ReAct Launches New Resource:
Journey to Healing
METRAC’s Respect in Action Program is proud to be launching “Journey to Healing”, a self-care zine made for youth, by youth.
This zine shares tools, practices, and resources captured from the experiences of diverse youth across Toronto aimed at exploring how youth experiencing violence can heal and thrive!
Download the zine PDF resource here
ReAct wants to thank the over 100 youth from across the city of Toronto who contributed their knowledge and experience to ensure that this zine is an empowering tool for diverse youth.
Thank you to the students from the following schools for their important contributions to this work:
We would like to express our gratitude to the dedicated and passionate members of our Youth Advisory Committee who contributed their talents and creativity that helped bring this zine to life:
Shochoy Fray
Yasmine Gray
Sakinah HasibSage Khalifa-Aya Esi
Brittney Miller
Krimy-Alexandra Parra-Ortiz
New Legal Resources for Youth
ReAct is proud to launch in collaboration with METRAC’s Community Justice Program, 3 new legal resources for youth focused on issues of cyber violence. These resources share information on different forms of cyber violence and how to get support.
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Our Respect in Action (ReAct) peer program builds youth leadership to end violence against women and youth. ReAct Youth Facilitators create resources and lead interactive afterschool programs, workshops, trainings and presentations for youth, educators and service providers.
Notable achievements
Where we work
Elementary and high schools, community centres, drop-ins, shelters, detention centres
Key factors explored
Bullying, gender roles, dating violence, sexual violence, community safety, relationships, self-care
A Peer Facilitator’s perspective
Linda Frempong, ReAct Facilitator, explains what the program does at the Consent+Rights+Respect Forum on youth challenging sexual violence (April 10, 2014).