Building Black Youth Foundation
Building Black Youth Foundation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description

The Building Black Youth Foundation (B.B.Y.F.), is a not for profit children's organization and social enterprise, geared to providing children cultural based learning opportunities and educational support for Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth and families across Canada. B.B.Y.F. is starting with virtual Early Childhood Development programs, supports for families and learning opportunities specifically geared towards teaching an afrocentric uplifting curriculum, building self worth through learning ancestral and historical knowledge. Our mission at Building Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.), is to empower our Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth, help them build their self worth and self belief, through learning uplifting historical, cultural knowledge. We know that positive cultural reinforcement from a young age, greatly increases the process of building self worth within children, as well as supports leading them in the right direction towards a great future.

Number of employees
2 - 10 employees
Company website
https://www.bbyfinc.org
Industries
Education Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society Publishing & printing

Recent projects

Building Black Youth Foundation Digital Ad Marketing & Content Creation Project

**PLEASE READ** Project Eligibility: Students must have previous digital marketing, market research and social media content creation experience and/or education, to be eligible for this project. Students must also be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pmMT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT . We are looking for a group of students who have previous marketing, social media content creation skills and experience, to assist our organization in developing specific ad content(pics, videos, etc). Students will use their marketing and content creation skills to first research and identify the best ways to reach our target market/audience via social media(Instagram, Facebook, etc), using the right hashtags, phrases, etc. They will then create compelling ads, posts, videos, reels, etc., that will target this audience using the right hashtags, phrases, etc. to increase our visibility and program registration

Admin Tasha Flemmings
Matches 2
Category Advertising + 4
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Building Black Youth Foundation W24 Children's Book Illustration Project

**PLEASE READ** Project Eligibility & Requirements: To be eligible for this project Learners must have previous experience in creating digital illustrations over various mediums, including (cartoons and other illustration styles) using various digital mediums and illustration creation software. Learners must be able to create illustrative designs based on concept descriptions and or images.  PROJECT SCHEDULE: Learners are required to attend One 40 min mandatory weekly meeting . Meeting hours are between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pm MT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT. Learners must be able to commit at least 10 hours per week for project work. 

Admin Tasha Flemmings
Matches 1
Category Graphic design + 2
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The Building Black Youth Foundation's Black History Research Collection Project

**PLEASE READ** Project Eligibility & Requirements : To be eligible for this project Students must have previous experience in writing research papers on accurate sourced information. Students must be able to accurately document information found through research and prepare research reports. Students should preferably have an interest in learning and researching uplifting, pre-colonial black history topics and information. Students must be available for the 2 month period consecutively, for the duration of the project and be able to attend all weekly project meetings. Students must also be able to commit at least 8-10 hours per week for the duration of the project. PROJECT SCHEDULE: Students are required to attend One 40 min mandatory weekly meeting . Meeting hours are between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pm MT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT. Students must be able to commit at least 10 hours per week for project work.

Admin Tasha Flemmings
Matches 1
Category Creative writing + 4
Closed

Consult for Impact

Every semester we here at Rotman Commerce, University of Toronto, run a program called Consult for Impact for our students.  Consult for Impact  is an experiential learning opportunity that encourages the application of theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios. Our program strives to provide pro-bono consulting services that allow students to experience the operations of providing consulting services for a client organized in a structured learning environment. We are looking to partner with non-profit organizations, University affiliated organizations, social startups and/or small businesses in Canada who are unable to afford external consulting services. More specifically we are looking for organizations who can help us as following: Provide a problem statement or business question that your organization is currently facing that our students can offer you consultation on Provide documents and other relevant information to guide the students E.g., Financial statements/ organizational structure/ strategic planning documents/ market research/ etc. Provide a dedicated point of contact who is available by email to answer consulting team questions Be available for two 30-minute phone calls with the consulting team  Provide feedback to the team about their presentation

Admin Tasha Flemmings
Matches 1
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