Today’s Fantastic Friday #BeGreat spotlight is on an organization that I just learned about a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday, I had the chance to meet a few key people from the organization and hear more about what they are all about.
Let me introduce you to, The REMIX Project. (The following is from their website)…
The Remix Project was created in order to help level the playing field for young people from disadvantaged, marginalized and under served communities. Our programs and services serve youth who are trying to enter into the creative industries or further their formal education; The REMIX Project provides top-notch alternative, creative, educational programs, facilitators and facilities. Our mission is to help refine the raw talents of young people from across the GTA in order to help them find success as participants define it and on their own terms.
The REMIX Project
Vision Statement:
The Remix Project’s vision is to become an internationally recognized destination for recruiters from post-secondary institutions and corporations looking for fresh and exciting young talent and leaders.
Why This Needs To Happen:
Many of our young people have been a disengaged by the system available to them and often believe that a path along the straight and narrow is not an option to them. It is critical for a project of this nature to get off the ground so that youth from Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods (and beyond) know that it IS possible to be a master of their own destiny and understand that there is a place for them in our society offering more than a job at a call centre or in a jail cell.
In terms of a lasting impact, we project the results of this program will help to create a more diverse and skilled workforce in Toronto’s thriving cultural and creative industries. With each successful placement of a young person in the creative or cultural economy we make it that much easier for the next young person to be taken seriously and given a chance.
To me, The REMIX Project is simply people who have the resources and skills to help those that have the skills, but not the resources or the opportunities that they so desperately need and mentors to guide the way for those who may not see it.
Naturally, the good will and time of people only goes so far especially in the growth of young minds and great talents.
Please, if you can, consider how you can help this amazing and needed project.
The REMIX Project can be found on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
Thanks to Jugnoo for presenting Social Mix 2012 which benefited The REMIX Project.
Social Mix presented by Jugnoo
