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Community Youth Jamaica

Founded in 2024 by a team of 20 music, film and television professionals, Community Youth Jamaica (CYJ) was launched to fill the education, training and employment gaps between poorer communities and commercial media. 

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After over 15 years of experience and grassroots research both in the UK and across a number of parishes in Jamaica, CYJ has developed a program and strategy that will allow those who are often deemed hard to reach, teach or work with.  Working right across the film, music and entertainment industries CYJ has a work based solution to developing skills and talents both in front and behind the camera. 

 

With a multi agency approach which has been tried and tested in Both the United Kingdom and United States, CYJ has a range of accredited and industry certified courses and programs available for young people 13-18 and then adults 18+ across;

 

  • Entrepreneurship

  • New tech and AI 

  • Business and talent management 

  • Music and film production 

  • Podcasting and presenting 

  • Event management and production 

  • Marketing and promotion 

  • Distribution 

  • Publishing and royalty collections


CYJ courses and programs have been proven to help;

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  • Access resources and training 

  • Decrease crime 

  • Decrease unemployment

  • Increase school attendance

  • Increase financial and political literacy 

  • Encourage community cohesion 

  • Close the poverty gap 

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