Top image: At the MODArts 2023 Festival
Image Credit: Alexander Sargent
Image Credit: Alexander Sargent
March to August 2024: Project Manager for ComMotion - Community in Motion's work on the inclusion of underserved communities, thanks to a grant by Partners of the Americas. More information about the grant can be found here. This work will be done in North Carolina, USA; Santiago, Chile; Barranquilla, Colombia; Medellin, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina
A description of the project is below:
"The Bibliotheca Madre project aims to empower underrepresented voices in Latin America, including Indigenous peoples, females, and people with disabilities, by connecting them with a team of artists and educators to create an online multimedia library showcasing their culture and traditions. Over a virtual collaboration spanning several weeks, artists will be trained to produce educational content with a focus on inclusivity, resulting in modules with lesson plans published in an online library. The initiative, targeting at least 5 youth-serving organizations and over 200 youth in North Carolina and Latin America, seeks to address the lack of representation and perpetuation of stereotypes in Hispanic/Latinx education, fostering cultural appreciation and empathy for historically marginalized communities."
A description of the project is below:
"The Bibliotheca Madre project aims to empower underrepresented voices in Latin America, including Indigenous peoples, females, and people with disabilities, by connecting them with a team of artists and educators to create an online multimedia library showcasing their culture and traditions. Over a virtual collaboration spanning several weeks, artists will be trained to produce educational content with a focus on inclusivity, resulting in modules with lesson plans published in an online library. The initiative, targeting at least 5 youth-serving organizations and over 200 youth in North Carolina and Latin America, seeks to address the lack of representation and perpetuation of stereotypes in Hispanic/Latinx education, fostering cultural appreciation and empathy for historically marginalized communities."