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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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Glass of Milk

Amber Ramirez,15

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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?

...

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... Disculpame. I am sorry.

Mellisa garcia,17