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<font color="#3d8080" face="verdana,geneva"><font color="#800080">THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT ANNOUNCES FIRST
GENERATION, OUR NEW INTENSIVE ARTS AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
INNITIATIVE TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2008!</font><br>
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GENERATION </font></b><br>
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font-size:14pt=""><b><font bold="" italic="" face="helvetica">First Generation</font></b> is an
intensive arts-based, community building, and <br>
leadership development program for first generation youth that provides a
platform for youth to have a public voice in their community and beyond.
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Beginning in September 2008 a group of 12 young people, ages 15-22, <br>
who self-identify as "first generation" will come together for a year-long
process <br>
of research, self-reflection, artistic training, and dialogue to create a
full-length <br>
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. <br>
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</b=><font bold="" italic=""><b>First Generation</b> </font><font rial="">is based
on the belief that the cultural legacies and family histories of first
generation youth are a source of strength <br=>
as we shape our individual identities. The program's focus on creating a
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multi-lingual performance invites
</b=></br=></font><font bold="" italic="" face="helvetica"><b>First Generation</b>
</font>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.<fo= nt="" face="3D"Times,"
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</span></font></font></p>email: info@performanceproject.org
http://www.performanceproject.org<br>
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