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Now We Talkin' text

ARCHIVE– NOW WE TALKIN'

Now We Talkin' was a youth arts project produced by CAN and partnership organisations from across Greater Manchester

Talkin' issues, Talkin' local, Talkin' global

Now We Talkin' engaged over 200 young people aged 14+ from Greater Manchester in devising and producing an exciting, powerful arts-based work. The project included MUSIC, DRAMA, VISUAL ARTS, VIDEO, CREATIVE WRITING and HIP HOP, bringing together young people to share, talk, experiment and collaborate.

In a world of extreme cultural conflict, prejudice and war, we all play a crucial role in achieving sustainable peace on a local and global level. We need opportunities to actively communicate and work together to challenge prejudice and conflict and promote tolerance and peace.

The project explored issues around DIVERSITY, SIMILARITY, DIFFERENCE, IDENTITY, CONFLICT, UNITY, MIGRATION and INTEGRATION.

To see a short film of Now We Talkin' please click here

Young People

Now We Talkin' premiered at Zion Arts on 2 October 2004 as part of Black History Month

PEACE ONE DAY

The Now We Talkin' launch took place at Zion Arts on 8 May with an event entitled 'Peace One Day'.

Over 120 young people attended to take part in debate, discussion, workshops and a performance showcase.

The day was an introduction to the project and generated lots of ideas and inspiration. Young people from different areas of Manchester got to meet each other and get familiar with the venue for the final event.

The day was hosted by Michael Salmon who introduced a morning session of inspirational speakers:

Paul Obinna from London who talked about 'definitions of communities'
Jacqui Carrol from Reel Manchester who talked about video work with youth communities
Tim Ford who talked about the history of hip hop

In the afternoon the young people had the opportunity to participate in various workshops:

Spoken word/ writing by Charlotte Keatly
Discussion and debate by Paul Obinna
Drama by Reel Manchester
Hip hop/ break beat dance by Tim Ford
Hip hop and DJing by Intell-lyrics, Brad and Quest

Young People

The day finished by all the groups getting together and sharing some of thoughts and ideas that came out of the workshops. This was followed by a vibrant showcase of performances and video by:

Afrocats
Free Expression Dance UK
JK Dance
Company Fierce
Fedaees - featuring Maria Marcial
Backchat - a video produced with a young refugee group

Fedaees Singer

THE GROUPS

8 groups of young people wereinvolved in Now We Talkin' working with a wide variety of artists:

Afrocats Dance Group
BOLT Video Group
Bess Girls Group, Wythenshawe
Bennet Street Youth Centre, Tameside
Blocksages Youth Service, Tameside
Manchester Art Gallery Banner Group
Zion Arts Hip Hop Group
Zion Arts VJ Group

PARTNERSHIP ORGANISATIONS

CAN worked in partnership with the following organisations as part of Now We Talkin':

Zion Arts
Manchester City Galleries
Wythenshawe Partnership
Tameside Youth Service
BOLT (Building Our Lives Together)
Zion Radio

Project Manager - Yasmin Yaqub

Community Arts North West
1st Floor, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE

Tel: 0161 234 2980

Email: yaz@can.uk.com

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ARCHIVE– NOW WE TALKIN'

Now We Talkin' was a youth arts project produced by CAN and partnership organisations from across Greater Manchester Talkin' issues, Talkin' local, Talkin' global

Now We Talkin' premiered at Zion Arts on 2 October 2004 as part of Black History Month

Now We Talkin' was a youth arts project produced by CAN and partnership organisations from across Greater Manchester

Talkin' issues, Talkin' local, Talkin' global