Calgary Black Chambers

The Calgary Black Chambers is a Canadian society of black professionals that promotes leadership capacity, advocates for social justice, and runs the Calgary Black Achievement Awards.

Calgary Black Chambers
Formation2020
FounderJon Cornish
HeadquartersCalgary
Co-Founders
Chi Iliya-Ndule, Kene Ilochonwu, Chucks Okafor, Michael Lee Hing, Akwasi Antwi, Clarence Wynter and Charles Buchanan
Websitecalgaryblackchambers.ca

Organization

Jon Cornish, Kiran Seetal, Chi Iliya-Ndule, Kene Ilochonwu, Michael Lee Hing, Chucks Okafor, Akwasi Antwi, Clarence Wynter, and Charles Buchanan, founded the Calgary Black Chambers in 2020. As of February 2022, Calgary Black Chambers had 200 members.[1]

Activities

Calgary Black Chambers provides fifteen annual educational scholarships between $1,000 and $8,000.[2][3] It also provides mentorship to secondary students and[4] runs the Calgary Black Achievement Awards.[2][5]

In 2022, the Calgary Black Chambers received the Friends of Education Award from the Alberta School Board Association for the Soft Skills curriculum.[6] The same year, the organization called for an inquiry into the killing of Latjor Tuel.[7]

References
  1. Gilligan, Melissa (1 June 2020). "Former Stampeder Jon Cornish never experienced racism in Calgary 'until last week' | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. Underwood, Colleen (23 Feb 2022). "Calgary Black Chambers empowers high school students through mentorship program". CBC.
  3. Gilligan, Melissa (28 April 2021). "Calgary Black Chambers Society announces creation of new scholarship fund - Calgary | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. Saelhof, Todd (1 June 2020). "Cornish sets up society to help mentor post-secondary students, foster diversity". calgarysun. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. "Calgary Black Achievement Awards". News. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. "Friends of Education - ABSA 2022 Awards Celebration". Alberta School Board Association.
  7. Franklin, Michael (2022-02-25). "Calgary-based Black advocacy group calls for inquiry into Latjor Tuel's death". Calgary. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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