After working with the Bubbler to create a mascot mural to brand their classrooms with positivity and color, students in the Metro Jail classroom followed up with a request to learn how to sew and to create their own graduation gown with Metro Panther colors to be used in the upcoming graduations in their classroom.
Check out this Impact Story about murals and meaningful connections made through the Making Justice program.
Read more about the "WE GROW Podcast" workshop series developed by the Bubbler, UCAN and the staff and students at GROW Academy in an article published on the DOC website.
Read more about the TO BE SEEN exhibition now on display at the Overture Center through February 2022.
Check out the MPL Impact Story and Audifax's detailed reflections after leading this outdoor mural project with youth residing at the Dane County Juvenile Court Shelter Home over during Spring 2021.
Young people are often expected to claim their own spaces, yet societal systems actively work against them. Often staying invisible is easier. Claiming space takes bravery, openness, and support. Yet, finding belonging within that space allows youth and their peers to thrive in their fullest forms.
