Calling all young people of colour
and Indigenous people, ages 16 - 30

to participate in a summer anti-racism training/radio/art program to gain skills to help you fight for your rights, your people and what you believe in.

We're looking for people who...
- want to fight racism, and all forms of discrimination and oppression
- want to get involved (or more involved) in social and political issues in their communities
- want to hang out / share experiences / learn with and from other young people of colour and Indigenous people.

Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats is...

Snap! is a summer program for young people of colour and Indigenous people, ages 16 to 30, to learn skills, share ideas and gain experiences that will help us change the world we live in ending racism and all forms of discrimination and oppression that affect us.

We are moving to our own beats because this is a program for youth, by youth. We believe that we know best what affects us, and how we can - and do - affect change.

We are looking for young people of colour and Indigenous people in Montreal to attend our summer program, which takes place over three weekends in August, with a graduation party at the end of September. Snap! is designed for people of all levels of experience - from those who want to get involved but don't know where to start, to long-time activists who want to strengthen the movement.

Snap! is a combination of analytical, practical and creative skills training. Some of the issues we will be covering include the prison system, capitalism and the military, gender and sexuality, and building community alternatives. Some of the hands on pracitical skills we'll be learning are event organizing, speaking out, popular theatre, silkscreening and stencil making, desktop publishing and website design. To see the full schedule, check out the <calendar> page.

This year, the Snap! program includes two creative group projects - a radio production project in collaboration with CKUT Radio McGill, and a visual arts project in collaboration with the Ste. Emilie Skillshare. Participants will work together on these projects, and the final products will be launched at the Snap! Graduation / Vernissage at the end of September.

The program is FREE, with scholarships/bursaries/stipends (i.e. $$$) available to participants on a needs basis (see the application form).

***If you are interested in being a participant of Snap! please fill in a <snapplication form> before August 8th (deadline extended). Spaces are limited! ***

Snap! is a project of Colours of Resistance Montreal, a QPIRG Concordia working group. Snap! is presented by Colours of Resistance Montreal, QPIRG Concordia, CKUT Radio McGill and the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy.

Radio Project:

SNAP! MOVING TO ARE OWN VOICES -
A SKILLS SHARE TO CREATE ARE OWN HISTORY AROUND THE STRUGGLES AGAINST RACISM AND POLICING.

Part of creating are own spaces and voices as people of colour, Indigenous people and youth, is to amplify are history and struggle, whether that be through art,
spoken word, music, writing and also Radio.

Media is one of the tools used by mass media to create fear and hysteria
in order to increase policing in our communities, but also to silence the
struggles women have faced through history such as the over 500 missing
Indigenous women, the struggle of sex workers.

Yet radio and community radio have always been on the other side of this
as a way to amplify those struggles. So in conjunction with CKUT Radio, the
creation of a series of workshops and trainings from interviewing
techniques, to audio production, to how to use a radio studio. To create a
documentary series on the issues of policing in Montreal and the struggles
for justice and dignity … because if we do not create this voice who will?

So as part of SNAP join the radio project in a 3 part training session and
production on documentaries on policing.

Weekend One:

1. Basic training of how to use a production studio
2. Recording techniques and interviewing techniques
3. how to use a minidisk recorder
4. brainstorming on story ideas

Weekend Two:
1. Recording interviews with people at Jeunese 2000 and beginning to put
into computers

Weekend Three:
1. Production training
2. Putting together a documentary
3. Editing documentary and voice overs
4. Finish documentaries and uploading

Completed creations will be launched at the graduation
vernissage that's going to happen at the end of September, and you'll
be able to show off your talent to you family, friends, and community
members.

Visual Art Project:

SNAP! SPRAY PAINTING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM

The art project will give you a chance to put your creative vision
into practice. We'll help you get the skills and tools you need to create what you
want – whether it's screenprinting or collaging, making T-shirts and
buttons, a combination of all of the above, or a totally new idea! The
program will include a fieldtrip to the Ste-Emilie Skillshare, and
discussions about using art as a political tool, the impact of hiphop
& graffiti culture on the art world, and art movements from around the
world. Completed creations will be launched at the graduation
vernissage that's going to happen at the end of September, and you'll
be able to show off your talent to you family, friends, and community
members.