LGBT Youth Line - OM for/pour ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company

LGBT Youth Line - OM for/pour ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Grassroots Innovation
Amount awarded$300,000
Duration36 months
Year2017-2018
Location served
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Halton Peel; Toronto
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Racialized youth (other than Black youth), Indigenous youth (i.e. First Nations, Métis or Inuit youth), Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer (LGBTTQ+) youth
Age group15 to 19 years, 20 to 25 years
DescriptionDelivering a project that builds on the success of a proven model or program with a $300,000 grant over 36 months to deliver the Right to Dance intensive program, community events and to create an Affirming Dance Education Toolkit while providing inclusive, affirming and empowering spaces for racialized LGBTTIQQ2S youth in Toronto. The group wants to develop and share models of creative movement that encourage healing and a deeper sense of self that can have ripple effects for the broader community.
Grant resultYouth form and maintain healthy, close relationships
Grant statusClosed