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listed on the Black Business Can (BBC) website — BlackBusinessOntario.ca — including Windsor restaurants like Jubba (serving Somalian cuisine at 2000 Wyandotte Street West), Zule Eats (2760 Howard Avenue), Roti Bowl & Soul (359 Ouellette Avenue) and World Marathon Ethiopian Restaurant (60 University Avenue West).

There are also plenty of servicedbased Black businesses, such as CQ’s Olde Riverside Barber Shop (5774 Wyandotte Street East), Entice Salon (311 Wyandotte Street East), Totally Baked (TotallyBakedGoods.ca, a 2022 Biz X Award Winner) and NorthStar Cheer, a Windsor based cheerleading company for youth and adults.

You can buy Black each day in February during the Buy Black Challenge, take a photo of your purchases, and post them on social media using the hashtag #BlackBusinessCan.

You can also read daily business highlights on: Facebook.com/blackbusinesscan and: Instagram.com/blackbusinesscan.

On other days in the year, interact with related posts and share as many businesses as you can with coworkers, friends, and family.

Black History Month is not just about what has happened in the past, and recognizing current contributions of Black individuals, it’s also about being thoughtful about what

Another local company involved with Black Business Can that you may choose to support this February, and throughout the year, is the World Marathon Ethiopian Restaurant, 60 University Avenue West in downtown Windsor. Owner Abdo Alwan offers a combination of pungent and warm spices from all over Ethiopia to create dishes of distinctive flavours. Here he holds up a Vegetarian Combo with Shiro Wat (ground pea cooked with onion, tomatoes); Aziffa (cooked green lentil mixed with onions, green chilies) and At-Kelt Wat (carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic cooked in turmeric and Marathon spices). It is served with Injera, we can do to build a better future to create equity for all Canadians.

“Make this something you care about as well,” expresses Maxine Ebegbuzie, BBC’s President and Founder.

Ebegbuzie adds: “It’s important that we raise these issues and rally the community together. It demonstrates that we are all fighting as a community, fighting for equity. This is a fight for all of us.”