Assert, Defend, Take Space: a conference by Aboriginal youth on identity, activism and film

 

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Mural by the youth from the Urban Native Youth Association located in Vancouver British Columbia and part of the exhibition Claiming Space at The Museum of Anthropology.2014.

 

MOA invited the public to attend Assert, Defend, Take Space a conference by Aboriginal youth on identity, activism and film.
The daylong event featured screenings of over a dozen short films followed by panel discussions with young Aboriginal artists and activists, many of whom are featured in the exhibit Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth curated by Pam Brown and Majia Tailfeathers.

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