The Calgary Black Chambers is a Canadian society of black professionals that promotes leadership capacity, advocates for social justice, and runs th
Calgary Black Achievement Awards

Organization

The Calgary Black Chambers was started by

Jon Cornish Jon Cornish (born November 5, 1984) is a former Canadian football running back who played nine seasons with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 13th overall in the 2006 CFL Draft after playing college foot ...

, who "rounded up a few dozen Black professionals to join him in his efforts to nurture Calgary's youth, knowing the struggles young Black Canadians can still face today." Jon's efforts were based on an idea from his wife, inspired by the late

Manmeet Bhullar Manmeet Singh Bhullar ( pa, ਮਨਮੀਤ ਭੁੱਲਰ) (March 1, 1980 – November 23, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Greenway as a Progressiv ...

and his work in Calgary's Sikh youth community. Alongside founding board members Chi Iliya-Ndule, Kene Ilochonwu, Michael Lee Hing, Chucks Okafor, Akwasi Antwi, Clarence Wynter, and Charles Buchanan, the Calgary Black Chambers came to be in 2020. As of February 2022, had 200 members.

Activities

Calgary Black Chambers provides educational scholarships between $1,000 and $7,000 each annually. It also provides mentorship to secondary students and runs the Calgary Black Achievement Awards. In 2022, the Calgary Black Chambers received the Friends of Education Award from the Alberta School Board Association for the Soft Skills curriculum. The same year, the organization called for an inquiry into the

killing of Latjor Tuel Latjor Tuel was a Black man fatally shot by Calgary police on February 19, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tuel refused to drop his knife, and stabbed a police dog in the neck, during a lengthy confrontation with police. Latjor Tuel Latjor Tu ...

References

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External links

Official website
Organizations based in Calgary 2020 establishments in Alberta Organizations established in 2020 Community organizations Civil rights organizations in Canada