This music video was created during the 2016 MASC Awesome Arts program by a group of youth in Lowertown, Ottawa in collaboration with Jamaal Rogers (writing and performance) and Craig Conoley of Dan Rascal (music video direction and filming). Recording was done by Dean Watson of Gallery Recording Studio. The youth wrote the lyrics and were behind the cameras filming the music video with Craig’s guidance. One of the young rappers stated that through this music video he wanted people to: “…learn more about where we come from and not about what happened in past and what we believe the future holds for us”:

The following symbols and text are what residents and service providers in Lowertown have decided they want to work on together.

Access to Community Services

Working on increasing knowledge of and ability to use local and city-wide community services.

Connecting Neighbours

Working on increasing opportunities for neighbours to get to know, understand and support each other.

Personal and Property Safety

Working with communities to develop policies and make improvements in neighbourhoods to increase reported levels of safety as well as local residents’ perceptions of safety.

Civic Participation and Leadership

Working on providing local opportunities for residents to become involved in their communities through volunteering and engagement in decision-making.

For an overview of what all the neighbourhoods are working on, take a look at this summary chart.

Each neighbourhood has developed an action plan so that residents and service providers can keep track of how their organized activities are working for change. The activities and initiatives are sometimes organized by residents, sometimes by service providers and, very often, organized together.

Want more information about this neighbourhood? Contact:

Alain Lutala
Community Developer
Lowertown Community Resource Centre
alutala@crcbv.ca