As a continuation of our YRDSB Celebrating Black Excellence campaign, YRDSB will be celebrating Black History Month with the Celebrating Black Excellence – Black Voices project.
Celebrating Black Excellence – Black Voices aims to centre and celebrate the Black members of our YRDSB community and share their voices. This Black History Month campaign asks students, staff and families who identify as Black to consider submitting a short video of themselves answering one or more of the following prompts.
- I am proud to be Black because..
- It’s important to me that I see my identity affirmed at school/work because…
- What I need at school/work is…
- People need to know that…
- I love myself because…
- I am magic because…
- Do you have a story to tell? Let us know what it is.
- If these prompts don’t resonate with you, please feel free to answer a prompt or question of your own making.
These videos will be shared as Reels on the @yrdsb.schools Instagram account throughout the month of February, and may be featured on the Black Excellence webpage or in a YRDSB video.
Submissions from students and staff can be made through an internal form. If your child is interested in making a submission, please ask them to contact a staff member or principal at their school for details.
Community members who are interested in making a submission can do so through our public submission form which is available on the Celebrating Black Excellence webpage.