Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build
Malika Whitley: Kaip menai padeda benamiams jaunuoliams gyti ir kurti
Malika Whitley is an arts curator and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. Full bio
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that small block of time
for that sweet moment of escape.
tai saldžiai akimirkai.
veiklų,
homelessness as a teenager.
tapau bename.
for stability and sureness,
dėl stabilumo ir užtikrintumo,
everything you own in your book bag
you're allowed to sit in any given place
kurį gali kažkur praleisti,
Džordžijos valstijoje,
lost herself to mania
apimdavo manijos sindromas
as its primary scapegoat
savo atpirkimo ožiu,
that homelessness was safer for me
I joined Atlanta's 3,300 homeless youth
prie 3300 Atlantos benamių jaunų žmonių,
to walk off the street
galėtų ateiti iš gatvių
thought of homelessness
benamystę žiūri
squalor and inconvenience,
skurdą ir nemalonumą,
full of clothes and schoolbooks,
pilnos rūbų ir vadovėlių,
buvo 10.
suoliuko centre,
a few hours of sleep
numigti
disappeared into the shadows of the city
dingdavau miesto šešėliuose,
had gone terribly wrong.
blogo ir nebūtų įvykę.
almost completely broke my spirit.
beveik mane palaužė.
I had the arts,
turėjau menus,
in exchange for refuge.
kad turėčiau prieglobstį.
rašant poeziją,
skatino mane eiti
when I felt at my lowest.
gyvenimą, kai galvojau, kad tai neįmanoma.
on Wednesday evenings
the arts gave me,
kurį suteikdavo menai,
where the only thing that mattered
kur vienintelis svarbus dalykas buvo
the right note in the song
teisingą natą,
to give myself permission
leisti sau
I started my organization, ChopArt,
įkūriau organizaciją ChopArt.
arts organization for homeless minors.
organizacija nepilnamečiams benamiams.
as a tool for trauma recovery
padėti atsigauti po traumų,
about building community
bendruomenių kūrimą,
in Atlanta, Georgia,
Džordžijos valstijoje,
in Hyderabad, India, and Accra, Ghana,
Haiberabade, Indijoje, ir Akroje, Ganoje,
visame pasaulyje.
elements of the arts,
ChopArt provides for them to do that.
vieta.
uses the arts to step into their light,
naudoja menus, kad įžengtų į šviesą,
is not an easy one.
nėra lengva.
for over three years.
daugiau nei trejus metus.
every Wednesday evening.
ChopArt pamokas,
seize and die right in front of them.
mirė.
failed to revive her.
jos atgaivinti.
to their ChopArt mentor, Erin,
jų ChopArt mentorei,
an extra pair of clothes on their way out.
net daugiau rūbų.
and resolve in ChopArt
ir ryžtas būnant ChopArt
šį darbą.
kai jai būna ypač sunku,
whatever she could
the arts as the entry point,
our homeless youth population.
mūsų benamių jaunuolių bendruomenę.
between medical bills or the rent.
už gydymą ir nuomos.
of painting through ChopArt.
tapybai.
most of her teenage years
paauglystės metų,
taptų savimi,
for her young shoulders.
jos jauniems pečiams.
with the rest of her family.
experiencing homelessness,
what you've been through.
to stand in your light
savo vietos po saule
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malika Whitley - Arts curator, activistMalika Whitley is an arts curator and activist in Atlanta, Georgia.
Why you should listen
At age 6, Malika Whitley began to experience homelessness with her family, then on her own at 16. During her homelessness, she found the arts as a tool for resistance from fully succumbing to the hardships of youth homelessness. After her experience, Whitley founded ChopArt, which is a multidisciplinary arts organization for homeless middle and high schoolers. Her work has been internationally recognized, as well as highlighted in Atlanta's local media. Most notably, Whitley has been named in Creative Loafing's "20 People to Watch", and ChopArt has been featured in Atlanta Magazine and on WSBTV. To support ChopArt's teens, please consider sponsoring a full year of programming for a homeless teen here.
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