rookiemag:

Here’s the pretty stunning poetry performance that those screen caps below came from. Kai Davis has POWER.

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After an amazing performance like that, are you feeling inspired to have your voice heard? You are in luck! Check out this poetry, songwriting, and spoken word workshop we are holding in Toronto for National Youth Arts Week!

Far From The Heart: Words to End Violence
May 6, 12pm - 5 pm at 46 Hayden Street, 3rd Floor

Using our interactive film as a jumping-off point, we will explore the issues within the Far From The Heart film with creative writing, drama, and music. Speak out using poetry, songwriting, and spoken word… then, film your new work! Facilitated by Lauren Best.

Check out more info about the Film Scramble and workshops we have planned!

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startstrongteens:

    Everythings takes work. Each relationship is most likely a combination of both healthy and unhealthy characteristics. Relationships need to be maintained and healthy relationships take work. This applies to all relationships; work relationships, friendships, family, and romantic…

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nowfigureativelyspeaking:

How does the media you consume affect your life? Check out this video from MissRepresentation:

http://upwr.me/IQGr1d

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dearsexualviolence:

Rape isn’t just an act, and victims and survivors aren’t the only ones that are affected. It happens in a culture that allows it to happen. It happens in a culture where people ask “Why didn’t she say ‘no’?” instead of “Why didn’t he ask for consent?”. It happens in a culture that thinks that rape…

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Sheatre Announces Film Contest for National Youth Arts Week

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Far From The Heart Film Scramble





SHEATRE ANNOUNCES FILM CONTEST FOR NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WEEK


Dating violence prevention program Far From the Heart asks youth to create “Film to End Violence”

Sheatre’s award-winning dating violence prevention program, Far From The Heart, will hold a Film Scramble (short film contest) in celebration of National Youth Arts Week (May 1-7). Encouraging youth to participate in activism through the arts and explore possible solutions to social issues, the contest asks youth to use film to imagine a world without gender-based violence and show strategies to make that dream a reality.

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fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Kolkata, India: Supporters of the All India Mahila Sanskritik Sanghathan (AIMSS) protest violence and political attacks against women and girls. April 16, 2012

Photos by  Ajanta Sinha Ghosh

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