‘We Count’ – Completed by Hope and over 100 youth from PeaceJam in 2010. Photo: Bruce Silcox
Overview
Using creative expression and mentorship, Hope engages youth in a vision centered in community. Throughout the mural making process, we are creating a learning environment which is relational, participatory, and which nurtures and balances the values of personal responsibility within the context of cooperation and community.
The murals also serve as a medium for youth to build a greater sense of power and ownership in the community, expressed through self-advocacy, new skills related to the process of collaborative project from beginning to completion and confidence.
Jordan Hamilton, Power of Vision Project Leader and SPEAC graduate shares:
Throughout the mural process, youth communicate with one another across differences and build an understanding of what type of message they want to convey to the community. Youth are asked about the meaning behind their image, which challenges them to develop clarity of what they are communicating. This prepares the artists to communicate to the audience the meaning behind the product as well as their own understanding of the overall process.
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Questions? Contact Chaka Mkali, Lead Organizer at cmkali@hope-community.org or call (612) 435-1677.
