The first month of school has flown by with great momentum. The seasons are shifting. A few weeks away from Thanksgiving and we, at youthLEADarts Inc. are already reflecting on gratitude. So far this year we are welcoming ten classrooms of inner city students and their teachers to youthLEADarts Inc programs in Vancouver alone, a …
Dear Friends, No matter how we feel about the monarchy, today we are witnessing history. As a young musician and arts education pioneer in 1973, I had the honour to meet MH Queen Elizabeth II. I was surprised at how tiny she was in stature, but certainly a model of towering duty in leadership. She inspired …
Poem in Your Pocket Day was initiated in April 2002 by the Office of the Mayor in New York City, in partnership with the city’s Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education. In 2008, the Academy of American Poets took the initiative to all fifty United States, encouraging individuals around the country to participate. In 2016, the …
Sometimes the differences leaders make are subtle, sometimes sweeping. You can LEAD by doing something as simple as writing and mailing a card, to painting positive messages on rocks and placing them randomly in your community, to organizing an on-line or socially distanced painting party…or go further and organize something as sweeping as a campaign …
Reading and writing poetry are powerful ways to share your voice. April was National Poetry Month, thirty days set aside to celebrate the joy, expressiveness and pure delight of words and how they can capture the human experience. But why confine poetry to just 30 days of celebrations? Poems can be structured or unstructured, curve …
April has been National Poetry Month and while you may not have honed your haikus or penned some quirky quatrains there is still time to celebrate! Thursday, April 29th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, a fantastic way to share your favourite verses! PIYP is an international movement that encourages folks to invite poetry into …