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From YouTube: Shout Syndicate Grantees Reception
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Youth are at the heart of Bostons arts and culture scene. That is why Mayor Walsh and the City of Boston partnered with the Boston Foundation for the first Shout Syndicate Reception. Shout Syndicate will provide $20,000-$25000 grants to 8 creative youth development organizations to support their work in the arts.
A
A
Area
we
have
a
great
evening
tonight
plans
for
you
guys
make
sure
that
you
make
a
new
friend
before
you
leave.
We
all
do
very
similar
work.
It's
very
rarely
that
we
get
to
the
opportunity
to
be
in
the
space
to
share
and
celebrate.
So,
let's
start
things
off,
we
have
a
great
young
performer,
but
you
guys
please
help
me
welcome
to
the
stage
legacy
Thor
in.
B
My
favorite
thing
about
Bad
Seeds
is
the
irony
is
watching
my
grandma
get
angry
and
my
mother's
character
and
all
its
rigid
glory
as
if
it
wasn't
roughed
up
by
her
hands.
My
mother
is
known
for
her
short
temper,
exaggerated
responses
and
intolerance
symptoms
for
how
she's
dealt
with
her
pain.
I've
never
realized
that
until
recently,
because
I've
been
coming
down
with
the
same
sickness,
I
have
seen
these
same
symptoms
tear
up
my
closest
relationships
and
that's
when
I
realized
that
the
apple
doesn't
fall
far
from
the
tree.
C
B
Are
angry
black
women
women
that
have
been
through
too
much
to
have
had
enough?
We
are
hardened
women
because
you
need
a
tough
shell
to
be
able
to
repel
and
we
got
tired
of
absorbing
she
got
tired
of
absorbing
so.
Instead,
she
lashes
out
been
doing
this
for
a
while
yeah,
unlike
my
mother,
I,
refused
to
take
what
has
been
passed
down.
So
while
this
Apple
may
not
fall
far
from
the
tree,
I'll
be
damned.
If
I
see
history
repeat
itself
of
my
seeds.
B
My
teeth
before
braces
were
the
insecurity
others
hide
for
me,
similar
to
my
acne.
They
said,
you'd
be
so
much
prettier.
If
you
fixed
it,
my
teeth
were
always
an
issue.
Others
had
with
me,
but
I
still
loved
to
smile
I,
never
really
cared
too
much
about
my
teeth.
Until
my
cousin
told
me
to
keep
my
mouth
closed,
but
I
always
thought
a
girl
looked
best
when
she
smiled
my
teacher
told
me:
I
had
the
nicest
one
so
I
kept
smiling
and
that's
when
I
learned
not
to
care
about
what
people
say.
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C
C
C
B
So
yeah,
that's
that's
me
yeah.
My
name
is
legacy
thought
and,
as
he
said,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
y'all
for
having
me
here
today
to
celebrate
the
grantees
for
the
shots
in
the
kids
I'm,
an
alumni
of
86
Boston,
a
nonprofit,
youth,
writing
and
publishing
organization
that
empowers
students
to
find
our
voices
and
tell
their
stories.
We
are
eight
to
six
Boston
are
grateful
for
this
new
source
of
funding
and
it
is
my
honor
to
introduce
someone
who
helped
identify
the
need
to
support
after-school
youth
arts
programs.
D
D
But
let
me
just
right
there,
the
power
of
our
fried
young
people
and
that
are
comes
in
different
forms.
That's
amazing
and
I
know
I
have
prepared
remarks
here,
which
I'll
read
in
a
minute,
but
when
you
think
about
the
generations
of
young
people
that
might
not
have
been
able
to
express
himself,
why
not
be
able
to
to
have
the
funding
or
have
support
to
do
what
legacy
just
did
and
where
we're
headed
now
as
a
society
is
so
amazing,
so
I'm
gonna
congratulate
legacy.
Maybe
your
amazing
tada
thank
you
for
having
us
today.
D
D
Another
person
Paul
Grogan
from
the
Boston
foundation
and
another
person
in
the
very
beginning,
being
there
I
remember
when
when
I
was
just
elected
mayor
of
Boston
Paul
was
talking
about
the
need
for
more
arts
and
support
and
that
support
means
funding.
That
support
means
connections.
That
support
me.
So
many
things
and
I'll
talk
a
little
more
about
that.
But
thank
you
Paul,
so
that.
D
D
That
passion
to
City
Hall
and
his
helps
make
arts
a
major
priority
in
government,
but
before
that,
as
we
were
running
from
there,
having
conversations
in
her
kitchen
with
a
lot
of
people
was
so
important
and
I
want
to
thank
a
lot
of
you
that
were
part
of
that
now.
I'll
get
to
that
in
a
minute.
You
know
when
I
first
got
elected
mayor
were
in
the
Eagle
room
in
the
meeting.
D
Many
of
you
in
the
some
of
you
in
this
room
were
in
that
meeting
and
we
wanted
to
talk
about
the
gaps
that
we've
formed
in
creative
youth
development
and
that's
what
was
the
conversation?
The
reason
why
we
had
that
conversation,
the
literally
months
before
that
we
were
in
Joyce's
kitchen
and
in
different
living
rooms
and
different
auditoriums
talking
about
arts
and
culture
and
I,
can't
quite
understanding.
D
Why
Boston
really
wasn't
a
major
player
in
this
space
that
we
were
individual
organizations
were
many
of
you
in
this
room
work
in
individuals
face,
but
we
didn't
have
a
plan.
We
didn't
have
a
plan
to
connect
government
to
us.
We
never
plan
to
connect
so
many
different
ways,
and
and
since
that
time
we've
done
that
I
want
to
thank
you
and
in
ego
room
right
after
I
became
mayor.
We
said
bosses
you
deserve
more.
Every
young
person
should
have
access
to
arts
education.
D
We
want
to
support
great
up
organizations,
community
organizations
that
are
doing
the
work
and
our
neighborhoods
and
and
and
I
think
that
we're
starting
to
to
do
it
right
now,
cash
out
indicate
was
born.
That
was,
people
stepped
up
to
the
plate,
including
many
of
you,
and
this
is
just
one
aspect
of
arts.
We
think
about
kids
and
young
people.
It's
one
aspect.
Well,
we
know
we
have
more
work
to
do
in
our
schools.
D
D
Foundation
saw
incredible
promise
of
shell
Syndicate
and
took
it
to
the
next
level.
In
the
first
year
there
was
a
huge
amount
of
interest,
47
applicants
from
all
different
types
of
organizations.
Ten
grantees
were
honoring
tonight
to
do
incredible.
Work,
teaching
young
people
about
the
history
of
music,
helping
kids
take
ownership
of
their
neighborhoods
by
creating
beautiful,
murals
they're,
encouraging
teens
to
express
themselves
a
lot
of
times.
Young
people
don't
know
how
to
and
don't
have
a
place
to
express
themself,
cuz
they're
afraid
to
or
they
just
they
just
won't
do
it.
D
But
we
have
organizations
that
are
doing
that.
These
young
people
have
positive
enriched
experiences
at
a
pivotal
time.
They're
like
that's
what
we
need
to
make
sure
they
continue
to
have
those
they'll
get
mentorship
and
support.
In
some
case
it
might
get
a
hug,
they
might
tell
them,
they
were
awesome
like
they
might.
We
might
find
somebody
that
otherwise
we
wouldn't
have
found
to
change
the
were
literally
change
the
world
when
you
think
about
music
and
poems
and
arts,
and
all
of
the
quotes
that
we
elected
officials
and
people
talk
about
all
the
time.
D
A
lot
of
that
is
art,
a
lot
of
that
is
by
reading
poetry
and
reading
history
and
doing
that
it
may
be
having
somebody
in
their
life
a
mentor
and
their
life
to
help
them
along
the
way
and
some
of
those
quotes,
and
some
of
those
thoughts
have
literally
changed
the
world.
So
that's
so
important.
This
program
opens
to
us
the
future
opportunities
and
career
opportunities.
Who
knows
maybe
we'll
see,
I
know
and
it's
the
legacy
performing
a
thousand
blue
sundeck
and
maybe
then
across
the
street,
a
family
park
and
then
around
the
country.
D
These
grants
support
one
of
the
greatest
outcomes
of
creative
youth
developments.
In
that
development
is
leadership.
Young
people
feel
empowered
to
make
their
ideas
a
reality.
It
also
builds
a
sense
of
community
young
people.
Stay
engaged,
keep
coming
back
through
high
school
and
far
beyond
that.
These
programs
are
often
second
homes
to
young
people.
We
see
them
work
that
way
already.
D
Shouts
indicate
is
an
opportunity
to
think
about
the
whole
picture,
including
organizations
that
teach
arts
outside
of
school
as
well.
I'm,
proud
that
shucks
I'm,
proud
of
chefs
in
shout,
send
the
kid
I'm
grateful
to
everyone.
Who's
helped
to
make
this
a
reality.
I
want
to
just
think.
If
they
look
around
the
room.
I
know
there
are
people
in
this
room
that
have
been
in
the
art
scene
in
Boston
for
a
long
time.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
persistence.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
patience.
D
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
knowledge.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
passion
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
never
giving
up
on
Boston,
because
that's
what's
important.
That's
what
we
need
this
program
that
we're
talking
about
today.
We
need
to
grow
it
if
we
wanted
to
have
a
lasting
impact
long
after
all
of
us
in
this
room
are
done
with
our
careers.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
this
is
a
model
for
other
cities
to
create
from
cities
that
might
be
sick.
D
A
E
Well,
thank
you
very
much
I've
so
appreciate
being
here
and
thanks
to
the
mayor
in
particular,
because
I
think
he
may
be
the
only
other
person
wearing
a
tie,
but
seriously
I
want
to
congratulate
the
grantees.
The
Boston
foundation
is
playing
a
couple
of
roles
with
this
one
is.
We
will
actually
be
the
host
at
the
foundation
of
the
fund
itself,
but
maybe
even
more
importantly,
we've
already
committed
over
$100,000
to
the
program.
E
There
is
no
higher
priority
for
us
at
the
Boston
foundation
in
the
art
because
it
means
so
much
as
the
mayor
very
eloquently
spoke,
and
you
know
to
most
people.
They
would
think
that
Boston
has
a
you
know,
one
of
the
greatest
art
sectors
in
the
country
or
the
world,
and-
and
there
are
certainly
remarkable
things
about
it.
E
But
we
realized
some
time
ago
that
there
were
severe
inequities,
particularly
for
young
people,
in
access
who
to
the
arts,
and
so
we've
joined
with
the
mayor
and
enjoys
Linehan,
the
Bar,
Foundation
and
other
funders,
and
really
doing
something
about
that.
And
we
may
not
yet
be
the
arts
scene
that
we
want
to
be,
but
I
think
we're
getting
there.
And
this
is
another
giant
step
in
the
way.
E
You
need
to
work
at
this,
though
it's
great
launch
fabulous
organizations
and
we've
got
a
list
of
donors
which
cards
are
on,
but
that
list
of
donors
needs
to
be
a
lot
longer
than
it
is,
and
we're
certainly
going
to
join
in
that
effort
with
you.
But
we
really
got
to
put
our
shoulder
into
the
wheel
and
make
sure
this
isn't
something
that
went
on
for
a
little
while
and
then
kind
of
petered
out.
That's
the
last
thing
we
want
to
see
so
again
we're
thrilled
to
be
part
of
it.
E
A
F
Thank
you.
I
want
to
start
by
again
going
back
to
legacy
Thornton,
because
I
was
really
extraordinarily
impressed
and
moved
by
how
honest
and
sincere
and
self-effacing
that
first
piece
was
and
I
thought
the
message
was
terribly
important
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
concerned
me
is
mental
health
for
young
people
and
your
message
of
being
candid
about
the
issues
and
about
therapy
and
finding
solutions
by
reaching
out
to
other
people
to
me
is
a
huge
social
issue.
So
if
this
organization
doesn't
do
much
more,
it's
a
great
start,
you
know.
F
The
shout
syndicate
came
to
fruition
when
mayor
Walsh
who's,
literally
all
enormous
ly,
support
gathered
members
of
the
entertainment
industry
at
City
Hall
and
asked
us
to
ponder
how
we
could
best
support,
Boston's
youth
and
become
it
became
abundantly
clear
almost
immediately.
The
answer
was
to
fund
high
quality
arts
programs,
whether
under
live
nation,
New,
England
or
Crossroads
presents
umbrella.
F
We
remain
committed
to
exploring
new
opportunities
to
meet
fans,
growing
demand
for
live
entertainment
across
the
region,
as
well
as
to
provide
first-class
production
and
personal
amenities
to
the
ever-growing
number
of
touring
musicians
that
call
our
venues
their
home
away
from
home.
As
we
look
forward
to
the
future,
we
we
recently
partnered
with
big
nine
letter,
big
night
entertainment
at
Kane
and
his
group
on
a
premier
luxury
Music
Hall.
F
Unlike
any
other
venue
in
Boston
adjacent
to
the
TD
Garden
big
night,
live
entertainment
will
add
over
40,000
square
feet
of
live
entertainment
and
nightlife
space
to
the
hub
on
Causeway
opening
later
this
fall
with
a
chef
of
Guy
Fieri.
We're
very
excited
about
that,
because
I
think
it
would
be
quite
different
than
anything
else
that
exists.
Formal
design
plans
and
development
timelines
are
also
in
works
for
the
recently
announced
Fenway
Music
Hall
partnered,
with
Fenway
Sports
Group
Fenway
Music
Hall
will
be
5,000
plus
kept
at
capacity.
F
State-Of-The-Art
Performing,
Arts,
Center,
located
on
land
adjacent
to
Fenway
Park
behind
the
bleachers,
commonly
known
as
the
triangle
lot
located
on
the
corner
of
Lansdowne
Epps
wood
Street
right
across
the
street,
and
we
expect
hopefully
to
break
ground
by
early
November
all
is
in
place.
We
also
entered
a
long-term
partnership
with
citizen
bank,
a
deal
that
will
allow
us
to
rededicate
ourselves
to
the
support
of
emerging
artists
and
what
has
become
a
very
challenging
touring
environment,
as
well
as
to
continue
to
make
impactful
venue
improvements
and
upgrades.
F
That
will
not
only
enhance
the
artisan
patron
experience
but
benefit
the
arts
community
as
a
whole.
Live
Nation
was
thrilled
to
be
the
first
donor
in
this
innovative
new
fund.
We
were
thrilled
that
so
many
of
our
colleagues
share.
Our
sentiment
have
followed
suit,
which
is
breathing
new
life
in
these
pro
and
these
arts
programs.
All
of
us
know,
on
a
very
personal
level,
just
how
much
an
impact
the
arts
have
on
our
lives,
impacting
everything
from
health
to
education,
creating
thinking
creative
thinking
and
a
quality
of
life.
F
We're
very,
very
grateful
to
the
team
that
has
designed
the
program
insuring
youth
are
able
to
participate
by
tank
by
paying
them
a
stipend,
thereby
not
putting
them
in
a
position
where
they
had
to
choose
between
being
in
a
program
or
having
a
part-time
job.
Thank
you
for
your
very
hard
work
and,
let's
keep
it
going.
A
G
Excuse
me
for
these
young
adults
to
have
to
create
their
art,
to
work
on
their
art
and
also
the
very
important
part
that
there
is
a
stipend
for
the
students
and
I
found
that
as
such
a
unique
and
the
awesome
opportunity.
Because
what
I
love
is
that
young
people
can
know
that
there
is
a
career
in
the
arts.
And
there
is
a
life
for
them.
In
the.
G
C
H
Great
afternoon,
thank
you
so
much
for
inviting
me
to
speak
today,
I'm
extremely
proud
of
being
one
of
ten
grantees
for
the
pilot
rounds
of
this
innovative,
innovative
and
amazing.
Grant
and
being
a
part
of
the
shout
syndicate
is
mind.
Blowing
last
summer,
one
of
my
former
students
now
in
his
late
20s,
said
honestly
mr.
Binga,
if
I
didn't
have
origination
in
my
life,
I
would
be
dead.
H
And
because,
because
I
knew
his
journey
when
I
scooped
him
up
from
the
Rogers
in
middle
school
many
years
ago,
origination
Cultural
Arts
Center
is
25
years
old.
This
year
we
use
dance
to
empower
young
people,
we
teach
roughly
300
young
people
in
our
studio
and
more
than
5000
in
New,
England
and
internationally.
The
relationship
we
have
built
with
our
students
have
helped
them
overcome
bullying
at
home
and
in
school
depression,
suicide,
obesity,
anxiety
and
help
their
overall
physical
and
mental
health.
It
has
helped
them
travel
overseas
to
perform
community
service,
get
incredible.
H
Jobs,
learn
how
to
teach
dance
and
get
hired
to
do
so,
got
them
positions
and
companies
like
the
Alvin,
Ailey,
American,
Dance,
Theater,
Dallas,
black
and
evidence
they
have
full-time
jobs
with
benefits
they
communicate
better
with
their
family
members
are
performing
and
choreographing
on
black
girls,
rock
organizing
soup
kitchens
in
Ghana,
working
with
orphans
in
Jamaica
and
so
much
more.
Creative
youth
development
is
crucial
in
the
lives
of
people
today
more
than
before,
our
country
needs
as
many
artists
as
possible
to
help
shape
this
world
and
to
what
it's
supposed
to
be.
H
The
arts
are
just
as
important
as
any
academic
subject.
If
I
didn't
have
the
Arts
in
my
life,
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
this
work
and
I
love.
This
work
with
passion
we
have
to
continue
to
teach
and
nurture
the
whole
child,
and
the
arts
are
part
of
that
instruction.
This
grant
and
funding
like
this
help
guarantee
that
we
are
no
longer
a
bit
emotional
that
when
we
are
no
longer
here,
the
youth
will
be
safe
in
knowing
that
the
arts
have
and
will
be
in
their
lives
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.
I'm.
H
I
I
Will
Bono
has
surpassed
them
for
ten
years,
we're
in
Jamaica
Plain,
but
we
serve
youth
from
all
over
the
city.
Our
mission
is
to
foster
public
and
participatory
art
as
a
vehicle
for
personal
transformation,
Shean
community
cohesion
and
social
change.
We
provide
quality
in
debt,
arts,
education
to
Boston
youth
and
we
commissioned
teens
to
produce
art
work
with
international
and
local
artists,
and
we
also
bring
participatory
art
into
our
communities.
I
Our
artists
in
residence
program
invites
artists
for
10
to
12
weeks
to
create
an
exhibition
in
our
gallery
and
also
to
lead
a
Youth
artists
project
that
culminates
in
an
exhibition
in
a
youth
art
exhibition
alongside
the
artist
world
and
is
open
to
the
public.
So
we
have
spoken
about
the
gap
in
the
fund
in
the
in
funding
for
the
creative
youth
development
and
with
ten
million
dollars
lost
in
the
field
in
the
past
few
years.
This
funding
gap
disproportionately
affects
small
organizations
like
ours.
B
I
The
funding
gap
we're
proud
to
focus,
maintaining
quality
of
instruction,
college-level
art
courses
that
give
art
credit
to
students
without
our
programs
in
their
own
schools,
we're
committed
to
diversity
and
to
eliminating
barriers
to
participation
in
the
art
and
early
years
this
year
we
were
honored
as
a
model
equity
organization
by
Mayor
Walsh
and
his
Office
of
Cultural
Affairs.
Thank
you.
I
Research
by
the
National
Endowment
for
the
Arts
shows
that
students
from
low-income
households
who
have
high
levels
of
heart
engagement,
test
higher
in
science
and
writing
and
they
have
higher
GPAs.
They
aspire
to
college
at
a
higher
rate
than
their
peers,
and
they
are
three
times
as
likely
to
earn
a
bachelor's
degree.
Investments
like
the
one
you're
announcing
today
will
send
out
ripples
of
impact
which
will
help
them
throughout
their
lives.
I
The
Boston
foundation
own
research,
own
research,
has
shown
that
although
Boston
leads
the
way
in
support
of
the
Arts
by
individuals,
we
lag
behind
our
peer
cities
in
terms
of
foundation,
government
and
corporate
support.
This
hits
organizations
that
are
working
with
youth,
especially
hard
as
these
kinds
of
histy
institutional
funders
are
the
bread
and
butter
for
a
sustainable
funding
base
in
our
field.
I
A
J
So
I'm
proud
to
announce
that
we're
actually
the
newest
supporter
of
the
shout
syndicate
and
will
be
coming
on
board
and
I.
Think
hearing
some
of
those
stories
earlier
and
seeing
some
of
the
performances
you
know
just
renews
our
commitment
to
it
and
we
couldn't
be
more
excited
to
be
coming
on
board.
As
a
member
of
the
forum
of
for-profit
arts
community,
we
feel
it's
important
for
us
to
support
creative
youth
development.
The
arts
help
create
a
breach
for
us
that
link
us
as
a
society
without
any
language
or
socio-economic
barriers
and
I.
J
Think
too
often
so
many
things
that
help
keep
us
apart.
I
think
the
arts
are
just
a
common
language
for
all
of
us.
Anyone
can
walk
into
any
performance
in
see
something
that
they
can
relate
to
and
often
or
too
often,
the
funding
for
the
Arts
fall
short
of
what's
needed,
and
that's
why
we're
happy
to
step
in
a
step
forward,
along
with
our
friends
at
Live
Nation
and
the
Colonial
Theatre,
to
help
address
that
funding
gap.
I
hope
others
will,
as
well
as
a
lifelong
resident
of
the
Greater
Boston
area.
J
It's
great
to
see
mayor
Walsh
in
the
city
of
Boston,
prioritizing
this
to
help
give
artists
a
career
path
forward
in
creating
arts,
whether
that's
music
performance,
art,
sculpture,
painting,
anything
I,
think
the
more
that
the
city
can
do
to
help
support
that
the
more
vibrant
and
as
the
city
will
be.
So
we
look
forward
to
our
first
year
with
the
shout
syndicate.
I
mean
look
for
to
what
will
be
many
years
of
supporting
youth
arts
and
youth
art
throughout
the
city.
Just
let
me
say
thank
you
and
look
forward
to
everything.
K
K
We've
been
working
hard
for
the
past
two
years
as
mayor
Walsh
mentioned
a
good
amount
of
the
people
in
this
room.
We're
asked
into
City
Hall
over
two
years
ago
to
address
the
gap
in
youth
funding,
and
this
has
been
two
years
in
the
coming.
So
thank
you
to
everyone
here
who
has
helped
along
the
way
I
want
to
thank
today's
speakers,
especially
the
donors
Thank
You
John
law,
for
having
us
in
your
house
from
the
beginning.
Thank
you
to
other
people
in
Boston
in
the
music
business,
some
that
are
here
today.
K
Really
guys
its
whole
thing
from
day,
one
and
I
like
to
sometimes
repeat
something
that
markets
has
said
for
a
long
time,
which
is
none
of
us
in
the
music
business
ever
thought
that
we'd
bring
punk
rock
to
City
Hall,
and
this
is
what
it
looks
like.
It
looks
like
some
new
philanthropists,
some
new
funds
and
some
new
grantees.
So
we've
waited
long
enough
here
to
announce
the
grantees
you're,
seeing
them
on
the
program
and
you've
seen
them
on
the
board
and
I'm
gonna.
Announce
them
now
and
can
I
ask
that
I'm.