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Lexis Cares Fundraiser Aimed at Helping At-Risk Youth

May 05, 2025 (1 min read)

Several dozen LexisNexis employees helped raise nearly $1200, including matching corporate funds, for a Canadian group whose mission is to bring disparate groups together via exposure to the arts. The fundraiser, called Name that Film, was conducted as part of the Lexis Cares program, which encourages employees to participate in volunteer activities.

Project: Humanity, a Toronto-based theater company founded in 2008 by a group of young artists and activists, runs several programs for at-risk youth and community members.

The PH-Youth arm of the organization, operating in high schools and the youth shelter system, has served more than 19,000 students in its 11-year history.

Among its programs is PH 1:1, which pairs youth with professionally recognized artists for 12 weeks of free online mentorship in any artistic discipline chosen by the youth. More than 1100 mentorship sessions have been provided since June 2020. More than 350 artists currently participate in the program. A number of participants have been accepted into other arts programs after completing their mentorships.”

“PH 1:1 reaches kids who have been previously unreachable,” Daniel Chapman-Smith, executive director of Project: Humanity said.

The PH: Theatre project features Verbatim Theatre, a journalistic form of theatre that involves transforming original interview transcripts into live documentaries for the stage.

“We aim to adjust the mainstream of society so that those on the margins are fully seen and valued for their own incredible voices, stories, and persons,” the organization says in its annual report. “We believe that a sense of belonging comes from seeing yourself in society, not changing to conform to it.”

LexisCares is part of RELX Cares, a global Reed Elsevier project that supports employee and corporate engagement that makes a positive impact on society and champions the rule of law through volunteerism and giving.  For more information, go to https://www.relx.com/corporate-responsibility/being-a-responsible-business/community.

For more information on Project: Humanity, go to https://www.projecthumanity.ca/