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Miss today's preview of this Sunday's Celebrating Black History Month and Africa Heritage event on #SULUAU? Listen in on Charlotte Sista C Ferrell - Poet, Author, Filmmaker's #PoweredByAge storytelling session with Dr. Charles Quist Adade, Comfort Ero, and Kombii Nanjalah anytime at https://cjsf.ca/contents/SistaC-Anansi-Stories. Feb. 28's Celebrating Black History Month and Africa Heritage event is jointly organized by the Africa-Canada Education Foundation, African Stages... Association of BC, Great Lakes Society and the Ghanaian Canadian Association of British Columbia. Search for it on Eventbrite or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-black-history-mont to learn more and RSVP to this event! #BlackHistoryMonth

Today's #CJSFPick (for Feb. 24, 2021) is "Hope" by Cozmic Cat! Joy of CJSF Music calls it a "great EP to dance the isolation away" - read more of her take on "Hope" below

You're not seeing double: here are the #CJSFCharts for the week ending Feb. 23, 2021, with Beverly Glenn-Copeland topping the charts for a third consecutive week, followed by Ambrose Akinmusire and future star! Check out the rest of our top 30 artists for this week: see below

We start the last week of #BlackHistoryMonth with a look into the history of Hogan's Alley! Learn more about Vancouver's first and only Black neighbourhood in this week's instalment of our #BlackHistoryMonth series on this feed: see below. Follow the Hogan's Alley Society on FB to stay updated on their work preserving the legacy of Hogan's Alley and building Black community in Vancouver. We additionally thank the BC Black History Awareness Society, The Vancouver Heritage Foundation and The Canadian Encyclopedia for providing sources used in this post: full citations in final image.

Last week on #SULUAU! Lama Mugabo (co-founder of Building Bridges with Rwanda) and Mama Kolbii Njala (founder of Harambecouver) join Charlotte Sista C Ferrell - Poet, Author, Filmmaker in conversation about the importance and benefits of two time-honoured African traditions: Rwanda's #Umuganda and Kenya's #Harambee. Listen to last Friday's episode of Speak Up, Listen Up, Act Upon anytime at https://www.cjsf.ca/contents/SistaC-Harambee-Umuganda #BlackHistoryMonth

Today (Nov. 25) is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. Once again this year, we're supporting the international #16Days campaign, which runs from now until International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, with special programming and content. ... Learn more about the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence in the image gallery below, at The Official 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign Facebook page, or at the Women and Gender Equality Canada website at https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/vaw-vff/index-en.html. Follow us for more #16Days explainers like this, and visit cjsf.ca for up-to-date programming info and more.

Here is the last of this month's #CJSFCharts (for the week of Nov. 24, 2020), featuring Deradoorian, Figure Walking, Butcher Brown + more! Check out the rest of our top artists for this week: see below

Now available on the #CJSFArchives! Sista C welcomes back Juno award-winning artist Kellylee Evans as well as past guest Adhel Arop to her show, diving into topics of self-care, rebounding from injury, and surviving the COVID-19 landscape. Listen to the Nov. 20 episode of #SULUAU now or any time at https://www.cjsf.ca/contents/SistaC-KellyleeEvansReturns

Tomorrow is #TransDayOfRemembrance - see below for SFSS Out On Campus's announcement of their #TDoR observances, via their IG feed: "Join us on November 20th for Trans Day of Remembrance to honour those we've lost, and come together as a community. Click here to RSVP: https://bit.ly/3oHGLfg" For more information on @sfssooc's (online) memorial event, open by registration to queer SFU/FIC students, see the Eventbrite link above

Today's #CJSFPick is Oceanator's "Things I Never Said" - grungy indie rock that "just works," says CJSF Music's Alex. Read more about Alex's take on "Things I Never Said" below

Here are the #CJSFCharts for the week ending Nov. 17, 2020, featuring Jody Glenham, Ana Roxanne, Cults + many others! Check out the rest of our top artists for this week: see below

UPDATED POST: In case you missed it, here is the sound bite for the show: https://www.cjsf.ca/contents/intravenus-playlist-11182020... Gift yourself an hour of #SelfLove & Se.xual Revolution! FREE philosophical mind-shift about your love life, that I really think don’t want to miss.

#DYK you can give to CJSF even when it's not #CJSFFundrive yet? Visit cjsf.ca/donate to make secure online donations on behalf of your favourite CJSF shows, in any amount and at any time of the year! As always, we thank you for supporting community radio and diverse, independent media ... (A reminder: If you have donated or are planning to donate to #CJSFFundrive2020 by cheque, please send it in as soon as you can. Visit fundrive.cjsf.ca or contact Magnus at [email protected] for more information on donating by mail.) #CJSF #SFU #localradio #communityradio #fundraiser

Sista C's guest today is Johnnie Proby (https://www.facebook.com/jproby1), an internationally-acclaimed Inspirational Soul recording artist, music therapist and HeartMath Practitioner. Experience some of the ways she helps people transform stress or "COVID fatigue" into increased gratitude and positive energy, right here on #SULUAU. Attune yourself to Speak Up, Listen Up, Act Upon with Charlotte Sista C Ferrell - Poet, Author, Filmmaker: on in 1h, at 10a, only on CJSF 90.1 FM! #BIPOC #music #health #wellness