Black youth gather at Calgary event to help empower immigrants
She wants to help other young people feel like they can appreciate their ethnicity.
“If you feel like you’re insecure of your background or your language, just know that there’s a place for you. You don’t have to change yourself. You are valued. You are important. Your beliefs are important. Your experiences are important,” Debele said.Dibora Mehari is a Calgary university student born in Eritrea. She’s on a mission to empower other Black immigrants, to help them ditch the “learned helplessness” she says keeps some people from achieving their full potential.
“We have this learned helplessness as a visible minority. If I come out in my freedom and live in liberty, not under this learned helplessness of a visible minority or the underdog mentality, I think that’s what they are facing — that kind of thing is a self fulfilling prophecy,” Mehari said. Saturday’s event also included members of the Calgary Police Service, which organizers said will help minimize animosity between CPS and youth.
The Immigrant Outreach Society is hosting several more community events over the next few weeks as part of Black History Month.
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