Like Grandmaster Flash, Turning Point Youth Collective has a message to share at upcoming New Smyrna Beach music festival “Close to the Edge.”
The organization was founded in 2006 and provides resources and space for youth-run activities. Currently, Daytona Beach Hardcore (DBHC), a local music booking collective, runs a monthly all-ages concert series at the TPYC space. Their current space is donated in partnership by the Conklin Center at the Lion’s Club located at 345 White Street near Daytona State College. The building’s property is also the site of another local non profit, Fair Share, a past beneficiary of a Turning Point benefit concert. Fair Share is a sustainable urban agricultural project and tends a community garden at the site, meeting every Wednesday evening 5pm and Saturday morning 9am.
In the past Turning Point Youth Collective has run a free community music and art festival, a voter drive, hosted vegan potlucks, and partnered with local non-profit film society, Cinematique, to show a limited outdoor screening of French musicians Daft Punk’s “Electroma” and Swedish musicians The Knife’s “Silent Shout.” The organization’s programs fill a need in the community by providing open and safe, all-ages space for youth to assemble and share culture. They are currently seeking assistance with IRS 1023 filing for tax-exempt status.
In the future they seek to acquire their own space, collectively owned through the non-profit, to be fully equipped as a youth cultural arts center, used for all-ages concerts, practice space for musicians and bands, hosting guest speakers, art shows, films, workshops, meetings for other local grassroots organizations, etc. In the meantime, Turning Point is focused on building local partnerships and strengthening their volunteer base.
Their newest partnership will be with the organizers of the upcoming festival “Close to the Edge,” a three day live music and art event on the edge of Edgewater, FL. The festival runs December 17-19, located on the 90 acres of pristine pasture that is the Edgewater Ranch and headlined by Diplo. Turning Point Youth Collective will be running a “Bikes Not Bombs” bike repair workshop throughout the day on Saturday December 18th, welcoming anyone to donate bicycles or parts, and help spruce up some old bikes! All the completed bikes collected will then be donated to The Attic youth group for donation give-a-way in the community.
Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174376502587359
Please Visit:
Close to the Edge at www.closetotheedge2010.com
Bikes Not Bombs at www.bikesnotbombs.org