Program Overview
Impact the Outcome: Reclaim Community (IORC) aims to amplify the voices of racialized youth from marginalized communities to support youth in the prevention of violence and radicalization
From February to March 2024 this project will run 6-workshops on 6 topics: Prejudice & White Supremacy, The Role of Media on Hate, Push & Pull Factors of Radicalization, Identity and Belonging: Anti-Muslim Hate, Intergenerational Trauma, and Gentrification and Community. Join a community of racialized young people from across Toronto to learn more about social justice and amplify your voice!
Workshop 1
Prejudice & White Supremacy
Workshop 4
Identity & Belonging: Anti Muslim Hate
Workshop 2
The Role Of Media On Hate
Workshop 5
Intergenerational Trauma
Workshop 3
Push & Pull Factors Of Radicalization
Workshop 2
Gentrification & Community
Program Eligibility
Youth Gravity is committed to creating an equitable, safe space for participants to learn and share their experiences. This program serves:
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👥 Self-identifying young women & men ages 14-25
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🏠 Reside and/ or are connected to the communities of: Regent Park, Lawrence Heights, Dixon, Rexdale, Scarborough Village, Kennedy Park, Thorncliffe Park and Crescent Town.
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📅 Be available for weekly workshops
Why Should You Participate?
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👥 Contribute to important discussions on social justice
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📢 Share your voice with high-level policymakers
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✅ Earn volunteer hours
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😋 FREE Lunch & Free TTC Tickets Provided
👥 IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS will take place every Saturday from 4-6 PM at 50 Regent Park Blvd.
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Saturday, February 3
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Saturday, February 10
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Saturday, February 17
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Saturday, February 24
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Saturday, March 3
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Saturday, March 10
💻 VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS will take place every Thursday from 5-7 PM ET over Zoom
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Thursday, February 1
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Thursday, February 8
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Thursday, February 15
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Thursday, February 22
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Thursday, February 29
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Thursday, March 7
What Are The Goals Of 'Impact The Outcome'?
Impact the Outcome: Reclaim Community (IORC) aims to amplify the voices of racialized youth from marginalized communities to support youth in the prevention of violence and radicalization
Youth Gravity’s overall purpose is to build capacity among youth leadership to address the needs that racialized youth (14-25 years old) have and express within their communities. In addition, our project, Impact the Outcome: Reclaiming Community Community (IORC), will bring those voices forward to policy makers and researchers so they can support youth in the prevention of violence and radicalization more effectively and efficiently. This project will also contribute to building an evidence base, along with local capability and capacity, for improving the ability of adults and youth to work in partnerships to counter radicalization to violence.
IORC is a continuation of YG’s previous CRF-funded project: Impact the Outcome (IO). Through research during IO, it was discovered that there were select topics that were impacting the daily lives of the participants which lead them and their peers to be radicalized to violence. IORC will explore these topics with youth through further workshops. At the conclusion of these workshops, a final report will be created. The report will be shared at a wrap-up event, connecting IORC with researchers and practitioners across Canada. The event will present IORC’s findings to key government and local stakeholders and make the findings accessible to the community.