For Youth Initiative - OM for/pour Black Women in Motion

For Youth Initiative - OM for/pour Black Women in Motion

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Grassroots Innovation
Amount awarded$70,000
Duration12 months
Year2015-2016
Location served
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Toronto
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families
Age group12 to 14 years, 15 to 19 years, 20 to 25 years
Description$70,000 over 12 months to host ‘This Means WAAR’, a conference for racialized youth living in low-income situations, who are in care or leaving care, in order to bring together young residents of Toronto’s Weston Pellam Park neighbourhood to talk about rape culture. Funds will be used for staff salaries, events and the conference program delivery.
Grant resultYouth are engaged in their community
Grant statusClosed