Operation Black Vote Canada Launches Fellowship Program To Develop Next Generation Of Black Public Policy-Makers

Operation Black Vote Canada Launches Fellowship Program To Develop Next Generation Of Black Public Policy-Makers

PUBLISHED IN Pride News | PUBLISHED ON January 10, 2020 

 

TORONTO, Ontario January 10, 2020 — Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC) — established in 2004 as a non-profit and multi-partisan organization that supports the election of Black people to public office — has launched its inaugural 1834 Fellowship program.

Named for the year that slavery was abolished in Canada, the 1834 Fellowship will seek out 40 high-potential Black youth, between the ages of 18 and 25, for the first year of the program, to prepare them for civic leadership roles and support them in their skills and career development.

Developed by OBVC, the 1834 Fellowship is an intensive, one-year, civic leadership and public policy training program, which will be delivered, in partnership with Brock and Ryerson Universities.

“If we are to equip and prepare the next generation of young Black Canadians to take their place in our politics and government, we must start building the policymakers of tomorrow, today,” commented Velma Morgan, Chair of OBVC. “Policy matters and legislation affects our daily lives.”

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Operation Black Vote comes to Queen’s ahead of federal election

Operation Black Vote comes to Queen’s ahead of federal election

WRITTEN BY Rebecca Lourenco | PUBLISHED BY The Queen’s University Journal | PUBLISHED ON September 20, 2019

African Caribbean Students’ Association first university organization to co-host event

The African Caribbean Students’ Association (ACSA) at Queen’s was the first university-organization in Canada to co-host Operation Black Vote.

On Sept. 18, Operation Black Vote (OBV) visited campus to discuss the importance of diversity in politics and the impact of voting. The organization’s aim is to educate, promote, and support Black Canadians’ participation in the political process at all levels.

Trevor Gooden, the group’s director of campus outreach, said the goal of OBV is also to help Black students become involved in voting in Canada.

“Increasingly, we are becoming a voting block that can get things done,” he said.

Gooden encouraged students to look at issues that will directly affect them and take those into consideration when voting. “We’re going to graduate soon into a really expensive country and a really expensive economy,” he said.

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Operation Black Vote Canada Holds Black Youth Political Summit At Toronto City Hall

Operation Black Vote Canada Holds Black Youth Political Summit At Toronto City Hall

By Neil Armstrong | Published in Pride News

TORONTO, Ontario, November 1, 2017 — Toronto councilor, Michael Thompson, says a lot of cool things are happening in the city and Black Canadians must want to be a part of it.

He is encouraging more to run for political office and noted that being at the table is important because there is so much that a person can do there.

Councillor Thompson, a sponsor alongside the Toronto Education Workers of the Next Generation Black Youth Political Summit, organized by Operation Black Vote Canada, was speaking at the event held inside Toronto City Hall on October 28.

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