 everybody okay guys today we just I know it's cold outside but we're gonna be moving and we're going to just try to make this memorable like I said you helped us a whole lot today there's not enough words to say thank you to each one of you today was about bringing back a sense of hope smiles to homeless black families who are in temporary housing some of these families are families of nine people in a one bedroom apartment and so the goal was just to get the community together to support them and to let them know that as long as there's life there's hope and that there's many many people in the community that are rooting for them that are supporting them and help them understand that the circumstances in which they are today are temporary I came from Gibbon here at the age of seven when my father was sent as a diplomat in 2006 my father was called back in Gibbon he was beat up to death things became very difficult for my mother for my sisters my brothers and I came back in Canada and I became homeless and it's another person of African descent who also became homeless who assisted me with a shelter we shared his shelter this really thought me a lot I've met incredible people throughout this journey people with amazing stories refugees who arrived in Canada in hope of having a better life newcomers immigrants but also people who were born here and struggling with their sense of identity and so I've always wanted to give back I've always also wanted to give back a sense of hope through our initiatives and through the partnerships with the other organizations we will be able to do that it takes a community to spread love for everybody to call the place home to make everyone feel heard to empower change to bring true happiness to everyone it takes a community to come together in unity to bring a stronger society