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Learn How Betty Esperanza Is Making The World A Better Place One Skate Deck At A Time
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With A Skate Deck And A Good Heart, Betty Esperanza Became A Voice For Underprivileged Kids!
Social issues are at an all-time high in society right now and while we’re still wondering how to make a change, there’s actually a Montrealer making it happen one skate deck at a time!
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Indeed, Betty Esperanza made it her journey to help kids become the best version of themselves through skateboarding. Founding her own organization called Skateboards For Hope, they gave over a thousand skateboards in different countries over a decade!
Skateboards For Hope is not your typical organisation. It’s a movement that goes beyond skateboarding. It’s powered by people sharing the same passion and it’s a vehicle of change for the community.
cC: via Betty Esperanza Facebook page
Besides giving away skateboards in Uganda, Cuba, Canada and different parts of the world, Skateboards For Hope also provide sponsorships for athletes of the first nations and girls who fight for their place in this sport.
Today we will make you discover the incredible story of an incredible woman who devoted her entire life to making a change!
How It All Started?
A couple years ago, Miss Esperanza took a trip to Cuba and brought her own skateboard. She got approached by a kid who was very curious about the sport and how to use skateboards. Even though it’s a huge phenomenon now, skateboarding didn’t reach the Cuban community at the time.
Cc: Martin Chaberland
The little boy was able to enjoy the skateboard during her stay and she eventually gave it to him. Little did she know, this kid became a skateboard legend in Havana and promoted the sport throughout the country.
An act of kindness transformed into an ”Ah Ah” moment in seconds for the entrepreneur to be. Now realizing that a simple skate deck could have such an impact on a kid, it was time to repeat the experience but on a bigger scale.
cC: via Skateboards For Hope’s Fb Page
Why Using Skateboards To Make A Change?
This is a fair question to ask at but looking at how Skateboards For Hope changed lives over the years, you can’t question their impact.
Skateboarding as a sport creates a community spirit like only a few can. There are a lifestyle and a mindset attached to it that create bonds between athletes regardless of their backgrounds.
The sport itself involves falling, getting back on your feet and perfecting your craft over and over again. This teaches the kids patience, self-confidence and gives them the courage to tackle different challenges in their life.
When this community spirit is established, the possibilities are limitless. Bringing those kids together allows them to become their own support system through thick and thin.
With her approach, Miss Esperanza is able to teach the kids how to be entrepreneurs, how to create projects together while offering them a chance to surpass themselves.
Combining Art To A Good Cause
Bringing people together for the greater good is what Betty Esperanza does for a living (literally). Giving away a plain skate deck to kids wasn’t enough for the social entrepreneur, they had to mean something.
Cc: via Betty Esperanza facebook page
She convinced several artists from all around the world to create masterpieces out of the recycled skateboards that her organization collects. Miss Me Art was one of the artists that became a frequent collaborator to this initiative.
Kids now have access to something even more powerful and personalized while artists can use their creativity for a great cause. Even though the artwork will eventually get damaged, the kids can do what they love knowing that somewhere in the world, an artist thought about their well being.
Betty Esperanza In Her Own Words
A couple weeks ago, we sat down with the social entrepreneur to learn more about her story and initiative. In this interview, she opens up about what she has accomplished throughout the years and what the future looks like for Skateboards For Hope.
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This Year Malefycia Is Colliding Horror And The Bible To Make The Thrill Of Halloween Real Again
Malefycia Is Restoring The Feeling, One Spooky Scream At A Time
Long are the days when I was cruising down the streets on October 31st either looking for candies to devour for 3 weeks straight or even as an adult looking for a popping club where I could tell people ”My costume is ME tonight”.
The truth is, I think Malefycia restored something that I thought was buried inside me. They reminded me that not only I liked Halloween but I just couldn’t find an alternative in my adult life to spark my curiosity on one side and get the thrill going on the other.
Malefycia been around for a minute but this year they’re trying something different…I mean different.
You’re familiar with the 7 sins in the bible don’t you? You’re aware of what a haunted house is supposed to be don’t you? Well, something in their team had the genius and actually vicious idea to combine these two things who might have nothing to with each other on the outside looking in but in this new adventure/haunted house experience; it all make sense!
their show called V7CE is cross theatre performance, cross the most scary thing you’ve ever seen. The show includes different scenes and interactive plays putting on the forefront the 7 sins from the bible.
What always stand out to me when it comes to Malefycia, is there raw and authentic attention to details.
Do yourself a favor and come immerse yourself in this universe and your inner child and your thrill-seeking inner adult have some fun.
Myraï Lavoie Is Creating Her Own Universe And You’re Invited
What I appreciate the most about my work is the fact that I get to meet great minds & humans with a powerful story and this time around, I got to cross path with the talented Myraï Lavoie.
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The city has been quiet fashion wise over the years and as platform that mostly talked about fashion in its inception, we’ve felt it the most over here.
There would be sparks of hope here and there but besides Festival De Mode & Design, not a lot of things really stood out.
When I heard about ”The Glitch” it’s like I knew what it was about without nothing what it was about.
I mean good branding is good branding but it was more so who’s behind the good branding this time around. I had the chance to work with Myraï Lavoie in the past and one thing I can is : there’s a method to her madness.
Every artist has an eye and that eye is shaped by our views of the world and life experiences. Myraï had an interesting life.
One where being different is actually the move. One where if you don’t fit somewhere, you don’t try to get in the mold, you bend it.
For all the lack of support or misunderstand she got in Montreal, she found a place to be creative working or being in room with the likes of Paris Hilton & P. Diddy to name a few.
What she’s learned from coming out of her shell and experiencing the world she’s about the share it with us with her own fashion called ”The Glitch” tonight.
”The Glitch” is exactly what I thought it was going to be. A standout experience and experience and something you’ve never seen before just like its creator.
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The 50th Anniversary Of Les Grands Explorateurs Presents A Touching Documentary Exploring Africa And Its Wonders
An Amazing Story by Amazing Creators!
Les Grands Explorateurs Is Celebrating Africa In A Real Way!
Curiosity has to be the most incredible human quality there is and Les Grands Explorateurs has been putting it on the forefront for the past 50 years!
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We are now entering an era where we want to know more about what is going on on the other side of the world.
How people are living, their culture and what is their reality compared to ours.
Sometimes the depiction of such reality is either unfair or made to look down at somebody. Other times, filmmakers have the challenge to depict a reality in a way to uplift what other cultures are bringing to the table.
Milan Bihlmann and Muammer Yilmaz are two filmmakers who know where they stand when it comes to that.
”Rêves D’Afrique” is the epidemy of that. The two filmmakers decided to go to 7 countries in Africa to not only paint the picture for the world but to give the good people out there something we forget to give one another : ”a piece of yourself’.
Armed with a backpack, film gear and true altruism, the duo spread love and good deeds wherever they could throughout their trip.
Watch The Trailer
Les Grands Explorateurs being this platform to uncover the world made the right choice by adding this beautiful piece to their program.
Up until November 1st, you still have the chance to see the beautiful piece in theater and then online starting November 2nd.
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