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For the past year, the SAY IT LOUD initiative has been debunking the negative stereotypes associated with Black youth by providing them with a digital platform to showcase their brilliance in technology, entrepreneurship, social innovation, literary, culinary, visual, fashion and performance arts. The SAY IT LOUD objective was launched to promote Black Pride and Positive Cultural Identity. Funded by the Canadian Department of Heritage, the cofounders Roderick Brereton and Farley Flex went on a national journey to engage potential stakeholders from the Black community - from Vancouver to Halifax. Once the stakeholders were secured the word got out to Black youth aged 14-29 that submissions were being accepted. Then COVID-19 hit! The pandemic altered plans to produce a series of preliminary popup presentations across the country and left much of what was planned hanging in the balance of uncertainty. The culmination and highlight of the initiative was going to be the SAY IT LOUD National Black Youth Summit in Ottawa during Black History Month where the top 2 in each category would be awarded. Participants would be flown to Ottawa, put up in hotels and given per diems for a weekend full of guided tours, guest speakers, workshops and of course the presentations from the youth who ”said it the loudest” in terms of Black Pride and Positive Cultural Identity. Remnant Creative Arts Say It Loud Canada Winner Performing Arts
