{"id":75595,"date":"2022-02-18T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=75595"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:33:14","slug":"celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-sentsetsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-sentsetsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating BGC Black Leaders &#8211; Meet Sentsetsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sentsetsa.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman with short dark hair and glasses smiles warmly while wearing a dark blazer and a colorful patterned scarf in a bright indoor room.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Working with BGCBigs for over 15 years, Sentsetsa has been a mentor and role model to the younger frontline staff and volunteers, as well as the families and children who walk through the Club\u2019s doors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She prioritizes the needs of the community they serve. For example, Sentsetsa recognized the need to create a multi-lingual reading program, where participants took time every week to sit and read stories in their preferred language. The program allowed the children to engage with their parents, value and take pride in their culture, and share with their peers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2020, BGCBigs\u2019 Board of Directors and Leadership Team appointed Sentsetsa to lead their Anti-Racism Action Committee\u2014a team made up of diverse staff and management that guides their efforts around equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since being appointed, Sentsetsa has led BGCBigs through an audit, provided trainings for the entire staff team, and reviewed policies. She was then officially titled the EDI Lead for BGCBigs\u2014ensuring that they continue to integrate an EDI lens into to their work every day. Sentsetsa is passionate about EDI and is patient with staff as the Club goes through their learning journey around anti-racism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sentsetsa has been doing what BGC does best\u2014helping youth overcome barriers, volunteers, and anyone who turns to the Club for support.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sentsetsa2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman with glasses and dark hair wearing a blue star-patterned face mask and a dark jacket with a patterned scarf stands outdoors in front of a building.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/680616725?h=fad713792a\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with BGCBigs for over 15 years, Sentsetsa has been a mentor and role model to the younger frontline staff and volunteers, as well as the families and children who walk through the Club\u2019s doors.\u00a0 She prioritizes the needs of the community they serve. For example, Sentsetsa recognized the need to create a multi-lingual reading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[916,917,81,868,918],"class_list":["post-75595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-anit-racism","tag-bgc-edmonton","tag-black-history-month","tag-celebrating-black-leaders","tag-equity-diversity-and-inclusion"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90795,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75595\/revisions\/90795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}