Why a mini-series? We learned a lot last year. And the most important lesson was to track progress and follow up with people. We did a lot of talking at last year’s Fish Project. And there were some great ideas. But there was no follow through. This time around, we are making sure there is … Continue reading
Where have you been?! That’s a fair question. And it’s one that should be answered! For the past few months, Good Movement has been sitting back and learning about a few key issues in Peel. But more specifically, we have been learning how to make a real impact in the community! Fish Project was a … Continue reading
Question: If you had every resource available to you, what would you do to solve homelessness? MORE SHARING, MORE CARING All the resources available? Now that would be a wonderful world. The first thing I would do is to mobilize social media to spread the message that homelessness is not a choice but an inevitable … Continue reading
On Thursday May 3rd, The Fish Project finally took place! It was months of hard work, but it was all worth it. Held at Cassie Campbell Community Centre in Brampton, and attended by the students of Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School, the Fish Project was able to inspire an amazing group of students. Although the group … Continue reading
Today was ACCESS Charity’s fourth annual Youth Making a Difference (YMAD) conference – a series of workshops designed to show local youth how they can make a social change through education, empowerment and inspiration. Nearly two hundred motivated students gathered in Blessed Trinity Catholic School’s auditorium to listen to a host of speakers including I … Continue reading
Yesterday was the Provincial kick-off for Change the World 2012 — a province-wide campaign aiming to engage 25,000 youth to volunteer at least three hours of service over the next three weeks! Volunteer MBC has taken an active role within this campaign and helped to organize the Ride for Community Change. Mi-Way (Mississauga Transit) donated … Continue reading
Last night, a small but privileged group of people got to experience Good Movement’s Invisible Extraordinaries Art Show at York University. The show, in support of Pathways for Children, Families and Youth of York Region, was a great success. It included acts that ranged from monologues, to jazz ensembles, to spoken word poetry. And each … Continue reading
Tokens4Change is an annual event run in support of Youth Without Shelter — an Etobicoke-based youth shelter that serves over 1000 youth, yearly. The aim of the campaign is to collect TTC tokens to help the youth get around the city; to job interviews, classes, doctors appointments and other daily routines. So teams of young … Continue reading
Every person has creative capacity. The only thing that sets us apart is economic circumstance. On Friday, March 2nd, 2012 Good Movement and Good Movement @ York will be paying tribute to these invisible extraordinaries with a night of art, youth action & philanthropy. Among the types of acts set to perform, we have: guitarists … Continue reading
On Sunday, February 5th, 2012, Good Movement completed the Warmth Project. Andrew drove down to Blue Door Shelter in Newmarket to drop off an additional 300 articles of clothing. Here’s a bit of his experience! Among the items donated in this drop, we had: 190 tops/shirts 49 bottoms/jeans 37 sweaters/coats 37 miscellaneous items It was … Continue reading
