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WIBCA’s Virtual Town Hall II
The objectives of our 1st virtual Town Hall were met, giving a voice to deep concerns of the Black community members calling upon elected officials & law enforcement to hear and respond.
Now we move forward with tangible solutions derived from the meeting, feeding recommendations to respective parties holding those in the decision-making positions accountable to bring the necessary changes into existence.
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COME WORKOUT WITH US!
As of Saturday, August 1st, WIBCA will host FREE outdoor Kick-Boxing & Self-Defense Workouts every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
RSVP via email (admin@wibca.org) will be mandatory minimum 2 hours before each class as there will be restrictions with regards to the number of participants.
WIBCA hosts a Youth/Mentoring Meet & Greet Picnic Saturday, July 25th.
Our Youth/Mentoring group is open to all aged between 12 & 25 yrs.
If you would like to meet our team of volunteers and/or enroll a youth in the program please fee free to join us noting social distancing and face masks will be required.
WIBCA’s Senior Fit – Socasize/Strength Training classes
We are pleased to announce that WIBCA’s Senior Fit – Socasize/Strength Training classes will commence on Friday, July 17th 2020 via Zoom with Jenzone Fitness running each and every Friday from 12:30pm to 1:15pm until the end of the year.
Space is limited, please contact admin@wibca.org to register.
WIBCA’s Senior Fit – FREE Beginner Tai Chi classes
We are pleased to announce that WIBCA’s Senior Fit – Beginner Tai Chi classes will commence on Wednesday, July 15th 2020 via Zoom running each and every Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm until the end of the year.
Space is limited, please contact admin@wibca.org to register.
Don’t miss out on the 17th edition of the West Island Blues Festival taking virtual on Saturday, July 11th @ 7pm.
The virtual concert can be viewed on the You Tune channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAdTGMmBd-GDNmtCAtEHjqQ and will also be streamed LIVE on:
https://www.facebook.com/WIBluesFestival/
WIBCA has been receiving funding from the West Island Blues Festival since its inception and it is important to continue to support this amazing initiative to be able to give back to charitable/NPO organizations within the West Island.
Thanks for Mr. Errol Johnson (Founder & President) and the committee, the West Island Blues Festival has been able to distribute over $225,000 to date.
The West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA’s) #BLACKLIVESMATTER T-shirt fundraiser.
We’ve replenished our stock and now also have white #BLACKLIVESMATTER fundraiser T-shirts on hand as well.
If you have already reserved your merchandise, we will be open @ WIBCA (48C, 4th ave. South, Roxboro H8Y 2M2) for a pick up /payment this Saturday, July 4th between 10am & noon.
**Social distancing will be respected**
Exact cash, cheques or e-transfers will be accepted on-site.
Please message us on FB or email admin@wibca.org placing your orders in in advance if feasible.
Our community has spoken!
WIBCA would like to take this opportunity to thank our guest panelists, poets, moderator, elected officials, law-enforcement and our community at large for the overwhelming participation at WIBCA’s 1st virtual Town Hall meeting.
Our objectives set forth were accomplished and we will continue to mobilize as we prepare for a follow up Town Hall with a date TBD.
In the interim, we will take the necessary time to review/address all the correspondences in the FB chat along with gathering any questions which (due to time constraints) may not have been addressed during the Town Hall.
We would also like to thank the generous feedback received from many of our allies and greatly appreciate all of the volunteer requests and donations received to date.
Interested in becoming a WIBCA member?
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CONTACT: admin@wibca.org
Last Updated: August 3, 2020 by wibcaadmin Leave a Comment
INVITATION to WIBCA’s virtual TOWN HALL II MEETING.
Sunday, August 9th at 7pm
With ELYSIA BRYAN-BAYNE as the MODERATOR
OUR OBJECTIVES
WIBCA’s 1st Town Hall held June 7th 2020 identified issues in three major categories (Education, Law/Politics, Youth/Social Initiatives) and now our elected officials and law-enforcement will have the opportunity to announce their solutions.
We look forward to your involvement and support as we move towards justice and equality for all of us.
FACEBOOK LIVE for general public: https://www.facebook.com/WIBCA/
The meeting will be conducted in English, supporting questions in both official languages.