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Meet Our Team

Sandra Whiting

BBPA event planner

Dalton Higgins

Music Programming

Martin Samuels

Dance and Fashion Show Programming

Shanlee Jackson

Logistics

Valerie Augustine

Social Media

Jordyn Gibson

Newsletters

Tassana Thomas

Volunteer Lead

Michele-Ann Halsall

BBPA Program Manager

Naomi Bachan

Assistant Stage Manager

Nicola Cuffe

Design

Sixth Generation

For the past 10 years, they have helped businesses create their brand presence and achieve their goals. Their process is designed to empower your brand and outfit your business with the marketing tools needed to succeed.

Plus lots and lots of volunteers

Partners

Government of Canada

City of Toronto

Amexem Mu Centre

Jamaica Tourist Board
What really makes Jamaica the slice of paradise it is, is the gorgeous, rich culture of those who live here. Learn about our cuisine, traditions, art, language and music and find yourself falling into step with the island of All Right.

Consulate General of Jamaica
The Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto works hand in hand with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica; to promote and advance the interests of Jamaica, and to safeguard the interests and welfare of Jamaican nationals throughout the various communities across Canada.

Jamaica 60 Toronto
The hub of everything you need to know about the Jamaica 60th Independence anniversary celebrations in the Greater Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Area (GTHNA). On August 6, 2022 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica world-wide will celebrate this Diamond Jubilee landmark as an independent nation.

Heritage Toronto
Heritage Toronto is a charity and arms length agency of the City of Toronto. Through our city-wide programming and services, including Tours, Plaques, The Heritage Toronto Awards, and Emerging Historians, we are working to build a better city by bringing people together to explore Toronto’s shared past and people’s lived experiences.

Jamaican Canadian Association
The Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) exists to deliver programs and services, provides a physical hub, and to advocate to improve the well‐being and equity of Jamaican, Caribbean & African‐Canadian communities within the Greater Toronto Area.

Caribbean Camera
The Caribbean Camera continues to be a driving force in promoting positive multicultural values across Canada and it’s constantly growing. It is the only ethnic newspaper that has been a member of the Queen’s Park Press Gallery and is often consulted on Canadian politics.

Pride News Magazine
Pride’s Mission: To act as a catalyst for the advancement, empowerment and happiness of peoples of African and Caribbean heritage, globally.
Pride News Online, formerly known as Pride News Magazine and founded in January, 1983 by Michael Lloyd Van Cooten, its Publisher and Editor — attributes its success to the positive influence it has had, and continues to exert, on the African- and Caribbean-Canadian communities it serves in Canada.

STEPS
STEPS is an award-winning cultural organization.

We have the relationships, experience, and knowledge to undertake any public art initiative in Canada.

Empress Mane
Empress Mane is an online hair supply, providing women of colour around the world access to non-toxic, all natural products same day in the GTA & top customer service worldwide, the way an empress should be treated.

Amexem Mu Centre
Improve the health and socioeconomic wellness of Descendants of Enslaved Afrikans, and Atlantis Maroons in the GTA and elsewhere.

Storytelling Toronto
Storytelling Toronto was brought to life in 1979 as the Storytellers School of Toronto. It was founded by seven storytellers who wanted to encourage the renaissance of oral storytelling in modern society.

Voices of the Shop
Voices of the Shop is a series of regularly facilitated conversations with African-Caribbean fathers, held in neighbourhood barber shops. This unique outreach and educational program was established in 2006 in response to a need to engage, sustain, and nurture Black men.

Durham Caribbean Festival

Taste of the Caribbean

Toronto Public Library
TPL is one of the world’s busiest urban public library systems, with 100 branches across the city and over 10 million books, movies, and other items

Urban Arts
UrbanArts is committed to the goal of building inclusive, engaged communities by enriching peoples’ lives through the arts, culture and heritage, with programs, services and resources delivered within the former City of York boundaries, with a focus on York South-Weston.

NIA Centre for the Arts
We are a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization that supports, showcases and promotes an appreciation of arts from across the African Diaspora.

Black Urbanism Toronto
Black Urbanism TO (BUTO) is a not-for-profit organization engaging with black communities, businesses, and spaces in Toronto. Buto seeks to protect, preserve and promote historically black ecosystems through cultural, economic, and social development.
UrbanArts is committed to the goal of building inclusive, engaged communities by enriching peoples’ lives through the arts, culture and heritage, with programs, services and resources delivered within the former City of York boundaries, with a focus on York South-Weston.

Dope Content Co Digital Marketing Agency
Dope Content Co. consultants have been helping businesses set and achieve their goals. They offer SEO services to get your brand in front of the right audience, at the right time.