OPSEU’s Workers of Colour Caucus is hosting three Black History Month events in three cities: Windsor, London, and Toronto. Everyone is welcome to join us at these celebrations to honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present.
Windsor Event
Date and time: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 12 noon
Location: OPSEU Windsor Regional Office: 3005 Marentette Avenue, Suite 130
RSVP: Elizabeth Ha, elizabethhaha@yahoo.com or 519-919-0852
Speaker: Robert Small, Legacy Enterprises
Lunch will be provided.
Toronto Event
Date and time: Friday, February 21, 2014, 6:00 p.m.
Location: OPSEU Toronto Regional Office, 31 Wellesley Street East
RSVP: Haran Thurairasah, haranthurairasah@rogers.com
Speakers: Robert Small, Legacy Enterprises; Christopher Wilson, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Dinner will be provided.
London Event
Date and time: Saturday, February 22, 2014, 12 noon
Location: OPSEU London Regional Office, 1092 Dearness Drive
RSVP: Elizabeth Ha, elizabethhaha@yahoo.com or 519-919-0852
Speaker: Robert Small, Legacy Enterprises
Lunch will be provided.
Robert Small of Legacy Enterprises will speak in all three cities. For eighteen years, artist Robert has elevated the possibilities that can be reached as an artist. Robert’s art was part of the first national campaign made to celebrate Black History Month in Canadian history. He has also been on more mainstream and local media than any other African-Canadian artist.
Christopher Wilson will be speaking at the Toronto event. Chris is the first African-Canadian Regional Coordinator hired by the Ontario Region of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, where he has also worked as a union organizer and has overseen the internal Employment Equity Plan. After graduating from Osgoode Law School he worked for OPEIU (now COPE), and SEIU before working for the PSAC. Chris has held many positions in the labour movement, including Visible Minority Representative on the OFL Executive Board, and Member-at-Large on the International Executive Board of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU).
Download Windsor event poster here.