In continuation of Black History Month, Waterloo Architecture continues to highlight affordable events which are available for its community members.
Designing
in
Color:
"Aquí
Estamos,"
Afro-Latinx
Panel:
Lecture
(Free)
Wednesday,
February
23rd,
2022
at
7
PM
ET
Designing
in
Color
"Aquí
Estamos",
meaning
"We
are
Here",
will
center
the
voices
of
Afro-Latinx
to
discuss
the
intersectionality
between
two
cultures
and
their
lived
experiences
among
two
cultures.
'Representation
matters'
is
a
phrase
commonly
used,
but
what
if
it
still
leaves
some
people
out?
Slavery,
Mobility,
and
the
Creolized
Counter-Knowledge
of
Resistance
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
24th,
2022
at
7PM
ET
McGill
University
The
ASSA
is
honoured
to
welcome
groundbreaking
Art
History
Professor
and
internationally
renowned
author
Dr.
Charmaine
Nelson
for
a
guest
lecture
entitled
“He
‘is
supposed
to
have
with
him
forged
Certificates
of
his
Freedom,
and
Passes’:
Slavery,
Mobility,
and
the
Creolized
Counter-Knowledge
of
Resistance”. The
enslaved
black
communities
of
the
regions
that
would
become
Canada,
suffered
(like
their
fellow
bondspeople
in
southern,
more
tropical
sites)
the
direct
control
of
their
mobility
by
their
enslavers.
This
lecture
adopts
an
extended
conceptualization
of
creolization
–
the
transformation
of
cultures,
societies,
and
populations
within
the
context
of
the
contact
between
Europeans,
enslaved
Africans,
and
colonized
and
enslaved
Indigenous
peoples
in
the
Americas
–
to
explore
the
intersection
of
and
conflicts
between
knowledge
production
and
enslaved
mobility.
Difference
and
Design:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
24th,
2022
at
6
PM
ET
The
Bernard
&
Anne
Spitzer
School
of
Architecture
Justin
Garrett
Moore
is
a
transdisciplinary
designer
and
urbanist.
He
serves
as
the
program
officer
for
the
Humanities
in
Place
program
at
The
Andrew
W.
Mellon
Foundation,
where
his
work
focuses
on
advancing
equity,
inclusion,
and
social
justice
through
place-based
initiatives
and
programs,
built
environments,
cultural
heritage
projects,
and
commemorative
spaces
and
landscapes.
He
has
extensive
experience
in
architecture,
planning,
and
design—from
urban
systems,
policies,
and
building
projects
to
grassroots
and
community-focused
planning,
design,
preservation,
public
realm,
and
arts
initiatives.
He
is
also
the
co-founder
of
Urban
Patch,
a
social
enterprise
focused
on
sustainable
design
and
development
projects
in
the
United
States
and
Rwanda.
Dismantling
Anti-Black
Racism
Strategy
Implementation
Plan
in
the
YRDSB:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
24th,
2022
at
12
PM
ET
On
The
Stoop
Darcie
is
an
audacious
educator,
who
anchors
herself
in
her
faith
and
as
a
Black
woman
with
proud
Afro-Latina
and
West
Indian
roots.
Over
the
past
20
years,
she
has
faithfully
served
to
empower
Black
and
marginalized
students
from
K-12
through
her
various
roles
as:
a
classroom
educator,
the
African/Caribbean
Teacher
Liaison,
Vice
Principal
and
Principal
at
the
school
level,
and
now
as
the
first,
Principal
of
Dismantling
Anti-Black
Racism
Strategy
Implementation
Plan.
She’s
responsible
for
coordinating
the
implementation
of
York
Region
District
School
Board’s
Dismantling
Anti-Black
Racism
Strategy.
A
significant
part
of
the
role
includes
supporting
all
YRDSB
staff
in
acquiring
the
racial
literacy
skills
needed
to
recognize,
discuss,
dismantle
and
disrupt
racist
ideologies
that
perpetuate
the
disparities
that
Black
students
face.
Empowering
Racialized
Communities
as
Research
Collaborators
and
Agents
of
Change:
Waterloo
Region
Community
Event
Thursday,
February
24th,
2022
at
12
PM
ET
Wilfred
Laurier
University
During
Black
History
Month,
join
Laurier’s
Dr.
Ciann
L.
Wilson,
associate
professor
of
Community
Psychology,
and
Dr.
Magnus
Mfoafo
M’Carthy,
associate
professor
of
Social
Work,
for
an
Inspiring
Conversation
about
engaging
in
research
with
racialized
communities.
Wilson
will
explore
the
importance
and
ethics
of
harnessing
the
talents,
knowledge
and
skills
of
Black,
Indigenous
and
racialized
individuals
in
order
to
empower
them
as
research
collaborators
and
agents
of
change,
while
Mfoafo
M’Carthy
will
discuss
the
challenges
associated
with
studying
oppression,
mental
illness
and
disability
in
the
Global
South.
Black
Lives
Matter
in
Academic
Spaces:
Three
Lessons
in
Critical
Literacy:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
24th,
2022
at
12
PM
ET
OSU
Graduate
School
This
talk
describes
ways
that
teachers
and
the
public
in
both
Canada
and
USA
have
misappropriated
the
linguistic
concept
of
code-switching
as
it
applies
to
both
Black
language
and
Standard
language
speakers.
The
effect
of
such
misappropriation
harms
rather
than
assists
(as
it
is
intended)
Black
language
speakers
in
their
pursuit
of
academic
and
professional
discourse.
Misappropriated
code-switching
harms
Black
language
users
socially,
culturally,
and
psychologically
and
further
contributes
to
state
sanctioned
brutality
against
Black
bodies.
Drawing
from
the
fields
of
linguistics,
socio-cultural
education,
communication,
and
cultural
studies,
the
researcher
presents
three
calls
to
action,
framed
as
solutions
to
the
cultural
conflict
about
Black
language
use
in
classrooms,
boardrooms,
and
technical
and
professional
environments.
Scholar
and
Performer
Vershawn
Ashanti
Young
describes
and
proposes
solutions
to
the
cultural
conflict
about
Black
language
use
in
classrooms,
boardrooms,
and
technical
and
professional
environments.
The
Poet
MJ
-
Indigenous
and
Jamaican
spoken
word
artist
and
student:
Performance
(Free)
Friday,
February
25th,
2022
at
12
PM
ET
On
The
Stoop
Jayda
Marley
is
a
20-year-old
nationally
acclaimed
Afro-Indigenous
poet
of
Ojibwe
&
Jamaican
Descent,
youth
activist,
and
community
healer
from
Tkaronto.
As
a
former
competing
poet,
Jayda
holds
the
1st
place
National
championship
title
of
“Voices
of
Today
2018.”
She
is
also
the
founder
and
creative
director
of
the
new
open
mic
series
“For
The
Queer
Coloured
Girls
After
Me.”
Jayda
is
also
one
of
the
founders
of
the
non-profit
movement
Not
Another
Black
Life.
Whether
you
catch
Jayda
at
an
open
mic
around
the
city,
or
on
bigger
platforms
like
Pride
Toronto,
Nuit
Blanche
and
Parliament
Hill,
she
is
sure
to
captivate
every
crowd
she
touches
with
her
words.
When
she
isn’t
performing,
Jayda
is
waist
deep
in
a
book
or
teaching
youth
across
Turtle
Island
how
to
use
their
voices
using
spoken
word,
and
activism.
Anansi
and
Di
Snowstorm
Performance
with
Ujima:
Black
History
Month
&
Beyond
@UW:
Performance
(Free)
Saturday,
February
26th,
2022
at
10
AM
ET
University
of
Waterloo
and
Waterloo
Public
Library
What
is
going
to
happen
to
Anansi
when
he
leaves
Jamaica
for
the
first
time
and
travels
to
Canada
only
to
experience
a
powerful
snowstorm?
Will
his
tricks
help
him
overcome
the
cold
Canadian
weather
or
will
he
have
to
rely
on
help
from
new
friends
such
as
Bredda
Squirrel,
Bredda
Raccoon,
and
Miss
Skunk?
Can
Anansi
adjust
to
this
new
environment,
or
will
it
be
too
much
for
him
to
handle?
Black
History
Month
celebration
at
Mount
Zion
Lutheran
Church:
Waterloo
Region
Community
Event
(Free)
Sunday,
February
27th,
2022
at
11:00
AM
ET
Mount
Zion
Lutheran
Church
A
Day
to
celebrate
Black
History
together
when
a
selection
of
special
musicians
and
speakers
will
join
for
a
Zoom
service.
Father
Steven
Greene,
an
Anglican
minister
who
serves
at
St.
Thomas
the
Apostle
Anglican
Church
in
Cambridge
will
be
the
guest
speaker.
Bishop
Pryse
will
also
participate
in
this
inspiring
service.
Organized by:
Designing
in
Color
The
Bernard
&
Anne
Spitzer
School
of
Architecture
On
The
Stoop
Wilfred
Laurier
University
OSU
Graduate
School
University
of
Waterloo
Waterloo
Public
Library
Mount
Zion
Lutheran
Church
McGill
University