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participants Aimee Espiritu, M. Ed. Angelina Tuggle Ginger Yifan Chen Isaiah Grant Kapi'olani Lee Regan Kelly William Cavada
contents How Do We Promote...? Ginger Yifan Chen Curatorial to be Anti-Racist William Cavada Multicultural Playlist Angelina Tuggle Narrative Letters Regan Kelly
published december 14, 2021 zine designed by Ginger Yifan Chen
HOW How is it that we are expected to lead, but our leadership is also criticized, diminished, and dismissed? How is it that we are both influential and we are criticized for being too influential simultaneously?
IS
IT...?
HOW IS IT THAT CHANGE IS BOTH WANTED AND RESISTED?
HOW DO WE PRO YOUTH LE
<< youth << youth << youth << youth << youth << youth << youth
CHALLENGE
old ideas
CREATE
new solutions
CHANGE
the world, the way you see fit
OMOTE & SUPPORT EADERSHIP?
adults >> adults >> adults >> adults >> adults >> adults >> adult
LISTEN, but don't talk over
GUIDE:
provide your experience
SHARE:
lend your platform to others
Curatorial to be A
Anti-Racist by William Cavada
1. Whose history is being told?
2. Whose perspective has been privil
3. What kind of images are presented
4. Who reads these images and how?
5. How have the exhibits been genera 6. How are the texts created?
7. Do the narratives and images emp
underrepresented, or represent the
8. What is the difference between eq
9. How do the works selected help pr mechanisms of critique so that we
leged?
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power groups that have been either
em in a way that objectifies them?
quity and equality in who is represented?
rovide a space for us to better understand the can work towards transforming art pedagogy?
thoughts & feelings
OPTIMISM
PASSIO
SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY
G R O W T H
INSPIRATION
HOPE
ON FOCUS
POWER TRUST HUMILITY
energy
Something many cultures have in common is music. Music is a way for us to connect, to learn about people who may seem different, to immerse ourselves in their lives. I have created a playlist featuring music from many different cultures. I believe that as a society we need to accept and learn from others. This playlist can act as a stepping stone for this connection.
- Angelina Tuggle
by Regan DEAR FUTURE ME, What is a leader? I think leaders are people like my parents. They are always constantly caring for us, feeding us, helping us choose right instead of wrong and forgiving us no matter what. They work well together and on their own and are able to run their lives as well as ours. I think a leader displays these qualities: the ability to not only help themselves but others too in order to fix a problem. Like my teachers always say, teamwork makes the dreamwork! Teachers are leaders too, right? They teach us many things and aren't teaching and learning, leading? I’m always told by my parents that I’m a leader. But I’m still not so sure about what that means. Leaders seem to be people who are confident and independent. They don’t always rely on the need for others' help. I want to be able to achieve this someday because I can’t say right now I’m the most confident or independent. Despite all of this my parents always tell me to watch my brothers because they are too young to play on their own. They say that they look
Kelly up to me and I should act like a leader so that they follow my good choices and behavior. I try to “lead by example” as they say but it’s really hard. They don’t always listen to me and sometimes if we need to work together on something they think I can do it on my own when it needs to be a group effort. Does this ever get better? Do I end up being a leader to them? When I’m older I know I will have more things figured out. I’m hoping by the time you’re grown up I hope you can answer some questions I have. What is a leader? Am I truly a leader? I try to be. Will there be times in the future I will have to step up and become a leader? I feel like maybe this will come up at school and with my brothers more. Honestly I don’t feel ready to be a leader. I hardly ever take leadership roles at school. But I want to-I really do.
ALL THE BEST, -YOUR YOUNGER YOU
DEAR YOUNGER ME,
Being a leader takes on many forms. There isn’t one right opinion of what being a leader is or what being a leader looks like. Just know: that you are a leader! I’m currently writing to you at the age of seventeen. For almost two years I have endured (and been vaccinated against) covid19, a deadly pandemic that caused the world to shut down and quarantine. In these uncertain and scary times it’s important for people to step up. Earlier in 2021 I got recommended to join a virtual youth media workshop put on by Alliance Media. Starting during the summer of 2020 in quarantine I decided to delete Instagram. I called it my social media detox and I realized at the end of the summer I kind of loved it. During December 2020 I was super stressed out pertaining to school. To limit distractions I deleted Snapchat and Tiktok (I still had Instagram deleted)! Now in the present a whole year later it still rings true.
During session 1 of the youth media workshop I led a panel discussion with some of my peers and created two zines to help other teens like me detox from social media. Now a session later and I have learned about discussing our frustrations as youth leaders. It’s hard! As you grow up you’re going to have a lot of people not take you seriously because of your age, even though you are just as capable. After nearing the end of session two, I have learned that it’s ok that this happens, and it doesn’t just happen to me. Instead of getting frustrated about the problem we need to reframe our mindset of how we can fix the problem. Let me give you some advice. Don’t feel pressured to be a perfect leader. Most importantly, always step up. You are fully capable of leading no matter your gender, race, age etc. A lot of times people are going to dismiss you and not listen to you just because of your age. When this happens first take a deep breath, understand where they are coming from. Remember that you are a leader no matter what anyone says and it might take some time for others to understand that.
ALL THE BEST, -YOUR OLDER SELF
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contributors
Aimee Espiritu, M. Ed. Angelina Tuggle Ginger Yifan Chen Isaiah Grant Kapi'olani Lee Regan Kelly William Cavada