What's New?
December 2009 Updates:
All the applications were very impressive; however we were only able to choose two applicants as our winners. It was very difficult to choose the final two applicants, but we have finally come to a decision.
BYCAV would like to congratulate our Imagine a community winners; Nicolas Denny (Photography) and Dulaa Osman (Environmental Justice Group).
We will be awarding them at our Dec 5th summit entitled UMOJA. Come out to see the winners of the Imagine a Community Competition!!
Congratulations again
November 2009 Updates:
Our Imagine a Community finalist meeting is happening this Friday Nov 13th, 2009!! Please stay tuned for the announcement of our top six finalists next week!!
Good luck everyone!!
Our Imagine a Community finalist meeting is happening this Friday Nov 13th,2009 !! Please stay tuned for the announcement of our top six finalists next week!! Good luck everyone!!
Imagine A Community Contest has ended we are not accepting anymore applications.
*Congratulations to all our Imagine A Community Applicants*
All of you submitted some amazing ideas!
Please stay tuned in to www.bycav.com and your emails to find out if you are the Imagine a Community WINNER!!!!! GOOD LUCK.
BYCAV is still seeking volunteers for the next BYCAV summit:
UMOJA (UNITY) SUMMIT
please contact BYCAV's coordinator @ coordinator@bycav.com or BYCAV's Director of Membership and Recruitment @ membership@bycav.com
October 2009 Updates:
BYCAV STREET PROMOTION TEAM for UMOJA
UMOJA is BYCAV's next conference that will be discussing the issues of Unity from different perspectives such as Faith, Music and Identity. Speakers include Unblind Tibbin, SankofaInCipher, Brother Nuri Muhammad, Thando Hyman and many more.
There will also be a panel discussion regarding how the community can get involved and help unite their homes and neighbourhoods by discussing issues of unity from the health, immigration and employment perspective to name a few.
BYCAV is looking for 6 youth ages 14-18 across the GTA to be members of our street promotion team for our next conference entitled UMOJA.We need two youth from the Central Region which will be the downtown core between Spadina and Yonge Street, East Region which will be any area east of the DVP and West Region which will be any location West of Spadina Avenue in Toronto.
We require rave cards and flyers to be given out at local highschools, community centres and shopping centres including malls in the area that you are assigned.We are inviting all youth interested in volunteering to attend our next conference planning meeting on Nov 9th,2009 at Toronto Community Housing located at 931 Yonge Street, Toronto,ON M4W 2H2 for 6pm and let us know why we should pick you!!
We will only be taking a maximum of three people from each region to attend this meeting so please call or email and RSVP your interest in volunteering as soon as possible.
After the first three names from each region are filled we will not be taking any more names to be interviewed.
An honorarium will be provided to the youth who volunteer and promote the event.
For more information or to RSVP please contact coordinator@bycav.com or call the BYCAV office at 416-978-4359.
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@ membership@bycav.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Upcoming Events:BYCAV is inviting you to: UMOJA (Unity) Summit Saturday December 5th 2009@ Africentric Alternative SchoolSheppard Avenue Westand Keele StreetStarting at 10:00am sharp If you have any questions or any request please feel free to contactBYCAV's Coordinator at coordinator@bycav.comorBycav's Director of Media and Promotions at media@bycav.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hey EVERYONE!Imagine A Community is ending thisSaturday!If you have any questions or any request please feel free to contactBYCAV's Coordinator at orcoordinator@bycav.com Bycav's Director of Media and Promotions at media@bycav.com Imagine A Community Deadline Oct. 31st 2009 @11:59pm
September 2009 Updates:
1. New 2009/2010 Steering Commitee Project Coordinator: Solange Jacob Executives: Chairperson:Odion Osegyefo Vice Chairperson Internal and Finance: Keisha Carrington Vice Chairperson External and Outreach: Currently Vacant Directors: Director of Education and Awareness: Daniel Balay Director of Media and Promotions: David LouisImagine A Community Deadline Almost UP!!!!!!
**Octber 31 2009****
August 2009 updates:
1. "Young Mothers Intiative" wins BYCAV Imagine A Community Contest
Congratulations to Ruth Crooks and Candace Lue of the Young Mothers Initiative for winning the first round of BYCAV's Imagine A Community prize.
Their project titled Fun N' Dance is a 5 week program that will empower and engage young mothers in the Jamestown area through the art forms of music and dance. The dance workshops will have guest speakers that will present talks on parenting, maternal and child health, nutrition, social service oppurtunities, employment and advocacy against the stigmatizing young mothers. Fun N' Dance stood out from the other applications that were recieved in this cycle of the contest as it clearly identified the important need for this program and advocacy for the isolation faced by young mothers. Ruth Crooks and Candace Lue envision a program that will create a strong network of young mothers that will serve as not only as a means of providing a support system, but a way of propagating vital information that can change the lives of young mothers.
As winners of the Imagine A Community contest, Young Mothers Initiative was awarded $5000 towards the project idea, and $500 for their efforts in creating the program and making it happen.
The Grant Selection Committee would like to thank all those that applied for this round of the application. Round Two of Imagine A Community will soon be announced on the website Mid-August with all the information that is required for applying for the next round. The Grant Selection Committee encourages applicants who are re-applying to take advantage of the "Grant 101" sessions where a BYCAV member will present a session on filling out the application properly and show youth how they can effectively lay out their project idea on a grant application.
2.Steering Committee Elections
This is a notice that B.Y.C.A.V Steering Committee elections are being held on August 9th, 2009 at 3pm at Meeting Room 415, located at the 4th floor of 21 Sussex Ave, Toronto.
For more information on a Steering Committee position, you can email info@bycav.com or call the B.Y.C.A.V office (416) 978-4359.
3. Change of Office Address
We have moved to Suite 611, 21 Sussex Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1J6. For those of you who visited our old office, we are still in the same building (21 Sussex), and the same floor (6th floor). We also regret to inform you that our new space is wheelchair inaccessible. There are meeting rooms in the building which are wheelchair accessible where all our meetings will take place.
4. Ongoing Summit Planning Meetings
See Calendar for dates. Meetings are at the BYCAV office. Youth are reimbursed with TTC tokens for attending.
Come and help us plan our next summit. Bring your ideas and creativity to assist us with the what our next theme should be, where it should be held and which guest speakers should be in attendance. All are welcome to attend. Also, youth who attend more than two meetings become BYCAV members.
5. Join the Conversation: BYCAV Facebook Group
Wanna speak your mind, share your thoughts and propose good ideas? On this website, you will not find blogs or opinion editorials, because that's not what we do. If you're interested in sharing your ideas, you could do that by joining the BYCAV facebook group- "Black Youth Coalition Against Violence (BYCAV)".
6. BYCAV 101
See Calendar for upcoming dates
On March 2009, BYCAV launched a new workshop entitled BYCAV 101 "The Truth". BYCAV plans to have these workshops as a means of educating and empowering underserved youth in the priority neighbourhoods. Through workshops facilitated by BYCAV, we will provide resources and education unavailable to these youth on a regular basis on issues important to them. Our workshops will allow youth to ask the questions they dare not ask adults or authority figures and empower them to think critically and create solutions for themselves and their communities.
We at BYCAV believe that educating youth and encouraging a safe atmosphere of unity and understanding for youth while providing them with activities that are positive where they learn from, share and cooperate with others is necessary for Toronto to become a less violent and more inclusive space for all.
BYCAV STREET PROMOTION TEAM for UMOJA
UMOJA is BYCAV's next conference that will be discussing the issues of Unity from different perspectives such as Faith, Music and Identity. Speakers include Unblind Tibbin, SankofaInCipher, Brother Nuri Muhammad, Thando Hyman and many more.
There will also be a panel discussion regarding how the community can get involved and help unite their homes and neighbourhoods by discussing issues of unity from the health, immigration and employment perspective to name a few.
BYCAV is looking for 6 youth ages 14-18 across the GTA to be members of our street promotion team for our next conference entitled UMOJA.We need two youth from the Central Region which will be the downtown core between Spadina and Yonge Street, East Region which will be any area east of the DVP and West Region which will be any location West of Spadina Avenue in Toronto.
We require rave cards and flyers to be given out at local highschools, community centres and shopping centres including malls in the area that you are assigned.We are inviting all youth interested in volunteering to attend our next conference planning meeting on Nov 9th,2009 at Toronto Community Housing located at 931 Yonge Street, Toronto,ON M4W 2H2 for 6pm and let us know why we should pick you!!
We will only be taking a maximum of three people from each region to attend this meeting so please call or email and RSVP your interest in volunteering as soon as possible.
After the first three names from each region are filled we will not be taking any more names to be interviewed.
An honorarium will be provided to the youth who volunteer and promote the event.
For more information or to RSVP please contact coordinator@bycav.com or call the BYCAV office at 416-978-4359.
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BYCAV Project Coordinator
BYCAV Project Coordinator
Once again we would like to thank all those who participated in Imagine a community.
All the applications were very impressive; however we were only able to choose two applicants as our winners. It was very difficult to choose the final two applicants, but we have finally come to a decision.
BYCAV would like to congratulate our Imagine a community winners; Nicolas Denny (Photography) and Dulaa Osman (Environmental Justice Group).
We will be awarding them at our Dec 5th summit entitled UMOJA. Come out to see the winners of the Imagine a Community Competition!!
Congratulations again
Nicolas Denny and Dulaa Osman!!