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
Christian Cruz,19
5
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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.
