A catalyst for collective change and wisdom
Long-standing systemic challenges confronting Black Communities cannot be addressed unless we tackle the underlying causes. Through our systems thinking, network impact, and systems change approaches, we provide organizations and leaders with a range of tools to address systemic challenges.
Learning is at the core of systems change. We provide innovative supports to organizations and groups to strengthen their adaptive capacity to be effective participants and leaders in driving positive outcomes for Black Communities.
Training, complemented with mentoring, coaching and other learning effectiveness activities, is key to building individual and organizational capacity. The training we offer through workshops, webinars, etc. is complemented with access to high quality capacity building resources and tools.
Our evaluative activities, beyond the provision of expertise and advice to organizational leaders, include collaborative efforts to integrate Africentric values in the field of evaluation
Our network brings together organizations, groups, partners, funders and allies to create optimal conditions for collaboration. Through network weaving and convening, and network capacity building activities, we engage in order to address root causes of systemic challenges of Black Communities.
Our government relations and public policy work aims at advancing the interests of Black Communities in creating transformative relationships with governments and sector allies to address long-standing systemic challenges confronting our communities.
We generate, synthesize and disseminate knowledge that impacts programs, organizational practices and government policies.
We provide service coordination supports under the Enhanced Ontario Black Youth Action Plan to various clusters of Black-led organizations providing various services to children, youth and families.
We work with Black-led organizations, governments, philanthropic and sector allies to design and implement grants that build organizational and collective capacity in Black-led organizations, networks and grassroots. Our grantmaking practices create collaborative opportunities for learning and deepening impact.
News & Events ‘A Hub for the Black Community:’ Vancouver Council Approves Mixed-Use Development Vancouver City Council has greenlit a groundbreaking mixed-use development aimed at celebrating and supporting the city’s Black communities. The project will
News & Events How Health Hubs are Helping Black Physicians in Ontario The Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario (BPAO) has launched health hubs across Ontario to support Black medical students and physicians, particularly in regions
News & Events Black Food Sovereignty Conference 2024 Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024Time: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ESTLocation: Toronto Metropolitan University – 350 Victoria Street Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 Mark your calendars! The Black Food Sovereignty Conference 2024 is taking
News & Events Launch of public consultations on Canada’s approach to partnerships in Africa Canada has been actively reviewing its approach, in line with the feminist foreign policy and feminist international assistance policy, to engaging
News & Events Non-Profit Enhances Support with AI-Powered Translation Device Options Community Services, a non-profit serving Surrey, Delta, and White Rock, has introduced the TranslateLive Instant Language Assistant (ILA) to aid clients who speak languages
News & Events Tapestry is Working With 11 Housing Providers to Raise $110 Million in Community Bonds Across Canada, 11 charitable, nonprofit, and cooperative housing providers are utilizing community bonds to raise $110 million from
“Having led a network of 11 Rwandan Canadian agencies during the pandemic, I can’t imagine what the pandemic would have been like for our members without the Network’s support.
The Network for the Advancement of Black Communities (NABC)’s support allows our member agencies to deliver much needed COVID-19 Emergency Support, and as we transition into the recovery phase, NABC continues to support our work by offering facilitation programs & services, such as capacity building training, collaborative support, and perhaps more importantly; NABC continues to represent African Canadian community issues at the decision tables, while working to influence policy change in various areas at local, regional and federal levels.”
Nafisa Mohamed (She/Her)
Grants and Special Projects Coordinator
Sarah Mekonen (She/Her)
Communications & Digital
Content Coordinator
Rosemary Erskine (She/Her)
Senior Coordinator for Organizational Development and Technical Assistance
Allan Boesak (He/Him)
Senior Coordinator for Strategic Initiatives
Denise Challenger (She/Her)
Director of Network Weaving and Communication
Yonatan Ghebray (He/Him)
Senior Director of Evaluation, Learning and Quality Improvement
amanuel melles (He/Him)
Executive Director
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