Art SPACE: Using the Arts to Find and Create Space,
​A Field Guide, A Spiritual Journey

Final Project for SPFT-1082 Spiritual Formation (Fall 2020) Professors: Dr. Yohana Junker and Rev. Aizaiah Yong, Ph.D.

Secular components of this program have been implemented
and expanded with an elementary school in Elgin, IL.
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Clap Back, Hand Clap, and Hand in Hand:

Assertions of Black Girlhood and Black Girl Joy Through Applications of a Womanist Lens to a Developmentally Appropriate, Power and Community Building Setting Using the Arts and Creativity 

Final Project for RSCE-8201 and 8401 Intro to Womanist TheoEthics (Spring 2021) Professor: Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble

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Creative Connections and Faith Rooted Organizing, Integration of Theology and
​Cultural Strategist Social Context

Final Project for FT1927: Social Transformation in Action (Intercession 2021) Professor: Dr. Joyce del Rosario 
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Social Justice Artist Cadre​

Exploring the Potential for Developing a Social Justice Artist Cadre in Elgin, IL to Support Local/Community-Based Social Justice Concerns, Focus: Deep Listening 

​Final Project for FERS-3002 MAST Social Change Field Work (Fall 2021) Professors: Dr. Joyce del Rosario and Rev. Kamal Hassan

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Making Space Conversations

The Making Space project was created by the Elgin Social Justice Initiative
(in Elgin, IL).
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In addition to overseeing the development of a community mural and documentary, this group was interested in building space for community conversations about race and community inspired by artwork created on wood slates in downtown Elgin in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder.
Risé D. Jones was brought on as the Making Space Conversations Facilitator. 

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