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Premier Kathleen Wynne with Jennifer, Shernett. Sandi and Faridha
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Mary Reali, Shernett Martin, Naomi Jules, Alan Jones, Sandi Folkes, Michael Pinnock and Johanne Konan with Vaughan Mayor, the Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua.

CariVaughan Caribbean Festival

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Vendors participating in the event selling everything from flags, lanyards, and whistles to get the party going.
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Pan Am Games volunteers supporting the event with games and information for the crowd.
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CariVaughan participants taking some time out for a picture.
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Michael Chan, MPP, Markham and Steven Del Duca, MPP, Vaughan speak with CariVaughan founders, Shernett & Sandi.
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Ayana from Socasize gets the crowd moving.
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All dressed up for Carnival.
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Dancing to calypso and soca.
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Steelpan artists, Jerry Jerome wows the crowd.
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Honourable Minister Michael Chan, MPP, Markham with Honourable Steven Del Duca, MPP, Vaughan on the CariVaughan stage with owner of Vaughan Sportsflex and CariVaughan founders.
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Having a great time.
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Clifton and Donavon refreshing themselves at the Grace Foods tent.
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Dancers partying down the road.
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Black history Underground Railroad trip to Buxton and Dresden, Ontario with 80 youth. Organized collaboratively with Tropicana Community Services, Toronto Community Housing and VACA, funded through the Government of Ontario
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A home built by freed slaves
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Getting ready to re-enact the Underground Railroad route through an interactive walk through the woods
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Listening to our tour guide as she explains what schooling was like at the first school house built by freed slaves
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Sitting in the first school house built by freed slaves in Buxton
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An actual photo of children who attended the school (they are the children of freed slaves who traveled to Canada through the Underground Railrod)
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Replica of wrist and ankle braces used during slavery
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An actual re-enactment (Dresden Museum) of the compartment size Africans spent on slave ships as they were taken from Africa across the Atlantic ocean into enslavement
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Artifacts at Uncle Tom's Cabin
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At Uncle Tom's Cabin Museum in Dresden, Ontario with two of the participants
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Creating partnerships with educators in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
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Raising awareness for sickle cell disease through publishing a children's book
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In Unity Performance at the City Playhouse Theatre with Mario Racco, Councillor Sandra Yeung-Racco and former York Region Police Chief Armand LaBarge
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In Unity artwork created by A Stroke of Art
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Cultural display at Julliard Public School
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African dance performance at Fort York
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Sickle Cell Awareness Gala
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S.T.A.R.T Program Pledge
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Students having a snack break at the S.T.A.R.T. program
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Artifacts and books in our office
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S.T.A.R.T program official opening with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sheldon Taylor
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S.T.A.R.T program official opening with former Vaughan Mayor, Michael Di Biase
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S.T.A.R.T program official opening
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campers artwork
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