IMOVE WELCOMES YOU
CORNERSTONES
MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE WITH HEALING, WELL-BEING & AGENCY
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ENABLING PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING WITH DECENT, MEANINGFUL
WORK
CREATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN COMMUNITY & SOCIETY
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ABOUT IMOVE
iMOVe is a nonprofit organization that has been a formal organization since 2013, but the unique programming iMOVe offers goes back much further, and was pioneered by Executive Director Sobaz Benjamin using the arts for healing and self-expression, to enhance participants (including youth at risk) ability to make a living, and to develop their leadership skills.
iMOVe has been working on these programs for many years, but the organization has grown significantly in the last couple of years due to some important funding and support from the Nova Scotia Departments of Justice, Communities Culture and Heritage, and Labour and Advanced Education.
The goal is to develop iMOVe’s programming and document its impact so in the next few years iMOVe can expand to teach other organizations about the work they’ve been doing, further enhance participants abilities to find decent and meaningful work, develop participants leadership skills and ability to contribute to systemic change in their own communities, and build bridges with other communities.
To accomplish this, iMOVe is working to develop itself as a social enterprise with a variety of revenue streams to enhance its sustainability for the future. iMOVe’s approach is based fundamentally on meeting participants where they are at, developing community support around them, holding them accountable for their actions but also not judging them.
A key component is also helping program participants to understand the ‘systems’ in society that have had an impact on their lives and how they can build skills to help them address these challenges in positive ways. Another key component is teaching them about how they can work together to increase economic benefits for themselves, each other and their communities.
PROGRAMS
"At 36 years old I can honestly say I had no future until I met Sobaz and became a part of the iMOVe family. And now that I’m here, I plan to help as many people and change as many lives as possible."
-Lance Perry
"Sobaz helped me see and understand things that I have never before. I think that In My Own Voice can help me answer some questions and find solutions that I have been hoping for my whole life."
-Darren Tynes
Join Us! in enabling Racialized and Marginalized People
to take Centre Stage
In solidarity with iMOVe, the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia helped us to create a new charitable fund called the Centre Stage Equity Economic Development Fund to help iMOVe and other black-led organizations to build their capacity and do more of the great work they are already doing. You can contribute monthly or with a one-time larger donation by going to the CFNS website.
Celebrate Black History & Heritage, Get a Great T-Shirt,
and Support iMOVe!
Cyclesmith is a remarkable Halifax-based business and bike shop that is always one of the first to step up to support community, and be an ally for black-led organizations. iMOVe is thrilled to partner with Cyclesmith. Sales from this t-shirt, available on Cyclesmith's website, will be donated to iMOVe to help support the work we're doing.