#Jamilah Robinson

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To celebrate black history month, I will be sharing one of my favorite children book written by brilliant black authors each week.

Last week, we looked at Your Name Is A Song by Jamilah Thompkins, which focuses on celebrating our identity and the importance of our names.

This week, we will be discussing about You Matter by Christian Robinson.

You Matter • {Christian Robinson | 2020}

You Matter is a 40-page picture book written and illustrated by Christian Robinson; it was awarded the Best Book of the Year by Barnes and Noble for young children between ages 2 - 6 years old.

In the book, the story starts off with a young black girl examining nature under a microscope. As the story progresses, the author takes the audience through a journey through different parts of the world — shifting from a tiny pest to a giant dinosaur that was separate from its group — indicating and reinforcing that all beings, big or small, regardless of age and race, or how different we are, we are all significant. The story also touches on the concept of connectivity, where we are all connected to each other.

Overall, the book is very impactful because it is very inclusive, reinforcing the message that we are all important regardless of how other feels about us, how we feel about ourselves or how different we are; this is also emphasized through its illustrations such as a child in a wheelchair, or a bug being a pest. That said, this book touches other important themes, such as everyone is connected.

Lastly, the picture book is beautifully illustrated by the author himself with the use of fun bright vibrant colors, which is achieved with the use of pencil crayons, paper, and many more; also, the illustrations are very diverse which creates a sense of engagement with the story since young children are diversely represented in the book.

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Museum of Arts and Design Presents First Comprehensive Survey of Sonya Clark's Collaborative Artworks

The Hair Craft Project: Hairstylists with Sonya, 2014. eleven color photographs, each 28 x 28 in. From left to right, top: Chaunda King, Marsha Johnson, Jasmine and Jamika Pollard, Ife Robinson; middle: Ingrid Riley, Kamala Bhagat, Anita Hill-Moses, Dionne James Eggleston; bottom: Natasha Superville, Nasirah Muhammad, Jamilah Williams, Sonya Clark. Photo: Naoko Wowsugi. Sonya Clark: We Are Each…

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“The Hair Craft Project,"

Sonya with Kamala Bhagat, Dionne James Eggleston, Marsha Johnson, Chaunda King, Anita Hill Moses, Nasirah Muhammad, Jameika and Jasmine Pollard, Ingrid Riley, Ife Robinson, Natasha Superville, and Jamilah Williams” (2014),

Pigment prints on archival paper,

Eleven framed, 30 × 30 inches each

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Talented Basketball players from Windsor-Essex County

Are you ready to talk some basketball? We are!

We at Windsor Hoops have now made it a point of duty to help all basketball players from Southwestern Ontario who are competing at the grade school, high school, prep school, college, university, OBA,  AAU, and even at the professional level, to attain the much anticipated and warranted exposure they want and need. Thanks to basketball phenoms such as Andrew Wiggins, Jamal Murray, Tristan Thompson, Corey Joseph, Nik Stauskus, Andrew Nicholson, Kelly Olynyk, Rowan Barrett Jr , Dillon Brooks, Tyler and Dylan Ennis and others, young Canadian basketball players are now being watched and recruited on a level like never before.

Now, there is no time to waste, so let’s get started immediately.

First things first, let’s get this notion that because you are from a certain area (hint hint…Toronto and the G.T.A.) it means that you are a better basketball player than all others other places in Canada. This is a false assumption. You might get more opportunity and exposure but that’s about it. Talent can come from anywhere and anyone. Nevertheless Toronto and the G.T.A. is the leading contributor to this explosion of basketball talent being produced in Canada. The rest of Canada though, is slowly but surely catching up.  

When Windsor Hoops is reporting basketball news, we will travel up the 401, as far north as London but no further. Our main focus will most definitely be Windsor and the rest of the Essex County area.

Windsor Hoops would like to say “NUFF RESPECT” to those who paved the way for the next generation and also the younger generation after them. People such as Chantal Vallee, Pete Cusumano, Pat Osborne, Jermaine Jackson, Jimmy Parsons, Ricardo Tate, Andy Kiss, Jim Law, JK Kennedy and all other dedicated coaches. Also this is strictly for ballers so no mention of standout athletes such as Tyrone Crawford (NFL), Arjen Colquhoun (CFL), Brandon McBride (track and field), Tyler Storie (football), Devonte Pierce (football), Marquise Thompson (football), D’Angelo Knox (Football), Omar Hayes-Williams (football), Devon Woods (football), Jaydon Gauthier(Football), Jaylen Jackson (football), Khalil James (football) or others not mentioned who have stop ballin’ on a competitive level and have chosen to pursue careers in other sports and other professional fields. Good luck to you. If you continue to compete in your future endeavors as hard as you competed in basketball then surely you will enjoy some form of success.

Now once again I repeat, there is no time waste, so let’s get it started with a list of current elite ballers who are still playing basketball at high school, college, university or pro levels. This list is written in a random order and does not, in any way shape or form, express rankings of who is better than who. That much anticipated list of Windsor Hoops top 50 active ballers will come soon enough. So stay glued to Windsor Hoops on Twitter and Facebook. In the meantime and in between time lets introduce you to some of the big time players from Windsor-Essex county region that you will need to be familiar with.

Big time ballers: Male athletes

Mychal Mulder, Shavon, Gayle, Alston Gayle Jordan Gauthier, Miro Jaksic, Munis Tutu, Galdo Tutu, Shawon Anderson, DeAndre Brown, Isaiah Osborne, William Lara-Caston, Jermaine Lynch, Juwan Lynch, Isaiah Familia, Malique Calloo, Marquise Calloo, Marcus Callo,  Anthony Zrvnar, Luke Allin, Mike Rocca, Eriq Jenkins, Ian Smart, Sina Gbadebo, Marsei Caston, Isiah Byrd, Macaul Reiner, Marko Kovac, Rotimi Osuntola Jr. , Enrico Dilreto, R.J. Wells, Alex Campbell,  Lance Drummonds, Nik Veigli, Austin Robinson, Magdi Tia, Hassen Byas, Ben Horvath,  Caleb Akinsanya, Patrick Douangchantha, Sajed Farhat, Saiid Bakayoko, Mahier Mohamed, Kimani Bailey, Blake Ondricko, Thomas Kennedy, Ali  Mansour, Glynn Willis-Paris, Diew Wal, Trevelle Blythe, Jovan Lozo, Robell Negus, Najee- Brown Henderson, Nyong James, Weng James, Donald Mensah, Dico Angelo, Mousab Toto,Andre Ghita, Max Reiner, Dylan Jabar, Anthony Pollock, Ryan Kiss, Jack Zimmerman, Benji Dagoose, Jordan Guenther, Greg Mullins, Demetrius Kah, Melvin Freeman, Julian Freeman, Nick Malic, Djordje Dimitrejecic, Nick Cawliwliw, Joseph Cimpean, Milan Jaksic, Nathan Carson, Darrius Brooks, Daut Said, Amjed Alghizi, Nyles Duren, H. Aboudi, Jared Nelson, Marc Galipeau, Liam Gilbert.

Female athletes

Miah-Marie Langlois, Shannon Kennedy, Caitlyn Longmuir, Olivia Starling, Mildred Okoko, Arianna Milani, Carly Steer, Melissa Ellis, Korissa Williams, Andrea Kiss, Kim Moroun, Jocelyn LaRoque, Courtney VandeBovenkamp, Jaylin VandeBovenkamp, Anna Mullins, Laura Mullins, Tessa Kreiger, Jessica Gordon, Bethanie Wachna, Bojana Kovacevic, up and comers Hayley Woods, Ashanti and Jamilah Poku-Christian and entire Windsor Valiants team, Kailyn Wade, Ciara Emery, Lauren Golding, Abby Chambers, Kim Orton, Lucia McElwian, Finley McElwain, Alessendra Caccavo, Maya Calongcagong, khuloud Ahmad, Claire Lamarre, Lydia Abraha, Alexi Kornokoski, Gracie Clifford, Paloma Ducre, Maddie Bardoel, Kristen Swiatoschick, Alyssia Arundine, Adang Asouth, Destiny Nuckles, Bosana Said, Kierra Washington, Taya Butler, Brianna Brown, Hayley Pearce, Megi Mustafaraj, Brielle Loebach, Ravneet Rana, Anna Ulcniy, Elena Caldarelli, Rylee Welsh, Aleyna Rocheleau, Jenna Rocheleau, Lucia Arroyo, Asina Wabisa, Nicole Geddes-Lopez, Aleah Marton, Olivia Starling, Hannah and Kayla Daguerre, Alyssa Klassen, Madison and Mikayla Finnerty, Danielle Slingerland, Morgan and Madison Wilms, Lauren Keller, Sofia Martinez, Miracle Ini-Abusi, Emma Bedal, Hannah Chacko, Kirsten Zelina, and last but most certainly not least Akia Jackson-King, Jada Jackson, Jasmine Goulet and Caliegh Chauvin, Jaimi Chauvin, Torrie Handsor, Jana Kucera.

There are many more talented young male and female basketball players not mention for one reason or another. Most likely your names did not appear on stat sheets or Windsor Hoops did not get a chance to see you in action. The 2017-2018 season will be coming up soon and Windsor Hoops will be there watching and taking notes. As time goes by we will continue to add more ballers from all levels.

Windsor Hoops quote of the day

“If you’re training is hard, then the game will be easy to play….if you’re training is easy, then the  game will be hard  to play”. Train Hard….Go Hard