What Defines Success
This poem basically describes what the author thinks success is. I love the way the author describes that word and it is the kind of poem that not only touches my heart but also motivates me to achieve success.
Me For Me
Do you see me for me? Or do you only see my outer Exterior? Do you see all of the pain, the hurt, the soul-shattering sadness that’s Within me?
May Day: Representing the Rights of Workers and Students
Did you know that May 1st – or ‘May Day’ – is recognized as International Workers’ Day – and has been since the 1890s? The commemoration of this day honours the ongoing struggle for workers’ rights.
Celebrate Jane/Finch Neighbourhood Pride and Get Walking!
Youth in the Jane/Finch community, like youth in other ‘marginalized’ urban cities, have been the focus of negative public communication that brands them as ‘problems.’ Extensive negative media coverage of the community has resulted in the association of Jane/Finch with youth-on-youth violence, poverty, and lack of opportunity. Paradoxically, co-existing with this negative framing of Jane/Finch is a high degree of Continue reading Celebrate Jane/Finch Neighbourhood Pride and Get Walking!
Perspective Matters
There was a great interview this morning on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning with our friends at Success Beyond Limits about stigma in the Jane/Finch community.
Overcoming Racism
“Overcoming racism compels us to address public policies and private attitudes that perpetuate it.” – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2011 Did you know that Wednesday, March 21st marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination? This day is marked every year on March 21st – on this day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people Continue reading Overcoming Racism