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“Data is key to advancement” - Nation Cheong information about your community you can make a better case for getting the support and resources you need from the government and other organizations to create solutions”.
By Solomon Kobina Aremu, Toronto, ON Leaders of the Black/African communities have been urged to put the gathering and dissemination of data at the forefront of all plans and strategies as we move forward as a community to advance our common goals.
Using the spread of African Canadians in the country for example he pointed to the fact that 60 percent live in Toronto and that shows the collective power we wield if properly tapped and directed.
The Vice President, Community Opportunities and Mobilization, United Way Greater Toronto, Nation Cheong made the call while delivering the keynote address at the Annual General Meeting of the African Canadian Social Development Council (ACSDC) held on November 13 at the Mozia Women’s Network Society hall in Toronto.
He recounted the hardships suffered by Canadians generally during the Covid-19 pandemic but said the disproportionate way it impacts the Black community “reminds us we have to look beyond the superficial and see our common goals through unity. We need to break the cycle”, he concluded.
“Data is ruling the world. We have to build the evidence, gather the facts and data that puts the numbers behind the story as we present our case to be heard”, Mr. Cheong said.
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He asked what the graduation rate percentage target among black youth was for example. “As a community we must set a target for graduating rate of the youth and plan, mobilize and implement.”
Cheong emphasized the importance of the leadership of the American Canadian people to generate and use data at the forefront in the fight for social, political and economic change. “With the right data and
He commended Kabu Asante and the leadership of the ACSDC for their energetic and creative efforts in expanding and unifying the African Canadian people. See pictures on 28
Charles Agyei Amoama GhanaianOrdination Service for Rev. Francis Owusu of Ghanaian Presbyterian Church Toronto Canadian former Diplomat is dead By Emmanuel Ayiku, Toronto, ON
Rev. Francis Owusu (Center Sitting) with the Prebytery of West Toronto
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