Black History Month -- How To Support The Black Community

The SMS talks with the Concordia Black Student Union about black history month, Concordia, and the union’s upcoming projects!

Samuel Miriello created the Sam Miriello Show (SMS) in early 2021 to fill the need for a gap in coverage towards community initiatives. In Sam’s coverage, he usually focuses on activism, issues facing our community, and organizations aiding different people and communities in the Montreal area. With experience as a student, having organized demonstrations, creating a media outlet and striving to make various changes in the community, Sam has good connections with various people in the greater Montreal area and aims to highlight underreported events and actions in the community.

Tanou Bah and Amaria Philips, co-founders of the Black Student Union (BSU) join the Sam Miriello Show to educate the Concordia community of the Black diaspora and issues of racism, including colourism, through their live discussions hosted on social media. They also created the BSU to support the Black community and make the community feel loved and represented.

They have hosted lives answering questions, including “who can say the N word?” addressing various issues on Quebec university campuses, and national issues including “is it possible to defund the police?” They also provide the opportunity to educate the community on Black history in Canada, including the education of Black-Indigenous people in Canada.

They address what can be done for non-Black people to better support the Black community, including attending their events to educate themselves on Black history and to further understand issues facing Black people in our society.