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Celebrating Blacks in the Canadian Financial Industry

February 22, 2020 Violette W.
Black on Bay Street Financial Industry

Being celebrated for your accomplishments and contributions regardless of the color of your skin should be a given. But it’s not. Sometimes you have to create your own space to celebrate your own success. Sharing the top 5 ways, attitudes and energy we’re keeping this Black History Month and beyond.

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In Lifestyle Tags Black Diamond Ball, Shawn Cuffie, TD Bank Group, TD Canada Trust, Financial Industry, Financial Institution, Black History Month, BHM, Black365, Bee Quammie, Black Canadian, African-American, Caribbean Canadian, African Canadian, Women, Women of colour, breaking the glass ceiling, For the culture, Black CEO, Black on Bay Street, Economics Club of Canada, Emily Mills, How She Hustles, Black Canadian Women, HERstory in Black, Blacks, black girl, Hadiya Roderique, Career, Black on Bay II, CreateFate, Conscious Economics, Rosa Parks, self love, Black employees, Culture, Black Culture, Browskingirl, Brown skin girl, black girl magic, Black Girls Rock
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Finding Your Unique Advantage To Tell Your Story

October 31, 2015 Violette W.

You can tell your story through whatever medium and gift God has blessed you with. She gave herself “the permission” to tell her own story—our story.

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In Entertainment Tags Your Story, Testimony, Camille A. Brown, Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Black female, Identity, African-American, Black Girl, Gift, Dancing, Bessie Award, Purpose, Passion
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Being And Writing The Voice That Is Unapologetically Black

October 30, 2015 Violette W.

It sounds simple, but there just aren’t many African-American characters written on TV by African-American writer. Being a successful black writer and creator is not a title whose success is limited to just one.

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In Entertainment Tags Being Black, Mara Brock Akil, Unapologetically black, Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, Warner Bros. TV, Showrunner, BET, African-American, Issa Rae, Black Voice, Essence Magazine, Black Writer, Sweden
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Are Black Women And Their Natural Hair Welcome On TV?

October 28, 2015 Violette W.

...stating that as women in real life have become more comfortable with the coils growing out of their head, television is simply now reflecting...

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In Entertainment Tags Medical drama, Television, Shonda Rhimes, Yaya DaCosta, Chicago Med, America's Next Top Model, TV Show, Huffington Post, Black Women, African-American, Natural Hair, Never give up
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Issa Rae's Story & The Importance Of YOUR Black Girl Story

October 22, 2015 Violette W.

It was in this moment of despair that Rae, upon drawing in her journal, that she inscribed the words "I'm awkward. And Black". It's these words, and how they contradicted the black women generally portrayed...

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In Entertainment Tags Issa Rae, Prentice Penny, Showrunner, HBO, Insecure, Social media, YouTube, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Vision, TV Show, Sweden, Black Culture, Black Girl, Black Life, Mockumentary, MTV, BET, Black Women, African-American, Your Story, Your Truth, Minority Writers, Writer
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Ava DuVernay On The Shortage Of Black Female Directors

October 21, 2015 Violette W.

Female directors in Hollywood are taking a stance and voicing their discontent with the status quo of their lack of representation. Female directors are not only under-represented on the big screen, but...

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In Entertainment Tags Female Director, Rotten Tomatoes, Ava DuVernay, EEOC, Participant Pictures, Netflix, Array Distribution, ELLE Magazine, Mary J. Blige, Women in Hollywood, African-American, Golden Globe, Best Director, Selma, Apple Inc., Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Beyond The Lights, Love & Basketball, Black female
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