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Inauguration of the Alliance of Ghanaian-Canadian Associations (AGCA) By: Emmanuel Ayiku and Jonathan Annobil, Toronto, ON
On Saturday October 30th 2021 at the Toronto Ghanaian Presbyterian Church premises and on zoom world wide, a new Organization emerged in the Ghanaian Canadian Community in Canada. The Alliance of Ghanaian Canadian Associations (AGCA) was inaugurated under the theme: “National Partnerships for Community Advancement”. The national anthems of Ghana and Canada was rendered by Ms Grace Dampson who also gave the land acknowledgement of Ontario. Ms Claudette Opoku -Achampong, President of the Ghanaian-Canadian Association of Fort McMurray and the Vic President of the (AGCA) delivered the opening remarks for the inauguration. She said, “This great milestone marks the culmination of months of hard work, learning, pushing boundaries and crossing hurdles. We are here today thanks to the vision, commitment and tireless efforts of dedicated community leaders, our community members across the nation and the Ghana High Commission in Ottawa. To the planning committee, rest assured that I will not be harassing you with status update requests for a while”. She pointed out that, “AGCA seeks to foster collaboration among member Associations and Stakeholders, for the socio-economic advancement and wellbeing of our communities. “The beauty of this alliance is that it affords member associations the cont’d on pg. 42 & 43
H.E. Anselm Sowah Ghana’s High Commissioner Designate to Canada
Emmanuel Duodu President AGCA
Dr. Martin La-Kumi Dental Surgeon Keynote Speaker
H.E. Kati Csaba Canada’s High Commissioner to Ghana
Nadia Adongo Musah Deputy Director of Dispora Affairs
Ms Claudette OpokuAchampong, Vice President AGCA
Ghanaian Women’s Prayer Conference 2nd Segment on Thanksgiving Day October 2021 By Jonathan Baah Annobil, Toronto, ON The 2nd segment of the Ghanaian Women’s Prayer Conference 2021 took place again virtually on Monday October 11th, Thanksgiving Holiday from 9.am to 11 am The impact of the pandemic which is still on-going necessitated the conference to organize intensive intercessory prayers for the community, Canada and the world as a whole. The theme for this segment was “Our God Reigns” taken from Psalm 145. Sister Jennifer Owusu led the Praise & Worship portion. The speaker was Rev. Fr. Gabriel Opoku Previous picture of Women’s Prayer Conference cont’d on pg. 12