[Calgary, August 9th, 2023] – Empowering Minds, a leading charitable organization dedicated to empowering youth and emerging leaders, is excited to announce a major restructuring and rebranding initiative, transforming into Empowering Artists (EA). This strategic change is a natural extension of our Live & Unsigned events and a response to the increasing need for comprehensive support for emerging musical artists in Canada.
“I am excited to see the legacy of Empowering Minds continue, evolve, and grow, to create long lasting impacts in the community through Empowering Artists.” — Deanna Werklund, Empowering Minds President & Board Chair
New Programming Focus and Purpose
Empowering Artists (EA) will now focus on providing artists with proven innovative leadership programs that develop the confidence, motivation, and resilience necessary to thrive in today’s dynamic music world.
Vision for Empowering Artists
The vision of Empowering Artists is to empower independent Canadian artists of all ages to take control of their music careers. We are committed to achieving this by providing productive and creative spaces, music business mentorship, and an innovative, hands-on curriculum. Empowering Artists is actively building a vibrant community of artists, business leaders, and community members who will collectively participate in building the Entrepreneurial Artist Program, give back at the grassroots level through the Music For Everyone Program, and contribute significantly to our local arts scene.
Welcoming Our New Leaders
We are thrilled to introduce our new Executive Director, Seth Anderson, an experienced leader with a diverse background that includes 12 years at TELUS leading operational and strategic teams, managing music artists, coaching and managing elite sports teams, and founding an 8-time award-winning podcast – The Biz Dojo. “It’s always been a passion of mine to help people work towards their goals and dreams. Empowering Artists is all about helping people, whether that be navigating the different aspects of the music industry or creating impact in the community through mentorship and inclusive events,” Anderson explains.
“I’m excited to be part of the team that brings the vision to life and looking forward to helping as many people as we can in the years ahead.” — Seth Anderson, Empowering Artists Executive Director
Joining the Board of Directors is Eric Rolheiser, who assumes the role of Co-Chair at Empowering Artists alongside Deanna Werklund. Together, they bring a formidable combination of leadership and experience to drive the organization’s ambitious goals.
Our Core Values Remain Unchanged
As Empowering Minds transitions into Empowering Artists, our core values will remain steadfast. We will continue to be guided by Value Based Leadership, Integrity, Empowerment, Active Citizenship, and Self Awareness in every aspect of our vision, programs, and decision-making.
Your Invaluable Support
Over the past 17 years, the support of our sponsors, partners, and grantors has enabled Empowering Minds to make a significant impact on the lives of THOUSANDS of youth and emerging leaders. Aligned with our mission to empower the next generation, Empowering Artists is now committed to supporting emerging artists by providing spaces for creativity, music centred business mentorship, and ensuring equitable access to music for all through grassroots initiatives and programs.
We invite all our community members, sponsors, and partners to support the development of Canada’s music industry by considering becoming a sponsor for Live & Unsigned 2023.
Next Steps
Empowering Artists is excited to share more information soon, including details about our programming, team, and ambitious plans. Stay tuned for announcements and updates as we embark on this transformative journey together.
For any questions or to get involved in Live & Unsigned 2023, please contact [email protected]
Empowering Minds is a Calgary-based charity and we believe in empowerment through leadership development. Through our Teen Leadership Breakthrough Program and our subsequent On-Team Ambassador opportunities, youth experience learning in a new way. With a focus on social-emotional learning, our program challenges teens to be more resilient and aware of themselves and their relationships with others. Our program highlights the importance of goal-setting, effective self-management, and the value of leaving a positive impact on the world. Partnering with High Schools and youth-focused organizations across the city, we’ve helped thousands of young people, providing them with world-class leadership experiences and instruction. We are an independent, public charity, relying on the support from schools, community initiatives, volunteers, donors, and corporate funding to bring our one-of-a-kind program to more and more teens.
Our
Mission
Our mission is to provide youth and educators with proven and innovative outcomes based leadership programming that develops the confidence, motivation, and resiliency necessary to thrive in today’s world.
Our
Values
We’ve established several values that define who we are as a company and as difference makers for the future — our teen leadership programs centre on the same values.
Schools We Empowered
Empowering Minds is now Empowering Artists! Empowering Artists (EA) will focus on providing artists with proven innovative leadership programs that develop the confidence, motivation, and resilience necessary to thrive in today’s dynamic music world.
Charity# 81232 3707 RR0001
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