EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING for The Civic Circle’s Youth Democracy Fest on March 14! Students at John F. Kennedy High School (pictured above) are hard at work creating civic poetry in the weeks leading up to the fest. The Civic Circle thanks Liberty’s Promise for hosting these workshops, and Story Tapestries for making poet and teaching artist extraordinaire Regie Cabico available to lead them.
Pre-festival workshops are also taking place at Twinbrook Elementary School, Samuel Ogle Middle School, and (again thanks to a Liberty’s Promise) at Blair High School. Over at the Long Branch Community Center, students are creating a democracy mandala as part of an “Art for Change” club hosted with Community CHEER. The Civic Circle also led civic conversations with Montgomery College students in the ACES Ambassador Leadership Program, and with youth videographers at Action Youth Media. Two ACES students will be presenting speeches at the fest, as will students from Mikva Challenge, and Action Youth Media will be sharing a public service video.
SEATING IS LIMITED at the Youth Democracy Fest, so please reserve HERE today. This free. family-friendly community event takes place on Saturday, March 14, from 4-6 p.m. at the Takoma Park Community Center. To sponsor or volunteer, please email info@theciviccircle.org. In addition to youth poems, songs, speeches and visual art, all celebrating democracy and the nation’s Semiquincentennial, we’ll have dynamic performances by poet Regie Cabico, singer Munit Mesfin, and Downwire.
Big thanks to the supporters who make this work possible, including Donors InVesting in Arts (DIVAs) Fund, a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, the Maryland State Arts Council, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and the Newburger-Schwartz Family Foundation. We hope to see you on March 14!
