BIJ Report – Winter 2020

BIJ Report Winter 2020 By Ashley Hill, Business is Jammin’ Youth Program Coordinator

Golf Tournament The 2019 BIJ Charity Golf Tournament was a huge success! We would like to thank all of those who sponsored, donated prize items, played and attended our 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. A special thank you to our sponsors: Scotiabank, CBCL Limited, Saint Mary’s Entrepreneurship Centre, Covers Media Group, PSAC Atlantic, Dalhousie University and Labatt Brewing.

A big congratulations to CBCL Limited, our 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament Champions!

We will see you on the green next year!

#TheFuture100 BIJ & The Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute (DBDLI) joined forces to offer 100 Black youth the once in a lifetime opportunity to attend A Conversation with Barack Obama on November 13, 2019. 100 emerging Black leaders from across Nova Scotia networked and connected at #TheFuture100 Networking Event hosted by our friends at Colour in Halifax. The support received from Colour was outstanding. They gave our youth the opportunity to share their own stories and to make lasting connections.

A big thank you to Dave Culligan and his team at threesixfive Media Inc. for capturing the incredible experience!

Break into Business March Break Camp! This free week-long business camp focuses on leadership and entrepreneurship through education and personal development in an energetic and interactive environment. Youth will explore how their passions can become innovative business ideas. They will go through the entrepreneurial process by creating and running their own business for a day!

Visit businessisjammin.ca to sign up your camper!

Youth Innovation Tour BIJ partnered with the Creative Destruction Lab and Imhotep’s Legacy Academy to host a Youth Innovation Tour in January. Grade 10 students from Auburn Drive High School visited the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) for a day of experiential learning. The participants saw technology and innovation firsthand, learned from current inventors, and put their creativity to work to build marine turbines!

Halifax Chamber Fall Dinner BIJ had the privilege of attending the Halifax Chamber of Commerce Fall Dinner as the Presenting Sponsor Stewart McKelvey’s Charity of Choice! We networked and showcased some of the amazing Black youth entrepreneurs in the province. Aliyah, Rebekah, and Ashley even had the opportunity to speak about the impact of BIJ’s programming. On stage, we were surprised with a very generous donation from our friends at Eastlink. Donations like these will help fund the free programs that we run to empower Black youth.

Auburn Eagles building marine turbines

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama “

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