How Black Futures Now Toronto Turned Local Histories into a Virtual Community Centre

In this episode, I chat with Adwoa Afful, the founder of Black Futures Now Toronto (BFN TO). BFN TO is a collective that uses a mixture of storytelling, radical mapping, and creative talent to develop interactive ways of archiving, experiencing, and celebrating overlooked Black histories and geographies. We explore their innovative Mapping Black Futures (MBF) story mapping project, and how in collaboration with Black nonbinary youth and women across the GTA, they built a virtual community centre that highlights Black histories and placemaking. In this episode, you'll learn about: - Why mapping Black histories and geographies matters - What counter/radical mapping is, and how it can be used as a community-building tool - How BFN TO developed their virtual community centre - The youth responsible for creating the content for Mapping Black Futures - And much more Guest: Adwoa Afful, Black Futures Now Toronto, blackfuturesnow.to