The CCCADI For the Culture Summer Program is designed to support youth autonomy in navigating and contributing to conversations about race, racism and anti-Black violence, develop future leaders in social justice and cultural equity, and create bridges between art, culture, & social justice.
ABOUT
For The Culture: Harlem Ancestral Renaissance Project (HARP)
The July 2024 session, the Harlem Ancestral Renaissance Project, welcomes youth, ages 14-18, to take part in advanced training sessions, community and intergenerational exchange, and art making centered in learning from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
In a time where our culture continues to be appropriated and erasure is on the rise, we look to youth throughout New York City to highlight and preserve the impact of the African Diaspora on the establishment and future of Harlem. For The Culture focuses on showing youth the blueprint that already exists to do so by highlighting the Harlem Renaissance as the celebratory act of resistance that lifted up the intellectual, artistic, and cultural contributions of African Descendants of that time.
Program Dates
July 9 - August 1, 2024
Tuesdays - Thursdays from 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Program Objectives:
To create an enhanced awareness of the role that our ancestors played in developing today’s Black and Brown community.
To respond to the need to temper resistance to racial and social injustice with personal and community wellness.
To highlight the power of collective and collaborative effort.
Students who complete the program receive a stipend of $500.
SCHEDULE
Week 1
Self-Empowerment Through the Lens of Our Harlem Ancestors
Week 2
Unity and Resilience: Forging a New Renaissance
Week 3
From Vision to Reality: Project Development for Impactful Change
Week 4
From Vision to Reality: Project Development for Impactful Change
Graduation
HARP will transform this new knowledge into multi-disciplinary artistic and cultural expressions that speak to the living presence of the Diasporic spirit of joy and resistance in the Harlem of today.
ABOUT YOUTH PATHWAYS
The For the Culture: Harlem Ancestral Renaissance Project is part of CCCADI’s Youth Pathways. An arts education program, Youth Pathways is designed to provide Black and Brown youth with space and opportunity to experience active community engagement and advocacy, cultural empowerment and enrichment, and a connection to a larger global movement. The youth are leaders of our Diasporic community and we seek to amplify their voices and vision for meaningful and impactful social change.
For questions about the HARP program, please contact: education@cccadi.org
CCCADI’s For the Culture Summer Program is made possible by support from the Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund, and the Pinkerton Foundation.