Youth Fusion brings teens and adults together
IITS Creative Media Services
Garnet Key president Gabriel Bran Lopez (left) took advantage of the university’s open house on Jan. 29 to advertise an unusual initiative called Youth Fusion Jeunesse.
The idea is to bring teenagers together with university students and adults to work for a literate, healthy, socially-aware future for all of Montreal’s young people. They’ll meet in the Hall Building this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a conference on “creative empowerment.”
Youth Fusion is the brainchild of the Garnet Key Society, a group of elite Concordia students who act as ushers for formal university events.
Setting aside their dark red blazers, they’ve formed partnerships with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal and LOVE (Leave Out Violence) to create this daylong bilingual event.
Some of the other local organizations involved are the Atwater Library’s Digital Literacy Project, Elephriends, the Institut du Nouveau Monde, Literacy Through Hip Hop, Mise au jeu, PACT de rue, Park Extension Youth Organization, POWERCamp National, Sun Youth, Forum Jeunesse and Vidéo Paradiso.
Bran Lopez promises gifts, surprise appearances by celebrities and $100 gift certificates. President Claude Lajeunesse will attend.