TeenFlare.com and Mobilejamfest.com invite you to upload your photos and enter the "Show us your Flare" Photo Contest. The winner will receive $500 cash, an xBox 360 Entertainment Console, and have your stylish photos featured in a promotional page in Flare Magazine. Upload your digital photos today and show off your personal sense of style.
Thanks to Rogers Wireless and The Rogers Picnic, Mobile Jam Fest, the world's largest youth creativity festival, in partnership with REMG and Embrace, and are setting up for another year of ground breaking mobile engagement. read more »
Over the course of just five days at the end of summer 2007, George Nozuka's world-view changed forever. Removed from the bubble of music video glam the pop singer was sweating in Haiti, filming "Child Slavery: The Hypocrisy of Haiti", a documentary about "restavecs" and produced by Plan Canada and Mobile Jam Fest, http://mobilejamfest.com.
As the film explains, restavecs are children, some so young they could be in kindergarten, sold to families and put to work performing domestic chores. They are often physically abused, denied education and forced to sleep on the floor. read more »
Plan Canada and Mobile Jam Fest to Create One of the World’s Largest Youth Cultural Exchange Programs
More than Seven Million Youth to be connected through online social network
TORONTO, Ontario - Mobile Jam Fest (MJF), the world's largest youth creativity festival, is partnering with international development organization Plan Canada, to create one of the world’s largest youth social network that will give more than seven million global youth access to a safe, user-generated, online platform to share and creatively express themselves. read more »
With over 2500 photos, including films and music from around the world, and after a few intensive weeks of the audience voting we have now finalized our winners for Creative Contest #2. The winners are:
1. Express Yourself - Photography - Sponsored by CoverGirl - Winner - AGI - Keri Knapp of Unionville, Canada.
2. Documentary - Film - Sponsored by 411 for Change - Winner - POV - Rexdale Adolescent Warriors (RAW) Toronto, Canada
3. Fashion - Sneaker Design - Sponsored by MJF - Winner - Ride/Walk in Style - Siko Attila - Romania read more »
Craig Goodwill is Creator and Executive Director of Mobile Jam Fest, a Canadian based organization that brings youth, ages 14 to 29, from around the world together to collaborate in the areas of creativity, education, and social awareness. Mobile Jam Fest works with nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and for profit institutions to organize events and activities that connect young people to their talents – and to each other.
What is your professional background? read more »
Emily Haines discusses with MJF connectivity, creativity, mobility, and the effects art can have on bridging cultural divides. View at http://www.mobilejamfest.com/node/773770
If you didn't get a chance to see MJF present Emily Haines, lead singer of the band Metric, performing live this past Sunday, then you are in for a treat. In front of a packed house MJF was there to cover the entire show, and this is your exclusive pass to watch the show. http://www.mobilejamfest.com/node/773846
Voting for creative battle #2 has closed and we are excited to announce our next round of creative battles:
Film - Community Heros - Sponsored by 4REAL Television
Photography - Photo Journalism (Travel)
Music - DJ Mixed Tape
Fashion - Fashion Photography
Millennium Development Goals - #6 Eradication of HIV/AIDS
Machinima - Action - Sponsored by Movie Storm
Creative Battle # 3 runs from March 31until May 31, 2008. Winners of creative battle #2 will be announced shortly. Visit MJF to register and learn more about what is going on in your mobile world. Stay tuned and good luck!
With over 2000 photos submitted, hundreds of shoe designs and more videos than we can count, the voting has begun for creative contest number two! Visit MJF, register and begin voting for your your favorite artist as they battle head to head in the areas of film, music, fashion, photography, machinima and MDG. Voting runs from March 15 until March 30, 2008. Creative contest number three begins March 31, 2008. Stay tuned for more details.
After an incredible search through hundreds of tracks and artists, MJF and Emily Haines are excited to announce Pink Dead Whale as the opening act for the MJF concert featuring Emily Haines happening March 30, 2008 at the Phoenix concert theatre. read more »
Register, and upload your music or video to the music contest to become the open act for Emily Haines.
The next Mobile Jam Fest concert is March 30th, 2008 and Metric front women Emily Haines will the headlining the show.
Emily will be choosing her opening act from MJF music competition entries. Upload your tracks (up to 10) for your chance to win. Also make sure to upload your creative video as these will also be chosen by Emily to be broadcast at the show!
To enter make sure to register, and then upload to the music competition by visiting http://mobilejamfest.com/music
Mobile Jam Fest presents singer/songwriter Emily Haines to headline an all female concert. Emily Haines is an artist that defies labeling. Frontwoman for Metric, she is proud to release her debut solo album, Knives Don't Have Your Back on Last Gang Records. Written and recorded over the past four years in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York, the record sites contributions from the likes of Scott Minor from Sparklehorse, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley and Metric's Jimmy Shaw. read more »
MJF in partnership with CoverGirl, and Schools Without Borders will be running an intensive weekend workshop for young women April 5&6, 2008 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto Canada. Rebecca Hardy, winner of Canada's Next Top Model will attend and provide young women insight into making it in the fashion industry. Female mentors photography, and print worlds will provide youth with hands on training to help take their creative work to the next level. Register at MJF and stay tuned for more details.
Global leaders issue a call to action on the Millennium Development Goals A Queen, a president, a prime minister, a business leader, a rockstar unite
Some of the world largest firms will join a "public-private partnership" to help the United Nations achieve its Millennium Development Goals.
They called on all companies to help the "bottom one billion people" living on less than one dollar a day.
Companies can pledge their specific contribution at a London summit in May, said UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. read more »
Mobile Jam Fest, the world's first interactive youth creativity festival, is generating significant momentum with the signing of yet another big sponsor. Herbal Essences has become the newest festival sponsor joining Yahoo Canada, CoverGirl, the United Nations, Movie Storm, Xbox 360 and many others who have seen how youth have embraced Mobile Jam Fest and want to be a part of it. Further details on Herbal Essences sponsorship will be coming soon so stay tuned.
After tabulating close to a hundred thousand votes MJF is announcing the winners for creativity battle #1. The winners from countries including Ghana, United States and Canada will each receive cash, swag and tickets to an upcoming MJF concert. read more »
MJF has launched their second creative battle. Photo (sponsored by CoverGirl), Film (sponsored by 411 for Change), Music (Anything that rocks!), Fashion (Sneaker Designs) Machinima (Music Video) and MDG (education). Win cash and prizes for uploading your creativity, and begin colaberating with youth from around the world.
Voting for Creative Battle #1 has closed and the tens of thousands of votes are being tabulated. Stay tuned for the winners announcement.
Creative Competition #1 voting has ended, with thousands of votes now be tabulated. We will be announcing the winners in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Creative Competition #2 has begun! You can now upload your new photos, films, fashion designs, music, machinima and MDG projects. Stay tuned for up coming events announcements!
Featuring George Nozuka's exclusive new video "Hurting Child" produced and directed by MJF and in rotation on Much Music and Much More Music. George recently visited Haiti to be a part of a documentary which shed light on child abuse happening in Haiti, and specifically child slavery. This video was filmed during this trip and was inspired by George's life changing experience in Haiti. To view the exclusive video click here: http://www.mobilejamfest.com/node/1278
