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Project Outsiders is a youth-led organization that works towards better outcomes for youth from care.
16/11/2023
📢 Hello ticket holders! Important information:
We apologize for the mix-up in tickets between us and TIFF, please check your emails and junk folder for your official tickets from TIFF!
If you have not received your ticket no worries, we will double check our list or show your original ticket and we will get it sorted!
Please note doors open at 11:00 am for registration, to get settled in, mingle, take pictures, and take your seats! The event official will start at 12:00 pm.
Here is the agenda for the day, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns! We will see you very soon 💙
Thank you for your understanding and patience 🙏
15/11/2023
ONLY 2 DAYS AWAY 😱 do you have your tickets yet?! Link in our bio for last minute seats 😮💨🎟️🎟️🎟️
02/11/2023
TWO WEEK COUNT DOWN 🤯 we can’t believe the day is almost here, thank you so much to everyone who has purchased your premiere event tickets 🙏💙
In doing so you are showing up and being an ally for kids in and from the foster care and child welfare system in Canada. Our team is mostly comprised of current and former youth in care or those who have been involved in the system, and seeing all the support and love for our documentary has been overwhelming. Thank you for helping us make our dream come true and spreading awareness.
A whole lotta love,
The Project Outsiders fam 💙💛
31/10/2023
Boo! 👻 Surprise!
Due to high demand we have upgraded to TIFF’s largest theatre and have limited tickets available. Visit the link in our bio to purchase yours and we’ll see you at the premiere! 💙
29/09/2023
🏠 Here are some reasons why we all should care about child welfare in Canada. It’s a lot closer to home than you think!
🤔 can you think of some reasons?
22/09/2023
What is Foster Care? 🏠👨👩👧👦 PO aims to help educate the general public about the Child Welfare and Foster Care System. Starting with the basics!
Pls share so we all can learn 📚 & check out our instagram and other platforms to stay connected :)
22/09/2023
What is Foster Care? 🏠👨👩👧👦 PO aims to help educate the general public about the Child Welfare and Foster Care System. Starting with the basics!
Pls share so we all can learn 📚
Thank you to everyone who has supported our film so far! If you bought tickets to the premiere, messaged us, commented on our post or re-shared it, we appreciate you being here 🫶
Here is a short interview with one of our team members Rose Jones, an artist and advocate with lived experience. Rose also has a podcast episode with us! Follow for more content and insights like this 🔥
05/09/2023
3…2…1… ACTION! 🎬🎞️ Surprise! For the past year Project Outsiders has been working hard on a documentary film!
This film follows the stories and lived experiences of four youth who grew up in the Child Welfare and Foster Care System. We get a look into their trials, triumphs and testimonies through this heart-warming, and riveting film.
SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️ we hope you will join us in supporting the Youth in Care Project Documentary Film, and we will see you on November 16th.
Visit bit.ly/PO-DOC or scan the QR code to save your seat!!
With love,
Project Outsiders Family 💙💛
How can youth in care develop an identity outside of the one being shaped by the system?
Jasmine touches on an important topic not often publicly addressed in child welfare. How do we determine troubled or defiant youth while they are amid trauma? Are youth acting out aggressively, or are they frustrated about their lack of control over their own lives and outcomes? How youth in care are labelled carries significant weight to their identity because it follows them everywhere. We interact with the judgement people already created of us because of a narrative we cannot see or control on our file. Jasmine brings clarity to such a common experience for many youths in care and provides some solid recommendations.
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What does it mean to be a youth from care?
This is a question we will dive into this week as we listen various youth share their stories and insights about the Child Welfare system in Ontario.
Last August, Project Outsiders hosted a workshop in partnership with the Adoption Council of Canada (now named the Child and Youth Permanency Council) to share digital stories of youth experiences in the Child Welfare System. Over that weekend, we shared heartfelt stories and memories from our times while in care and bonded over our passion for change. Together we came up with the idea of creating a roundtable talk inspired by Jubliee’s Think the Same series on YouTube. We wanted to know if all foster kids think the same and rendered it to depict a message of how our experiences, in the end, shape who they are.
This week we aim to reflect on some messages that can be taken away from our video.
In this clip, Sadeqah and Christina touched on instability in 2 different ways, through housing and relationships. We often take responsibility for our unstable environment, which can be seen by trying to please others to keep the waters calm during such unpredictable times. After leaving care and processing our experiences, we realize what authentic stability looks like, and then we begin to reimagine our life with this new perception integrated into it. One thing that can be taken away from Christina and Sadeqah is the importance of forgiving ourselves for blaming ourselves. I hope that makes sense. Our control was very limited. We have to be gentle to ourselves as we heal and figure out our true value.
I highly encourage viewers to start a dialogue in the comment section below and reflect on what you’ve taken away from this clip.
Check out the full video and share it with your network to continue to support this group and their ongoing advocacy for Child Welfare affairs. https://youtu.be/fWjHLdDbe_Q
24/02/2022
Power Up 2022 is today at 1:00pm! Make sure to spread the word of this powerful roster highlighting African talent. Workshops, Musicians, poets, dancers, drummers and storytellers help us connect and celebrate in this annual event, tomorrow at on February 24th from 1-4 PM. Registration link in bio, you won’t want to miss this.
Sign up to the Power Up Symposium here: oacas.org/powerup