The Giving Black Podcast
The Giving Black Podcast promotes Black philanthropy and spotlights generosity in all its forms in the global Black community.
Listen to interviews that honour the culture and tradition of giving among Black people from the African continent, to the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas and across the globe.
I am your host, Olumide Akerewusi. Here's a bit about me: I am Founder and CEO of agentsC Inc., an international company delivering fundraising, philanthropy, and social change solutions to organizations across the world. I've spent 30 years working with major philanthropists, corporations, and grant-making foundations as well as charities to grow their impact. I am also a Black philanthropist.
I hope you enjoy this podcast, which will serve as an archive of wonderful and inspiring stories about Black generosity.
You can learn more about Giving Black by visiting our website at: www.givingblack.ca.
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The Giving Black Podcast
Episode One: Rt. Hon. Madame Michaëlle Jean - Indifference Cannot Be An Option
The first episode of The Giving Black Podcast kicks off with Canada's highest profile Black Philanthropist, the Rt. Hon. Madame Michaëlle Jean.
Madame Jean is Canada's 27th Governor General and the first Black woman (person) to fill the role. She is a proud descendent of Haitian-African slaves, and along with her husband Jean Daniel Lafond, co-founded the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, to promote youth advocacy through the arts, social impact, and entrepreneurship.
Dear listeners, we could not have asked for a more prestigious first guest than Madame Jean. She embodies all of the elements of Black philanthropy: love, activism, reciprocity, generosity, and vision. In this episode madame Jean shares her parents' principles, which underpin her inspiration for philanthropy - Indifference cannot be an option.