Youth In Action
Maya Basudde: A World with One Nation
by Maya Basudde When I think of community I think of my grandmother’s oak tree Each individual branch reaching up to the sky so beautifully cont...
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Muna Mohammed: Striking A Balance – How activist burno...
By Muna Mohamed On Monday February 8th 2016, 23-year old Black Lives Matter activist, Marshawn McCarrel II, died by suicide outside of the Ohio state...
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Drew Simpson: Racist Undertones
Racist Undertones By Drew Simpson When we told people that we were moving to Canada, they referred to it as the “White man’s land”. Along with the sno...
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Colonel By Secondary School celebrates Black History Month i...
Wednesday 10 February, 2016 Teacher Crystal-Lee Savage was in her element as mentor and motivator, as she once again guided the students at Colonel B...
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Kika Otiono: #OscarsSoWhite: Rewarding Black Excellence
#OscarsSoWhite: Rewarding Black Excellence The follies of generations past should not rest upon the shoulders of innocent individuals. With the abolit...
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Ililli Ahmed: The Wiz – A timeless classic!
The Wiz: A timeless classic! Ililli Ahmed Decades ago, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, adapted from a written...
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Kika Otiono: Compassion amidst crisis – Welcoming Syri...
by Kika Otiono, Youth Editor On September 2, 2015, the picture of a boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea appeared on 20 million screens around the...
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Ililli Ahmed: Three Things You Won’t Learn about Black Peopl...
by Ililli Ahmed We are Human This may sound funny, and some people reading this might be thinking, “Well of course they’re human! We all...
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Kika Otiono: If I had the power to change the world
By Kika Otiono, Youth Editor If I had the power to change the world, peace would reign. Illness, crime, and poverty would cease to exist. Every human ...
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Introducing Kika Otiono, Youth Editor
Hello Black Ottawa Scene readers! My name is Kika Otiono, and I am excited to be appointed as the Youth Editor at Black Ottawa Scene. I am a 12th grad...