Hope youth at Hope’s 30th Anniversay Block Party
Overview
Our work with teens and young adults creates leaders through organizing, visual arts, music, dialogue, and performance. All of these opportunities emphasize the development of skills around leadership, teamwork, and responsibility – and using your voice to advocate for yourself and your community.
Programs
SPEAC – A community organizing group of 15-20 young leaders. The leaders participate in an eight month organizing and leadership training developed in collaboration with The Center for Democracy and Citizenship – Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. SPEAC leaders share a commitment to making change in their community through community organizing.
Hip-Hop SongWriting and Music Production – Hope’s music studio supports weekly workshops and studio time (writing, music production and performance). Through community-based music projects youth learn artistic and business/marketing elements, discipline, story-telling, taking a project through several stages to completion, cooperative learning, and team building.
Power of Vision Mural Project – The Power of Vision Mural Project challenges Hope to think about art as a tool for leadership and community building in addition to strengthening artistic skills. Each mural is driven by a collective vision centered in community. Since 2004, Hope youth have worked across differences around the common goal of completing murals symbolizing community, understanding and hope.
Articulating Our Voices Now – A bi-annual series of relational workshops for diverse young women facilitated by local women artists. As a group, young women learn to articulate and lift up their voices through performance/ dance/ music/ spoken word.
Questions? Contact Chaka Mkali, Lead Organizer at cmkali@hope-community.org or call (612) 435-1677.
