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Historian Dorothy Williams once described Montreal’s Black community as “a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual consisting of Blacks from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Canada and Latin America.” She went on say that the community has deep roots in Montreal going back to coming of the first French explorers and has defied the stereotypes of “being among Canada’s uneducated immigrants, lacking motivation, poverty driven and feeding off the system.” Upon entry, she writes, Blacks have been among Canada’s most educated” but struggled to find an environment that is home, that is safe and enduring.” The challenge for generations of Blacks coming of age …

Rosie Awori (LJI) Days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated part of Haiti’s southern peninsula on August 14, Montrealer Svens Telemaque got busy trying mobilize help for victims. Through what he describes as the power of social media Telemaque who serves as outreach director at Union United Church, connected with other organizations such as, Eglise Jesuit, DESTA, Eglise Le Refuge, Youth Stars Foundation as well as groups in the Haitian sector and Montrealers at large, collecting supplies to assist in the massive relief effort currently underway in Haiti. So far, according to information from the Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency, the …

I am blessed that I live in a caring community Submitted by Marion Pennell Like so many others, the beginning of the pandemic negatively influenced my financial situation. Within a month, one of my fellow parishioners at Union United Church had called me to come and partake of the food-bank, hosted in the basement every Tuesday. At first it is a little strange having groceries that you did not choose yourself, but at the same time it’s a little like Christmas. In the spring, donors were so plenty, and the bounty offered was so large I couldn’t carry it all …