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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

This year, the Ontario NDP is celebrating Black Futures by shining a light on Black community leaders and organizations who are making a difference in our communities and our province!

Here is NDP Black Caucus Chair @LauraMaeLindo to get us started:

@LauraMaeLindo Continuing our celebration of Black Futures, NDP Official Opposition leader @AndreaHorwath on @sarahjama!
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures #ONpoli

@LauraMaeLindo @AndreaHorwath @sarahjama NDP MPP for Toronto Centre @SuzeMorrison with a #BlackHistoryMonth Black Futures spotlight on Sureya Ibrahim! #BlackFutures

NDP MPP @JILLSLASTWORD celebrates @NiaCentre! #BlackFutures #BlackHistoryMonth
https://t.co/G0dwPtrJl1

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre NDP MPP @mppPaulMiller celebrates community leader Lois Pierre! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller As part of our Black Futures series, NDP MPP @SuzeMorrison celebrates Toronto school board trustee Chris Moise! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison NDP MPP for Spadina-Fort York, @ChrisGloverMPP
celebrates educator Donna Harrow! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP As part of our #BlackFutures series, NDP Attorney General Critic @GurratanSingh is highlighting civil liberties & racial justice advocate @AnthonyNMorgan & his team @CABR_Toronto! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto MPP for York South-Weston, @FaisalHassanNDP is marking #BlackFutures by celebrating Jacklyn Thomas, the CEO of the Artists to Artists Foundation! #ONpoli #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP NDP MPP for Toronto Centre @SuzeMorrison
with a #BlackFutures spotlight on tenant organizer & LGBTIQ+ community advocate Donald Collymore! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP For our #BlackFutures series, Andrea Horwath is also highlighting Interim Executive Director of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (@HCCI1) and true renaissance man, @EasyThePianoMan! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan NDP Education Critic @maritstiles with a #BlackFutures spotlight on community organizer, education advocate
& former TDSB trustee @AlexisDawsonTO! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO Here's NDP Culture Critic & MPP for Toronto-St.Paul's, @JILLSLASTWORD with a #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight on award-winning musical artist @JayDouglasMusic!

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic NDP MPP for Beaches-East York @beyrima is highlighting community organizer, nonprofit leader & builder of #BlackFutures, Caldwell Williams! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima Here's Scarborough Southwest's NDP MPP @DolyBegum with a #BlackFutures spotlight on @BLM_TO co-founder & @BLAC_Ontario vice-chair, @sandela! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela NDP MPP for Toronto Centre @SuzeMorrison is highlighting the #BlackFutures work of sustainability, accessibility & equity advocate Sharon McMillan! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela Here is NDP MPP for Davenport, @maritstiles with a #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight on social justice and equity advocate Oweka-Arac Ongwen!

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela NDP Women's Issues Critic & MPP for Toronto-St.Paul's,
@JILLSLASTWORD is highlighting the #BlackFutures work of policy analyst @BrittanyAmofah, who is leading a #BlackHistoryMonth policy series at @broadbent!

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela @BrittanyAmofah @broadbent Here is NDP MPP for Toronto Centre @SuzeMorrison celebrating the work of community organizer Angela Critchlow for #BlackHistoryMonth!

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela @BrittanyAmofah @broadbent NDP Critic for Poverty & Homelessness, & MPP for Beaches-East York, @beyrima is celebrating the #BlackFutures work of community organizer & prison reform advocate Rajean Hoilett! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela @BrittanyAmofah @broadbent NDP Culture Critic & MPP for Toronto-St.Paul's,
@JILLSLASTWORD is celebrating the #BlackFutures work of nonprofit and arts leader, @CuffieShawn! #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela @BrittanyAmofah @broadbent @CuffieShawn Here is NDP Critic for Tenant Rights, @SuzeMorrison with a spotlight on the work of tenants rights organizer Peta Francis! #BlackFutures #BlackHistoryMonth

@JILLSLASTWORD @NiaCentre @mppPaulMiller @SuzeMorrison @ChrisGloverMPP @GurratanSingh @AnthonyNMorgan @CABR_Toronto @FaisalHassanNDP @HCCI1 @EasyThePianoMan @maritstiles @AlexisDawsonTO @JayDouglasMusic @beyrima @DolyBegum @BLM_TO @BLAC_Ontario @sandela @BrittanyAmofah @broadbent @CuffieShawn To cap off our spotlight on Black leadership & #BlackFutures this #BlackHistoryMonth, here is @AndreaHorwath recognizing trailblazer & living legend Zanana Akande for her Lifetime Achievement in Public Service.