NPST 404

New Urban Arts services underrepresented groups from multiple low-income communities in the State of RI. The numbers that have been presented stand out. Schools are lacking funding and they take away from students opportunity to express their creativity through art. This non-profit speaks for its self when it comes to recognizing the need for  out-of-school youth programs that are an innovative.  51%  of students were new to New Urban Arts. 82% of our students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch based on income guidelines.         Gender        34% Male        5% Other       61% Female Race/Ethnicity 37% Hispanic/Latino 27% Multi-racial 12% White/Caucasian 18% African American 6% Asian/Asian American Sexuality 39% LGBTQQ Grade Level 28% Seniors 31% Juniors 21% Sophomores 20% Freshmen I explored t...

              If a youth was to come up to me and asked me about the Black Lives Movement I feel that I would be prepared to have that conversation. I would describe it as a powerful social justice movement and a topic that needs to have more advocacy.  This movement is not just about saving black lives but all loss of life. It is unfortunate that we have to identify the loss of lives as predominantly African Americans however ,numbers do not lie and the evidence is there to support  that black men are being targeted by the police, justice system and media. They have become a marginalized group that suffers from institutional racism. I would explain that a marginalized group is a group who are considered to be unimportant within society. Examples of these groups include people with disabilities and undocumented immigrants, and people with low-income. This has led to black communities stuck in poverty highe...

I really enjoyed doing this PlayBox Activity with Nathali. Her and I always try o be very thoughtful and put a lot of efforts into our presentations. We take our topics and apply what we have learned in senior seminar, personal experiences, and add new literature to our work.   We try to leave the class with multiple aspects to the presentation and a tangible item like a handout. Planning this Playbox was exciting because cultural competency is something our major values. All of us strive to create safe spaces and encourage students to share their cultural experiences in our spaces. From the readings we found, our YDEV cohort practices them everyday. I am so thankful to be in this major and to have created all of these amazing relationships and being able to challenge myself. Positive classroom cultural is something that develops over time and requires the room to gain trust with one another. Being able to role model these qualities will enhance the classroom cultu...