Category: 2008 Winter
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Septima Clark Community Power Institute: Community Change & Youth Leadership Development
By Emery Wright Emery Wright, a member of the Executive Leadership Team, co-founded the Nia Project in Boston in 1998. Nia was a Black youth organization in Boston, South Carolina, and Atlanta committed to youth leadership development for community organizing. In July 2008, over 50 young people, parents and community members gathered to learn, discuss,…
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Bailout the banks, Tank the hospital
By Rita Valenti A founding member of Project South, Rita has been an active board member for over fifteen years. She co-led the Health, Healing, and Environmental Justice Working Group for the US Social Forum in 2007. Rita served in the Georgia State Legislature from 1990-92 and fought for single-payer healthcare for all Georgians. She…
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Power & Public Space: Movement Building at the Americas Social Forum through the creative use of public space, art and public dialogue.
By Ernesto Cuevas Ernesto Cuevas, a graduate of the first BAM Institute in 2006, worked with young people to develop a public art process for the US Social Forum. Since June of 2007, he has launched community-based mural projects with young people across the country through his organization Red Cielo. Ernesto participated on a Project…