Inclusion Project: Youth celebration & short film screening

We invite you to celebrate the end of Check Your Head’s Inclusion and Anti-racism youth project with us!

Our celebration will feature slam poetry by youth poet Lovely Ranges and the screening of our youth-made film! This will be the premiere screening of a short documentary on community & youth immigration experiences written, filmed, and edited by youth filmmakers Mutia Juristika, Angelo King, Lovely Ranges, and Helena Kim.

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happening from 6-8PM
at 2455 Fraser street, Broadway Youth Resource Center
on unceded Coast Salish territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Tsleil-Waututh nations

free to attend – everybody is welcome – please rsvp to erica@checkyourhead.org or click “attending” on event

* Accessibility *
There is no cost to attend this event
BYRC is fully wheelchair-accessible
BYRC has both gendered and gender-neutral washrooms
ASL interpretors will be present. Film will have subtitles & closed captions
Food will include gluten-free and vegan options
Accessible by public transit along the #99 b-line, #9, #8 bus routes
Bus tickets will be provided

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* What is the Inclusion & Anti-Racism project? *

The Inclusion project has supported youth ages 15-22 to learn about themes of identity and racial justice around Metro Vancouver. Youth participants have been learning from community educators, organizers, artists, front-line workers and activists about their work on issues related to youth representation, identity, temporary foreign workers in Canada, Japanese Canadian internment, BlackLivesMatter, Chinatown, and more.

These youth are now leading migrant justice workshops ( a workshop co-developed with members of no one is illegal) for schools and youth groups across the Lower Mainland. They have also been working on community action projects, including banner painting and solidarity for local migrant justice issues, and the creation of a short documentary film on immigrant youth experiences in Burnaby.

join us to celebrate all that we’ve accomplished together this year!!

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Please RSVP to the event by e-mailing us to confirm your attendance.

if you have any questions, please contact Erica at erica@checkyourhead.org or (604) 709-5747