Tag | Celebrating Black Leaders | BGC Canada https://www.bgccan.com/en/ Opportunity Changes Everything. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:06:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.bgccan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/favicon-admin.png Tag | Celebrating Black Leaders | BGC Canada https://www.bgccan.com/en/ 32 32 Celebrating BGC Black Leaders – Meet Cole https://www.bgccan.com/en/celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-cole/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:05:39 +0000 https://www.bgccan.com/?p=75682

For two years, Cole has been a youth leader and role model at BGC St. Anthony & Area Club in Newfound & Labrador. 

Living in a small community with a population of only 2,500 and growing up as an only child in a white, single-parent home, Cole experienced barriers learning about his history and culture. The local school in St. Anthony has a total of 250 students, with only 2% of them identifying as Black. This can be challenging not only for Cole, but also for other Black youth growing up in their community. 

Whether he is at his BGC Club as a staff or volunteer, Cole always takes the opportunity to share his experiences as a Black youth in a predominantly white community. Children at the Club look up to him and he answers their questions around his experiences, actively helping others who grow up in St. Anthony overcome barriers. 

Cole is one of many leaders at BGC Clubs across the country helping others overcome barriers—turning his experience into learning opportunities and making a difference in the lives of others at his Club and in his community. 

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]]> Celebrating BGC Black Leaders – Meet Sentsetsa https://www.bgccan.com/en/celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-sentsetsa/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:54:03 +0000 https://www.bgccan.com/?p=75595

Working with BGCBigs for over 15 years, Sentsetsa has been a mentor and role model to the younger frontline staff and volunteers, as well as the families and children who walk through the Club’s doors. 

She prioritizes the needs of the community they serve. For example, Sentsetsa recognized the need to create a multi-lingual reading program, where participants took time every week to sit and read stories in their preferred language. The program allowed the children to engage with their parents, value and take pride in their culture, and share with their peers.

In 2020, BGCBigs’ Board of Directors and Leadership Team appointed Sentsetsa to lead their Anti-Racism Action Committee—a team made up of diverse staff and management that guides their efforts around equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

Since being appointed, Sentsetsa has led BGCBigs through an audit, provided trainings for the entire staff team, and reviewed policies. She was then officially titled the EDI Lead for BGCBigs—ensuring that they continue to integrate an EDI lens into to their work every day. Sentsetsa is passionate about EDI and is patient with staff as the Club goes through their learning journey around anti-racism. 

Sentsetsa has been doing what BGC does best—helping youth overcome barriers, volunteers, and anyone who turns to the Club for support. 

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