Posts Tagged ‘artists’

Are you the first in your family to: grow up in this country? graduate from high school? go to college? speak English as your first language? be incarcerated? not be incarcerated ? be adopted? be drug free? be openly glbt? question your faith? choose a different faith? break the silence? be an artist? Are you First Generation?

First Generation is an intensive, arts-based and youth leadership-development program. It provides a platform for young people to have a public voice in their community, and beyond, through creative expression and thoughtful exploration of what it means to be First Generation.

First Generation began in the fall of 2008 in Springfield, MA with a group of 12 youth, ages 15-22, who are the first in their families to be growing up in the United States or who define themselves as first generation in other ways. For example, being the first to graduate high school, go to college, or to have shifted from a family culture of heterosexuality, religious affiliation or economic values. The group is multi-lingual group and includes youth who are court-involved.