IS WEEK AT HUB!

GUEST SPEAKER: DeRico Symonds

DeRico will be with us on Wednesday Februrary 19th from 5:30pm - 8pm at 5553 Bloomfield Str. ---------------------- DeRico Symonds, currently employed full time with Halifax Regional Municipality as a Program Manager with the Youth Advocate Program, Part-time with Mount Saint Vincent University as Black Student Support Coordinator. DeRico is Co-founder of Future Roots Halifax, a social enterprise employing young people ages 13-17 in Halifax North end. In 2016 DeRico began an annual campaign titled “The Give BACK” to raise money for families across HRM who have difficulty providing a Christmas meal to their family. The Give BACK in two years has raised close to $8,500, provided meals to 99 families in HRM, and donated 65kg of canned goods and $700 to Feed NS. DeRico Symonds received the Queens diamond Jubilee Century of Service Award, the Irving & Ruth Pink award for youth development and social justice and in 2019, DeRico Symonds received the Dr Burnley “Rocky” Jones Human Right award from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

DeRico has tirelessly advocated for communities across HRM for issues including but not limited to: Poverty, Unemployment, Affordable Housing, Marginalization and Community Violence. DeRico Symonds holds an undergraduate degree in Child & Youth Study (2012), and completed a MEd in Counselling through Acadia University (2018). Website - www.dericosymonds.ca

Instagram - @dericosymonds

Twitter - @dericosymonds