[Antiracism] Announcement

[The Performance Project]

Please save the date and spread the word!
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Benefit Concert for the Performance Project
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Magdalena Gomez
Evelyn Harris
The Alchemystics
MC Julius Ford of Culture Shock
Nia Rahman-Khan Arana
ISHEA
The Performance Project
& More!

Edwards Church
Main St Northampton
Saturday July 26, 2008
7:30pm
Tickets: $15

Tickets will be available at the door as well as Food for Thought Books & Broadside Books
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THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT  ANNOUNCES FIRST GENERATION, OUR NEW INTENSIVE ARTS AND
YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INNITIATIVE TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2008!

FIRST GENERATION  
 
First Generation is an intensive arts-based, community building, and
leadership development program for first generation youth that provides a
platform for youth to have a public voice in their community and beyond.
 
Beginning in September 2008 a group of 12 young people, ages 15-22,
who self-identify as "first generation" will come together for a year-long process
of research, self-reflection, artistic training, and dialogue to create a full-length
multi-lingual performance about the experience of being first generation.
 Priority will be given to youth who are multi-lingual and/or court-involved.
 Community Elders will also participate in the creative process
by sharing their experiences and perspectives.
 
First Generation is based on the belief that the cultural legacies
and family histories of first generation youth are a source of strength
as we shape our individual identities. The program's focus on creating a
multi-lingual performance invites First Generation participants to
embrace individual complexities within their family, and community cultures and
provides a platform for young people to have a public voice within the community.
 Ensemble members will invite audiences to participate in a public dialogue about
how systemic oppression severs youth from their cultural origins.


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