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URGENT: Help Us Save Our Studio!
By donating to our Studio, you support emerging artists and entrepreneurs across the Jane-Finch community, especially amidst our community's rapid gentrification and displacement. The funds will be used to save for our new lease, renovations, programming costs, honorarium for low-income residents and more.
Donate via GoFundMe by clicking the link here.
Donations of ANY amount are welcome and sincerely appreciated! By providing your mailing address — we will also send you a thank-you gift. All names will be posted on our GRATITUDE WALL within the new space we hope to open in the upcoming months.
Established December 2016
Flaunt It Movement is a grassroots youth-led social purpose organization that fosters self-love, highly-esteemed representation and leadership opportunities for 2SLGBTQIA+ Black, Indigenous, Women (and Gender-Diverse) of Colour [BIWOC] through the arts, activism and entrepreneurship.
Our organization comprises a community artist collective, non-profit social enterprise, and creative co-working studio that empowers and celebrates the endeavours of women and gender-diverse (e.g., femmes and non-binary) people, primarily based in Northwest Toronto's low-income and marginalized neighbourhoods.
Our Programming Initiatives
Visual Anthology
Canada's largest & first 2LSLGBTQ+ BIPOC-focused visual anthology publication, featuring over 100 artists' projects.
Creative Internship
An annual paid intensive incubator program for young women and gender-diverse youth to explore multidisciplinary arts, creative entrepreneurship and career development.
Community Events
Since August 2016, Flaunt-It has hosted a range of inclusive, safe spaces for our community to come together, such as our annual Community Arts Festival.
Over 500+ Stories Documented
Since August 2016, over 500 individual portraits and stories have been captured of women at our events. All were shot by racialized women photographers from low-income communities to support their portfolio development. 90% of our guests shared that they feel more empowered after attending our initiatives/projects. The remaining 10% still shared that they had a positive experience.
Over 2000 Attendees
Since 2016, we have organized over 30 events. These are inclusive, safe spaces, open photoshoots, exhibits, small business markets and/or showcases to celebrate emerging artists. Each event reaches its maximum capacity (average 50-100 guests).
Over 250 Paid Opportunities
Since 2021, Flaunt-It has hired nearly 30 low-income youth for full-time and part-time/summer contracts with average wages between $17-$20/hr. The remaining paid opportunities include honouraria, artist fees and stipends for various emerging artists, workshop facilitators, performers and more.
For Us, By Us.
Our organization serves 2SLGBTQ+ BIPOC women/gender-diverse folks. Our team comprises queer racialized low-income women and non-binary youth artists, activists, scholars and entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-24. We are committed in dismantling the barriers we faced as marginalized youth.
Testimonials
Success Beyond Limits
"As a fellow community organization located in the Jane-Finch area of Toronto, we have witnessed first-hand the impact of strong leadership when it’s the right people behind it. Flaunt-It has demonstrated this leadership through an extraordinary commitment to empowering young people and creating pathways for their growth. At the root of Flaunt-It’s impact are people who have found their calling. They created new relationships and found strong mentors to foster their dreams."
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Flaunt It Movement (c/o Success Beyond Limits)
Flaunt It Movement ("Flaunt-It") is a grassroots youth-led social purpose organization that fosters self-love, highly-esteemed representation and leadership opportunities for 2SLGBTQ+ BIPOC women/gender-diverse youth through the arts, activism and entrepreneurship.
Trustee Organization: Success Beyond Limits
Charitable Number: 804825255RR0001
Flaunt It Movement
1110 Finch Ave West Unit 401
North York, ON M3J 2T2
community@flauntit.ca
Flaunt It Movements works and resides on the unceded and unsurrendered traditional territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Many of our programs reach and engage across T'karonto and Turtle Island.