URGENT, Inc.'s B-Fly: #OurVoiceMatters

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B-Fly #OurVoiceMatters

at Miami Edison Senior High School 6161 NW 5th Ct., Miami, 33127

RITES OF PASSAGE TEAM

URGENT, INC.

SHEDIA NELSON

ERIKA DEL VILLAR

LOREN DANIEL

Programs Manager

Peer Educator

Youth Development Specialist

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Center for Empowerment & Education 1000 NW 1st Ave., ste 100, Miami, FL 33136 I (786) 581-7821 I f: 866-811-7778 I T: @urgentinc I Facebook

www.urgentinc.org

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#OurVoiceMatters Youth Art Exhibition at Historic Ward Rooming

UPCOMING EVENTS

Weekly Schedule

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness month Date: Feb. 16, 2017 Peer led interactive presentation & film screening, more on pg 4

Mondays - Amplify Me Media workshops & Academic Support Wednesdays - Path to Hip Hop Making music Thursdays - Summer job training

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#MANNEQUINCHALLENGE

How do you see violence at school?

How do youth deal with stress?

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How youth responded to new president announcement.

Visual Narratives Quotes by youth

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Young Film makers Driving the Conversation WHAT’S RITES OF PASSAGE?

ASHLEY REQUENA, A PEER EDUCATOR PRESENTED ABOUT RITES OF PASSAGE PROGRAM'S IMPACT AT PAMM'S TEEN CONVENING CONFERENCE. HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/167528566 MY VOICE MATTERS

THE YOUTH LED SHORT DOCUMENTARY FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ADVERSELY AFFECTING YOUTH THAT PROVIDED A RESOLVE. HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/178479994

WHAT IS A GIRL?

THIS VIDEO PROJECT WAS PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART'S IDENTITY INITIATIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM CREATED BY GIRLS IN URGENT, INC'S RITES OF PASSAGE.

HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/160053121 WHAT’S RACE?

"RACE?" ORIGINAL SPOKEN WORD PERFORMED AND WRITTEN BY AMANITA PIERRE IS INCLUDED IN URGENT INC THIS WOMAN'S WORK PHOTO BOOK HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/160053121 11

BE YOURSELF VIDEO

YOUTH ELEVATING THEIR VOICE ABOUT ACCEPTING THEMSELVES AND EMPOWERING THEIR PEERS TO BE HEARD. HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/131489684

CULTURAL IDENTITY

WHAT IS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION? AND IS IT OR WHEN IS IT OKAY TO BE WHAT SOME MAY CALL A “CULTURE THIEF”?

HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/167528665

Program funded by:

Community Partners: I C A | \ / | M I A

Rites of Passage Media Project is generously funded by The Children’s Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.

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