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EXCITING OPPORTUNITES IN BC!
Nadia Chaney, Reporter
From The Art and Soul of It: Feb 15th
& Feb 16th!
An Arts Empowerment Facilitation Training
for People Who Work With Youth and Communities
Presented by The Surrey Urban Youth Project
Are you looking for new ways to bring creativity into your
work with young people and communities?
Are you looking for new approaches and tools that will strengthen
your ability to facilitate group processes?
Are you looking for ways to unlock your own creativity and
confidence?
From the Art and
Soul of It
is an essential training for teachers, young people, social
workers, urban artists, counselors and organizers working with youth
and communities. The training will provide participants with an
in-depth theoretical background to arts-based, anti-oppression group
facilitation. Learning will take place through experiential
activities and practice-based approaches. The following themes will
be explored through the training:
•
The fundamentals of arts empowerment
• The fundamentals of group dynamics and facilitation
• Incorporating arts empowerment into existing programs
• The connection between arts empowerment and anti-oppression
• How we can learn and develop as arts empowerment facilitators
• Balancing challenge and safety in a group
Friday February 15th, 6pm - 9pm
Saturday February 16th 10am - 6pm
Newton Youth Resource Centre, #114 13479 76th Avenue, Surrey
Cost: $200.00 This includes participation in both days
of the training a take-home training package, and snacks during the
training. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you are
unable to afford the full cost please get in touch. We encourage
staff of community-serving agencies to request that the cost of this
training be covered in part by their employer, where possible.
Registration for this training will close on February 13th. To
register and for more information please contact us at:
suyp@pcrs.ca / 604.780.8463. Space is limited.
Facilitated by: Mia Amir, co-founder of the Surrey Urban Youth
Project and Nadia Chaney, core-facilitator of the Surrey Urban Youth
Project. Nadia and Mia are practicing urban artists and community
workers committed to working for a more socially just world. Between
them they have nearly 20 years of group facilitation experience and
expertise, having worked with diverse communities both locally and
internationally! For more complete facilitators' bios please get in
touch.
About The Surrey Urban Youth Project: SUYP is a FREE arts-based,
youth-driven after school empowerment program for Indigenous,
immigrant, refugee, and "at-risk" youth between the ages of 14 and
18. We use creative expression and urban arts including break dance,
spoken word, visual arts, emceeing, video production and more as
the tools through which we explore the social issues and personal
lived experiences affecting the lives of young people in Surrey. In
combination with arts exploration and expression, we provide
life-skills, leadership and community organizing training. Each
session of SUYP culminates in a community performance showcasing
original art and performance pieces created by participants on
issues and experiences relevant to their lives. Since 2006, SUYP has
filled a crucial gap in accessible arts-engaged social justice
programming, offering a critical after-school space for the
exploration of creativity and skills development unlike any other
program in Surrey.
The
Surrey Urban Youth Project is an at arms-length project of Pacific
Community Resources Society, funded by Vancity, the City of Surrey,
the Hamber Foundation, and the Youth Philanthropy Council of the
Vancouver Foundation
Vancouver Youth Slam: 4th
Monday of every month!
The Vancouver Poetry Slam (http://www.myspace.com/vancouverpoetryslam)
is proud to present a brand new event for poets
aged 13-22:
THE VANCOUVER YOUTH POETRY SLAM @CAFÉ DEUX SOLEILS: 2096 COMMERCIAL
DRIVE- THE 4TH MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
There will be an open mic as well as the
competition portion of the evening
to accommodate as many readers as possible.
The show starts at 8pm .... Sign up is at 7:15.
Admission:
$3 for high school students
$5 for 19 and older
Started January 28th.
The Purple Thistle Dream Seeds Project
The Purple Thistle is looking for eight artistic young women with
barriers to employment, to hire for a five-month skill-building
intensive.
Do you know ....
A painter in her 20's who needs a break from the service industry to
flush out her portfolio and skill set?
A musician who would benefit from learning grant writing and
elf-care skills?
A teenage finger painter who needs five months to ask herself some
hard questions and really work out her issues?
A functioning but socially stigmatized zine writer who needs a break
from 'The Man'?
We'll pay her to make art and learn related skills for five
months.Unfortunately we can't provide a childcare subsidy (but we
can resource-visit link), and it's only minimum wage. Five days a
week, probably 10 to 4pmish (no later, maybe earlier).
Tell anyone who is interested!
bustanewt@fastmail.fm
The Love Project
The LOVE Collective:
A community of unconditional love, healing, and creativity…
Purpose:
The LOVE Collective exists to model the human potential for peace,
harmony, and well
being using creative community to manifest a Lifestyle Of Valuing
Empathy embodying
unconditional love.
Vision:
The vision of The LOVE Collective is a body of people who are a
community, a performance ensemble, and an empowerment team
cooperating and collaborating for the cultivation of peace, joy,
unity, creative expression, freedom and loving kindness. We choose
this path both to enrich our own lives and to model and empower this
lifestyle for others.
For more information: Michael Sheely
solegate@hotmail.com
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