Jephthé Sylvestre, a longtime Kuujjuaq resident, DJ and radio host, hopes to bring a Black History Month celebration to the community focusing on inclusivity, food and music. (Photo courtesy of Jephté Sylvestre)
Jephthé Sylvestre pushing for inclusive celebrations rooted in food, music and unity
Kuujjuaq’s Black population has grown in recent years, yet Black History Month has not been widely celebrated in the community. Now a local man hopes to change that.
Mylena Idlout-Mullin crafts a Greenland flag at Iqaluit’s Pirurvik Centre on Friday. She and other students from her adult Inuktitut language class are preparing for a solidarity demonstration in support of Greenland at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Four Corners intersection in Iqaluit. A demonstration is scheduled at the same hour in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Daron Letts)