Grassroots Arts Collective & Social Enterprise, by Youth.
The Flaunt It Movement & Collection is a BIPOC/youth-led community organization that fosters self-love, highly-esteemed representation and leadership opportunities for women through the arts, entrepreneurship and activism. Our platform comprises community-led programs that celebrate, inspire, and support marginalized women's identities to develop multidisciplinary skill sets that amplify their self-esteem, representation, and leadership.
By operating both a community arts collective and a social enterprise — Flaunt-It's mission is to use artistic activism, community-building and creative entrepreneurship to empower women to be the best artists, activists, entrepreneurs and leaders possible.
All projects are created by racialized women, femme and non-binary folks primarily from Toronto, Canada's low-income communities. Our innovative approaches are creating transformative social change in our local communities by uplifting the confidence levels of every woman we work with within our movement.
500+
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.
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We have gathered over 1000 attendees throughout our events. Every event is entirely led by racialized young women and gender-diverse folks.
$50,000
Over $50,000 was used to pay youth artists through honourariums and hourly wages for their hard work since 2021.
This includes our youth-led core team, interns, magazine artists, local workshop facilitators and more. We prioritize artists from low-income communities.
Testimonials
Success Beyond Limits
"As a fellow community organization located in the Jane-Finch area of Toronto we have witnessed first-hand the impact strong leadership can have 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; created new relationships; and found strong mentors to foster their dreams."
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The Flaunt It Movement works and resides on the unceded & unsurrendered territory of the Huron Wendat, Petun, Seneca, the Anishnabeg, and the Chippewa. These original caretakers of what is now Toronto have a rich, enduring history and presence on these lands and waterways. Many of our local community programs reach and engage across T’karanto and Turtle Island.