Art/Design
Support an At-Risk Teenager - Sponsor a "Women on the Rise" Lesson or Field Trip
- Item Number
- 278
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Buy Now Price
- 1500 USD
- Not Sold
Item Description
Women on the Rise! (WOTR!) partners with 11 organizations serving at-risk teenagers. MOCA provides instructors and contemporary artists as role models to this underserved population (such as the residents of the Miami Juvenile Justice Facilities, COPE alternative high school for teenage mothers, Job Corps of Homestead and Miami.) Each partnering organization receives at least 8 lessons per year and up to 2 field trips to MOCA.
The cost of the program is approximately $15,000 per location. As you can imagine most organizations do not have arts education in their budgets. However, WOTR! has been proven to increase participants critical thinking skills, self esteem and overall outlook making them arts advocates, productive members of society and promoting life-long learning.
Imagine, if you will, a teen who may be pregnant, in a juvenile facility because of an adolescent mistake, a teen who has no support system at home or that society has “given up on”. Perhaps she has never been educated or encouraged to express her pain and confusion in a positive way. Participants in this program learn to assert their voices by arming them with critical thinking skills, a new vocabulary and an expanded perspective of history that includes contemporary artists with similar cultural backgrounds and experiences of their own. They become inspired to overcome life challenges and fulfill their own potential. Many create powerful works of art and writings through the high-quality, hands-on, multi-media arts WOTR! workshops.
Item Special Note
100% of your donation goes to support the WOTR! program. Your donation of $1,500 will sponsor one lesson or field trip for up to 50 participants.
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