Who Are We?
- Introduces them to social justice issues
- Allows them to explore their identities
- Gives them the opportunity to teach and share skills, and engage with their communities.
2025 PROGRAMMING – Register now!
Spring WOrkshops
Explore identity, home, and community!
Join us for a series of workshops this spring! Troupes will explore questions like “where and what is home?” or “how do I contribute to Kingston’s culture?”
Workshops take place on Saturdays from 1:30 – 3 PM. Save the dates below:
- March 29
- April 12
- April 26
- May 10
- May 24
Learn to DJ Summer Camp! July 11-13
Celebrate your roots. Create new rhythms. Connect through culture.
Calling Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour (ages 8–16) who identify as girls, trans, Two-Spirit, or gender non-conforming — this FREE 3-day camp is for YOU!
Join DJ Bella of On the One this July 11–13 at the Tett Centre to explore the sounds of your cultural heritage and learn the art of DJing. Through mixing cultural, historical, and contemporary sounds, youth will tell powerful stories and build community through music.
- July 11–13, 2025
- 9am–4pm
- Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning
- All materials + lunch provided!
- Live showcase at the end!
- Limited spots – register below.
Thank you
Roots & Wings is proud to receive two grants from the City of Kingston Heritage Fund to put together our Spring 2025 workshops and DJ Summer Camp. Thank you to the Kingston & Area Association of Museums and the City of Kingston for supporting our programming!
Our GOALS
By developing an ethic of care, mentorship, and community organizing skills, youth and the R&W team participate in decolonizing and collaborative feminist praxes grounded in intersectionality and anti-racism.
Read more about the goals of our programming below.
1. exploring identity
We want to create space for youth to explore their identities.
Programming provides youth with opportunities to establish relationships with mentors, racialized women, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals who are able to engage with and empower them.
2. engaging in Social justice
R&W provides opportunities for racialized youth to learn and teach about social justice (e.g. understanding and tackling racism, sexism, etc.). Focusing on connecting global and local issues, we explore how societal issues affect us on both personal and community levels. We empower youth to take action in their own communities by reflecting on, and embodying engagement.
3. teaching and sharing skills
Youth are provided with the opportunity to learn new skills while being empowered to teach and share their own unique skills. Our regular programming integrates considerable skill-building content, and the youth are always encouraged to support one another’s learning and to build on one another’s strengths.
4. Activism and community-building
Our programming encourages youth to connect with local activists while building community with each other. To this end, we prioritize group activities that involve workshops or field trips in collaboration with a diverse range of organizations.
