Through community based collaborations, BuildaBridge’s Discovery program offers after-school and evening arts-integrated educational programs to women, children and youth living in emergency homeless shelters and transitional homes, as well as those attending school and recreational center after school programs. Using the child-centered, hope-infused, trauma-informed BuildaBridge Classroom Model℠, Discovery classes aim to assist students in leading more hopeful, healed, and resilient lives through the discovery of personal and communal strengths, talents, and abilities and the development of academic, artistic, character and social skills.
Symposium attendees worked as a group to make a finished art piece On December 2, 2017, Assistant Director of Community Programs Stevie French was honored to represent BuildaBridge as a presenter in Thrive: Trauma-Informed Practice in Community-Engaged Art. The 5-hour event was hosted as part of Thomas Jefferson University/Philadelphia University’s Asano Humanities and Health series. BuildaBridge Assistant Director Stevie French presenting on trauma-informed community art-making The symposium aimed to bring together “arts and health professionals, students and community members in conversation at the intersection(s) of trauma-informed practice and community-engaged art.” The event was open to the public, and was attended by individuals from fields including medical, mental health, pharmaceuticals, education, and community non-profits. Stevie delivered a 5-minute presentation and a breakout workshop. Her presentation focused on the role of metaphor and non-ve...
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