Black History Month Celebration

Join us to celebrate Black History Month. The event features an Elder blessing, guest speakers and a panel. This event is held in collaboration with the Grande Prairie Intercultural Association. 

Panelists:

Solomon Okhifoh is a project manager, with a passion for community connection and development. He is also a motivational speaker, who seek to cheer people to achieve their greatest potential irrespective of their backgrounds

Someh Niengor & Jada Lea are founders of the Queendom Movement: Woman Rising in the Financial Markets /Coming back to the Power of Femininity. Jada Lea is a university student working towards a PhD in Sociology, national volleyball all-star on the college level, and online marketer.

Someh is a realtor & trader, online marketer, single mother of four, and community servant. Past projects include youth homelessness (GPYESS & National Youth Homelessness), fair practices in Health (Alberta Health Services), Anti-Racism Work (Alberta Human Rights), and now Vice-Chair for Community Village.

They are passionate about women seeing their true value and relating to the workplace, equal and fair access for all people, and bringing awareness/breaking down disconnected cultural norms that don’t serve all people.

Cecilia Ntombizodwa Mzvondiwa was born and raised in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). She attended the University of Zimbabwe and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Dual Honors in Philosophy and Religion in 2000. She taught History and Religion at the Dominican Convent high school. She then moved to Canada end of 2001. In Canada, she pursued her education and obtained a Masters's degree in Human Security and Peace Building from Royal Roads University in Victoria BC. She then enrolled in law school and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of South Africa in 2014. She then worked on the conversion process to obtain her Canadian law degree equivalency through the Federal Law Societies of Canada. She Obtained her National Accreditation Certificate in 2017.

Paul Rovin is the Director of Canada in Progress. Its mission is to promote cultural diversity and inclusion and to welcome and guide francophone immigrants.

Mariah Braun seeks to amplify the voices of underrepresented individuals and tell stories through a unique point of view. This has drawn her into short documentary filmmaking and producing commercial projects with an emotional tone.

In 2019, Mariah was awarded a Telus STORYHIVE grant to direct and produce her short film Life Without Diagnosis which is set to be released on February 25. Recently, she was awarded her second STORYHIVE grant to produce her new short documentary film, Able.