NPAS member Wariri Muhungi tells Sway about the new organization and its upcoming events in Toronto.

Sway catches up with the busy community builder as she welcomes a new challenge: the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.

No one would dispute the jaw-dropping allure of the falls, the excitement of the casinos or those fantastic cross-border shopping deals, yet there’s an equally compelling facet of the area that sadly too many know little or nothing about: its historical black heritage.

Gwyn Chapman’s Canadian Black Caucus recently held its third Obama Day Celebration at the Holy Trinity Church in downtown Toronto.

Scarborough activist Lawrence Dawkins reflects on the high rate of crime among black youth in the City of Toronto.

Passionate and outspoken “queer survivor” Crosby tells Sway about her involvement with The People Project and her rare experience working with the likes of d’bi young.

Journalist Edward Brown researches the unique link between black sleeping car porters and their musically gifted offspring.

Akwasi Owusu-Bempah is co-author of a new study, Whitewashing Criminal Justice in Canada: Preventing Research through Data Suppression.

The William Doo Auditorium at the University of Toronto was host to an exciting, student-run event Decolonizing Our Minds 2012: People’s Instinctive Travels Through Resistance

Sway contributor Angela Walcott dropped by North York Central Library to find out what our readers think about Black History Month celebrations and the significance of the month.