Despite the violent racism experienced last year, Pink Flamingo has several new projects to unveil this year, including the relaunch of the Black Lives Matter mural project

The conversation surrounding Black music as well as appropriation has been a ripe one in pop culture discussions for a handful of years, as open dialogue around white supremacy has become more commonplace. Hip hop and R&B are usually the first genres to be brought up in these discussions. But what is it about these genres that creates such a powerful cultural connector that people all over the world, from all backgrounds and of all races have grasped onto?

On the Permissibility of Homophobia Within Dancehall from the Perspective of One Diasporic Dyke.

Capitalism and its concomitant red tape restricts those who desire self-determination, while racism compounds these issues.

While Orest’s family was successful, they encountered many hardships, this is due to the Rwandan genocide that happened from 1993 to 1994. His family fled Rwanda and moved to Congo for a better life. They were forced to sell their property, their homes and everything that they owned. They lived in Congo for about two years before the Congolese government started kicking people out. This led the Ndabaneze family back to Burundi, where Orest was born.

Eve is the founder of Capability Career Group, a Calgary-based organization specializing in diversity, inclusion and belonging, academic advising, career development and employment skills workshops.

Eve started in this industry by working for employment agencies in Calgary and seeing first-hand just how rigged the system is.