PROJECTS/ACTIVISM

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HANDBOOK

The DV Handbook is a booklet created by YCPT students that compiles information and resources about domestic violence. 

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“Survivor Psalm: I have been victimized. I was in a fight that was not a fair fight. I did not ask for the fight. I lost. There is no shame in losing such fights. I have reached the stage of survivor and am no longer a slave of victim status. I look back with sadness rather than hate. I look forward with hope rather than despair. I may never forget, but I need not constantly remember. I was a victim. I am a survivor”—Unknown

BLACK LIVES MATTER

The powerful use of artistic activism has helped turn the Black Lives Movement (BLM) into a global phenomenon, uniting diverse communities under the joint cause of social justice. While it is impossible to fully understand the experience of being an African American living in the US today, other POC (person of color) artists are calling out the inherent racism in their communities and urging others to do the same. Cross-racial solidarity is necessary to create change, and while living in a white-dominant society may have skewed perspectives, it is not difficult to empathize with the unjustified killing of human beings.