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I challenge you to use art to preserve the cultural identities of your community and to collaborate with another community to celebrate your differences and similarities.

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley & Damian Woetzel

I challenge you to use art to raise awareness about the school-to prison pipeline in your community and promote restorative justice and education over incarceration.

Jane Golden

YESPhilly

We will design and install visual art projects and deliver perfomances in schools to create a safe, united community and break down barriers between school officers and students.

wholeheARTed

wholeheARTed is disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline through education, mentoring, and collaborative artistic expression. Utilizing mobile, student-created art installations, and social media, we engage the larger community in restorative justice.

Give Us Our Crowns

We educate the southwest Philadelphia community about the entry points to the school-to-prison pipeline and the impact of this epidemic by creating origami cranes and displaying them throughout the community.

A Butterfly's Change

A Butterfly’s Change will prevent students from entering the school-to-prison pipeline by using art and personal experience to educate and to provide a creative outlet for self-discovery.

Sherim Shokan

We will promote restorative justice practices at our school by creating an after-school art program for students at risk of entering the school-to-prison pipeline.

I challenge you, the students of Denver, CO, to use art to create new social connections in your community. Design a creative project that invites community members to engage with each other in a new way.

Laura Zabel

West High School

We are using blank walls to start conversations around issues in our school and the West Denver community.

Martin Luther King Jr. Early College

The goal of Signal of Expression is to unify the youth and adults of the Montbello and Green Valley Ranch Communities through all forms of art that represent self-expression.

Abraham Lincoln High School

Inspire Through Connection promotes understanding by enabling community stakeholders to share their stories.

I challenge you, the students of Los Angeles,CA, to think about your role as an active participant in the digital world and define yourselves what it means to be a good digital citizen. Then take one issue that you care deeply about and find a way to use media to create a positive change in your community and inspire other to do the same.

Pierre Dulaine

Narbonne High School

We seize the day by uniting all generations.

Grant High School

Bridging the gaps in our community is the name of our game! Through an artistic movement, we are bringing people together to create unity and acceptance for all! Let's CREATE the CHANGE!

I challenge you, the students of Los Angeles,CA, to think about your role as an active participant in the digital world and define yourselves what it means to be a good digital citizen. Then take one issue that you care deeply about and find a way to use media to create a positive change in your community and inspire other to do the same.

Linda Burch

John F. Kennedy High School

Using media to promote health and fitness for both body and mind, BAM Challenge unites the community to raise awareness of personal health.

Middle College High School

Using media and activities, we are creating tools to help prevent, combat and deal with bullying. Stop hating, start liking!