What we offer:
We focus our energy, time and efforts in child, adult and community programming that brings the arts, healing, and cultural relevance to the world around them.
Making STORIES from ART (and Life):Native Storytelling sessions for Children and Adults:
45 min. sessions that speak truth from the land and our ancestors.
Freedom Blogger Collective:
a brave space for BIPOC creatives to share their truth and their art with the world.
Freelance Writing:
Covering a variety of topics in education, social justice, building community and trauma informed care.
Making ART from Stories:
Community Art Instruction:
60 mins sessions and beyond, hope to bring humans together to collectively heal and create. Programming can be tailored for children, adults or a mix of both.
R.E. Jackson Digital Portfolio and Profile:
R.E. Jackson is a local indigenous Nanticoke artist in the Philadelphia area.
Learning Objectives for ALL:
Objectives for CHILDREN engaged in STORYARTS sessions:
Objectives for ADULTS engaged in STORYARTS sessions :
Objectives for COMMUNITIES who engage in STORYARTS sessions: s whose children have participated in global storytelling:
Our cultural competence lens encompasses:
- Identify similarities and differences of children around the world
- Engage in music, dance and games from across the globe
- Connect with concepts of nature and ecology
Objectives for ADULTS engaged in STORYARTS sessions :
- Identify new perspectives of teaching character development
- Engage in conversation surrounding inclusive practices of missing children’s narratives
- Facilitate activities to collect the children’s perspective and stories
- Recognize the importance of representation
- Practice family conversations with peers that ask questions about families and their culture
- Practice utilizing self assessment tools to enhance their classroom
Objectives for COMMUNITIES who engage in STORYARTS sessions: s whose children have participated in global storytelling:
- Familiarize themselves with new resources bout different cultures in their area
- Recognize learning activities that are done at home to provide opportunities for discussion about culture
- Review new children’s literature and programming resources (websites, applications and programs/movies) that provide new stories from varying cultures about children and character
Our cultural competence lens encompasses:
- An awareness of one’s own view and the origins of that view (my culture)
- developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences (the culture of my friends and community)
- gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views (recognition and respect of others)
- developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures (intentionally engaging with others not like me)
- fostering secure, respectful, and reciprocal relationships and partnerships (Relationship building and maintaining)