From UrbanAmore via TRF!

Urban Amore attended the Women and Hip Hop Panel discussion presented by Droppin’ Dimes.
It was great to be in a room filled with hip hop lovers and some of the most successful women in Canadian rap like Michie Mee, Jeni from FLOW 9.35, Isis of Thunderheist and many more..

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A very important discussion held for the T-dot Pioneers Exhibit on display this entire month @ The Free Museum (1277 Bloor St. W). Look for your boys @ OTA Live! to host the second installment of this panel discussion on Saturday March 27th (same location).

Previously: Event – T-dot Pioneers (Opening March 4th)

Lost Lyrics is part of a movement. Created in response to unimaginative teachers, negative labels and boring classes, Lost Lyrics is the alternative…rooted in the search for self-determination.
Hip Hop culture is the inspiration and tool utilized to break down the images, pressures, and issues our young people face. Based in Toronto, Canada together we create our own road-map, somewhere between the streets and the classroom, pushing young minds to engage, speak and rebel…but still graduate.

It gets no realer or inspiring than what these young ladies are doing in our local communities. Keep shining Ms. Parris!

Here’s the audio links for what was a great discussion on the national urban scene and its future as  part of our culture as Canadians. Shouts to CHRY 105.5 FM and Dj Manifest & Flo (Toronto Morning Live) for putting together a very formidable panel of artists, deejays and industry peers for a candid, insightful poly. Expect actual video at a later date.

1) Seg.1 – MUSIC (22:05)

2) Seg.2 – ARTS & CULTURE (19:10)

3) Seg.3 – HERITAGE (20:40)

4) INTERLUDE – DJ Grouch [CanCon Mix Set] (30:30)

5) Seg.4 – INDUSTRY (24:55)

Shouts to all the great initiatives in the city that are working to keep kids thinking creatively and teaching them how to take their skills and hard work to create a finished product! Here’s a great example of just that. Shouts to Zakiya for the link and for doing a feature on us in the mag!. Hope you know we would have posted this regardless! Today you can grab a free copy at their offices (1652 Keele St. or 1669 Eglinton Ave. West) and it will be available at high schools and Libraries in the York South-Western area in the next two weeks!

From the official press release:

For Youth Initiative (F.Y.I) is proud to announce the release of its second issue of Victory! Magazine, our quarterly “for youth by youth” publication.

VICTORY! Magazine focuses on giving youth (ages 13-24) from the Weston Mount-Dennis community a voice and help improve the literacy of youth in our community. We expose youth to new surroundings and career opportunities by having them ‘travel’ outside of their community, to experience and share what the city has to offer, while building capacity and confidence.

As an alternative to youth specific programming that is often recreation based, this exciting new program gives youth in the Weston Mount-Dennis community a chance to develop leadership skills while cultivating skills around oral, written, and visual communication though journalism, graphic design, digital photography and community
engagement.

Since our premier issue hit the streets this past June and throughout the summer, Team Victory have been getting positive feedback from their peers and the community at large about the quality and content of the magazine. Youths in our community are excited to know that there is such a cool initiative happening in their community and that FYI is stepping up to meet their needs.

As reflected on this issues cover, our community is more than young “thugs”, “hoodlums” & gangsters”, if you look deep inside you will see that our community is filled with talented young people like Colanthony Humphrey this issue’s Mover & Shaker who grew up around Keele & Eglinton and is using art as a means of expression and inspiration.

For more information about this or to request copies of VICTORY! Magazine Contact:
Zakiya Tafari – Culture & Media Arts Program Coordinator
E-Mail: zakiya@foryouth.ca