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Black Business and Professional Network Inc. (BBPN) will deliver the BBPN ACCESS Initiative Pilot Program (BAIPP) across New Brunswick from April 15, 2026 to March 31, 2027. With $267,500 in confirmed federal funding from the Government of Canada’s Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative, the program offers three streams for Black women, youth and entrepreneurs province-wide.
Ambition was never the problem in the room. That’s the biggest thing Djomo Aaron took away from BBPN’s Women in Business and Profession Community Town Hall in Saint John, held in partnership with Black Moms NB and led by representative Mrs. Olatian.
Some events you attend. Others, you experience. For BBPN’s Oreoluwa Orokotan, Moncton Afrofest was the second kind.
For International Youth Day, BBPN brought its YETAP cohort together for a Saturday session that ran from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., part online, part in person, and, according to Sheila Kazvini, entirely worth the trip.
Some of the best learning doesn’t happen in a classroom. In August, BBPN’s YETAP leadership group, including Sheila Kazvini and Djomo Aaron, visited the New Brunswick Black History Society (NBBHS) in Saint John, and came back with two different stories from the same afternoon.
Representing BBPN at Black Girls Gather in Fredericton, Sanaba Kante expected a professional event. What she
found was something closer to a masterclass in community.
This summer, BBPN was in the room where New Brunswick’s Black community is helping shape real policy change.
