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Title: Human Rights Education School Tour
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Categories: Human Rights
Poverty
Child & Youth Rights
Status:
Completed
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
The 411 Initiative For Change is a registered not for profit organization whose objectives, include the:
• Empowerment of youth and specifically, marginalized groups such as young women and members of ethnocultural communities, through the identification of their needs and by taking part in creating solution to issues which affect them;
• Stimulation of dialogue and mobilizing knowledge exchange on the issues which affect youth including discrimination, racism, sexism, tolerance, self-esteem and identity
• Motivation of youth to work individually and collectively to effect change through action; and,
• Prompting youth to express themselves through art and music and other forms of media.
Background:
Key Messages:
• Everyone has “human rights” that no one has the right to take away and everyone has the same rights, regardless of who you are and where you live
• Change happens because many concerned people are working and speaking out together
• Young Canadians can effect positive change within their communities, domestically and overseas
Activity Description: ‘The Barbershop Show’ blurs the lines between concert and hip-hop musical by using comedy, spoken word, music, skits and props to create a truly innovative performance. Throughout the production, skits illustrate the everyday comings and goings in the barbershop to complement the musicians’ sets. Musicians slated to appear in the production include: R&B singer Melanie Durrant, hip-hop artist Shaun ‘Rikoshay’ Boothe, outspoken dub poet Travis Blackman, Iraqi poet Narcissist and Nigerian-born spoken word artist Shakez. The production is hosted by Will Strickland – creator/professor of the first ever university-accredited course on hip-hop culture, Edutainment: The Impact of Hip Hop on Amercian Culture, taught at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1998.
Drawing from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the production, post-show workshops and supplementary curriculum, including in-class activities, examine contemporary examples of the lives of youth in Canada as well as youth around the world that lack human rights or are affected by human rights abuses. The production address critical and relevant issues related to human rights including: violence against women, child labor, refugees’ rights, access to education, effects of war on children, poverty etc.
Objectives:
Content Examples:
• “Growing up with war” – The lives of children, including our friends and classmates, who have experienced war or other forms of armed conflict.
• “Silence is violence” - Challenging abuse and violence against girls/women in our own communities.
• “Who made my jeans?” – Shining the light of human rights on what we buy, where it comes from, who makes it, and how we can live responsibly in ways that protect the human rights of others often far away.
Milestones:
“The program was upbeat and interacted with the audience. They put important issues into songs, which is more interesting to high school students…. this presentation gave knowledge on things we didn’t know and opened our eyes to the fact that there is so much out there for us.” -High School Student, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Budget:
Funded by:
The Department of Canadian Hertiage, Human Rights Program, The Department of Justice, The Laidlaw Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council
Needs:
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*morning or afternoon shows are available with approximate start times of 9:00am and1:00pm
Montréal. PQ Nov. 28& 29
Calgary AB Dec 6 & 7
Charlottetown, PEI Nov. 30 & Dec. 1Winnipeg MB Dec 8& 9
Halifax, NS Dec. 2 & 5
Toronto October 17-21
Windsor October 28
North Bay November 15
Guelph October 24
Kingston November 7
Sudbury November 16
Waterloo October 25
Ottawa November 8-11
Huntsville November 17
London October 26-27
Pembroke November 14
Barrie November 18
Cost: No fee (cost subsidized government and private foundation funding)
Length: 60-minute performance and 30-minute debriefing workshop Q&A session with artists
Target Audience: Grades 6–12
Space Requirements: Large open area or stage, access to electrical outlets, PA system
* This program includes curriculum supplements for post performance in class use.
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