In-depth interviews with artists and organizers Maeesha B and Akilah Newton from Island Fête, the West Island’s first Caribbean food and arts festival.

Soul P has been doing shows celebrating Black fathers all June – tune in for this week’s episode live from Westhaven Community Centre featuring special guest – Canadian Super Middleweight professional boxer Shakeel Phinn, also known as The Jamaican Juggernaut.

As we conclude our celebration of Black Mothers in May one of our guests’ for tonight is Amanda Benn. A dancer, choreographer, leader, long-standing community and youth worker. These are the titles that Amanda is deeply rooted in. Above all these roles, Amanda has become a mother which has shifted her perspective in everything in life, enabling her to explore deeper purpose in the arts.

Bringing youth voices to radio – live from Westhaven Community Centre.

Stephen Walker was born in Montreal, QC, Canada, where he spent most of his youth forcibly removed from his family and placed in Residential Services for children and youth. There, he empathized with the plights of courageous characters in fiction literature, and later joined the Canadian Armed Forces to build on his own extraordinary story…

Our final guest for the Celebration of Black Fathers is a Proud father, a soccer manager and analyst. Max-Henri Metellus is a special guest as his mother Maguy Metellus was featured in the 2022 edition of the Celebration of Black Mothers, it is an honour for us to have been able to have interviewed both the mother and the son.

A self described “Repro Rebel”, Tia is a mother, a traveler, a communal resource, a wild child, a content creator, a hoodoo hottie, and so much more. Pleasure is Tia Savonne’s ministry. Her primary focus is to mind her Black ass (Erotic) business. Slipp3ry When Wet is a kinfolk connector that centers the experiences of Black people in the sexual and reproductive space.

Music and conversation around issues affecting youth and a special commemoration of Nicous D’Andre Spring, artist, and friend to the center. #JusticeForNicous.