The 2021 provincial theme of African Heritage Month, “Black History Matters: Listen, Learn, Share and Act,” calls on all Nova Scotians to make a better society by recognizing the long-standing history and legacy of African Nova Scotians, and by acknowledging racialized issues and adversity for people of African descent.
Part of practising from an anti-oppressive lens is continually asking ourselves how the intergenerational effects of colonization and slavery have impacted our own perspective and bias, and how we can address the resulting behaviours.
The 2020 African Heritage Month theme, The Ties that Bind: Faith, Family and Community, recognizes the essential traits that sustain the strength, resiliency and togetherness of the African Nova Scotian community. For social workers, African Heritage Month is also an important time to reflect on the urgent and continued work that is needed to create full inclusion and belonging in Nova Scotia.
CONNECTION is the official newsletter of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.
