Students will cross the campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today—Monday, November 24—to sell baked goods, kicking off fundraising for the 2015 African Diaspora Youth Conference.

Scheduled for May 7 to 9, 2015, the conference is for secondary school students interested in learning about the African Diaspora and the role it has played in their development. The conference has been a life-changing experience for many attendees. It provides a forum for students to discuss with their peers the concerns they face as youth growing up in a North American society.

As the conference expands, organizers face the challenge of obtaining funding to allow growth. An endowed African Diaspora bursary in the amount of $1,000 has been created for students who have attended the African Diaspora Youth conference to pursue studies at the University of Windsor. The bursaries will provide encouragement to students of African ancestry who might otherwise discount a University education to consider it among their life goals, and will be given to students on the basis of need.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Deb Curran at debbiec@uwindsor.ca.