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Stand By Me
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Do it Now
Halleluja, I Love You

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Wednesday
21Jan2009

Black History Event: Educators' Forum

An Event for Educators & Leaders
Friday, April 24, 2009

Master of Ceremonies: Terri Jackson

Director, Emancipation/Grey County Black History Event
Bio
Researcher, Grey County and Scenic City (Owen Sound) Black History
Researcher, Bruce and Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Researcher, Grey County/Greenwood Cemetery Black Occupancy
Researcher, Heritage Pathways
Researcher, Black History Event
Project Manager, Black History Cairn Project
Researcher, Freedom Trail Project

Presenting

Natasha Henry

Founder of Fundi Educational Resources
Bio
Curriculum Development Support Resources Focusing on African Canadian History
Curriculum Consultant, Public & Private School Educator
Workshop Facilitator, Author and Keynote Speaker.

Norma Black Bourdeau

Maryland U. Multicultural Education Program Developer & Professor
Bio
Teacher, Counselor, Trainer, Course Designer
Minority Advocate and Writer, Public Speaker
Award winning Published Writer
Corporate Training Executive
Member: Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Foundation
Urban League of Greater Hartford and Connecticut, Masters Degree
Planned Parenthood Association Executive
“Developer of people, programs and interventions for change”

Lisa S.J. Scott

Corporate & Institutional Strategy Consultant
Master Human Resource Trainer, Life Coach & Change Facilitator
Bio
Director Public Relations/Board of Directors, Emancipation Festival
Director & Co-Founder: International Emancipation Children’s Fund
Black History Educator: EF/World Vision Relations Director
Business Degree/Certification: Harvard School of Business Strategic Planning Process
Forte in Executive and Leadership Development, Employee Coaching, Employee Relations Consulting and Corporate Strategic Planning – VP Training, North America – VP HR Canada

Taborah (Tabby) Johnson

Canadian & International Educator, Singer, Actress and Radio Host, Minority Rights Advocate
Bio
Educator in Canada and Bermuda
Performed with Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Rick James
Acted in Productions of “Polka Dot Door”, “Big Comfy Couch”, “Hair”, “Noddy”, “Ain’t Misbehavin”’, “Stand-Up Shakespeare”, “Doc”, “E.N.G.”, “For Coloured Girls” and others
Acted with Naomi Judd, Andy Griffith, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, and Kim Basinger
Radio Host CFRB, CJRT

Jane Gibson

Publisher, Natural Heritage Books
Bio
Editor: “The Underground Railroad”, “Vanished Villages of Elgin”
Publisher: “Breakfast at the Hoito: And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland”, “Les Écossais”
Co-Publisher with Barry Penhale: “The Mazinaw Experience: Bon Echo and Beyond”