Explore advocacy and creative with Bellamore Ndayikeze and Linda Iriza
Join youth advocate and artist Bellamore Ndayikeze for a special podcast series during the KickstART Festival 2022 exploring the Youth Week WA 2022 theme of "Booraka Korangan-ak, Courage to Change". The podcast will feature conversations exploring the intersections of creativity, art and advocacy with special guests: Joshua Eggington (AKA "Flewnt MC"), Harry Hilfiger (Student and musical artist), Linda Irinza (Soul Alphabet) , Jay Emmanuel (Actor, playwright, and director), Zahra Al-Hilaly (Law/Journalism student and WA Youth Week Ambassador 2020-21), and Regan Mathews (AKA "Ta-ku").
This special series is produced by Propel Youth Arts WA and RTRFM 92.1, and co-presented with BN Collective and Encounter Theatre.
Podcast artwork by Elsie Andrewes from Studio Kiin
Details
When: Monday 11 April, 4pm
Where: Episodes out on Soundcloud
About Bellamore Ndayikeze
Bellamore is the Creative Director of BN Collective, a platform providing opportunities to young people through advocacy. She has established herself as a respected influential young woman in the community. Bellamore is a tireless advocate for young people and has been involved in many boards and advisory groups including the Ministerial Youth Advisory Council, and is a founding member of the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network. She was named the 2019 WA Youth Week Ambassador and featured in the WA Museum Boola Bardip in the Migration Stories. In addition, she enjoys coaching AFL and creating music. Bellamore has had an amazing journey and she is willing to live life to the fullest.
About Linda Iriza
Linda Iriza is a Rwandan currently based in Boorloo (Perth). Her work centres African youth and continues to create community projects that bring them together physically and digitally. She does this through collectives like Soul Alphabet; where they support young bla(c)k and brown creatives through events, art exhibitions, workshops and various other projects. Linda is also a youth organiser at Boorloo Justice, a community led grass-root organisation. In recent years, she has also grown an interest in honouring her ancestors by digging deeper into Rwandan historical archives. In 2020, she launched a project called Amateka Series which aims at curating experiences that nurture a culture of collective learning. The project has bi-monthly virtual history programs that are done through live conferences and workshops that bring together Rwandans across the world and in the past they’ve had up to 190 attendees streaming from so-called Australia, Aotearoa, Rwanda, South Africa, UK, Canada and more.
Her passion for creating spaces for young Africans goes beyond borders; as she founded Nuru Tours which is an ethical travel project that works to connect the African diaspora to Africa. She has worked with Fremantle Arts Centre, Community Arts Network, West Australian Music, Talanoa and Perth Festival. Linda is interested in learning more about the art of storytelling, Afropresentism and intersectional feminist work.
About the Youth Week WA KickstART Festival
Presented by Propel Youth Arts WA, the KickstART Festival has been the flagship event of Youth Week WA for 12 years running. KickstART offers over 60 free events - including workshops, talks, performances, mentorships, exhibitions, markets, and other special events - between 8 - 16 April, for young people aged 12-26.
Due to growing concerns about COVID-19 and the anticipated continued spread of Omicron across our communities in Boorloo (Perth) and WA, the Propel team has decided to pivot towards digital and hybrid formats for the delivery of the KickstART Festival this April.
The Youth Week WA KickstART Festival 2022 is presented by Propel Youth Arts WA and is funded by the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Communities and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. KickstART is also supported by Lotterywest, the City of Perth, the City of Stirling, the City of Fremantle, and the City of Vincent.