Youth Action Project on Poverty launches the Dignity Campaign!

In alignment with the City of Edmonton’s work to eliminate poverty, The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights gathered a group of diverse young Edmontonians together to explore poverty, participate in community engagement and formulate recommendations to present to the City’s Task Force: they are the Youth Action Project on Poverty (YAP).

These young people not only succeeded in educating themselves and their peers, they built relationships with marginalized youth and adults and they inspired the Mayor and his colleagues to rethink how those experiencing poverty are marginalized and criminalized simply for being poor.

Join members of YAP and renowned local artists as we create the first in a series of four art installations that tackle different themes around restoring the dignity of marginalized individuals and groups in Edmonton.

This month’s art project focuses on the theme of exclusion to compliment the vision of The Works festival to create a more inclusive and diverse downtown core! 

Date:  June 29th, 2015
Time:  4:30p.m.-9:00p.m.
Location: The Works Festival, Churchill Square
 
JHC’s Youth Action Project on Poverty is committed to cultivating a culture of dignity and respect for all in our city, with special focus on the most vulnerable and excluded members of our community. 

This summer we are embarking on a Dignity Campaign with acclaimed First Nations artist Aaron Paquette and celebrated graffiti artist Aja Louden. 

Meet the artists! 

We will paint four large murals throughout the months of June, July, August and September (one per month) in public, highly visible areas throughout the city in order to challenge stereotypes and cultivate dignity and humanity for those who experience poverty.

Join us at the first of four art projects of the #YEGDignity campaign!