Black Excellence Discussion Series #3 - The journey to achieving Black excellence

Black Excellence Discussion Series #3 - The journey to achieving Black excellence
Posted on 01/18/2022
Black Excellence Discussion Series #3 - The journey to achieving Black excellence

What does Black Excellence mean? How can we work together as a community so that African, Black, African-Caribbean (ABC) students can envision and feel empowered to reach their goals and achieve their full potential?

The OCDSB will be hosting a four-part discussion series focusing on the topic of Black Excellence. The discussions are intended for all parents, secondary students and staff.

These sessions will be livestreamed over YouTube and students, parents and staff are encouraged to share questions in advance to influence the discussion.

Session #3 - The journey to achieving Black excellence

Topic: Session #3 will be entirely organized, facilitated, and moderated by a Black student panel. The discussion focuses on intrinsic vs extrinsic motivations when achieving excellence, as well as diving deeper to discover the truth behind what it takes to consciously and unconsciously achieve excellence as Black youth.

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

Format: Panel discussion livestreamed over YouTube

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUeyPwY0t0

Participants:

  • Camille Williams-Taylor, OCDSB Director of Education
  • Faith Aqiqi, former OCDSB student, Woodroffe High School
  • Alador Bereketab, former OCDSB student, Canterbury High School
  • Redji Jean-Baptiste, former OCDSB student, Colonel By Secondary School
  • Kojo Nyarko, former OCDSB student, Colonel By Secondary School
  • David O’Sullivan, current OCDSB student, Colonel By Secondary School

Share Your Questions or Topics of Discussion

Members of the community are encouraged to share questions or proposed topics of discussion for the panel ahead of the event https://forms.gle/YSLrszFbeYhvQ9Ei6.

For panel bios or to watch previous sessions of the Black Excellence series, visit our webpage.

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