This Way Up Collective

This Way Up Collective Just a group of QTBIPOC youth on the ground doing our mutual aid thing 💜💛

We're gonna need some help pulling off our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!We'll be hosting it at Dufferin Grove park on J...
06/07/2023

We're gonna need some help pulling off our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!

We'll be hosting it at Dufferin Grove park on June 17th from 2-6pm. We're looking for volunteers to help with a variety of tasks - driving, setting up, grill support, etc.

There are various roles and shifts available! Click the link in our bio to sign up!

See you soon,
This Way Up Collective 💜💛

**LINK IN BIO**This year is our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!! This Way Up Collective has been operating since June 202...
06/04/2023

**LINK IN BIO**

This year is our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!! This Way Up Collective has been operating since June 2020, and our resources have dwindled over time. We'd love to put on this event again, but we're gonna need some help from the community. With rising food costs, and our desire to compensate folks for their effort and time, we're in need of community funds. If you'd like to donate to help us run this event and make space for Black joy as a form of protest - please donate!! Funds raised will go toward equipment costs, food costs and honorariums ☺️

With love,
This Way Up Collective

This Way Up is hosting our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!!This year we're hosting it at Dufferin Grove park on June 17th...
06/03/2023

This Way Up is hosting our 3rd annual Juneteenth Cookout!!

This year we're hosting it at Dufferin Grove park on June 17th (Saturday) from 2-6pm. As usual, the food will be bomb, the entertainment will be fun and we'll have games with prizes 👀

Stay tuned for updates re: performers and upcoming volunteer opportunities!

As we say each year: THIS IS BLACK JOY AS A FORM OF PROTEST! COME EAT, VIBE AND ENJOY 💜💛

Join us for a movie & meal tomorrow at The Corner (located at 200 Wellesley St E)!!ASAAP is hosting a year end party fro...
12/28/2022

Join us for a movie & meal tomorrow at The Corner (located at 200 Wellesley St E)!!

ASAAP is hosting a year end party from 3pm-5pm. Swing by and grab a hot meal & watch a movie ~

Here are the options for our PWYC bake sale 😋Cookie options:Coconut, oatmeal raisin & chocolate chipCupcake options:Coco...
11/13/2022

Here are the options for our PWYC bake sale 😋

Cookie options:
Coconut, oatmeal raisin & chocolate chip

Cupcake options:
Coconut, strawberry, birthday cake & red velvet

Click this link: https://forms.gle/ZJmAoVya3YXaL3r2A

Or the link in our bio to preorder ☺️

PICKUP IS NOV 20 BETWEEN 11AM-5PM AT 1250 DUPONT ST ( )

✨Trans Day of Remembrance Love Offering✨Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honour and memorialize those who have lost ...
11/10/2022

✨Trans Day of Remembrance Love Offering✨

Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honour and memorialize those who have lost their lives as a result of transphobia. We also view it as a day to give those who are still here their flowers 💐

Last year we put together 100 care packages for Black q***r/trans folks for Trans Day of Remembrance. This year, we simply don't have the capacity to reach that same number, but we still want our community to feel loved.

This Way Up Collective & TRU Tattoo Shop are teaming up to offer care packages, baked goods and tattoos as love offerings to q***r and trans BIPOC youth living in Toronto.

Black, Brown and Indigenous folks have been honouring ourselves and those we love for generations. In lieu of a large quantity of care packages this year, we have a limited number available on a first come, first serve basis.

The funds raised through our pay what you can bake sale will be put toward subsidizing a number of tattoos for marginalized trans BIPOC folks, as well as for future programming.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the wonderful people over at the TRU Tattoo Shop for helping make this possible!!! Please check out their instagram page for more details about the tattoo portion of the event:

QTBIPOC youth, please fill out the form in our bio to claim your care package. Other folks, feel free to use the other link in our bio to preorder a yummy treat 😋

💜💛
This Way Up Collective

To-go salads 🥗😋Don't they look cute? COME ON, PRESENTATION ‼️Yes, we're still here. We're just quietly doing our thing i...
08/10/2022

To-go salads 🥗😋

Don't they look cute? COME ON, PRESENTATION ‼️
Yes, we're still here. We're just quietly doing our thing in our corner of the world, making connections, feeding old and new friends alike. If nothing else, we're consistent ☺️

Thank you to everyone who donated to our teammate's Gofundme! We'll be making an update post at the end of the week~

Last Sunday (June 26th) we had the opportunity to work with the Newcomer Youth Leadership Development program ran by the...
07/01/2022

Last Sunday (June 26th) we had the opportunity to work with the Newcomer Youth Leadership Development program ran by the YMCA ( .nyld )!

They had a Pride event, and we contributed by running a cookie decorating workshop. We got to meet so many children and youth, and have conversations about all sorts of things - identity, what "q***rness" means to them, and what sort of stuff is going on in their day to day lives ☺️

Here are some pictures of the yummy cookie creations! 😋

Hey everyone! We are fundraising for a teammate who is going through a really rough time right now and is in need of som...
06/23/2022

Hey everyone!

We are fundraising for a teammate who is going through a really rough time right now and is in need of some survival funds!

6 months ago her chronic health issues took a turn for the worst and she was hospitalized for 3 weeks. She was then diagnosed with kidney failure and has been doing dialysis treatments 3 times a week since then. In 2020, when the pandemic was in the early stages, Renee caught COVID-19 and has been suffering with the effects of long COVID ever since. It made all of her previous health issues worse - the ashtma, lung issues, knee issues (she was hit by a car in 2019 and has been navigating a lawsuit this entire time!), etc. She's in the process of looking for a live kidney donor, as well. Suffice to say, she hasn't been able to work and this has led to many ongoing financial issues.

After having to leave her previous work position in childcare back in 2020, she decided to make the brave decision to go back to school and get her ECE diploma. After years of working in the field, we convinced her it was time for her to get PAID. Unfortunately, she's had to put that on pause. It's hard to go to in-person classes and do dialysis at the same time, after all.

Throughout everything happening, she has also been doing her best to raise her son. Despite the difficulties with raising a Black son in the midst of this current political climate, as well as navigating the difficulties of online learning, and being chronically ill and struggling.

Nuri is an Ethiopian-Eritrean, q***r and non-binary multidisciplinary artist, community and cultural worker. They utiliz...
06/18/2022

Nuri is an Ethiopian-Eritrean, q***r and non-binary multidisciplinary artist, community and cultural worker. They utilize various artistic mediums such as painting, creative writing, photography, and multi-media collage to explore personal and political experiences of gender, immigration, and belonging. Inspired by the protest art that emerges during historic and contemporary movements for racial justice, Nuri seeks to bring representation and healing across their intersecting communities.
Nuri is one of two facilitators hosting an arts opportunity during our Juneteenth Cookout today! Stop by and enjoy a moment of creativity in Bickford Park this Saturday 🎨

Ellesmere Constantine is a performer who is apart of the Ballroom Community since 2019. Since his debut to the scene he'...
06/18/2022

Ellesmere Constantine is a performer who is apart of the Ballroom Community since 2019. Since his debut to the scene he's had the opportunity and pleasure to perform and showcase his talents with Pride Toronto, The House of Monroe and at U of T.
Catch our teammate Ellesmere performing tomorrow at our Juneteenth Cookout ⚡️

Shay is a seasoned vocalist and songwriter. Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, she now resides in Toronto. She has grace...
06/17/2022

Shay is a seasoned vocalist and songwriter. Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, she now resides in Toronto. She has graced the stage with the likes of Measha Brueggergosman, Jully Black, and many other artist in and out of the Gospel genre.

She is not to be labelled or boxed into any genre (Gospel, RnB, African Folk songs, etc), as her vocals blends beautifully with any song that needs to be sung and she does it with every fibre of her heart and soul.
Ah any song that needs to be sung and she does it with every fibre of her heart and soul.
Shay performed last year at our Juneteenth Cookout, and we're excited to announce that she will be performing again!! Come out and listen to her amazing voice this Saturday at our Juneteenth Cookout 🎤

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