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EL CHICANo Weekly

Vol 58, NO. 43

October 15, 2020

Music Changing Lives ‘Spreads Paint, Not Hate’ in r esponse to nationwide social injustices

By Manny B.  Sandoval

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usic Changing Lives is taking control of the narrative by leading a “Spread Paint, Not Hate” initiative across San Bernardino County, in response to the social injustices nationwide. After the worldwide protests against police brutality was brought to San Bernardino and resulted in looting, Music Changing Lives Founder Josiah Bruny strategized a method to raise the community’s voice through art; to mitigate any protest backlash and to divert energy into an initiative that could bring real change to the country.

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“Together, Music Changing Lives, Viva La Boba, local artists Ana Cervantes and Duan Kellum, mainstream artist Christopher Perez and many volunteers painted a mural depicting social injusin downtown San tices Bernardino, in an alleyway about 50 feet west of the Breezeway,” said Bruny. “We were getting frustrated with the scenarios that we were in during the recent protests. There were in-fact peaceful protests and

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Know Justice Know Peace Mural Tour’s first stop is located near the Breezeway in downtown San Bernardino and features Tyisha Miller, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd to protest police brutality. then participants were still getting hit with pepper spray and rubber bullets. So I knew we had to figure out a new route to get our voices heard and messages across,” continued Bruny. The mural is dedicated to and

features Tyisha Miller, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade, all victims of police brutality. It also features paintings of closed fists lifted high in the air in the colors black, brown, white,

red, blue, yellow and green. When walking through the San Bernardino Breezeway Arts, on the left visitors will notice a flower wall filled with an array of Justice, cont. on next pg.

New CSUSB Perfor ming Ar ts Center constr uction project plans approved

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al State San Bernardino is one step closer to a new Performing Arts village at the university, a $111 million construction and renovation project that would add two new buildings to campus including a new Performing Arts Center and an academic building that would serve as an anchor to the College of Arts and Letters. The project will also renovate the existing performing arts building for future college expansion. The schematic design of the village project was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees at its Sept. 23 meeting. The project is currently scheduled to open during the 2024-25 academic year.

and specifically the performing arts theater, have been years in the making and will provide state-of-the-art facilities for the College of Arts and Letters that have not been available to our students before,” said Jenny Sorenson, associate vice president of Facilities Planning & Management.

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Artist rendering of CSUSB Performing Arts Center. “The new performing arts center will both redefine the entry experience to the university and at the same time, provide stateof-the-art academic experiences to our students. We expect that this will be the premier perform-

ing arts facility for our community and the Inland Empire,” said Doug Freer, CSUSB vice president for administration and finance. “We are excited to see this project moving forward. The project,

College of Arts and Letters Dean Rueyling Chuang said the Performing Arts Center project has been years in the making. “I am thrilled that our dream of having a new Performing Arts Center and an academic building that solidifies our sense of community is finally becoming a reality. It has been a long journey Project, cont. on next pg.


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