BHM 2021 Waterloo Region Launch: Day One Schedule

START TIME (Approx.) PERFORMER / PRESENTER DETAILS 11:00:00 AM Host Welcome + Land Acknowledgement 11:05:00 AM Carol Taylor O Canada 11:07:00 AM Acoustic Steel Musical Performance 11:25:00 AM Rufus John Musical Performance 11:48:00 AM Amy and Skye Smoke, Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, Thanksgiving Address and The AIM Song. from the Six Nations of the Grand River 12:00:00 PM Dr. Laura Mae Lindo, MPP Kitchener Centre Day 1 Keynote 12:20:00 PM Run4OfficeWR Running for Political Office in Waterloo Region 12:40:00 PM Tichaona Ekhaya Musical Performance 12:55:00 PM Bring on the Sunshine Bring on the Sunshine Family Event 12:58:00 PM Raj Saini, MP Kitchener Centre Greetings 1:05:00 PM Adventure4Change Mentorship Programs for Black Youth 1:17:00 PM Chef Arielle Neils Interactive Caribbean Cooking Class 2:22:00 PM Kitchener Waterloo Association of Realtors Sponsor Segment 2:23:00 PM Tawheed Musa Hip Hop Dance 2:28:00 PM Tim Louis, MP Kitchener-Conestoga Greetings 2:35:00 PM Canadian Multicultural Inventors Museum Black Innovators 2:55:00 PM Accelerator Centre Sponsor Segment 2:56:00 PM Graham Edwards Spoken Word 3:03:00 PM Dave Jaworsky, Mayor of Waterloo Greetings 3:10:00 PM Jaleel Debs Spoken Word 3:20:00 PM Lauris DaCosta Hymn to Freedom Project 3:35:00 PM Waterloo Region Mass Choir Musical Performance 3:55:00 PM Kathryn McGarry, Mayor of Cambridge Greetings 4:02:00 PM City of Kitchener Graphics & Music on Screen 4:03:00 PM Carlos Morgan Musician 4:18:00 PM Johanne Revoredo African Canadian innovators; COVID-19 Researchers 4:53:00 PM Host Day 1 Close

BHM 2021 Waterloo Region Launch: Day Two Schedule

START TIME (Approx.) PERFORMER / PRESENTER DETAILS 11:00:00 AM Host Welcome & Land Acknowledgement 11:10:00 AM Carol Taylor O Canada 11:12:00 AM The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Greetings Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth 11:14:00 AM Cheryl Charles Children’s Book Reading 11:24:00 AM Lauris DaCosta Hymn to Freedom Project 11:39:00 AM Bring on the Sunshine Bring on the Sunshine Family Event 11:40:00 AM TBD Musical Performance 12:00:00 PM Dr. Laura Mae Lindo, MPP Kitchener Centre Day 2 Keynote 12:25:00 PM ACAWRA Greetings 12:27:00 PM Marcia Smellie An Inside Look at the Congress of Black Women in Waterloo Region 12:47:00 PM City of Kitchener Sponsor Segment 12:53:00 PM Carol Pinnock Education Challenges 1:28:00 PM Chloe Callender + Lisbeth Haddad Inspiring Black communities, the History of Caribbean Community in Waterloo Region 1:48:00 PM BrainSTEM Alliance Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) talk 2:03:00 PM Accelerator Centre Sponsor Segment 2:23:00 PM Nicole Brown Faulknor Why Trauma in Black Communities 'H.I.T.' so Differently & Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique 2:43:00 PM Damola Adeojo Financial Education 3:03:00 PM Vince Bowry Entrepreneurship 3:09:00 PM CCAWR Notable Notes for Black History Month 3:18:00 PM Kitchener Waterloo Association of Realtors Sponsor Segment 3:24:00 PM Colleen James Representation Matters: Being Black in Corporate Canada 3:44:00 PM Selam Debs Movement + Mindfulness for Black Communities 4:44:00 PM Hosts Closing of Day 2.

4:54:00 PM CCAWR Farewell Address