CPA Cheetahs For Change

New Account! • Student-led advocacy group at CPA • Join us in room 230 at lunch on Tuesday’s • “Open your heart and feet will follow”

[CPA Cheetahs For Change @CPACheetahsFor1]

Today, May 5th, marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People. Beyond just today, let’s continue to acknowledge, and educate ourselves.

[Yelena Smith @YelenaS49960719]

@JustinTrudeau @MarciIen @coteau Amazing . Some of the CPA young leaders @CPACheetahsFor1 would love to see you to engage with them into some citizenship conversations surrounding mental health supports, climate change and the financial future of Canada .

[CPA Cheetahs For Change @CPACheetahsFor1]

Happy International Women’s Day! Not only today, but every day we celebrate the next generation of strong, resilient and empowering leaders.

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

ITS A WRAP!
The Black Inspired Quotes and Reflections Series.

Thank you so much to all that participated, reposted, and engaged.✨️

ALSO P.S.A. African Heritage Month is 365 days a year... that's on period.✊🏾

Post your thoughts about this year's AHM project below ⬇️

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 28: “I outright reject the term runaways. I see courage, cleverness and forethought." - Sylvia D. Hamilton

#writer
#filmmaker
#pioneer
#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackcreators

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 27:
No matter the barricades 
No matter the hurricanes
No matter the pains
No matter the hardships
We chose, to find the strength to withstand
We chose, to stand in this black sea

Excerpt from Black Sea by Damini Awoyiga  

#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackwriters

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 26: Being Black in Canada: An opportunity to grow and thrive against the odds. Disadvantaged by multiple factors institutional and communal, being black in Canada is about obstacle crossing and overcoming. But I can do it since our ancestors did it.

Rev Elias Mwamba Mutale

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 25: Ancestors are within you that's why sometimes tears from the past flow to the present. - DA

#qoutes
#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#Ancestors
#blackcreators

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 24: "Black History lost, has been found: Strayed has wandered back and Stolen, is being returned."
- Carrie Best

#journalist
#activst
#AHM2024
#blackhistory

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 23: "Black history is not just for Black people- Black History is Canadian history" - Jean Augustine

#politician
#blackhistory
#activst
#AHM2024

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 22: Lincoln Alexander

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 22: “Remember always the importance of rest and that it’s ok to say no and not feel bad or guilty about it. We must remember that ‘Rest is resistance." - Robert de la Chevotiere

#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackwriters
#teacher

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 20: "One cannot be totally, satisfied until you see changes on the street. Changes within the courts. Changes in the institutions" ~ Dudley Laws

#activst
#AHM2024
#Ontario
#blackwriters
#blackcreators
#BlackHistoryMonth

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 19: "One cannot be totally, satisfied until you see changes on the street. Changes within the courts. Changes in the institutions" ~ Dudley Laws

#activst
#AHM2024
#Ontario
#blackwriters
#blackcreators
#BlackHistoryMonth

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 18: A reflection written by Cameron Marsman - High school student.

[CPA Cheetahs For Change @CPACheetahsFor1]

Join us next Saturday, February 24th, at the Coldest Night Of The Year walk in Sackville to raise money and awareness for those experiencing hurt, hunger and homelessness this winter season. Register online with Team CPA using the following link: https://t.co/rbISjtPkGv

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 17: A reflection written by Jasmine Giwa-Amu - High school student.

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 16: "Driven by impact and the journey to financial freedom, I build success through experience and wisdom, always seeking mentors and aspiring to guide others. Each step is a lesson, every challenge is a teacher." - Trevor Silver

#trevclothing
#blackcreators
#AHM2024

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Day 15: "Do a little bit of good where you are, it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." - Viola Desmond

#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackcreators
#Hairdresser
#trailblazers.

[Dáminí Awóyígà @awoyiga]

Feb 14: "Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others."
- George Elliott Clarke

#activst
#Poet
#AHM2024