MEDIA ADVISORY AND PHOTO-OP - George Brown College Naming and Dedication Ceremony: New Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre at student residence named after 1830s pioneers in Toronto's Black Community
TORONTO, Nov. 3, 2016 /CNW/ - George Brown College is proud to host the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) at a naming and dedication ceremony for the newly opened, Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre located at the College's first student residence, The George.
The celebratory evening will include a ribbon cutting ceremony with the President of the Ontario Black History Society, Nikki Clarke, George Brown College Chancellor Sally Horsfall-Eaton, community leaders, artists, authors and performers.
George Brown was a contemporary of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn, early Black entrepreneurs, anti-slavery leaders and champions of Toronto's development. Like Brown, they were strong community builders, activists and philanthropists. The naming and dedication ceremony of the new conference centre is a physical and symbolic tribute to their important legacy in our city's history and establishment.
| WHO: |
Hosts: George Brown College and Ontario Black History Society |
| Glenn Murray, Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre and City Councillor Pam McConnell Ward 28 (Toronto-Centre-Rosedale) |
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| WHAT: |
Naming and dedication ceremony of the new Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre at George Brown College's student residence, The George. |
| Photo-Op and ribbon cutting ceremony. Remarks and mural unveiling. |
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| Dinner and performance by invitation only. |
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| WHEN: |
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
The George, Student Residence, 80 Cooperage Street, Toronto, ON M5A 0J3 |
| MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO RSVP: [email protected] |
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SOURCE George Brown College
Joyann Callender, Media Relations Manager, George Brown College, 416-415-5000 ext. 3159, [email protected]; Michele-Ann Halsall, Manager, Ontario Black History Society, 416-867-9420, [email protected]
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