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Black Owned Kitchener-Waterloo

We have curated a directory of African, Caribbean and Black owned businesses /organizations in the region.
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About Us

The ACB Network is a collaborative community development and capacity-building initiative created by Black leaders...
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. Working Groups The ACB Network presently has 3 working groups operating. The groups focus...
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Community Resources

Community Resources

Mental Health *Mental health resources are exclusively Black-led Wounds 2 Wings Wounds 2 Wings Trauma...
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Vision
The ACB Network envisions a future where African, Caribbean and Black people can engage fully in the civic, social, and economic opportunities available inWaterloo Region without systemic barriers related to anti-Black racism as it pertains to our health and overall wellbeing.
Mission
The ACB Network of Waterloo Region will connect Black communities in Waterloo Region, and build the infrastructure to support Black mobilizing to address structural inequity. Through active-engagement, advocacy, and community collaboration we will:

• Focus on key issues that highlight the structural impact of anti-Black racism
• Provide opportunities for members of our African, Caribbean & Black communities to work collaboratively to reduce and remove structural barriers to equity.
• Act as a resource for individuals, groups, and the larger community to become aware of the breadth of Black-led initiatives taking place within the region.
• Act as a catalyst for Black leadership development and social justice organizing
Strategic Priorities
• Identifying and addressing structural barriers to Black achievement and wellbeing.
• Raise awareness of the disparities experienced by ACB communities that limit their access to sustainable livelihoods.
• Network and collaborate to bring together culturally diverse Black peoples and communities in addressing shared goals and outcomes.
• Connecting individuals and resources necessary to achieve and maintain equity.
Principles
• Building on the work and labour of Black and racialized communities in the region.
• Acknowledging that there is a uniqueness and specificity to the expressions and experiences of anti-Black racism in Canada.
• Applying a critical social justice, decolonial, and collectivist approach to our work.
• Acknowledging that being Black is a politicized identity deeply entrenched in a long history of community mobilizing.
• Acknowledging the cultural, gender, and sexual diversity within our communities.

[STATEMENT] Anti Black Racism is a Public Health Crisis

February 8, 2021

Waterloo Region health planners in 2011 identified five neighbourhoods including Vanier/Rockway and Victoria Hills where individuals and families have lower access to employment and education, higher rates of poverty, and are more likely to live in overcrowded…

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About The Network

The ACB Network is a collaborative community development and capacity-building initiative created by Black leaders in Waterloo Region. All of the individuals currently engaged are local stakeholders who build on the longstanding community engagement efforts of the many cultural associations in the Region that represent different communities in the African diaspora.

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5-1770 King St E,
Kitchener, ON

Phone: 519-465-4020

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