As a 14-year-old, during her first week at Eden High School in St. Catharines, Ont., Jéda Anderson met a cashier, a Black former student who recognized her uniform.

She said "he was like, 'is there any Black kids at Eden? I felt like I was the only one there.'"

Anderson carried that conversation with her — the memory of someone who didn't have the chance to connect with people who looked like him in high school — and eventually created Eden's first Black Student Association, the Black Affinity Club.

The Black Affinity Club is a place for community, but also learning, said Anderson. The club hosted a seminar during one Black History Month where they talked about Black hair and its history. (Submitted by Jéda Anderson)

Anderson said she did this with the help of Future Black Female (FB

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