Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Remix Project Updates
Today we had a great meeting at The Remix. I am Chair of the Board here- which I still feel is a very overwhelming title. It just sounds cool. I really just listen and watch all the cool work these guys are doing here- oh yeah and bring chairs to the meeting lol (inside joke).
Real talks, these guys are really doing there thing, I intend on spreading the word in anyway I can.I thought I would start by sharing with you some of the great success that The Remix has encountered this past year. These were shared at the meeting earlier today and I felt they were so grand that everyone should know about that. I am as anyone, proud of their continued success and hard work.
Sucesses and Highlights (taken from Drex's notes lol)
- A priority project of the Mayor's office for three consecutive years
- Official partner of the City of Toronto's 175th anniversary
- Made an official partner organization of UN Habitat
- Awarded top three youth programs int he world by UN Habitat in 2008
- Presented at Harvard University on community development through Hip Hop
- Presented at United Nations Habitat conference in Monterrey, Mexico, on community development through art and culture
- The Governor General of Canada did a site visit to Remix's facility
- Remix went on a 2 week trip to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, with 4 participants and 3 staff
- Received national press Globe and Mail, National Post, CBC, Much Music, Global Television, The Metro and local press in the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, 1010 CFRB radio, Flow 93.5 etc.
- Held three successful graduation ceremonies
- Over 80 participants completed and graduated from The Remix Program
- 21 participants gained high school co-op credits at Remix
- 5 youth received one year full scholarships to Humber College through Remix
- Hired 12 youth from The Remix to become youth leaders at The Remix
- Over $100,000 in grant money secured by participants in Remix through staff assistance
- 21 recording projects were completed by participants
- Over 60 mentorships matches made with Remix participants
Once again congratulations to Gavin, Drex, Amanda, T-Rexx, Pro Logic and Brock for their hard work. Of course a big hand of applaud for all the students as well !!!!