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Summer 2021
Color Compton Paid Internship
5 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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Amber Ramirez, 15
Melissa Garcia, 17
Tais Mendez Reyes, 14
Brooklynn Campbell, 14
Daniela Perez Gavira, 18
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Amber Ramirez,15
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.
