Check Your Head: the Youth Global Education Network

12/15/2020

The day is finally here!

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The team at is proud to announce that the 2020 Indigenous & Black Youth Support Fund is now accepting applications!

Eligible Applicants can get $1500-$3000 in funding to put towards an existing or new community-based project!
----> we encourage recipients of this fund to take care of themselves in tandem with taking care of each other. We trust that you will find the right balance between meeting your own needs as well as the needs of your community

07/06/2020

CYH joins over 70 organizations calling for an immediate ban of police street checks. In solidarity with crucial calls to action outlined in this open letter released by BC Civil Liberties Association, Black Lives Matter-Vancouver, Hogan’s Alley Society, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and WISH Drop-In Society. Support community demands to end this violent & racist police practice: https://bccla.org/our_work/street_checks_open_letter/

06/30/2020

While the onset of COVID-19 has had stark impacts on our financial & operational capacity, it also pushed our organization to pinpoint priorities & take necessary leaps to act upon them over the past few months. We’ll be sharing our ongoing process along the way & invite you to join us! More details: https://checkyourhead.org/blog/confronting-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/

06/16/2020

Sign & share this petition, and support these calls to action addressing the various forms of historical and ongoing anti-Blackness as well as colonial state violence that continue to be rampant locally!

06/03/2020

"It is time to defend ourselves and each other. If you understand the revolutionary importance simmering in this pot of revolt, then find your place and start doing something to assist these actions in any way possible."

To move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants.

06/01/2020

The carceral systems that sustain the ongoing genocides & violence on which settler colonial states are built must be abolished. Black communities have been both at the forefront of impact and at the forefront of leading struggles for justice for a very, very, very long time. Check this list for ways to offer tangible supports and solidarity :

Ways To Help

05/01/2020

Please consider donating to this support fund organized specifically for q***r indigenous folks. As many are aware, impacts emerging from the current pandemic crisis are not affecting us equally, making it more difficult for some of us to access resources and spaces.

There are 10 days left to contribute a donation.

This is a difficult time for many of us. The crisis does not affect us equally though. People are struggling with being confined and having their freedom of movement, access to space and funds restricted. This is not a new experience for the majority…

05/01/2020

Our friends from UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning are launching their online initiative, , focusing on climate change, climate justice and environmentalism.

Over the course of 6 weeks, starting May 25th, participants will receive training by Andrea Reimer, former Vancouver City Councillor and Vancouver’s first Deputy Mayor, and Jennifer Reddy, Vancouver School Board Trustee.

Visit the link to apply now, application deadline is on May 14th! https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_86xaDWLKvuuuWRT

04/06/2020

Check out this COVID-19 support guide created from the team at SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue covering topics ranging from housing, income and access to food and supplies.

Need support during COVID-19? Welcome to WeGotchu.ca! Visit us to get all the help you might need to deal with the current outbreak.

04/01/2020

Crisis is the default reality for many marginalized communities, and current circumstances further deepen precarity and barriers. If you can donate to support this fundraiser, please do.

“This Black community support initiative is a fundraiser for a low-barrier, emergency, micro-grant program for Black people in British Columbia, Canada, who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

As we live through this quickly evolving time of transition, there are… Jahmira Kedesha needs your support for Black in BC Community Support Fund for COVID-19