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Black Heritage and BSA
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Black Heritage and BSA
Crescent’s Black Student Alliance (BSA) was created in 2018 to provide a unified voice and platform for Crescent students of colour. The formation of the BSA was encouraged by the Diversity PLC upon learning that Crescent students that identified as Black wanted a safe space to communicate and share experiences that could potentially lead to discussion, discourse, and evolution within our school community. The BSA encourages allyship, but importantly maintains the extremely crucial voices of Black students in the Crescent community.
Since its formation, students in the BSA have led panel discussions at assemblies and in classrooms to share their experiences as Black students at Crescent. Members of the BSA have also participated in charitable work around their community, and are beginning work alongside other student groups in peer schools to help develop a network of Black student groups around the GTA.
Each February, Crescent runs special programming in support of Black History Month. In February 2023, Crescent invited two speakers to student assemblies. Artist and former CFL player Wayne Moore spoke about his pivot to art after a car accident left him unable to continue his football career and why he believes in progression over perfection, the importance of self-discipline, and how he manifested a career in art.
Akim Aliu, a former NHL hockey player and chair of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, shared his incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. Today, he dedicates his time to making hockey more accessible and more diverse, and as a vehicle to create better humans.
Upper School students also heard from their peers in the Black Student Association. In a video Q&A presentation, they opened up about their thoughts and experiences as Black members of the Crescent community.
Since its formation, students in the BSA have led panel discussions at assemblies and in classrooms to share their experiences as Black students at Crescent. Members of the BSA have also participated in charitable work around their community, and are beginning work alongside other student groups in peer schools to help develop a network of Black student groups around the GTA.
Each February, Crescent runs special programming in support of Black History Month. In February 2023, Crescent invited two speakers to student assemblies. Artist and former CFL player Wayne Moore spoke about his pivot to art after a car accident left him unable to continue his football career and why he believes in progression over perfection, the importance of self-discipline, and how he manifested a career in art.
Akim Aliu, a former NHL hockey player and chair of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, shared his incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. Today, he dedicates his time to making hockey more accessible and more diverse, and as a vehicle to create better humans.
Upper School students also heard from their peers in the Black Student Association. In a video Q&A presentation, they opened up about their thoughts and experiences as Black members of the Crescent community.
