[van-announce] Reminder! March 20th: Up-Rize: An SUYP Fundraiser and Celebration!

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Up-Rize: A Surrey Urban Youth Project Fundraiser and Celebration!

Saturday, March 20th
Doors 7:00pm, show starts 7:30
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
$5.00-$20.00 suggested donation. All funds will go directly towards
supporting SUYP's work.
 No one turned away for lack of funds.
Family inclusive. Childcare will be available on-site.


Join us for an evening of film and performance celebrating the work of the
Surrey Urban Youth Project featuring:

Youth Performers from SUYP's current Making Bridges Out of Walls Program
Vocalist, Khari McLelland
Emcee, sara kendall
Actor and Poet, Omari Newton
 Comedy and Spoken Word Duo, Man2Mannan
Poet and Vocalist mia amir
Singer, JR Guerrero
BPM (http://www.myspace.com/bpmsound) a dirty fusion of Hip-Hop, Bhangra and
Dancehall
and more!


Raffle and Silent Auction! Prizes including:

Free Movie Rentals from Black Dog Video; Mini Digital Cameras fromMagnet
Hardware; Movie Passes to Hollywood Theatre and the Pacific Cinamatheque;
Intro Yoga Classes at Bikrams Yoga on Commercial Drive; Gift Certificates to
the Libra Room Bar and Restaurant and Pane Vero Bakery; Free Hair Cuts from
the Chop Shop;  Drum Lessons Drum Lessons in Traditional Ghanaian Rhythms
for you and a group of your friends with Curtis Andrews; a Healing Session
by Woo; a Print and Journal by Sam Bradd, 8-10 Salsa Dance Classes with
Michael Gabriel Rosen; Healing Touch Massage by Tammy Lea Meyer; a Psychic
Reading; a Gift Certificate from People's Co-Op Bookstore; and MORE!


About the Surrey Urban Youth Project:
SUYP is free arts-based, youth-driven, empowerment program providing
training in anti-oppression, facilitation, conflict transformation and
community organizing for youth 14 and older; with a particular focus on
engaging Indigenous, (im)migrant, refugee, and “at-risk” communities in
Surrey. The purpose of our programs are to: strengthen the resiliency,
connectedness and life-skills of youth participants; support the exploration
of creative expression; create opportunities for the advancement of
youth-voice; provide youth with tools to take action on creating change in
their communities; and engage the broader community on social issues
impacting the lives of young people. SUYP is a partnership program of the
Pacific Community Resources Society and the Surrey Foundation.

For more information contact 604.780.8463 / mia(at)suyp.org