I was in a place where I needed my own healing, and film and video production provided me with that. He's worked with us to develop that so it speaks to BIPOC people and young people. He's done some work around culturally appropriate learning tools for co-operative learning. He's out in Antigonish working with First Nations communities. We've got a young man, Alexi Rodriguez, running his own adventure, outdoor tours company right now for young people. That idea of going through the program and inspiring others is constantly what we see happening. What are some of your favourite success stories from iMOVe?

It was young people who looked very much like them and shared the same experiences and stories.

Quite a few of them were from the Prestons, East and North Preston, and the people we met there, immediately that process of trust. We had a group of mentors, young people, with us. We rolled out our first program in 2009 at the Nova Scotia Youth Facility in Waterville. That's when I took all of that and put into this thing that is now iMOVe. They said, could you do a video about cultural esteem? I said could I suggest something a little bit more long ranging? And that's when the idea for In My Own Voice, reflecting on my own personal journey of healing myself through film. IMOVe grew out of that. When I came to Halifax, I was asked to do a video by the Nova Scotia justice department about the inordinate number of African Nova Scotian males at that time - this was in 2007 - being incarcerated. Sobaz Benjamin is the founder and executive director of In My Own Voice.

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