HillcrestBHC

hillcrest hs black excellence club. extending black spaces. a journey to woke in hs

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
We’re also celebrating 10 Years as a Club!

[Adrian Harewood @CarAdrianH]

Black police groups call for ex-Black Panther jailed for 48 years to be released https://t.co/JbfZ9Xn2LA

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Jamaica will ask the UK for reparations for slavery under the British Empire.

An estimated 600,000 people were kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in Jamaica. When the UK abolished slavery, it took out loans to compensate former owners.

Jamaican lawmakers want the same amount.

[Natasha Henry-Dixon, PhD @NHenryDixon]

Canada will apologize to all-Black WWI battalion https://t.co/OVwsUmMozt via @YouTube

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 - Feb 21, 1965)

[Natasha Henry-Dixon, PhD @NHenryDixon]

This is a picture of the Carter family, parents and siblings of Judge George Carter. They entered the Great Stork Derby contest in 1936. Read more here:
https://t.co/CdgxIYBH9s

[BCSA _ AENC @BlkCdnSA]

Follow-up statement from BCSA regarding #Congress2021
check thread for links to BCSA position statements

[Natasha Henry-Dixon, PhD @NHenryDixon]

'Black history is Canadian history': Why activists say Canadian Black history should be taught 365 days a year https://t.co/KXF4Urdpyz via @CTVMontreal

[Adrian Harewood @CarAdrianH]

The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale https://t.co/QQboBRUATn

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

Hillcrest Black History Club celebrates 10 years this month! In 2018 we changed to the Black Excellence Club. We are now on Instagram. Check us out!! https://t.co/Sql5zb4kFJ

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

We weren’t ‘five Black men in ski masks armed.’ We met to discuss a film production and ended up in the back of an Ottawa police cruiser | The Star https://t.co/Qjz2FiIMGW

[Natasha Henry-Dixon, PhD @NHenryDixon]

Calling Black students in Ontario in grades 10 to 12 & their caregivers. Join @OBHistory for our Leaders of Tomorrow Conference on post secondary education, Nov. 27 at 6pm. Spread the word.
Register here: https://t.co/FG9qoT7RbZ

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

@MsALambert @DiversityMusing Ordered!

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice (@eji_org) https://t.co/koqaYdByey

[HillcrestBHC @HillcrestBHC]

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[CRRF | FCRR @CRRF]

Join @UARRToronto for a panel event "Social Advocacy 101" on August 19, 2020! This event is intended for Black youth and young Black activists and equipping them with tools for navigating self care, movements, and virtual spaces. For more details: https://t.co/43w2aNpgxM

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

"A people without knowledge of their past history is like a tree without roots" - #MarcusGarvey #KnowThyself

[CanadianEncyclopedia @CdnEncyclopedia]

Most know the music of Bob Marley, but few are aware that the lyrics to one of his greatest hits, “Redemption Song,” were born in a 1937 speech delivered in Sydney, Nova Scotia by Black rights activist Marcus Garvey, born #OTD in 1887 https://t.co/Thcpa9p0B4

[ACB Network of Waterloo Region @OfAcb]

Is this what @WRPSToday means by their tagline “People helping people?” #PeopleHarmingPeopleWRPS #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice
Link to video: https://t.co/4oLoMbGg2m

@WRPSToday

@Chief_BLarkin

@CTVKitchener

[Natasha Henry-Dixon, PhD @NHenryDixon]

I was asked to share my thoughts. The demand is not new, but has been ignored by @ONeducation for decades. I'd change the headline to say "add Black history" b/c there are currently NO learning expectations in the #SSHG & #CWS curricula. Time to address this systemic exclusion.