Empowerment Squared - OM for/pour TRAD - Technology Research Arts and Design

Empowerment Squared - OM for/pour TRAD - Technology Research Arts and Design

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Youth Innovations
Amount awarded$250,000
Duration36 months
Year2019-2020
Location served
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Champlain; Hamilton; Toronto
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Newcomer youth, Francophone youth, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families
Age group15 to 19 years, 20 to 25 years
DescriptionDelivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a $250,000 grant over 36 months to create online and physical spaces that are safe, and empower Black youth, through the creation of strategic partnerships with black and Afro Caribbean university student groups in Ottawa, Hamilton, and Toronto, to explore the breadth of their cultural identity. They will also participate in live events and an online magazine that captures traditional African culture, ideas, philosophy, aesthetics, value systems in Ontario
Grant resultCreating safe spaces for Indigenous and/or Black youth to build strong community and cultural connections