An invitation was extended by the Urban Development Corporation to YARD EMPIRE for the YE Youth band to perform at the Corporation’s annual Fireworks on the Waterfront Festival. The Youth shared their talent with thousands of Jamaicans who gathered Down Town Kingston to ring in the New Year. YE Youth were among seasoned performers including [...]
UNESCO Participation Programme "Changing the Score" Performing Arts Intervention Programme to Empower At-Risk-Youth and Ending Gender-Based-Violence for Community Renewal of Parade Gardens YARD EMPIRE embarked on a seven month programme to teach innercity youth to play musical instruments with the end goal of creating a band with the ability to perform at an exemplary level. [...]
After months of training and rehearsals, four boys of YARD EMPIRE YOUTH were rewarded for their hard work at the JCDC Parish finals for Music. YARD EMPIRE has been training the youngsters in the guitar, recorder and drums with a view to exposing them to the performing arts for their personal benefit. YARD EMPIRE has [...]
Inner city youth playing classical music on the recorder How did that happen? It was an idea hatched by Founder of YARD Empire, Iris “Terri” Salmon. Terri Salmon has been using her non government charitable organization to use the arts to effect a positive change in the lives of at risk youth. The vision to [...]
During the period of April 2020 to March 2021, YARD EMPIRE’s programs were affected by the COVID 19 Pandemic. Despite the challenges, YARD EMPIRE felt it was important to carry on the activities observing the established safety guidelines in order to give the targeted youth an outlet to express themselves during a difficult [...]
The YARD EMPIRE community programme based in Downtown Kingston has been training youngsters in the performing arts. A few of the youngsters shared their talent at a staging of Kingston Creatives Art Walk which took placeon Trench Town, Kingston. The occasion is reviewed in the following blog post:https://www.diedreinwanderland.com/trench-town-live-kingston-creative-artwalk/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=whatsapp&utm_source=im
YARD trains Wards, Staff Wards, Staff At Hill Top Juvenile Facility In Drama And Theatre Thirty-seven wards and members of staff of the Hill Top Juvenile Facility, who have successfully completed a drama and theatre programme, were feted on Monday (October 27), during a closing ceremony held at the institution in St. Ann. The [...]
YARD Empire’s mission of using the arts to influence positive change in juveniles in the island’s correctional facilities is being accomplished based on reactions to their involvement with 30 wards of the state at Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre in Bamboo, St Ann. A seven-week training programme culminated with the juveniles presenting From Training [...]
By Hon. Rudyard Spencer ... Today, I delivered greetings at the Closing Ceremony of 'From Training to Stage' Programme at the Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre in St. Ann. The six-week programme benefitted 30 wards and seven staff members and was carried out in the framework of 'A New Path' in collaboration with [...]
YARD EMPIRE facilitated the painting of a mural on the border walls of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre. The Jamaica Star published an article on the project, written by Sephanie Lyew: The Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre (RCJCC) was given a facelift on the weekend when the student council body of the Edna [...]