Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build
Malika Whitley: Como a arte ajuda adolescentes sem abrigo a curar-se e a construir
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.
e escapar dos problemas.
homelessness as a teenager.
durante a minha adolescência.
for stability and sureness,
quando se tem estabilidade e segurança,
everything you own in your book bag
tudo o que temos na mochila
you're allowed to sit in any given place
que nos é permitido estar num lugar
no estado da Geórgia,
estabilidade financeira.
lost herself to mania
teve um episódio maníaco,
as its primary scapegoat
that homelessness was safer for me
que tornar-me sem-abrigo
I joined Atlanta's 3,300 homeless youth
que viviam na rua em Atlanta
to walk off the street
sem abrigo, sair da rua
thought of homelessness
pensava que os sem-abrigo
squalor and inconvenience,
sórdidos e uma inconveniência,
full of clothes and schoolbooks,
cheia de roupa e manuais escolares,
a few hours of sleep
dormir algumas horas
disappeared into the shadows of the city
de outros jovens sem abrigo,
had gone terribly wrong.
almost completely broke my spirit.
quase que me quebrou o espírito.
I had the arts,
eu tinha a arte,
in exchange for refuge.
a escrever poesia
ao ver uma peça de teatro,
when I felt at my lowest.
quando batia no fundo.
on Wednesday evenings
the arts gave me,
que a arte me dava,
where the only thing that mattered
em que a única coisa que importava
the right note in the song
na nota certa da música
nessa semana.
to give myself permission
I started my organization, ChopArt,
comecei a minha organização, ChopArt,
arts organization for homeless minors.
para menores que vivem na rua.
as a tool for trauma recovery
para a reabilitação,
about building community
sobre a construção de comunidades
in Atlanta, Georgia,
in Hyderabad, India, and Accra, Ghana,
e em Acra, no Gana.
no mundo todo.
elements of the arts,
ChopArt provides for them to do that.
que a ChopArt lhes fornece.
uses the arts to step into their light,
para encontrar a sua própria luz,
is not an easy one.
da invisibilidade não é fácil.
o Jeremy e a Kelly,
for over three years.
every Wednesday evening.
todas as quartas-feiras à tarde.
seize and die right in front of them.
ter convulsões e morrer à sua frente.
failed to revive her.
reanimá-la sem sucesso.
to their ChopArt mentor, Erin,
de Erin, a mentora da ChopArt,
an extra pair of clothes on their way out.
um par de roupa extra.
partiu-me o coração,
and resolve in ChopArt
do Jeremy e da Kelly na ChopArt
a Kelly ligou à Erin,
whatever she could
the arts as the entry point,
como ponto de entrada,
our homeless youth population.
os nossos jovens sem-abrigo.
ficaram sem casa
between medical bills or the rent.
entre as contas médicas e a renda da casa.
of painting through ChopArt.
através da ChopArt.
most of her teenage years
a maior parte da sua adolescência,
para centrar-se
for her young shoulders.
para os seus jovens ombros.
with the rest of her family.
experiencing homelessness,
what you've been through.
to stand in your light
para se manterem na vossa luz,
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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