You Are Invited to 1st Fridays 'Health & Fitness' Edition Friday January 8th, 2016

  Lets welcome in  the New Year with my favorite phrase,  in order to increase your NET WORTH you need to increase your  NETWORK.   Welcome 2016  with the First,  First Friday of the year. First Fridays is a community activity club whose purpose is to organize a monthly activity(s) and/or event(s) that are focused on building and improving upon awareness, networking and information sharing for youth, adults, minority and mainstream communities in education, employment, self-employment, health and wellness, the arts and other areas of interest.

First Fridays in Toronto was founded in 1994. It is one of over 30 First Fridays that occur on the first Friday of every month throughout North America in cities like Montreal, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and New York, to name a few. 

 I will be speaking at First Friday's Health and Fitness Edition  On January 08 2016.  My goal is  to increase the Health literacy of all individuals that I meet.

:::1st Fridays 'Health & Fitness' Edition:::

You are cordially invited to the

1st Fridays 'Health & Fitness'  Edition

Friday January 8th, 2016 @

Fuse Restaurant
Toronto's Newest Community Owned Hotspot!
366 Queen St. E., east of Parliament
(Free parking on Queen St & @ St. Paul's Church at Queen & Power)

From 6:30pm - 11pm

Featuring:

• A Special Presentation of the Jackie Robinson Fortitude Award to Margarett Best by Dewitt Lee & 1st Fridays
• Donna Alexander, VP, The Black Health Alliance - Soundness of Mind: Mental Health and Black Communities
• Michelle Smith, Health & Social Advocate, RPN, Founder of JA Nursing -
• Asking you Doctor the Right Questions & Medical Marijuana eligibility, purposes, and benefits
• Andria Barrett, Culinary Nutritionist & Personal Trainer specializing in Diabetes
• Dr. Curlie McCalla, Lifestyle Designer - Can You Have It All?
• Ibrahim Downey, Facilitator for The Big Breakthrough Seminars
• Dione Mason - Dance Fitness for the Heart, Mind & Spirit
• Renee Wallace-Konu, Registered Psychotherapist - Defining PTSD & its impact on the Community
• Adeela & Sacha Carter from HollywoodBodies, an All Natural, Plant Based Health & Wellness Business
• Femi Doyle-Marshall, Founder & Director of Strength and Health Programming at NEWPERSONA.INFO - 7 Simple Steps in Fitness to get Stronger
• Followed by the Mix N' Mingler & more...
• Admission is $15 before 7:30pm, $20 after ($5 off for Students)
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1st Fridays Sponsors:

Platinum:
Black Board International

Silver:
URBANOLOGY Magazine
ByBlacks.com

Bronze Sponsors:
Afrotoronto.com
Pride Newsmagazine
CHRY FM

Iron:
Jamaica National Building Society
TorontoCaribbean Newspaper

Community:
Caribbean Vibrations TV
Planet Africa Network

Sponsorship and advertising opportunities Available - contact Warren Salmon at


 Stay Connected
wsalmon@firstfridays.ca or 416-441-0792

For more information, visit:

http://www.firstfridays.ca

or Find us on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/32442645953/?fref=ts

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/First-Fridays-Toronto-3738275?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/FirstFridaysTO

Instagram: http://instagram.com/firstfridaysto

I Encourage you to visit the site and please join  me in saying Thank You to Warren Salmon for is dedication to community building

This has been your Health and Social Literacy Buzz with Michelle Smith  your Health and Social Advocate stay connected, I am here to help you  http://www.janursingservices.com/healthcare-advocate.html

Get  familiar with my community division .We strive on partnering  with other organizations through a  outreach approach.

This year look out for My Health and Wellness articles in the Toronto Caribbean Newspaper Don't forget to catch  up on past editions  ---> HERE 

http://torontocaribbean.com/category/health-wellness/

 

AMW (African Music Week) launches in Toronto June 9 2015

 

Hi Its your girl JA Nursing with a fresh week almost a head of us  not only is music  my therapy  but  Toronto will  experience a week of  African Music
 June 9- June 13 2015

 

African Music Week

@AfricanMusicWk

Africa’s only non-continental music conference that caters to empowering African Musicians & Promoting African Music worldWide Powered by @AIM2IMPACT

www.africanmusicweek.ca

Africa’s first offshore music conference and festival, African Music Week (AMW) makes its inaugural debut in one of the world’s most artistically diverse and multicultural cities – Toronto, Canada.

 The inaugural AMW (African Music Week) launches in Toronto on June 9^th and marks the first time an African music conference and festival is being held in North America to raise awareness and draw attention to the diversity and richness of African music, while paying attention to the business structure behind the new African music movement.  Africa’s first non-continental music conference and festival will feature some of the most sought after producers, executives and performers from Africa and throughout the diaspora, all of whom will converge in Toronto. African Music Week was created by the AIM 2 Impact non-profit organization to heighten the Canadian public’s understanding of African music through a series of concentrated events in Toronto. The lineup for the debut year of the AMW festival includes a who’s who of local African musical talents including:

Stonebwoy (2015 BET Awards nominee), Femi Abosede & Culture Force, Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble, Yinka Farinde & The African Beat, Kobena Acquaah-Harrison, Waleed Abdulhamid, Trinity Mpho, Ruth Mathiang, Slim Flex and many more! Hosted by G98.7 FM’s MC Bonde (“The African Groove”)

“African Music Week is a new annual conference staged to help develop the African music industry in North America. The Afrobeats concert on June 12^th will be a celebration of the best of the continents local, national and international popular music makers brought together on one scorching hot stage,” says President/Founder Julius “Julz” Ossom.

From emerging African-Canadian musicians to mid-career and seasoned veterans coming in from Africa, the US and abroad, AMW has created this week long platform to highlight multi-genre Afro-diasporic musical sounds; from Highlife to Reggae, Afrobeat to Hiplife and Afro Pop to Hip Hop. AMW aims to educate and expose both local and international African artists to the networks that will assist them in maintaining their careers in the global music industry.

African Music Week Festival program highlights include:

June 11: Ladies First Showcase – an all-African line-up of multi-genre female talents including Sweet Maria, Trish, Neza, and Empress Ebony celebrating female empowerment through music. Rum Exchange Lounge (67 Richmond St W). 9pm-2a.m. Tickets $20.

June 12: Afrobeat Festival Concert night showcases a vast array of A-list African musicians across countries and genres including Stonebwoy, Femi Abosede & Culture Force, Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble, Yinka Farinde & the African Beat, Kobena Acquaah-Harrison, Waleed Abdulhamid, Trinity Mpho, Ruth Mathiang, Slim Flex and more. Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne St). Doors open 8pm. Tickets $20 at Eventbrite.

June 13: AIM Music Conference features a who’s who of music industry trend setters including Universal Music Canada A&R Rich Castillo, leading entertainment lawyer Eb Reinbergs, Peter Toh from Music Africa (producers of Afro Fest), G98.7 FM’s MC Bonde, Ontario Arts Council’s Popular & World Music Officer Micheal Murray, Remix Project’s Gavin Sheppard. Moderated by David Hayman (We Are The Super Group). Alliance Francaise (24 Spadina Road). 9am -1:30pm. FREE Admission. 

 

African Music Week runs from June 9th – 13th at multiple venues throughout Toronto. Events are both ticketed and FREE admission. For the full African Music Week schedule and more information please visit: africanmusicweek.ca and follow  on twitter  @africanmusicwk.

 African Music Week is sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, Ghana Mixtapes, Music Africa, The Suya Spot, Jal Gua, Marcato Digital, Bohten, FEVA TV, The App Lab, and Abandze Embassy.

For high res images, interview requests or more information about African Music Week contact:

Dalton Higgins / (m) 647 880-2355 / daltonhiggins@gmail.com / www.africanmusicweek.ca

 

  This has been your Social Buzz with Michelle Smith Your Health and Social Advocate

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