Designing Advocacy student, Ayushi Das, recently went to Sacramento to speak on the value of arts education to an esteemed panel of district analysts and representatives, including but not limited to, Chief Deputy Superintendent Mary Nicely and Senator Dave Minn.
Student Voices Leader, Hannah Cho, shares how arts education has been a vehicle for narrative change and the inspiration behind Meraki, her new organization focused on mental health and healing through visual arts.
The Student Voices program puts youth at the center of Create CA’s advocacy work. We support students fighting for education equity and access to an arts education in their schools and communities. In part 1 of this profile, Abida, a Student Voices Leader and published poet, shares their appreciation for the support of their craft in and out of school.
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