francis, CCAWR - Lift Off, Rhythm and Blues - Cambridge, Shyne Body Butter, Anti Racism Course with Selam Debs, Highr Learning, Balloon Kitty, Capture It 360, MTK Video Productions, D3VI Photography and Solim Abambora Photography.

On this day we will promote girls empowerment, as we explore how some bodies have been embedded into the history of observing empowerment as opposed to being in the feeling of empowerment creating an inclusively-felt space.

We ensure that we are connected to our emotional health and will be discussing the underpinnings of why emotional health is our mental health through various arts, including creative art, music, education and movement.

On this day we celebrate as a community through a continuum flow of events!

Come celebrate International Day of the Girl, to embody the representation of an all inclusive space for underrepresented menstruating bodies with Changing the Flow & Black Girl Excellence.

As we work together in community we will be in collaboration with Wounds2Wings, TEAO, Shore Centre, Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Association and Kinbridge Community Association.

Nothing beats food that is made and ready for you .

Jamadian Patties + Plus is cooking up some incredible food for our celebration: Ox-tail Poutine!

Vegan options will be available too.

Make sure to register ASAP so we know to have enough food for ya!

Register here:  https://iamempowered.eventbrite.ca/

• Incredible performances ALL weekend on the main stage

• Food from around the world

• Ekhaya: Southern African Storytime

• Travelling Kid's Stage 'The Magnificent Caravana Extravaganza' - Neruda

• Rhythm & Blues Presents: Art From the Heart for the  whole family

• KPL/WPL Children's activities - hoola hoops, bubbles, coloring contest, 

• Slow Bike Race with the City of Waterloo's Bicycle Mayor (we will have bike check too!)

• Many community groups and international marketplace vendors

• KWMF Photo contest!

We have a lot of exciting things happening this year including:

• Incredible performances ALL weekend on the main stage

• Food from around the world

• Ekhaya: Southern African Storytime

• Travelling Kid's Stage 'The Magnificent Caravana Extravaganza' - Neruda

• Rhythm & Blues Presents: Art From the Heart for the  whole family

• KPL/WPL Children's activities - hoola hoops, bubbles, coloring contest, 

• Slow Bike Race with the City of Waterloo's Bicycle Mayor (we will have bike check too!)

• Many community groups and international marketplace vendors

• KWMF Photo contest!

Join us as we come together to celebrate the history of our black communities, our ongoing resilience and empowerment. Art from the Heart is about creating more collective and safer spaces for our communities to heal, move and play together.

Though we have gotten through the initial impacts of the pandemic. It is not without its effects on our mental health.

This is an invitation for you and your family to come and explore the powerful and healing benefits of art and movement therapies on building mental health and resilience. Be prepared to be inspired and uplifted as we kick off our black history celebrations.

The event will be at the Kitchener Public Library located at 85 Queen St N on Sunday June 17th from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.

There will be light refreshments provided. We will end this evening of fun with a collaborative art project that we can take pride in, because you are our ancestors' wildest dreams!

Make sure to keep a look out in your inbox for our future newsletters which will highlight some of our upcoming events.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/636611521197

Let’s talk about periods. 

Our bodies do so much for us and it’s important that we know how to take care and give back to our beautiful selves. It’s also important to have spaces where you can safely ask questions and educate yourself on how YOU function . 

We invite you to join us for our weekend Build-A-Box event series! Come learn about menstrual equity and menstrual health in a youth and culturally sensitive space. As we navigate these topics with our partners from SHORE and Changing the Flow, you will be creating your own personal period box that you can take home with you! 

The first event is April 16 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at 200 Christopher dr. 

We will mainly be focusing on education and knowledge about periods, health, and products while beginning to build your box! 

The second event is April 23 from 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm at 200 Christopher dr. 

This day will be more of a celebration where you will complete your period box, win prizes, learn, have fun, and connect ! 

These events are for youth ages 10-16. 

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/build-a-box-menstruation-equity-and-education-event-tickets-607489526527

Please feel free to reach out to rhythmandbluescambridgeinfo@gmail.com with any questions. 

Come to this community conversation around the unique needs of Black women and their mental health in our community. There is often no room in many Black women’s lives for vulnerability, and yet most cannot get access to the mental health supports they deserve. The inequalities and racism faced by Black Canadians can have a negative impact on their mental health, and Black women especially are often taught to ignore their own feelings for the sake of others.

Join Rhythm and Blues Cambridge and Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services as we bring together a group of Black women therapists in Waterloo Region for an evening of conversation and connection, so that we all can better support mental health outcomes for Black women in our community.

We will be sharing space together in a community circle, taking time to listen and ask good questions, and the event will culminate in a community art project.

Featured speakers:

- Ajirioghene Evi-Cobbinah (she/her), ​BA, BSW, MSW - Executive Director, Kind Minds Family Wellness, the Community Engagement Specialist at the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies

- Nicole Brown Faulknor (she/her), Registered Psychotherapist, ​Founder & CEO of Wounds 2 Wings Trauma + Psychotherapy Services and TEAO Canada (Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario)

- Suzanne Trotman (she/her), ECE, BRE, M.A. Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy;. Registered Psychotherapist. Owner and Lead Therapist - Winds of Change Therapeutic & Consulting Services.

This event is generously supported by Idea Exchange and Waterloo Region Community Foundation.

We are excited to invite you all to our 2023 Cambridge Black History Month Celebration: Celebrating History and Weaving Our Dreams.

The event takes place on Saturday, February 25th from 12 pm-4 pm at Idea Exchange Queen's Square. We have an entire afternoon of fun activities for the whole family!

We have partnered with Peggy Plet to develop and host a Black History Trivia game local to Waterloo Region!

The Cambridge Guild will be hosting yarn and weaving workshops.

Cambridge Art Galleries is having a textile-based Art Exhibit featuring Black artists titled: To Build What We Become When We Dream, curated by Sarah-Tai Black.

Skaha Zulu will be hosting drumming workshops, and Irie Mirie will be providing delicious Caribbean cuisine.

Come out and celebrate with us. This is a free event, but we ask that you still register so we know how many people to expect :) See you soon

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-history-and-weaving-our-dreams-tickets-519084745447

Did you know that February 13th is recognized as Black Love Day?! 

We are excited to bring community together and host our first ever Black Love Day celebration. 

There are five black love tenets  - love for yourself,  love for the creator, love for your family, love for the black community and love for the black race. 

Come join us as we celebrate black love through the sharing of poetry, spoken word, and community arts and crafts activities for the whole family.

So, what does black love mean to you?

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-love-day-tickets-517121603637?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!! You can click the Eventbrite link to join the waitlist for our next Hair Workshop.

If you live in the KW region and have been struggling with or wanting to learn more about maintaining, understanding or embracing your child's or your own natural hair, than this is the workshop for you! We are so excited to present this workshop in partnership with Beauty Club Outlet, Black Girl Excellence and the Kinbridge Community Association to help the families in the KW region take care of, celebrate and flourish their natural hair.

Featuring three incredible stylists, this day will consist of two workshops and one seminar that will take place at the end of each workshop. We will be offering complimentary lunch, as well as door prizes, complimentary products, local braiders and more. The details of the workshops are as follows:

10:00 AM: Workshop #1 - Wash-Day Workshop

In this workshop, families will be able to view two of our stylists and natural hair educators perform a wash-day wash and go and twist out on two different younger models with curly and natural hair. Families and naturals will be able to ask questions and learn more about the proper technique around shampooing, conditioning, detangling, styling and night-time and next-morning routines.

12:15 PM: Lunch & Community Connection

During this time, lunch will be provided and attendees will have an opportunity to connect with some local braiders, connect with one another and learn more about Black Girl Excellence, Beauty Club Outlet, the Kinbridge Association and Rhythm & Blues Cambridge.

1:30 PM: Workshop #2 - Braiding and Twisting Hands-On Tutorial

In this workshop, our 3rd stylist will be walking participants through the basics of parting, twisting and braiding, and participants will be able to have hands-on practice with human hair mannequins.

11:15 AM & 2:30 PM: Self-Love Seminars (after each workshop)

In this seminar, registered psychotherapist Nicole Faulknor will conduct a self-love seminar providing resources around how to help you or your child navigate the discrimination, bullying, and lack of societal acceptance that they face due to their hair texture.

Please register for each workshop individually, as we will need to prepare for the number of people in attendance. As this event is complimentary, please only register once you are sure of your attendance, and please de-register if you become unable to attend at a later date.

We hope you can come out and enjoy a day of community, education, and natural haircare empowerment!

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/natural-hair-empowerment-and-education-workshop-tickets-515069485697

Join us as we come together to celebrate the history of our black communities, our ongoing resilience and empowerment. Art from the Heart is about creating more collective and safer spaces for our communities to heal, move and play together. 

Though we have gotten through the initial impacts of the pandemic. It is not without its effects on our mental health.

This is an invitation for you and your family to come and explore the powerful and healing benefits of art and movement therapies on building mental health and resilience. Be prepared to be inspired and uplifted as we kick off our black history celebrations. 
The event will be at Kinbridge Community Association 200 Christopher Dr, Cambridge, ON N1R 4S4, from 5:30 pm  to 7:30 pm on Saturday February 4, 2023 . There will be light refreshments provided. We will end this evening of fun with a collaborative art project that we can take pride in. Because we are our ancestors' wildest dreams.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/art-from-the-heart-processing-night-tickets-516608900127

Did Someone say … Art From The Heart!!

Half of the event will be led by @wounds2wings @mama_soulhouse and will focus on the power of movement therapy. This class is gentle movement and stretches to music infused for your soul, mostly standing movements, poses and positions of stretching. The other half of the event will be led by @a.deckerart and participants will be creating a free flowing art piece using positive affirmations.

Event Details:

When: November 15th
Time: Tuesday November 4:30pm-6:30 pm
Where: Preston Heights Community center

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/art-from-the-heart-processing-workshop-tickets-444751111547?fbclid=IwAR1XQbyejtdepNhnTNx6auzABradG5-YcwimdCvxQzcVCAs5Wsfy8In35mo

Emancipation Day, Aug 1st marks the day slavery was abolished. The recognition of this day acknowledges that slavery existed and has caused intergenerational trauma for many African Canadians. Let us embark on this learning journey together to help eliminate prejudice, discrimination, and longstanding disparity. Join us in uplifting and celebrating what is now Emancipation Day!

 This Virtual event via Zoom will be hosted by: Marjorie Ann Knight and Krysanne McLean.

Register here: https://ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/7044442https:/ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/7044442

Three sisters in advocacy work and mental health would love to invite you to our Art From the Heart: Processing Night

We may have been isolated with our thoughts, body sensations and coping through a pandemic for too long, in our opinion. We are creating a space to host a night to process it all and the impacts to our mental health though less talk and move movement through community.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/art-from-the-heart-a-processing-night-through-art-movement-tickets-369897823347

Cambridge Newcomer Outreach Program hosts a night of creation, connection, and learning about health and wellness. The free virtual event will be held March 31, 2022 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Virtual Agenda

6 p.m. Period Box Paint Night (free painting kit with registration)
Changing the Flow and Rhythm and Blues Cambridge lead an easy to follow art night experience.

7:00 p.m Newcomer Health and Wellness Information Panel
The YMCA, Kinbridge Community Association, Muslim Women of Cambridge, Changing the Flow, and YWCA Cambridge chat about the importance of health and wellness for newcomers.

For further details and to register visit the event page.

The event will be facilitated in English and an interpreter can be requested during registration.

On Monday February 28th we will be wrapping up our month long celebration with Fade Day. This day will be in connection with our month long Food Drive happening in several locations including @fadefactori

Check our local barber $5 from each Fade will be donated back to our local food bank.

Thank you for supporting us this Black History Month

Fadefactori Barbers Inc

47 Water St N, Cambridge, ON N1R 3B3

Young people, youth of ages between 14 years and 18 years old this is your sign, that your voice and ideas matter! The theme this year is Raising the Bar: Going Beyond Ourselves. This year's focus we want to hear from you, what matters and what you have to say. In raising the bar we recognize the need for honest conversation and reflection regarding our shared experience. Let's talk about Black experience in the school, in the community and social environment.

The pandemic has given all of us an opportunity to look inwards, of how we can rise above the uncertainty and continue to have hope for brighter days. This is a panel of local youth. We are excited to hear from you to connect our youth to the world beyond our area codes.  

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/253260407697

Join us virtually on Saturday, February 19th from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM as we are led through a yoga and meditation session facilitated by Selam Debs, Anti-Racism Educator and founder of Juici Yoga Studio in Waterloo.

Selam will guide you through how to move out of the unconscious fight, flight and freeze state that we often spend the day in. We will build up some heat to get energy moving with the understanding that we hold our experiences, emotions, thought patterns and intergenerational trauma in our bodies. After building up some heat through movement and breath, we will practice ways of soothing and resting the body and the mind.

This holistic practice will help you centre, de-stress, ground and activate your parasympathetic nervous system- responsible for our ability to access creativity, restoration, renewal and peace.

Bring an open heart & mind, two pillows, one blanket, water and dress comfortably. If you do not have a mat, no worries- you can lay down some blankets instead.

Be ready to relax, breathe and let go.
Rest is our birthright and this practice will be an invitation to anchor ourselves.

Learn more: https://www.juiciyoga.com/

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-yoga-tickets-253238652627

Learn more about Selam Debs:

Selam is a Black Ethiopian queer woman, an antiracism educator, an anti-oppression coach, a social justice advocate, a student in dismantling anti-Black racism, an accomplice in dismantling anti-Indigenous racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and an advocate in 2SLGBTQ+ & disability rights through an intersectional lens. She is the founder of Juici Yoga, a yoga and meditation instructor, a restorative yoga teacher trainer, a holistic life coach, a reiki master, and a Lululemon Ambassador.

Selam is first and foremost, A MOTHER. I am a singer and a songwriter, a poet and a practitioner of self-acceptance, self-love, and radical compassion. Selam’s Antiracism work is rooted in the understanding that we must acknowledge and identify the insidiousness of white supremacy before we can dismantle colonial belief systems. The process of undoing, unlearning and re-educating is necessary for white communities to embark on, to support the healing journey for our racialized communities.

Selam is also a board member of Project UP, Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region (SASCW) and Women's Entrepreneur Centre of Laurier University. You can learn more about Selam at www.selamdebs.com

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Paint along with artist A. Decker in this virtual event hosted on zoom and make your own masterpiece! She will break down each stroke of the brush into an easy to follow lesson that is suitable for beginners to more experienced artists. You will be creating a painting on a period box, as seen in the picture. Why a period box? Because menstruation is a normal and healthy part of life and needn’t be shamed or hidden. So why are we hiding our pads/tampons? Let’s make beautiful period product holders together and display them proudly.

This program is an extension of the Black Girl Excellence program by Rhythm & Blues Cambridge and is part of their Black History Month celebration offered in partnership with Changing the Flow and Cambridge Art Galleries.

This program comes with a free supply kit with everything you need.

Registration is required. Please register for each attendee in your household so you receive the right number of supply kits. Kits can be picked up at Idea Exchange, Queens Square location (1 North Square, Cambridge) on February 15 or 16 during regular service hours (10:00am-6:00pm). Please go to the Members Services Desk when you arrive for pick up.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/no-shame-in-my-flow-game-paint-night-tickets-253235553357