A mural created by teens in the Youth Arts Group.
High school students in Orange and Ulster Counties are invited to apply for membership in the Youth Arts Group (YAG) of the Rural & Migrant Ministry, a culturally diverse group that shares a determination to create change in their lives and communities.
Members of YAG use creative action to educate and empower others and themselves, developing and practicing leadership skills, while acting as allies to each other and to those seeking social justice. YAG members count among their accomplishments a mural depicting racism, youth violence and negative media, a Spoken Word CD about YAG, an eight-minute educational video about equal rights for migrant workers and they have traveled to Peru to take part in an international youth leadership conference.
Members of the Youth Art Group prepared to send off four of their members to a conference in Peru earlier this year.
YAG recruits new members once a year and the group is holding the first of two recruitment meetings this Friday, September 30th from 6 to 8:30 pm at the United Presbyterian Church of Middletown, on 25 Orchard Street in Middletown. YAG members must commit to coming to all Friday night meetings from 5:30 to 9 pm, plus an extra afternoon or evening meeting during the week as needed and monthly educational trips, actions and presentations.
For more details about the recruitment process, email andres.m.chorro@gmail.com. To learn more about Youth Arts Group, visit www.ruralmigrantministry.org/yag.html
Coming Up: Newburgh Youth Art Murals
Folks interested in supporting the work of young artists should hold the date of October 13 for an opening reception of the murals and paintings created during the summer by the Newburgh Youth Art Mural Project, which is a Community Solutions Foundation Project of the Dispute Resolution Center. The exhibit opening will be at 280 Broadway. Watch this space for more details.
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