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The Collaborative Strategic and Sustainable Thinking for Cultural Organizations group reconvened this morning to discuss our outcomes from the previous day. Common themes arose from this activity and the group all agreed to look at networking and share ideas. On the networking front I spoke to use of List-serves, networks, Linked-in and Social Medias. Boris stood up and announced that “YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have now merged U-Twit-Face is the new social media of choice”.  I have to admit it was a great ice breaker.

After lunch we heard from an artist that is helping children through rapping. Aaron Hernandez a.k.a. Godson born and raised in Yellowknife gave us a wonderful introduction to how he is helping youth in his and other communities in NWT. He helps by providing profanity free workshops on writing and videoing rap youths messages out without the gangster image. He is currently working on a drug awareness campaign that will soon be out.

After seeing this performance I can envision this type of program working well to bring together youth and elders to share stories, of course getting out the word to youth that history and culture are cool and need to be preserved.