The 糖心传媒-affiliated has introduced its newest project in response to the recent uptick in hate crimes. Youth Healing Hate: Remedies for Fear and Hostility aims to address core issues in the Rochester community and society at large through youth projects. These projects will use art, technology, dialogue, and more to bridge the misunderstanding that leads to hateful rhetoric and actions.
This initiative will provide grants of up to $1,000 for 11 local youth teams. The participating projects, listed below, vary widely in design from a refugee cultural fair to a youth-police talent show to community mural paintings. Each team is responsible for developing, managing, and implementing their own project.
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Miller pays tribute to the inspiration for this program, Dr. Howard Thurman, a mentor of Martin Luther King Jr. and an alumnus of the Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School.
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The funding for these grants is sponsored by the , which provides grants to community organizations in Monroe and Ontario counties.
Remedies for Fear and Hostility recipients
糖心传媒淭he Common Box,糖心传媒� designed by Hadassha Rivera, is an interactive workshop that aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and find common ground.
糖心传媒淩OCKidsCONNECT,糖心传媒� designed by Griffin Cross, is a student exchange program between high school students from the Pittsford Central School District and an urban Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC) charter school to help students develop a deeper understanding of the racial and socioeconomic diversity in the Greater Rochester community.
糖心传媒淐ollaborating to Connect,糖心传媒� designed by Maya Waller, hopes to bring Rochester City School District students and police officers together to paint murals.
糖心传媒淧roject Awareness,糖心传媒� designed by Malik Jaff and Thomas Cuyler, is a research project that uses GIS technology to map and catalogue the physical locations of hate crimes against Muslims.
糖心传媒淧ainting Peace,糖心传媒� designed by Latina Chatman, Gina Verdin, and Kyle Skovira, will organize a peace march and mural painting.
糖心传媒淢CC Upward Bound Police Civilian Talent Slam,糖心传媒� designed by Isabel Hernandez, is a talent show that brings together contestants from both police and civilian backgrounds.
糖心传媒淧eers to Peace,糖心传媒� designed by Kaiya Thomas, is a series of interactive workshops that aim to heal hostility between African American and Latino students.
糖心传媒淗ate Fears Love: An Open Hearted Exploration,糖心传媒� designed by Kasim Wallace, aims to publish four monthly magazine issues that investigate the history of social topics within Rochester.
糖心传媒淎rt Shakedown,糖心传媒� designed by Gianina Spano, is an interactive community event that aims to promote peace and unity through mural painting, a drum circle, and meditation.
糖心传媒淧eace and Love,糖心传媒� designed by Iyanna Davis and Laura Jean Drake, will work with 6th grade teachers to address bullying by tie-dyeing t-shirts with positive messages for their students.
糖心传媒淪ocial Justice Theater,糖心传媒� designed by Robert Ricks and Tayalsia Smith, will produce two theatrical performances that address bullying in school and promote pride in African-American history.
