BY SIMONE J> SMITH I am super excited about this upcoming weekend. For those who do not know, usually at the end of each August, Toronto...
BY SELINA McCALLUM Thirteen years ago the founder of Manifesto sat with artists, activists and organizers in Committee Room 1 in City Hall and asked three...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Upon meeting Trishell, owner of Trishell’s Hair & Beauty Salon, I knew that there was something extremely special about this young woman....
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “You know that voice, you know what it says; someone like you doesn’t belong here.” (Michael Coteau, The Star, June 2019) Who...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Before writing this women empowered feature, I had already had an opportunity to connect and interview Faith Walker. She had appeared on...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH The summer of 2019 has been an exciting one for the city of Toronto, and to add to this excitement, we were...