Events

Cultural Events,  Community Appeal 

MACCA’s cultural events have community appeal, and impact. From fundraising to awareness our events are fun, entertaining, and done in true Caribbean style. Check out our monthly Calendar for the latest updates about what we’re planning here at MACCA.

MACCA Annual Scholarship Awards Gala

Our signature event is our Annual Scholarship Awards Gala and presentation, where we present scholarships to students in York Region demonstrating academic excellence and outstanding community engagement. Since our inception, we have provided 325 scholarships to the brightest students of African/Caribbean descent in York Region valued at over 300,000. Learn more about the scholarship here.

Black History Month Celebration

We host an Annual Black History Month Show in partnership with the City of Markham where we have honoured and awarded hundreds of black Ontarians making a difference in York Region. As part of our 10 year plan to focus on STEAM, we have themed our BHM program on Black Innovation. Over 200 children from across the York Region come to see community leaders receive awards. They also see their peers showcasing STEAM related projects and experiments and feature a local trailblazer in the area of science & technology.

Design your Future Black Youth Legacy Conference

Our annual Black youth empowerment conference is now being funded by the Canadian Heritage Anti-Racism strategy. In partnership with YouthRex, the event encourages young people towards community engagement using a design thinking model. Youth are engaged in a community based hack-a-thon to problem solve challenges facing young people. 

In 2020, we launched our Design your Future Summer Internship. Participants at the conference will apply for the opportunity to pitch ideas to a group of committed community mentors, receive meaningful feedback to develop strong proposals which will be shared with stakeholders across the GTA.

Contact our Program manager for details at [email protected]

Walkathon Fundraiser

This is an annual event aimed at raising organizational funds so that we can support education programs for children and youth.

  • Help raise funds for  MACCA’s
  • Summer Program
  • Participate on social media
  • Donate through our website
  • Sponsor through our website

Our kids are counting on you! This year, things will be a little different. We cannot congregate to walk together but we ask that you wear blue or white and walk in community solidarity. 

Post a video or picture and use the hashtag: #MACCA2020 on social media to show your support.

If you can still donate monetarily, we are accepting donations to help support families who would like to participate in our Summer online Tutoring Program. Please navigate to our donate page to provide a monetary donation. Tax receipts will be given for donations over $10.00.