Resources
Seeds for Change: An Activity Book on Environmental Justice
Seeds For Change is a youth based activity and coloring book that explores environmental justice. The book is meant to help the reader define what environmental justice means to them, why it matters, and what to do in its absence. Thirteen local Baltimore artists each illustrated one of the principles of environmental justice by the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. A set of activity pages was created to gear the reader toward critical thinking about social and environmental justice. Lastly, a comprehensive Baltimore resource guide was included.
Becoming Curriculum | Part I
This set of lessons was developed for the Baltimore United Viewfinders, a youth driven organization using the arts to explore their own definition of self and place. Specifically these lessons were created for youth grades 4th-8th, but they are meant to be adapted to work in a variety of contexts.
In this unit, youth explore their own identity, societal expectations, and leadership through photography, construction, and performance work. The set of projects is broken up into three phases: exploration, art-making, and civic engagement. By the end of the unit, youth will create their own piece to perform from their soapbox.
Becoming Curriculum | Part II
This set of lessons was developed for the Baltimore United Viewfinders, a youth driven organization using the arts to explore their own definition of self and place. Specifically these lessons were created for youth grades 4th-8th, but they are meant to be adapted to work in a variety of contexts.
The questions that string through the entirety of these lessons encourage participants to think critically about who they are, the decisions they make, and where these decisions are leading them in life. Most importantly, it prompts reflection on how we become the people we want to be. It addresses these topics through artistic processes, such as, photography, video, and fashion design.
