MTV, Plan Canada and Mobile Jam Fest want you to have a say about girls’ rights around the world – including in your community. We invite you to submit a photograph or short essay about ‘because I am a girl’ or ‘because I know a girl’. For girls (that’s all of you under the age of 18) share something about your life as a girl – either a story or a photo. For everyone else use your imagination to share photos or stories about girls you know or how your life would be different if you were a girl.  read more »

MJF and teenflare.com are happy to announce the winner of their photo contest "Show us your Flare". The winner is Paddy Jane Gallegher for her winning photo "Happiness is a Warm Parasol"

Paddy will receive $500 cash, an Xbox 360 console, and her own exclusive biography page in the December issue of Flare Magazine. Teen Flare.  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.

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.

The Hip-Hop Association invites ILLUSTRATORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS to submit work for THE WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT.

The Womanhood Learning project is a two-year initiative that explores women's roles and leadership positions in different sectors within Hip-Hop culture and the community. This project is intended to bring unity within women in Hip-Hop by creating a space to learn, build, and bring about concrete change through an online platform - www.womeninhiphop.net, a book, a case study, and a marketing campaign empowering women around the world.  read more »

TORONTO, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - Manifesto is taking over the city of Toronto
this September with one of the largest urban music and arts lineups to ever
hit the city.

The first-ever MANIFESTO festival of urban music and art is set to take
place throughout Toronto on September 20-23, 2007. The four-day citywide
festival showcases a diverse array of talent that aims to pay respect to the
roots of the city's urban culture, spark imagination, and to plant seeds for
its future. With nearly 100 artists participating over four days, the festival  read more »