Prince’s Trust Canada (PTC) and Black Daddies Club (BDC) are Teaming up to Co-create Focus Group for Black and Racialized Families with Barriers to Employment

Prince’s Trust Canada (PTC) and Black Daddies Club (BDC) are teaming up to co-create an employment readiness program for Black and Racialized parents 18-30, who are experiencing barriers to accessing employment. The virtual focus group will take place on August 20th 2022 from 11:00am-12pm. To register use QR code.

We want to hear from you!

  • What are the current barriers to accessing sustainable, equitable employment?
  • Which types of employment/career opportunities are you looking for?
  • Which job related skills would be valuable to learn?
  • What type of job-related support do you need to have the tools to succeed with your employment/career goals?

Each participant who attends the full virtual program and completes the survey will receive a 30$ Amazon gift card.

The Black Families Investment Club: Barbershop Financial Community Forums

The Black Daddies Club (BDC) co-presents The Black Families Investment Club: Barbershop Financial Community Forums, on Tuesday, July 26th 2022, 6pm-8pm at Onyx Barbers (90 Adelaide St E, Toronto), this is a free in-person community event.

This barbershop community forum will look at what financial strategies Black and racialized families are currently using to stay afloat during these challenging times. There will be guest speakers offering various strategies that families can use in their homes.

There will be two-parts to this barbershop event:

Black Families Investment Club with BitBuy

Bitbuy has collaborated with BDC to co-create a cryptocurrency financial tool for Black and racialized families to gain income, while they invest and share the tool with other folks in their networks. A representative from Bitbuy will be discussing more about this financial tool during the first part of the event.  To find out more about Bitbuy and their services check out their website at this link

Financial Strategies for Black Families’ Barbershop Forum with Alterna Savings

Alterna Savings has collaborated with BDC for this grassroots barbershop forum to engage Black and racialized families, who are interested in having a discussion around what financial strategies can our families use to manage our financial resources during these times of high inflation for daily living costs.

To find out more about Alterna Savings and their services check out their website at this link

Register for this free community event on Eventbrite

Black Families Investment Club- Barbershop discussion series Tickets, Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Why the barbershop?

Black Daddies Club (BDC) returns to their roots by collaborating with Onyx Barbers, who BDC collaborated with 15 years ago in 2007 to do our first barbershop sessions. In 2022, we decided to collaborate again for these financial series, as we have seen in research and our own experience over 15 years that barbershop works for community engagement specifically for Black men and Black fathers, because these barbershop spaces normalize the idea of Black men speaking and communicating with each other and it’s a place where we can practice being comfortable being vulnerable and honest in our dialogues with each other.

Alterna Savings collaborate with Black Daddies Club for Financial Barbershop Forum for Black Families

Black Daddies Club Co-Presents: Financial strategies for Black families barbershop forum

This barbershop community forum will look at what financial strategies Black and racialized families are currently using to stay a float during these challenging times. There will be guest speakers offering various strategies that families can use in their homes.

Where: Onyx Barbers (90 Adelaide St E, Toronto)

When: Tuesday, July 26th 2022, 6pm-8pm

Cost: This is a free community event

Register for the event at this link below

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-families-investment-club-barbershop-discussion-series-tickets-379319854897

About Alterna Savings

Alterna Savings and Credit Union Limited – the Good in Banking for over 110 years!

Alterna is the third-largest credit union in Ontario and one of Canada’s Top 10 Credit Unions.

Alterna Savings members enjoy:

  • Banking with one of the largest credit unions in Canada
  • Having a say as a member-owner
  • Feeling cared for by a financial institution that puts people above profits
  • Competitive rates and friendly, transparent advice
  • Convenient digital banking solutions and a bilingual Contact Centre open seven days a week
  • A network of branches across most of Ontario
  • Access to thousands of surcharge-free ATMs in North America with THE EXCHANGE Network in Canada and the Allpoint Network in the US
  • A dedicated team of Commercial Service and Community Business Banking professionals that can help you reach your business goals;
  • An industry-leading online brokerage and investment management services with Alterna Wealth;
  • Watching communities grow through Alterna’s volunteer work, mentoring, innovative financing and support for local interests and sports;
  • The strength and security of a resilient financial institution.

To find out more about Alterna Savings, check out their link

https://www.alterna.ca/AboutUs/

BitBuy and Black Daddies Club, collaborates to present: Black Families Investment Club Barbershop discussion series

Bitbuy and The Black Daddies Club co-presents Black Families Investment Club series,will be a quarterly barbershop series, and the first of four discussions will take place on Tuesday, July 26 th from 6pm-8pm. This will be an in-person event.

This barbershop session will be a conversation with Black and racialized families around what strategies are we using to keep a float amidst challenges around food and housing inflation, job loss and other things impacting Torontonians.

Supporting Black families is the 2022 theme for the Black Daddies Club (BDC), and one of the areas that BDC is focusing on this year is on economic betterment for Black families in Toronto through collaborations with various community stakeholders such as Bitbuy.

Unemployment was one of the areas that Black fathers in Toronto mentioned was a barrier for them in the 2013 research project called Gathering Our Voices: The Lived Experience of Black Fathers in Toronto that was led by University of Toronto (OISE) , York University, The Black Daddies Club and Funded by the City of Toronto. The COVID-19 pandemic also shown to impact Black families in Toronto at a disproportionate higher rate in both contracting COVID-19 and Job loss, as stated by the \Canadian Government and Black Health Alliance Black and racialized Canadians has experienced “Higher representation in lower paying jobs and disproportionate rates of job loss”.

About Bitbuy

Bitbuy was designed for both new traders seeking a simple interface and for advanced traders who know their way around the crypto world. Their mission is to provide fellow Canadians convenient, dependable, and secure access to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. find out more about Bitbuy at this link.

Register for this free event

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-families-investment-club-barbershop-discussion-series-tickets-379319854897