Virtual Café by YouthREX | Andrea | Activity https://cafe.youthrex.com/members/andrea/activity/ Activity feed for Andrea. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fefbdce95408d7762430cf4b2ef1e250 Andrea replied to the discussion How might we draw on research findings to highlight and challenge the impact of anti-Black racism on youth and their families? in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/strategies-for-working-against-anti-black-racism/#post-1149 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:33:58 -0400 Reply to How might we draw on research findings to highlight and challenge the impact of anti-Black racism on youth and their families?

YES! Alisha, I echo your sentiments.

]]> aeb068c84856b0f807ed12a02cdcb5a5 Andrea replied to the discussion How might we draw on research findings to highlight and challenge the impact of anti-Black racism on youth and their families? in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/strategies-for-working-against-anti-black-racism/#post-1148 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:31:09 -0400 Reply to How might we draw on research findings to highlight and challenge the impact of anti-Black racism on youth and their families?

Julie, you are so correct in your statement. When you ask about Black history, everyone is reciting American Black history. Canada has a Black history too. Black Americans amplify their voices and we are echoing their experiences. Although hidden, secretly destroyed, and fragmented, we have a history, a story here as well. Our story did…

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]]> 2b0106b67dd3410783a448f081463d17 Andrea replied to the discussion Centering Black Youth Wellbeing Spotify Playlist in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/centering-black-youth-wellbeing-spotify-playlist/#post-1147 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:11:51 -0400 Reply to Centering Black Youth Wellbeing Spotify Playlist

Music is food to the soul. This is a great playlist and I find myself dancing at the beginning and the end of each lecture. I am so happy to have access to the playlist. Blessings!

]]> 18ca52a56bf4a4caf03f21e9a428ea09 Andrea replied to the discussion Why is anti-Black racism still a problem in Ontario? in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/why-is-anti-black-racism-still-a-problem-in-ontario/#post-1146 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 23:50:29 -0400 Reply to Why is anti-Black racism still a problem in Ontario?

If we do not identify that anti-Black racism is a problem here in Ontario, or Canada even, then it will continue to prevail. Canada is known as the friendly, polite, apologetic country. Racism tends to be thrown very subtly and it is spoken in a very soft whisper and served with a well intentioned smile. The comments about “those people” and…

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