Sports helped Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey overcome racism as he grew up in Kentucky in the 1960s.
He remembers seeing the n-word in the second-hand books his segregated school got from the white school. He remembers fighting kids who called him the n-word when the schools integrated and later becoming lifelong friends with some of those kids, once they realized he wasn’t what they’d been told about black people.
The Amherstburg Community Foundation (ACF) heard from world-renowned urbanist Gil Penalosa in August and debated some of his ideas last week. The second of the ACF’s “Thought Leaders” speaker series was held last Tuesday night at the Libro Centre with Cherise Burda of the Ryerson City Builders Institute moderating a panel discussion with seven of Penelosa’s ideas highlighted.
Dwane Casey is proving to be a game changer both on and off a National Basketball Association court.
It was Casey as the head coach who set the table for the Toronto Raptors’ run to an NBA title last spring and now he’s charged with resurrecting the Detroit Pistons to glory.
Landing an NBA head coach as a guest speaker for a new initiative by the Amherstburg Freedom Museum is certainly quite a coup.
Studies have shown as humans we actually have a bias for the status quo. We tend to fear loss more than we value gain, so people often say “no” to new ideas.
But to create an even better Amherstburg we need to change from being largely about short-term personal interests to forward-thinking public interests, from small interest projects to big picture opportunities. In other words, saying “yes” to ideas instead of saying “no.”
A world renowned urbanist told a large crowd in Amherstburg that slower traffic can transform a neighbourhood.
Gil Penalosa was a guest speaker at the Amherstburg Community Foundation's 'Leaders Speaker' Series at the Libro Centre.
He says when cities and town look at making a liveable community, they need to include everyone from ages 8 to 80.
The “new” Amherstburg Community Foundation (ACF) has been launched and is seeking the support of the community.
The new-look ACF, led by president Richard Peddie, held its official launch last Wednesday night to a packed house in the Libro Centre’s down-stairs community room with four initiatives beingannounced for the first wave of fundraising…
The new Amherstburg Community Foundation is woke - definition: “a slang term, a byword for social awareness”.
Admittedly the term “woke” refers more to issues concerning social and racial justice, but I also believe it can stand for other things that intersect with those two issues. For instance climate change, better parks, walkable streets, civic leadership - things that can make or break the sustainability, healthiness and inclusiveness of communities like Amherstburg.
The Amherstburg Community Foundation laid out its first wave of improvement projects at the Libro Credit Union Centre in Amherstburg before a packed house Wednesday night.
Retired president of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Richard Peddie is taking on another presidential role, this time at the head of a nine person board that has already kick-started the campaign with $150,000 of its own money over the next three years.
Richard Peddie is one of the most successful leaders to ever come out of our region! As the former President & CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (Toronto Raptors, Maple Leafs, Marlies & Toronto FC) he is an author, philanthropist and community builder, as demonstrated in his new role as President of the Amherstburg Community Foundation.
AMHERSTBURG — The Amherstburg Community Foundation has a completely new board of directors, an ambitious leader in Richard Peddie and a bold vision for the town’s future.
The official launch of the revamped ACF Wednesday at the Libro Centre will be more like a rocket takeoff than a slow-departing steamship.
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For an Even Better Amherstburg
It is nice to be back at the Chamber’s annual business excellence awards. I always enjoy saluting organizations and people for their excellent performance. Tonight is our chance to recognize the very best in everything from hospitality, service, non profit, accessibility, entrepreneurial, professional, employer, legacy….
