Mural Panel Created by Urban Arts Participants Installed at the Hazel Winthrop Apartments in Uptown
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2014, the Urban Arts visual artists partnered with Architreasures, a nonprofit arts-based community development organization, to create a panel for a community mural in Uptown. The participants developed and painted a 40...
Girl World Fights for 15
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The participants of Girl World teamed up with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless to attend the Fight for 15 rally in Chicago. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
YEP! Jump Rope Challenge at Senn High School
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Youth Empowerment Project and the Senn Health Club hosted the Jump Rope Challenge at Senn high school on Monday, January 26th during all lunch periods. Senn students were challenged to see how many jumps they could make within...We gonna turn up! We gonna take to the streets!
It would be very easy for most of our members to turn a blind eye to the movement. It’s easy to say that police violence is not our problem, that it doesn’t affect us. We have a lot of distractions in our lives, and even if we care, it’s hard to know what to do. It’s...