I once had a mentor tell me that when working to empower people, all you can really do is ‘hold the crown out in front of them’ – it’s up to them to step up into that crown and claim it.
We’ve been in Newman for nearly 12 weeks now working to help local kids make media, videos and websites, as well as fundraise, run a film night and even get mentions in both print and on television!
On our last ‘workday’ with them we did a nice review of everything they’d learned. At this point, without any youth center or community technology space to call their own – it’s up to Newman’s youth to determine their future as the town’s central media makers. Our hope is that they’ll be able build on the skills and creativity they’ve developed these past 12 weeks.
That said, here’s a blog ‘toast’ to the 33 things the youth of Newman can do…so far.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am and is filed under Desert, Photo Essay and tagged with newman, Pilbara, yourspace, youth. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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