Category: Profiles

Creating a Safe Space

In Men and the Water of Life, Michael Meade writes “If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the

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Derek’s Story: Behind the Scenes

Derek Debru is a filmmaker and community artist who works internationally. Last year he joined Partners for Youth Empowerment in Northern Uganda to run a ...
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Tiffany’s Story: Applying the Creative Community Model in your Work

The Creative Community Model is incredibly flexible. It just works.   We first met Tiffany Purn some years ago when she was working as a ...
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Creating a Safe Space

In Men and the Water of Life, Michael Meade writes “If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the ...
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Photographer Starts Youth Innovation Hub

“I have never before witnessed the transformational power of creativity in such a profound way. . .
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Eric’s Story: The Power of Drama

Eric Mulholland is an actor and facilitator with more than 20 years of experience in using theater for youth empowerment. Eric is trained in the Creative ...
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Ed’s Story: How Do You Start a Social Art Organization?

As an international organization we have met and worked with thousands of social artists around the world. One question that many of the people we meet have ...
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Arts and Creativity Inspire Youth at UNIS school in Hanoi

The arts festival was part of the Mekong Regional International Schools Association. The organization brings together 8 schools from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Throughout ...
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Xola’s Story: Youth Work in South Africa

Xola Yoyo is a youth worker on the Eastern Cape of South Africa who uses the Creative Community Model in his work. Here, he tells ...
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Fatuma’s Story: Young Women Empowered

I am from Kenya originally so I am a newcomer to this country. I am doing my best to be a productive student in the ...
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Adam and Julien’s Story: LATE NITE ART

Adam Rosendahl and Julien Thomas are Partners for Youth Empowerment trained social artists who run LATE NITE ART, an evening of creativity, live music and local ...
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