Celebrating Black History Month & Jamaica – February Highlights
- Jamaicans on Vancouver Island Canadian Services Society
- Feb 4
- 2 min read
Happy Black History Month!
As Jamaicans, February is a month filled with pride, culture, and plenty to celebrate. It’s a time when history, music, resilience, and community all come together—and we’re excited to share what’s ahead.
This month we honour Reggae Month, and we celebrate the legends who helped shape Jamaica and put our little island on the world map—icons like Dennis Brown (Feb 1) and Bob Marley (Feb 6), among so many others whose music and message continue to inspire generations.
To continue our relief efforts, we will be hosting our final relief drive on Saturday, February 14, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Blue Bird Storage 2120 Quadra St, entrance on Princess Ave. A heartfelt thank you to Blue Bird Storage for standing with us and supporting this cause. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting these efforts—your kindness truly matters. Remember, donations can be dropped off Monday to Saturday between 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
✨ JAMAICA DAY - AFTER WORK JAM CELEBRATION ✨
Theme: Celebrating Jamaica: Championing Kindness, Courage, and Community
📅 Friday, February 27
📍 Oaklands Community Centre
⏰ 6:30 PM – 12:00 Midnight
Join us for a true yard-style Friday night! We’ll have cultural food, and desserts available for purchase, plus Karaoke, dominoes, interactive games, and good vibes. Come dressed in your Jamaican colours and ready to skank 💃🏾🕺🏾
We’re grateful to Bill Maragh, who has volunteered to spin some classic rock steady records, reminiscing on the good ole days. This will be a fun, family-friendly evening—so bring the family and invite your friends.
We're asking for a $5 donation at the door. Proceeds from this event will go towards our ongoing Hurricane Mellissa relief drive.
More details coming soon, so stay tuned—and thank you for continuing to stand with us as we celebrate culture, community, and care for one another.
Invitation to Learn & Build Constructive Knowledge
Hi Jovicss,
I’d like to invite you to learn more about Black history and the lived experiences of Black people today—especially those who have developed constructive, practical knowledge to help us understand, cope with, and counter racism in the form of White supremacy.
One powerful educational resource is Produce Justice, a platform centered on counter-racist logic, analysis, and problem-solving:
https://m.youtube.com/c/ProduceJustice
This work is rooted in the teachings of Neely Fuller Jr., author of the Counter-Racist Code books. Drawing from decades of lived experience, observation, and study, his work presents several core understandings, including:
• Racism has produced more non-justice than any other known social system.
• No major global problem can be fully solved until…
You are invited to engage with ProduceJustice.com, a resource grounded in the United Compensatory Code/System/Concept, designed exclusively to dismantle the worldwide system of racism (white supremacy). This body of knowledge examines how white supremacy functions through domination, subjugation, and mistreatment of people of color across all areas of people activity—politics, economics, entertainment, education, religion, law, labor, sex, and war/counter-war.
The Counter-Racist Code is authored by Neely Fuller Jr. and serves as a textbook/workbook designed exclusively for Black people who consider themselves victims of the crime of racism in the form of white supremacy, offering a structured and purposeful approach toward justice.