Liberia Independence Day
2023-07-26
Liberia Independence Day

Every 26 July is Independence Day in Liberia, commemorating the 1847 declaration of independence by the US colony of Liberia.
Beginning in 1822, freed slaves from the US began colonizing what today is the nation of Liberia on the west African coast. The colonists ultimately set up a government modeled on the US Constitution and declared their independence in 1847. The US did not oppose and try to put down the “rebellion”.
However, there was long tension in Liberia between the descendants of settlers and those of the original tribes inhabiting the region. This tension played a big role in the civil war that raged in Liberia for 14 years, beginning in 1989. Finally, a free election put Charles Taylor in office as president in 1997, and democratic rule was reaffirmed.
On 26 July, Liberia remembers its declaration of independence and its establishment as the first free black republic on the continent. There are parades, parties, a grand ball for the nation’s leaders in Monrovia, and a host of other patriotic events.

Consider supporting organizations that are actively serving and elevating the local people of Liberia:
Empowerment Squared
Global United Diaspora, INC.
Your Foot, My Foot Foundation Inc

International Chess Day
2023-07-20
International Chess Day

The International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the day the International Chess Federation was founded, in 1924. The idea to celebrate this day as the international chess day was proposed by UNESCO, and it has been celebrated as such since 1966, after it was established by FIDE.
Get involved all year long by supporting this organization:
Robert Katende Initiative: Using chess as a platform, the Initiative provides life-skills and vocational training to disadvantaged youth in Uganda, Africa.

Malawi Independence Day
2023-07-06
Malawi Independence Day

Independence Day in Malawi is held each 6 July to commemorate the day in 1964 when independence was declared from British rule. Malawi was not opposed militarily by the U.K. when it declared its sovereignty.
What is today Malawi came under British control in 1891, and it was named the colony of “Nyasaland” in 1907. After World War II, the desire for self-rule grew all over Africa, and a “Nyasaland African Congress” was formed to promote independence.
However, what is today Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe were all combined into a single confederated colony under British supervision in 1953. This move proved unpopular and only spurred on the independence movement in Malawi, despite the fact that limited autonomy had been granted to the new “mega-colony”.
Finally, the “Central African Federation” broke apart in 1963, making Nyasaland a separate colony again. In 1964, the country declared its independence and renamed itself “Malawi”.
Every 6 July there are special flag-raising ceremonies, patriotic speeches, and political rallies held throughout Malawi. Many municipal streets will be decorated, and there may be various celebratory public events and private family get-togethers.

Cape Verde Independence Day
2023-07-05
Cape Verde Independence Day
Every 5 July is Independence Day in Cape Verde. This public holiday celebrates the freedom of Cape Verde from Portuguese rule on 5 July, 1975.
The human history of Cape Verde began with the islands’ discovery and colonisation by Portugal in the 1400’s. Up until that time, the islands were uninhabited. During the 1500’s, Cape Verde became a stop-off point in the African slave trade, and many slaves were also brought to live on the islands.
By the 1800’s, hard times fell on the islands, and the economy crashed. And this situation continued for many years. After World War II, Cape Verde’s people began to demand independence, but this too would be a long struggle.
At first, Cape Verde and Portuguese Guinea fought together for independence from Portugal. In 1972, continental Guinea escaped foreign rule, while Cape Verde struggled on. But after a revolution in Portugal itself in 1974, Cape Verde finally was given its freedom in 1975.

South Africa Independence Day
2023-05-31

FREE ONLINE INFORMATION SESSION and Q&A - Business Development
2023-05-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax)
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UK Mental Health Awareness Week
2023-05-15 - 2023-05-21
UK Mental Health Awareness Week
2023 Theme : Anxiety #ToHelpMyAnxiety
Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. The Mental Health Foundation started the event 22 years ago. Each year the Foundation continues to set the theme, organize and host the week. The event has grown to become one of the biggest awareness weeks across the UK and globally.
Why Anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.
Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food.
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems we can face. In a recent mental health survey we carried out around stress, anxiety and hopelessness over personal finances, a quarter of adults said they felt so anxious that it stopped them from doing the things they want to do some or all of the time. Six in ten adults feel this way, at least some of the time. On a positive note, anxiety can be made easier to manage.
Focusing on anxiety for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. At the same time, we will keep up the pressure to demand change – making sure that improving mental health is a key priority for the government and society as a whole.

Source: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/blogs/why-anxiety-theme-mental-health-awareness-week-2023

Please support organizations assisting the community with Mental Health in the UK:
BLAM UK
100 Black Men of London
African Caribbean Medical Mentors

National Child & Youth Mental Health Day - Canada
2023-05-07
National Child & Youth Mental Health Day
Canada

May 7th is about building caring connections between young people and the caring adults in their lives. We know having caring, connected conversations can have a big impact on the mental health of children and youth.
As Founders of National Child & Youth Mental Health day in 2007, FamilySmart has been leading May 7th and creating opportunities for home, schools, communities and organizations to connect around our “I care about you” message.
source: https://may7icare.ca/

Please get involved and support organization working towards assisting children and youth with Mental Health:
The Black Outreach Collective
The Good Guides – Inner City Youth Mentoring
Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
One Voice One Team
Generation Chosen
See full list: https://supportblackcharities.org/search/?search=mental+health+canada

Earth Day
2023-04-22
Earth Day
EARTH DAY 2023 INVEST IN OUR PLANET
EARTHDAY.ORG (EDO), the global organizer of Earth Day and the largest recruiter of environmental movements worldwide, announced today the theme for Earth Day 2023 – “Invest in Our Planet.” Acting as a continuation of this year’s well-received campaign, the theme is focused on engaging governments, institutions, businesses, and the more than 1 billion citizens who participate annually in Earth Day to do their part – everyone accounted for, everyone accountable.
A few Facts: The Green Belt Movement created by Wangari Muta Maathai, the 1st African Woman to win a Nobel Prize in 2014 for her work in helping communities combat deforestation by planting trees in Kenya, her home country.
Source: https://www.earthday.org/

Get involved all year long by supporting these organizations:
Afri’Ka For Life: dedicated to recycling efforts and planting trees in Gabon, Africa
Madiba & Nature: dedicated to recycling plastic bottles and re purposing them in boats or furniture in Cameroon, Africa

World Wildlife Day
2023-03-03
The incalculable value of wildlife
Billions of people, in developed and developing nations, benefit daily from the use of wild species for food, energy, materials, medicine, recreation, inspiration and many other vital contributions to human well-being.
The accelerating global biodiversity crisis, with a million species of plants and animals facing extinction, threatens these contributions to people.
World Wildlife Day (WWD) is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people. At the same time, the Day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime and human-induced reduction of species, which have wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts. Given these various negative effects, Sustainable Development Goal 15 focuses on halting biodiversity loss.
Source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-wildlife-day
Please support the organizations actively working toward animal protection:
Animal Advocacy Africa – South Africa, Africa
Animal Welfare League – Ghana, Africa

Black Excellence Day - Canada
2023-01-13
Black Excellence Day
After supporting “Black Shirt Day,” which received overwhelming support around the world on January 15, 2021, the members of Ninandotoo Society created the Black Excellence Day initiative. We chose to create our own event after consulting with various community members, including Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and BC Human Rights Commission, who all voiced that the words ‘Black shirt’ and seeing people march wearing black shirts brought up traumatic experiences of Holocaust survivors.
Being truly anti-racist is about inclusion for all and Black Excellence Day was born. Despite moving away from “Black Shirt Day,” the meaning of Black Excellence Day remains the same: acknowledging the ongoing civil rights struggle of Black and racialized Canadians and fighting for mandatory curriculum on Black history.

What is Black Excellence Day?
As a lead up to Black History Month, Black Excellence Day is a day to rejoice Black history and learn about Black stories, Black art and Black people, and a day to stand in solidarity with Black Canadians.

Black Excellence Day was created by Ninandotoo Society and takes place on January 15th each year, or the preceding Friday if it falls on a weekend or holiday. In 2023, Black Excellence Day is on January 13th.

January 15th is in honour of the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was born on January 15, 1929.

The contributions of Black Canadians and the ongoing civil rights struggle of Black Canadians often go unacknowledged in our history books and school curriculum.

The term Black Excellence was born out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

#BlackExcellenceDay #BED23
Source : https://blackexcellenceday.ca

New Year's Day
2023-01-01
New Year’s Day

Have you thought about your goals and resolutions for 2023?
Giving back would make a great addition to any 2023 resolution! Giving back impacts your community and has a positive impact on yourself as well!
Sometimes we stop ourselves from supporting charities or non profits because we think we don’t have goods or money to donate, but there are so many other ways you can show your support! You can start with something like raising awareness or volunteering your time.
Want to learn more and browse our list of charities and nonprofits? Click here to start your search -> https://www.supportblackcharities.org.
Wishing you all the best for 2023 on behalf of the whole SBC team!!!

Sudan Independence Day
2023-01-01

Christmas Day
2022-12-25
Merry Christmas!

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
2022-11-25
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the front lines, have shown that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, has intensified.
As COVID-19 cases continue to strain health services, essential services, such as domestic violence shelters and helplines, have reached capacity. More needs to be done to prioritize addressing violence against women in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts.
Why we must eliminate violence against women
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it as it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms.
For more information visit http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/

Please consider supporting organizations with programs dedicated the Black woman’s welfare and wellness:
One Voice One Team – Ontario , Canada
The Power To Be International – Ontario, Canada
Lady Ballers Camp – Ontario, Canada
West Island Black Community Association – Quebec, Canada
Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC – British Columbia, Canada
Girls For A Change – Virginia, USA
I Grow Chicago – Ohio, USA
Pretty Purposed – Virginia, USA
Atlanta GLOW – Georgia, USA
SisterReach – Memphis, USA
Reach Within – Grenada, Caribbean
Every Mikkle Foundation – Jamaica, Caribbean

U.S. Thanksgiving Day
2022-11-24
U.S. Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is a day for people in the US to give thanks for what they have. Families and friends get together for a meal.
The tradition of Thanksgiving (Good vs Bad)
The custom of giving thanks for the annual harvest is one of the world’s oldest celebrations and can be traced back to the dawn of civilization.
However, it is not commonly a major modern event and arguably the success of the American holiday has been due to it being seen as a time to give ‘thanks’ for the foundation of the nation and not just as a celebration of the harvest.
It’s also important to recognized that many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their cultures.

Please consider supporting the following organization centered around families in the US:

National Philanthropy Day
2022-11-15
National Philanthropy Day

The purpose of this day is to recognize the great contributions of philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—to the enrichment of our world.
The day provides an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of giving and all that it has made possible. NPD celebrates the endless daily contributions individuals and organizations across the world make to countless causes and missions.
Source: https://afpglobal.org/NPDLove

Everyone can be a philanthropist, consider being one today by supporting an organization!
Browse our directory to find an organization or a cause close to your heart.
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Zambia Independence Day
2022-10-24
Zambia Independence Day
On this day, let’s celebrate one of the sons of Africa who coined the nation’s motto “One Zambia, One Nation”. The 1st President of Zambia after their Independence from the British in 1964, the honorable Kenneth Kaunda. He is an often forgotten Icon of the African continent for what he did for his nation and how he helped other nations in their quest and struggle to gain Independence.

Canadian Thanksgiving
2022-10-10
Canadian Thanksgiving

Please consider supporting these organizations providing meals for the Holiday:
Shelley Cares Foundation – Toronto GTA, Ontario, Canada

Uganda Independence Day
2022-10-09

World Cerebral Palsy Day
2022-10-06
World Cerebral Palsy Day
Every World Cerebral Palsy Day, we ask people around the world to come together to celebrate and support those living with cerebral palsy, embrace diversity and to help create a more accessible future for everyone.
There are over 1 billion people around the world who live with a disability. Yet we still navigate a world that is not designed to be accessible.
This World Cerebral Palsy Day, we are on the search to find the next breakthrough in accessible technology and there is no one is better to help us than the cerebral palsy community, made up of millions of individuals with creative ideas and lived experience.

International Day of Democracy
2022-09-15
International Day of Democracy

International Day of Democracy is an annual day that has been running for 10 years. It is a United Nations, (UN), day of observation, the purpose of the day is to review the state of democracy in the world and uphold and and promote democracy and its principles. The day was founded on the 20th anniversary of the First International Conference of the New or Restored Democracies, which promoted global democracy.
On the day, individuals and organizations of all kinds work together for democracy and hold events to raise awareness of democracy, including conferences, discussions and debates, as well as press conferences and publicity campaigns though distribution of leaflets, posters and flyers, often with the UN logo on them. Major events to commemorate the day are held at UN headquarters.
Since its foundation, the Organization seeks to promote the aspirations of all people, especially young women and men, to strive for the realization of shared universal values, such as tolerance, pluralism, the respect of human rights, freedom and dialogue.

Source: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/democracyday

Black Philanthropy Month Webinar - hosted by Anick Silencieux
2022-08-25 13:00 - 14:00
Black Philanthropy Month Webinar
(hosted by Anick Silencieux – SBC Founder)
August is Black Philanthropy Month. Do you know what you’re doing yet?
Join founder Anick Silencieux as she discusses the importance of Black Philanthropy Month and how you can use it as an opportunity to create opportunities for the Black community! SBC is looking to facilitate relationships between the Black community, Black businesses and Black serving organizations using Philanthropy.
You can expect to learn about the following topics:

Black Philanthropy being the key to supporting, maintaining a health and prosperous Black ecosystem
How the 3 pillars (the people/community, Black businesses, and Black organizations) of the Black ecosystem must work together to implement philanthropic habits and activities all year long
How SBC’s role is to facilitate practical, creative, and beneficial philanthropic relationships between the 3 pillars
An introduction to Impact Investing for Social Change

**The webinar will be recorded and sent to registered participants.
Click here and sign up today!
Not on LinkedIn, please use this link to connect: https://riverside.fm/studio/support-black-charities

SBC x Black Talent Initiative - Friday Meetup Series
2022-08-19 12:30 - 13:30
Friday Meetup Series
(hosted by Black Talent Initiative)
Our Founder and Executive Director is this week’s guest during Black Talent Initiative’s weekly Speaker Series event.
Black Philanthropy Month – August – is Here? Do you know what you’re doing yet?
Black Philanthropy Month has been gaining momentum and popularity in the US over the last 10 years and in Canada and Africa in the last 3 years. As an organization, SupportBlackCharities.org (SBC) is an ambassador of the movement and they are working hard to make it a global event. Same for Black Giving Day on August 28th.
These days, Anick and SBC are busy preparing and raising awareness for Black Philanthropy Month (August) and Black Giving Day (August 28th) in Canada hoping that it grows to become an annual event that the entire Black community celebrates and participates in to make a difference.
Join the conversation to find out what to do for the Month and the Day.
Friday Meetup #speakerseries

Fri, August 19, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT ·Zoom

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Côte d'Ivoire Independence Day
2022-08-07

Niger Independence Day
2022-08-03

Benin Independence Day
2022-08-01

Black Philanthropy Month
2022-08-01 - 2022-08-31
Black Philanthropy Month
Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), observed every August, is a global celebration and concerted campaign to elevate African-descent giving. Created by Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland and the Pan-African Women’s Philanthropy Network (PAWPNet), BPM launched in 2011 to commemorate the United Nations Year and Decade of People of African Descent.

Consider supporting organizations that are actively and specifically advocating for and promoting philanthropy for the Black community worldwide :
Support Black Charities
Black Philanthropy Month

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
2022-07-30
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Working on the front lines to end human trafficking
This year, we will focus on the first responders to human trafficking. These are the people who work in different sectors – identifying, supporting, counselling and seeking justice for victims of trafficking, and challenging the impunity of the traffickers.
During the COVID-19 crisis, the essential role of first responders has become even more important, particularly as the restrictions imposed by the pandemic have made their work even more difficult. Still, their contribution is often overlooked and unrecognized.
Through stories from first responders describing their practical work in assisting victims we intend to spotlight their contribution and that of their function, institution, organization, team, or community and its impact on fighting trafficking. The key messages focus on the positive, recognizing the importance of the work done by first responders, as well as seeking support and raising awareness that these actions need to be sustained and replicated. The stories will also highlight how first responders remained committed during the pandemic.
Get involved by joining the conversation and using the hashtags #EndHumanTrafficking and #HumanTrafficking on all digital platforms.

Source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-human-trafficking-day
