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Summer 2020

Color Compton  Paid Internship

7 local youth participated in our 6-week internship that introduced Compton's history and art mediums. Students discussed narrative themes such as; controlling your narrative, owning your narrative and reclaiming your narrative. Black and brown narratives were highlighted.

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Christian Cruz, 19

Jonathan Lopez, 19

Silvia Nuno, 20

Emily Orozco, 16

Karen Ramirez, 16

Michelle Rincon, 22

Emily San Vicente, 18

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Christian Cruz,19

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Gaayu’

Music plays throughout the mountains

Red and purple cover her body

We leave home to find “home”

Cinco

The desert becomes my playground

Playing hide n seek I run with one shoe

Afraid to be captured.

I play the game 2 times before I

“Win”

Five

I sit in silence

Put on my mask

Bottle everything up

I am

Home?

...

19

... Disculpame. I am sorry.

Jonathan

Lopez, 19