Brant, ON
Mabe Kyle
Mabe Kyle (they/them) Expressive Arts Therapist in Training. Maker of poetry, pottery, and photography who loves being creative. Adventurer who calls many places home across border lines. Builder of communities who enjoys being active. Embracing friends, family, and their neurodivergent mind. Keener for desserts served at every meal with the sweetest tooth you may find. Yearning for disability justice and liberation for the collective. Learning how to express gratitude and be kind. Embodying a life without binaries who is very introspective.
Queer Country Crossroads: A weekend retreat for Queer Youth Arts & Culture
Queer Country Crossroads: Offered a weekend retreat from a Friday evening to a Sunday in Paris, Ontario. 25 youth participants. Together during the weekend we would work to create a creative project that would be shared with the larger community.
https://www.rocqy.caAbout this Project
Communities Served
My project will involve and/or impact the following communities:
- LGBTQ2+ Community members
- Multi-barrier populations
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
When it comes to community impact projects, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are the Sustainable Development Goals associated with my project.
- SDG 3: Good health and Well-being
- SDG 4: Quality education
- SDG 5: Gender equality
How the project works
The event would be an overnight retreat from a Friday evening to a Sunday likely near Paris, Ontario the second or third weekend of November. The lodging and food for the weekend would be covered but the transportation would be the responsibility of the participant. If transportation is a barrier please let us know if there's something we can workout. Together during the weekend we would work to create a creative project that would be shared with the larger community.
Project Impact
As a Rural Queer Youth that wants to reduce isolation that people experience, the Rural Ontario Community of Queer Youth is a peer support group that builds community. ROCQY will be creating a multimedia oral history project called Queer Country Crossroads: stories of rural 2SLGBTQIAP+ life to share stories that deserve to be heard and told.
Project Mission
ROCQY will create community by giving a platform for rural 2SLGBTQ+ folks to voice their experience and learn from other rural 2SLGBTQ+ folks experiences in multi media formats as well as community drop-ins and workshops
Project Team
ROCQY's team is a diverse group of rural 2SLGBTQIAP+ youth from across Ontario
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