“The future is now” is the theme of Black History Month. I had the opportunity to meet several African Americans, including Jackie Robinson and the famous Quebec pianist Oliver Jones. Today, I wanted to pay tribute to Quebeckers who play an important role in our society.
Photos Pierre-Paul Poulin, Pascale Vallée, Éric Ladouceur
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FAEQ Fellow, Katherine Surin received the bronze medal in the 400m event at the ACNW African Association Championships in South Africa in March 2020 and at the Canadian Championships in July 2019. Just like her father, Bruny Surin , she hopes to win a medal at the next Olympics.
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Lieutenant Alberto Syllion, a former rapper of Haitian origin known under the pseudonym Spook, has been a firefighter with the Montreal Fire Department since 2008. He currently works at fire station 17.
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Esther Zephir, PDQ 33, is surrounded by young patrollers from the Maison d’Haïti, Gaël Stephenson Chancy and Orlando Ceide
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The Maison d’Haïti deploys its actions through six coordinations: Education, Family, Women, Integration, Youth, Center of the Arts. The CEO, Marjorie Villefranche, is surrounded by Destiemy, Sgt Evens Guercy, PDQ 20, James Thomas Alexandre and Brenda.
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For 15 years, Kevin Raphaël has been a school football coach. In the photo, Kevin is with his former player, Félix Antoine, who plays in the NCAA.
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Patricia Ogé is a teacher at CFP des Riverains in the Business Launch program. Many of its students are newcomers.
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The Ali et les Princes de la rue organization offers a school program for young people aged 16 to 25. Ali Nestor is surrounded by students Emma Pesut and Dieunaldo Maurice.
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Lou Maticia Ballou, a student at the Académie Lafontaine in Saint-Jérôme, is in the company of her mother, Yvette Youayoumon, family assistant in home support at the CLSC de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, which is celebrating its 20th year of work at the CISSS des Laurentides.
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