EDUCATION

PARJE educational projects are divided into two groups:

1) Adult-oriented lectures in partnership with local cultural institutions. We are developing an “ARTS & ADVOCACY” free video library. This project brings prominent BIPOC, artists, leading cultural thinkers, and educators to foster discussions about how art can change the world.


2) Immersive and interactive programming for children. PARJE is developing engaging children’s programming to educate the next generation about racial justice topics. Our recent “Mini Murals initiative is a great success, creating compact portable murals for specific community events.

PARJE members engage with local children and adults to create art, foster discussion, and explore historical topics of local and national importance. These MINI MURALS are modular and as we complete more events, the number of topics grows and will eventually become a much larger celebration like a giant quilt of educational opportunities.

In addition, this program offers individual coloring book pages. Visiting children are encouraged to take home these personalized artworks that include historical biographies and educational information on the back.

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MORE EDUCATION

Want more videos on advocacy? Try this free course from the University of Boulder CO, an 11 hr Master Class on anti-racist training divided into short digestible classes.

Below is a selection of articles about contemporary artists creating work around Racial Justice.

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WHAT DID DAVID RUGGLES LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DID DAVID RUGGLES LOOK LIKE?

What did David Ruggles Look Like?
As Public Art For Racial Justice Education dives deeper into our Sister Mural project we examine one of the themes of the Norwich mural, David Ruggles (1810 - 1849). A contemporary of Frederick Douglass, Ruggles was active in the underground railroad and owned the first Black-owned bookstore in New York.)

Since murals are visual artworks, we started wondering “What did David Ruggles look like?”

A NEW MONUMENT: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
A NEW MONUMENT: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans

“Monumental Reckoning,” 350 sculptures she created to represent the first Africans kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1619.

TURNING BODY BAGS INTO ART
TURNING BODY BAGS INTO ART

Seattle based artist Abigail Echo-Hawk, a public health researcher for the Seattle Indian Health Board and a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. When her workplace requested personal protective equipment during the Corona pandemic, they were sent a box of body bags. This left Echo-Hawk feeling like the U.S. government didn't value the lives of Native Americans.

IS FRIDA KAHLO GUILTY OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?
IS FRIDA KAHLO GUILTY OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?

Joanna García Cherán dissects Frida Kahlo’s dress as cultural appropriation of indigenous people.

LAND CLAIM
LAND CLAIM

Tomashi Jackson’s show at the Parish Museum of Eastern Long Island explores the experiences—past and present—of communities of color on Long Island’s East End.

THOSE PEOPLE : FILM
THOSE PEOPLE : FILM

"Those People"; Simply People : about the premiere at the Garde of the new documentary about New London Youth Talent Show which was co-founded by two PARJE members Curtis Goodwin and Frank Colmenares.