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02.04.2010
World pledges billions for Haiti's recovery |
Press Trust Of India
United Nations, April 01, 2010
Nearly $10 billion has been pledged in the Haiti Donor Conference to put the quake-hit nation back on its feet.
The conference, hosted by the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with his special envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, received pledges worth billions of dollars for building back the Caribbean nation.
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02.04.2010
Haiti’s Founding Document Found in London |
By DAMIEN CAVE
New York Times
March 31, 2010
There is no prouder moment in Haiti’s history than Jan. 1, 1804, when a band of statesmen-warriors declared independence from France, casting off colonialism and slavery to become the world’s first black republic.
They proclaimed their freedom boldly — “we must live independent or die,” they wrote — but for decades, Haiti lacked its own official copy of those words. Its Declaration of Independence existed only in handwritten duplicate or in newspapers. Until now. |
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19.03.2010
Nat'l Society of Black Engineers to convene in Toronto |
| ALEXANDRIA, VA, Mar 18, 2010 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) ----The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will hold its 36th Annual Convention March 31 through April 4 in Toronto, Canada, marking the first international convention in the Society's 35-year history. |
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18.03.2010
Haitian Parents Recover Children |
Joyful Haitian parents have recovered the children that they gave to American missionaries about six weeks ago.
The 33 children had been living at the SOS Orphanage on Port-au-Prince's outskirts since police stopped a group of 10 US Baptist missionaries from taking them across the Dominican border on January 29, following Haiti's devastating earthquake.
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04.03.2010
Speaker talks about black history |
Speaker talks about black history
By David Anderson
Hilary Dawson, a genealogist and historical researcher, was at the Schomberg Public Library recently to talk to members of Lloydtown Rebellion Association regarding black history in Ontario.
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04.03.2010
Africville trust gets financial boost |
Africville trust gets financial boost
By DAN ARSENAULT Staff Reporter
A plan to create a memorial project on the grounds of the former black community of Africville got a financial shot in the arm Sunday.
Ottawa gave organizers $250,000 to create the Africville Heritage Trust, which is poised to plan, build and run a church, museum and interpretive centre in Seaview Memorial Park in Halifax.
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03.03.2010
Haiti recovery process should be used to solve long-term problems – Georgieva |
By The Sofia Echo Staff
The recovery process in Haiti should be used to create a sustainable business culture, attract investments and promote small business, while ensuring a culture of business instead of one of corruption, according to Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
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27.02.2010
Underground Railroad conference kicks off today |
| TROY — Local historians will join students, teachers, scholars and others this weekend for a look into the Underground Railroad and the area’s role in the abolition movement as the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region brings its ninth annual conference to Russell Sage College. |
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27.02.2010
Jail teens given lesson in black history |
More than two dozen young offenders at a tough teen jail were given lessons on black history by a high-powered team that included Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, Peel police and probation officers.
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27.02.2010
Daniel Hill's boys in City |
Aweek ago I slipped down to Showplace to see singer Dan Hill in concert.
The theatre wasn't packed, but the performance was first-rate. I found it a compelling introduction to the talents of a man who has become one of Canada's most successful pop musicians, even though he has flown a little under the cultural radar of many observers. He is best known by many for his 1970s balladSometimes When We Touch (the honesty's too much),but his songs have been covered by many renowned singers including Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Rush and The Backstreet Boys.
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24.02.2010
Toronto museum exhibits African-Canadian history |
Black History Month is saluted at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum by a special exhibition entitled “Stitching Community: African-Canadian Quilts from Southern Ontario.”
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24.02.2010
Using the power of success to triumph over racism |
BRIAN TOWIE
METRO CANADA
How do you make it as a black person in a white world? Aim higher and work harder. Dan Hill and his family know all about it.
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17.02.2010
Haiti ambassador to U.S.: Send us your tents! Please! |
Haiti ambassador to U.S.: Send us your tents! Please!
by Dara Kam
Haiti’s ambassador to the United States Raymond Alcide Joseph made an impassioned plea for help from the U.S. government at a press conference with black legislators in the Capitol today.
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16.02.2010
Tiki Mercury-Clarke Comes to St. Olave's - Feb 21 |
LISA RAINFORD
Tiki Mercury-Clarke comes to St. Olave's Feb. 21
Church hosts jazz artist for Black History Month. Tiki Mercury-Clarke, Jazz artist, story-teller and cultural historian, presents 'Lift Every Voice and Sing: The Roots of Gospel Music" at St. Olave's Anglican Church, at Bloor Street West and Windermere Avenue, Sunday, Feb. 21.
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16.02.2010
First Black Ice Skating Duo To Compete In Winter Olympics |
 More Black History is being made at the 2010 Winter Olympics. When France sends ice skating pair Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James to compete it will be the first time in history that a black pair has graced the ice. |
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