Welcome to the youth program Conectándonos Más. In this section you will find everything you will need for this period.
We look forward to accompanying you through this journey of self-discovery and reconnection to our history through the arts.
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Weekly Summary
We will publish a summary of each meeting weekly to help you catch up before each session.
Glosario General
Consult the glossary with basic concepts we need to have in common during this period.
Artists we will meet
Otoqui Reyes Pizarro
He was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He has over 30 years of experience in the Bomba genre, Otoqui is the director of the Hijos de Agueybana group, made up of eight artists committed to preserving their Afro-Caribbean roots.
Juanita Eufemia Crisanto
Is a Garifuna Community organizer born and raised in Buenavista Palacio, a little town in the neighborhood of “Gracias a Dios” in Honduras. She has been dancing and enjoying the Garifuna culture since she was born
Subjects
Rooting: Afro diasporic history of Abya Yala
Instructor: Evelyne Laurent- Perrault
Evelyne is a Venezuelan of Haitian descent. Her research looks into the subjectivity, intellectual creativity, and political imagination of enslaved and free women of African descent, who lived during the XVIII century.
Rooting
Sabrina Chacón-Baraja
Sabrina Chacon-Barajas graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a BA in Studio Art and is currently working on her M.Ed at UW Bothell. Her artwork incorporates multi-media art to represent the intersectional identity of being a woman of color from immigrant parents. Sabrina is a teaching artist that cares about representation in the classroom through the power of the arts.
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Hever Bustos
Hello, my name is Hever. I am 20 years old and I like music. For this reason, my offering in the program is interpreted in the form of lyrical rap.
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Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra
I am an Afro-Latina artist born in Caracas-Venezuela, where I began my career as a dancer combining dance and theater training. Experiences with trauma at an early age fueled in me a pressing drive toward movement. I went on to devote my life to reaching liberation through art and movement.
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Autobiographical Narrative: Writing
Instructor: Avióna Rodriguez Brown
Is a Queer, AfroMexican, second-generation Washington-born, curvaceous person who bends time and space itself to be involved in the Arts. Avióna utilizes their many art forms to instill inclusivity and accessibility, by creating multidisciplinary art, telling stories surrounding being multiracial, exploring queerness, working through mental illness stress, and navigating drug addiction, homelessness.
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Autobiographical Narrative: Photography
Instructor: Fernanda Bruno
I’m a Brazilian storyteller, filmmaker, content creator, and video editor, born and raised in the Amazon. With over 6 years of self-taught experience, I moved to the US 9 years ago, where I’ve Embraced video creation as a lifestyle fueled by passion. As a traveler, I have immersed myself in the mystic world of connecting people through visual creation.
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Committees
Their function is to include youth in the program logistics to strengthen community youth leadership. Youth committee members are responsible for coordinating with each youth committee.
Committees: 1. Food, 2. Infrastructure, 3. Logistical Assistance for Projects, 4. Logbook and journal
Food: This committee will be responsible for coordinating the food, snacks and beverages that we will enjoy throughout the program as well as the food served during the celebration.
Infrastructure: Manage the physical space in which the meetings are held, receiving and leaving the space in the best possible conditions.
Project logistical assistance: Follow up on deliverable timelines and Assist in the logistics of the final presentation.
Logbook and Journal: Create content about the program to publish in networks, based on the photographic record, audio, drawing, or any other material produced in the meetings.