Community Connex columnist True Daley talks to Amanda Parris and Natasha Daniel about the inception of their non-profit Lost Lyrics and the launch of their Saturday artistic development workshops series beginning on March 10th.

This evening, the Black Women Civic Engagement Network will be honouring outstanding black women from the Ottawa area. Member Stachen Frederick tells Sway about the 2012 award winners, and more

In this week’s Diaspora Diaries, writer Abena A. Green muses about what she’s learned about herself (and parenting) via The List

You will Recognize Your Brothers, a poem from GroundWork: New and Selected Poems of Don L. Lee and Haki Madhubuti

Twin photographers Saunia Anthonette Watkis-Fagan and Sonia Antoinette Watkis are on a mission. They aim to create an outlet where women can bond, share and network. Sway caught up with them as they reflect on their powerful and meaningful journeys in photography and activism.

Renatta Austin, a determined third-year law student and an executive with the Black Law Students Association at U of T, talks to Sway about the See Yourself Here conference on March 2, an annual open house at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law that encourages blacks and visible minorities to pursue careers in law.

RBC asked students applying to college or university to tell us their story of how black Canadians have helped define Canada’s diverse heritage. Today’s essay is about the many role models in the black community that inspire today’s youth.

Why are discussions of the contributions and controversies of the Black Panther Party taboo during Black History Month?

In this issue of Say What You Want, Angela Walcott attends the panel discussion Higher Learning: Ways of Seeing (in) African Cinema and gets the scoop on Nicole Brooks’ Obeah Opera.

Sway catches up with Natnael F. Alemayehu, a young entrepreneur, community activist and emerging Toronto filmmaker as he reflects on Black History Month and more.