As 2009 draws to an end, Black Daddies Club would like to thank our community for supporting us; whether it was volunteering with BDC, or referring our agency to a friend, or coming out to one of our events

On November 28th, 2009 BDC celebrated our 2 year anniversary with the event Monogamy…is it relevant? The event was a success, and not because the tickets were sold out or that the event was only standing room, but it was a success because we achieved our goal of creating dialogue in our community on a topic that traditionally the African/ Caribbean community doesn’t speak on. The attendee that was at the event was enthralled in the conversation from start to finish, and more importantly the dialogue still went on after the event

We would like to thank our volunteers, sponsors, community partners, panellists and moderators for all your help in 2009 and we look forward to buiing together in 2010.

Our next discussion will be February 2010 at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Special thanks to the Black Daddies Club team for your consistency and dedication-

Þ    Rehema Vuo (Publicist Outreach coordinator)

Þ    Danielle Monsegue (Logistics/ Volunteer Coordinator)

Þ    Kareem Perez (Business Development Coordinator)

Check out some photos of the Monogamy event on Face book

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/#/album.php?aid=170420&id=579158853

Here is a mini summary video of Monogamy event

http://www.azreel.com/video/bbd_roughedit.mov

Black Daddies Club in the Media:

Sway Magazine- December 2009

http://swaymag.ca/persuade1.php

Toronto Star-November 2009

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/news%20%20features/article/730824--tackling-taboo-topics-within-black-community

What to look out for 2010

Þ    Young and Potential Father initiative- Space

Þ    Ujima HUB Collective- Space

Þ    Re-birth of Holistic Incarcerated Program (HIP)

Þ    Taboo discussions series continues

Þ    Barbershop program

Þ    More than an haircut programming /DVD now available please contact Lorraine Kirlew for information  lkirlew@macaulaycentre.org

Þ    Homeless winter Blanket and Clothes drive, January 2010

Þ    Daddies and Me

Peace, Faith, Justice and Love

Brandon Hay
Executive Director
Black Daddies Club
brandon@blackdaddiesclub.com
www.blackdaddiesclub.com

*BDC in the news:

Check out BDC interview on 100 Huntley Street
http://www.100huntley.com/video.php?id=4lvMF2Ihs1o

Sway Magazine speaks to BDC's- Brandon Hay about Monogamy, check it out

http://swaymag.ca/persuade1.php