The Remix Project - OM for/pour Shoot For Peace

The Remix Project - OM for/pour Shoot For Peace

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Youth Innovations
Amount awarded$254,900
Duration36 months
Year2019-2020
Location served
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Toronto
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Racialized youth(other than Black youth), Youth vulnerable of becoming or are in conflict with the law, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families, Youth at-risk of dropping out or have dropped out of school
Age group15 to 19 years
DescriptionDelivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a $254,900 grant over 36 months for a photography program, designed for marginalized Black boys and girls from the Regent Park community of Toronto that cultivates a safe space to build meaningful relationships with each other and the community through art. Annually, two cycles of programming will be offered to a group of young men and a group of young women. The activities held at Shoot For Peace will consist of weekly workshops, fields trips, projects and the program will culminate in an open art exhibition, for each cycle of participants
Grant resultCreating safe spaces for Indigenous and/or Black youth to build strong community and cultural connections
Grant statusClosed