Celebrate an annual tradition that has been going strong for over 2 decades!
The University of Toronto’s Black History Month Luncheon sponsored by the Division of University Advancement and supported by Hart House, returns with dynamic speakers, compelling performances and delicious food. This annual event has become a long-standing tradition that celebrates Black excellence while providing a welcoming and inclusive community space.
Each year, the organizing committee for the Annual Black History Month Luncheon chooses a deserving voice to be recognized with a University of Toronto Advancement Achievement Award. Changemakers, disruptors, innovators, entrepreneurs, teachers, artists, civic engagement champions, social justice leaders and many more have been celebrated for their work, dedication and commitment.
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This year, the award-winning work of former TV personality, Tracy Moore will be celebrated for her work in raising awareness about EDI as well as working towards addressing and reversing equity disparities for marginalized communities. Ms Moore will be providing brief remarks and engaging in a Q and A.
Other guests include a spoken word performance by Toronto’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, Shahaddah Jack a Bilingual social activist and poet and a special appearance by New Orleans’ own Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, known as the “Pythagoras Girls”. Now College students, the two stunned the math community when as teens they successfully provided solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle, proving the Pythagorean Theorem via trigonometry. Since then, they have demonstrated multiple proofs.
