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BBBSC and NYMAC hosted a Youth in Office virtual event on “Being Black in Canada” with MP Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre), MP Greg Fergus (Hull-Aylmer), and MP Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre) on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Our NYMAC youth moderators Nicole Mensah and David Awosoga facilitated the conversation.

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