For Youth Initiative (FYI) is a by youth for youth agency that uses pop culture to bring critical theory and social systemic change to the streets of the former City of York, North Etobicoke and West Toronto areas.
We offer:

* life and employment skill building
* recreational programs
* community development initiatives
* alternative education
* needs assessment
* referral and infor...

In Canada, our languages were outlawed. Children were beaten and tortured if they spoke their language (residential schools). Today, the Mohawk language is on the extinction list of world languages. For those parents who wanted their children to learn the Mohawk language, we were forced into abandoned old buildings and not supported by the Federal government. It is our desire to build a green school for our children to have a positive educat...

I have exciting news about an after-school program starting up on January 14th at Oakdale Community Centre (350 Grandravine). Its called Lost Lyrics: Alternative Education Through Hip Hop and it will run from 6-8 Mondays and Wednesdays. Ages 11-14. I have had the privilege of working with the pilot of this project last year and it was an incredible experience and worth while endeavour. The program uses Hip Hop to engage youth in exploring knowled...

Women and Children in Asian and Africa carry on their heads water containers that weigh the equivalent of baggage allowed by airlines 20kg. For distances of over 6km one way. The goal is to develop a container that will be more effecient and easier to transport the water in.

YAI is working to complete construction of the Becky Primary School. Please help us raise the $30,000 we need to complete the Becky Primary School.

Iridescent Youth is a call out to recognize the potential teens have to change the future. It's all about the way you look at them, the way you speak with them, and the time you make to be with them that shift their importance in society, and prioritize knowledge as an instrument of change. Let teens know what's really out there.


Iridescence: An optical phenomenon characterized as the property of surfaces in which hue changes...

CUFA, Central Unica das Favelas, co-founded in 1998 by hip hop star and youth rights activist, MV Bill and his manager Celso Athayde. CUFA promotes youth self-esteem and culture in the favelas (slums) of Brazil's City of God.

Its theater program--"Escolinha de Teatro da Cidade de Deus" (School of Theatre from City of God)--offers classes in acting and theater production to disadvantaged youth. Currently 60 young people ages 7 to 16 are...

NVision is committed to the development of Native youth leadership and traditional and contemporary expressions of art, culture, education, and media from a Native core and perspective. NVision strives to empower Native youth and young adults on a local and national level to become leaders and culture bearers of tomorrow that will help to preserve and strengthen our Native cultures and Nations for generations to come.

The core project we want to raise money for is the NVision Tour stopping at all reservations and in cities with large urban Indian populations all across the U.S.,” Crystal says. “Our dream is to hold at least 20 NVision Tour stops in a 12-month period. The NVision Tour will showcase Native hip hop and various traditional and contemporary genres of Native music, film, visual and performing arts, and multi-media. It will also include w...

The Black Crow Project CD

Benefiting the Portland Hotel Society (PHS) and the people of Downtown Eastside Vancouver.

The downtown eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada’s third largest city. It has a particularly high incidence of poverty and related problems among its residents, including mental illness, drug abuse, drug-related crime and prostitution.

The PHS provides asylum, service and advocacy for t...