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WHO ARE THE BENEFICIARIES? Each year the Pride and Remembrance Association selects community charities who receive 100% of the charitable pledges that are raised. The beneficiaries of the 2008 Pride and Remembrance Run are the Youth Line Outreach Program and the QUEER YOUTH DIGITAL VIDEO PROJECT (QYDVP). |
HOW ARE FUNDS RAISED? Participants in the Pride and Remembrance Run raise much needed funds for the beneficiaries through fundraising and personal pledges. |
The Project is so successful because of the diversity of the stories that are being told - from the light-hearted to the serious. These are first-time directors putting their thoughts, feelings and passion on video and sending it out for the world to see. The topics have covered everything from coming out, gender identity, HIV/AIDS, reconciling sexuality with religious faith, the immigrant experience, body image, street youth, and abusive relationships.
- Scott Ferguson, Executive Director, Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival.
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YOUTH LINE OUTREACH PROGRAM
The Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line is a service provided for youth, by youth that affirms the experiences and aspirations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, two-spirited and questioning youth in Ontario.
We are queer-positive and non-judgmental, and provide confidential peer support through telephone listening, information and referral services, and through complementary outreach.
By reflecting our diverse cultures, abilities and experiences and celebrating our potentials, we seek to create an empowering community of queer youth across Ontario.
The Youth Line provides peer support, information and referrals to youth 26 years of age and under.
Both in and outside Ontario's major metropolitan centres, services to meet the needs of LGBTQ youth are conspicuously absent.
These young people often feel isolated because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
The Youth Line plays a significant role in ending isolation as it is the only support available in many of Ontario's communities.
The Youth Line is also an important part of a larger collection of services for youth and must work, as much as possible, in collaboration with other organizations.
We work with others, and share resources, to expand the communities capacity to serve queer youth and to enable us to achieve our mission as efficiently and effectively as possible.
The Pride and Remembrance Association support will go towards the Youth Line's 2008 Outreach Initiative to Ontario's youth-related agencies such as community centres, libraries and schools.
The funding will assist our staff and volunteers to provide outreach materials to more than 2,000 agencies.
The Pride and Remembrance Association support will go towards the Youth Line's 2008 Outreach Initiative to Ontario's youth-related agencies such as community centres, libraries and schools.
The funding will assist our staff and volunteers to provide outreach materials to more than 2,000 agencies.
Along with producing traditional outreach materials the Youth Line will further develop our website, as well as overall web presence, as a means of effectively reaching youth across the province.
The goal of the Youth Line Outreach Initiative is to help instill a sense of Pride and Community in all LGBTQ youth in Ontario by increasing awareness of the Youth Line's peer support, referral, and information service.
Through service outreach across Ontario we can help geographically and culturally diverse queer youth gain access to the support they need while trying to come to grips with sexual orientation and gender identity issues. If LGBTQ youth across the province don't know we are here for them, they cannot access our service.
Over the history of the Pride and Remembrance Run, the Association has given support to many vital organizations in our community and we are honoured to be among them.
The Pride and Remembrance Run will have an immediate impact on the thousands of youth that use our services and contributes to societal discourse challenging homophobia; seeking to create a safer and more respectful environment for our youth to grow up in.
Graphic Design for Inside Out from Pam Sloan Designs.
QUEER YOUTH DIGITAL VIDEO PROJECT (QYDVP)
For the past decade, Inside Out has provided LGBT youth in Toronto with an outlet to find their artistic voice and share their personal stories through the power of the video medium.
In 1998, with the support of Charles Street Video, Inside Out initiated the Queer Youth Digital Video Project (QYDVP).
The Project grew out of a need for creative outlets for self-expression for queer youth and to provide opportunities for them to learn video production in a safe and supportive atmosphere, free of censorship.
QYDVP FACTS
- 63 youth have produced their first video through the Project.
- The videos have screened at more than 250 festivals internationally, individually and as part of the complete Project.
- 42 participants have continued to make film and videos outside of the Project.
- Annual compilation tapes of the Project have been distributed to more than 500 social service organizations and educational facilities in Canada.
The QYDVP is a three-tiered project involving youth and includes:
- A three-month long digital video production workshop,
- Youth Project screening and artist talk during the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, and Educational distribution of a compilation dvd of all the videos.
Through a series of weekend workshops held over a four month period, LGBT youth under the age of 25 are mentored by professional artists through the process of making their first videos - from storyboarding and shooting to post-production and editing.
The works are screened in a special program during the annual Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival and many go on to play at festivals around the globe.
Each year, the videos are compiled on dvd and distributed free to schools and community organizations for use as a support tool and resource.
The Queer Youth Digital Video Project provides artistic learning opportunities for youth and encourages them to express themselves creatively at a time of change in their lives.
It provides young aspiring artists with access to equipment and professional expertise and ensures that issues of concern to them are voiced in a constructive manner.
This project supports and funds the training of first-time youth video makers, connects them with others in the field (both adults and youth), provides them with the capacity to continue making videos and, finally, screens and distributes the completed work.
As the Project celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2008, Inside Out is honoured to be selected as a beneficiary of the 2008 Pride and Remembrance Run.
About Inside Out
Founded in 1991, Inside Out is a not-for-profit registered charity that exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the promotion, production and exhibition of film and video by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) persons of all ages, races and abilities.
Now in its 18th fabulous year, Inside Out presents Canada's largest queer film and video festival.
A HISTORY OF HELPING
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All tax receipts are issued by the BENEFICIARIES for pledges of $25 or more. The Pride And Remembrance Association does not issue the tax receipts for pledges. |
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