Awesome Foundation - Проекти

Washington, DC – DC hosts the AweSummit

2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

The DC chapter of the Awesome Foundation would like to offer a $1,000 grant from its trustees in support of making the Awesome Summit on Oct. 13-15, 2017 more awesome!

Liverpool (Неактивен) – Karaoke Tales

2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

The premise of On the Verge is to create new innovative theatre for the non-theatre space, the pieces must be new works , performed or created by emerging talent in the country and finally the pieces must not be in a conventional theatre space. With that my performance is called ‘Karaoke Tales’ and will be set in a private Karaoke bar on Renshaw street. For me Karaoke is a moment to look into a personality, they have their time to shine. What I find interesting is the decision people make, what is it about the song choice? The era? I believe Karaoke allows people to be something or someone they never were or never will be. Below is a tagline I have been working on for the show: You make the decision, not on vocal ability but on sheer dance move potential, you fill in the Karaoke slip, your name is called, the words appear on the screen, the mic feels heavy in your hand, you open your mouth and PROPER GO FOR IT. Join us on a journey through every summer holiday this Huyton girl ventured, filled with tales of the agonizing decision each family member had to make when faced with the question “what’s your karaoke song?”. Enter the sticky floored, booze fragranced karaoke bar for a night of stories, songs and questionable vocals. The stories of my own personal experience are where the comedic element prevails, my mother is one of six girls and within our family we uphold a very odd but stern rule book of Karaoke politics. With that the piece is a honest and voyeuristic look into my very Huyton family this is something that has been at the forefront of every personal idea about making art I have had. I believe giving a voice to the female northern woman from a council estate in Huyton is something I feel very passionately about. And now with this platform I not only have the capacity to explore this as an emerging theatre maker but also as a comedian, and with stand up being a world hugely dominated by males I feel privileged to adhere to this responsibility.

Liverpool (Неактивен) – A-VOID

2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

A-VOID is a performance piece that will take place on a bus but a Cliff Richard rom- com it is not. This dark comedy is inspired by the NHS Propaganda driven into the collective consciousness of UK during Brexit and the current feeling of dissolution amongst many who have been cheated. Human susceptibility to subtle manipulation will be under the spotlight as we use a combination of immersive theatrical techniques and psychological experiments to coerce our audience. We aim to celebrate the power of collaboration (but only when combined with a shared knowledge base) and open eyes to the ultimate corruption that arises within any group reliant on hierarchy or blind faith. We’re assembling our own vehicle to drive public opinion. Seatbelts at the ready! (These details refer to the production which has been selected for this years On The Verge Festival, Liverpool. A festival that features work in unusual spaces by new and emerging artists. 18-22 October 2017) The audience will be invited onto a bus travelling around the city of Liverpool and the action will centre around 3 female characters seated among them. Propaganda footage for an organisation, featuring the 3 characters, will be pre-filmed and watched through the CCTV screens inside the bus whilst live action will allow the characters to interact with the audience through a combination of absurdity and reality, physical theatre and clowning. Simultaneously, ‘planted fake audience’ members will respond in a directed manner to certain stimuli devised to sway the ‘real audience’ reactions to the unfolding events and persuade them to swear allegiance to the organisation. As they near their destination however they will be required to submit to stranger and stranger tasks leading to an important ethical/political decision at the end of the journey. When the performance concludes, we will drive the audience back to the starting point which will give them the opportunity to discuss the experience with the company.

Austin, TX – TWENTYEIGHT: a new play

2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

Black lives matter. Black bodies moving on stage matter. Black artists making work together is vital to the health, vitality, and richness of the American theatre. TwentyEight, our new play, is a necessary piece of political and social theatre born from the Black Lives Matter movement. The production, premiering on August 4, 2017, will involve Austin in a much larger and ongoing conversation about diversity, inclusion and police brutality. TwentyEight is the Afrofuturistic story of the 6 Black refugees living on Settlement 40.The play takes place in a future world where cities have been destroyed with violent gentrification and the only escape is into space. In the play, people of color have been held on Settlements and forced to build spaceships to take them away from the brutality of earth. What no one knows is where they are actually preparing to go. TwentyEight is inspired by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement research that concluded a Black person was murdered in the USA every 28 hours by a police officer or vigilante in 2012. Incorporating traditional negro spirituals, hip hop, and step dance, TwentyEight asks, “Who Will Survive In America?”. TwentyEight is an innovative physical theatre piece with an all African American cast. TwentyEight connects Austin audiences to groundbreaking social conscious theatre. TWENTYEIGHT is produced by Gale Theatre Company. Gale has brought high quality physical theatre productions & training to Austin since 2013. Our plays have been hailed as the “most astonishing and innovative pieces of theater to come along in Austin in quite a while.” (Broadway World, Jeff Davis). Gale Theatre makes plays that are ensemble driven and super physical. What does that mean? Our work is often described as a hybrid between dance and theatre. We focus on movement as the core of any story. By focusing on movement,we put actor's bodies and their presence onstage at the forefront of how we understand their hopes, dreams, conflicts and inner life.

San Antonio, TX – Printing of Daydreams and Other Monsters

2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

We have made an AWESOME exhibition of AWESOME local artists and constructed an AWESOME book to accompany it. We are documenting SA artists doing AWESOME things so they can be appreciated nationwide and recorded for history. The exhibit is free and open to the public and it is AWESOME so I hope all of the AWESOME board members can come check it out to see what we have been working so hard on for the past 2 years

Disability – Peer-To-Peer Wheelchair Repair

2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

In collaboration with Berkeley's Easy Does It (EDI) non-profit and the Bay Area disability community at large, I propose to enhance the existing wheelchair repair program hosted by EDI with multi-tiered outcome improvements. Currently, EDI receives donated wheelchairs with varying degrees of functionality that are used either for parts or, if adequate, revamped and donated to individuals who need them. The model has been successful and long-running, yet has far more potential than is currently tapped. Limitations to reaching this potential include limited funding and staffing and their sequelae; limited community participation, outreach, and opportunities for fundraising. As a disabled adult who has benefited from EDI's wheelchair program, I have the passion and vested interest in seeing this program thrive. I currently volunteer at EDI to help repair wheelchairs and coordinate community events. In the past month, my experience at the workshop has showed me the tremendous potential for wheelchair repair and maintenance to be an activity around which the disability community can gather to socialize, organize, reduce isolation, enhance self-efficacy, and improve the quality and lifespan of wheelchairs - an increasingly critical activity in the the current political landscape that threatens health insurance for the poor and disabled communities. This awesome project would build on the existing EDI program to host more frequent and routine wheelchair repair and maintenance workshops geared towards the disability community. It would provide the tools and parts, in particular the 12 volt batteries, needed to revive and/or maintain a wheelchair for oneself or another community member. Wheelchairs can be liberating for their users; wheelchair repair extends that liberation to empowerment and cost-savings when chair users are equipped to maintain and repair chairs within the community. I plan to donate my time to coordinate this proposal. What our trustees are saying: "I think John Benson is amazing and like his work. Anyone supporting him and helping wrangle that warehouse full of parts into shape has my vote! I also feel deeply committed to repair of existing equipment and getting it to people for low cost. Repair workshops for people with disabilities to tinker with their equipment sounds like a great idea to me." "I liked this submission because it's well rounded. It focuses on creating meaningful and positive experiences that teach valuable life skills to people with disabilities. And it's a practical request that is going to benefit a bigger cause." "As a wheelchair user many of us are dependent on wheelchair repair companies. This project supports peer exchange of skills and information that will give them the tools to maintain their chairs without being held hostage to the DME industrial complex." What our grantee is saying: "I am honored and thrilled to receive the Awesome Disability award! While congress places our health care and liberty and under attack, disabled people need to find creative ways to use our own community as sources of support: My goal for these funds is to contribute to our community's capacity to upkeep our wheelchairs and by extension our liberty. My wheelchair, Anita, made it possible for me to protest the senate health care bill yesterday. Our community's potential is endless when our basic needs are met!"

Libraries (Неактивен) – Breaking Library Silos for Social Justice

2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began conducting raids to arrest undocumented immigrants in Austin, many citizens were horrified. Librarians, true to their nature, mobilized. Noticing an increased anxiety level in their students, high school librarians in Northeast Austin attempted to provide the ACLU's Know Your Rights pamphlets to their students but were prevented from doing so by the administration. Undeterred, the same high school librarians reached out across their network and found that the Austin Public Library was willing to disseminate this information. This type of cross-institutional collaboration is essential to building stronger communities, especially in current times. Yet, despite Austin’s sizeable librarian population, rarely are there opportunities for meeting and collaborating across institutions. This one-day conference is focused on understanding how Austin’s librarian community is currently meeting the needs of Austin’s underserved communities and how the greater library community can work together to stand up for social justice. Hearing from librarians that are currently working with underserved communities is the main focus of this event while leaving space for discussion of intersectionality in librarianship would be an additional area of focus. Careful attention will also be paid to the inclusion of librarians from all professional levels, institutions, abilities, identities, and ethnicities. While inclusive and open to all, The Breaking Library Silos For Social Justice conference will specifically reach out to social justice communities and organizations across the city: Austin Public Library (APL) community archivists and how they are working with communities of color in a rapidly gentrifying Austin. High school librarians at Lanier High School who are serving undocumented students and their families. Austin Public Library staff (APL) serving people experiencing homelessness UT iSchool students working with the Inside Books Project and the Texas After Violence Project Members of the Library Freedom Project, now based in Houston, to provide privacy and security training in a rapidly evolving surveillance environment. The skillshare and unconference model will allow for participants to be both teacher and student and by enabling the schedule to be created by the participants, it can directly reflect the participant's skills and interests. The #critlib unconference model will also ensure that attendees have collective control over the topics discussed during the day. What our grantee has to say: "Currently, librarians in Austin rely on paid professional organizations (Texas Library Association) or institutions (UT Austin’s School of Information) to provide opportunities for networking. These constraints often mean that we cannot be as responsive to our own needs or our community’s needs. Those institutions receiving city, state, or federal funding may be weary of supporting events that could be viewed as left-leaning or politically motivated. Attendees may feel uncomfortable sharing their views while 'on the clock'. By removing any institutional sponsors, we hope to create a space for attendees to share their struggles, insights, and ideas for ways that Austin’s librarian community can work towards a more just city." – Cindy Fisher, Vice Chair of Austin's Library Commission and Chair of the People Experiencing Homelessness Task Force. What our trustees have to say: "The grant would support a program among librarians and other Austin-area professionals who are working to support communities of color and other marginalized groups. I love the idea of seeing "Awesome Foundation: Innovation in Libraries" as the key sponsor of this important event." "Bringing a variety of education and library organization to solve this issue offers an interesting solution." "A well-considered proposal to use the unconference model to address a serious problem. I think this event will draw a large crowd." "This (un)conference comes at a time and place of great interest, and this will have huge potential for future collaboration within Austin and beyond. Anything that brings library folks together to share stories, problems, and solutions is worth investing in. The program could be replicated across the country as needed." "This project could help enable a more open forum for timely and honest exchange of ideas and concerns amongst librarians supporting underserved communities."

North Minneapolis, MN – Beautiful Brown Girls

2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

My awesome project is to begin my own youth program dedicated to young brown girls in North Minneapolis. I will give them the tools to empower themselves as well as one another. They will create functional art, craft and fashion. I am very passionate about empowering due to the fact that is something that is rarely ever taught. We live in a society where degrading is the norm and uplifting is something that doesn't happen often. Therefore this grant will help me on my journey of creating a empowering program in which we will use arts, crafts, and fashion to express our self love and who we feel our inner, true selves are. My youth program will be for girls ages (6-10) learning to love who they are. An example of what it would be like is I will teach a segment on hair care and loving their natural black girl texture no matter what messages media portray as beauty. They will design their own hair pieces to wear. My younger sister as well as local girls from the community are willing to dedicate their time and energy in making my dream program become a reality by helping to leading the girls. I also have a team of grown women who are my advisors who are there to support me throughout my process with my girls group. I already have over seven girls who want to join my program. We will meet at the parks recreational center. North Commons has already confirmed that I am eligible to use the space to host the workshops. I am talking with my church about transportation and using the church van to pick the girls up as well as myself so that I can assure the girls make it to the recreational center as well as home safely.

Oahu, HI – Project Hawai'i Adventures Abound Summer Camp

2017-06-29T00:00:00Z

Project Hawai’i, Inc.’s mission is to enhance the lives of homeless children on Hawai’i Island and Oahu throughout the year by providing interactive programs. Our goal is to help them escape their cycle of poverty by helping them gain self-esteem, build life and social skills, and keep them healthy. We are a nonprofit organization that is run 100% by volunteers and solely supported by public donations. Project Hawaii’s work is needed because homelessness in Hawai’i is increasing at rapid rates. The sad fact is that our islands are poverty stricken! Our homeless children of Hawai'i live without running water, or electricity, let alone daily meals. They live in cars, tents and bushes. To escape this cycle, they need resources that teach them the skills needed. Not unlike a developing country, our children are facing the same dilemma right here in Hawai'i. Thousands of children live without a roof over their head. The children are eating off the streets, getting diseases from lack of hygiene, and falling through the cracks of education. A 2016 Homeless Point-In-Time Count found that the total number of homeless on Oahu is up 25 percent from 2009. And many of these are children! Our traveling adventure summer camp session provides the keiki with the opportunity to learn about our island with hands-on experiences to excite their imagination. Project Hawai'i Summer Camp offers our children a unique, and sometimes once in a lifetime opportunity, to explore places of the island otherwise out of their financial reach. Our team of volunteers are dedicated to provide a well-rounded educational program to involve as many of the islands' wonders as possible.

Oahu, HI – Farrington Retail Store

2017-06-29T00:00:00Z

My Retail class, in the Business Academy at Farrington High School, will be working to create a store on campus. This year, we have been working with our Engineering Academy to come up with designs for the store. The business academy students have also done market research as to what the community would like in the store. The students next year will take the plans created this year, and make it a reality. This will benefit the students because they are gaining collaboration and communication skills as they develop the ideas and create the store with the other academies. This will also benefit the community because in our store we will supply spirit items. Farrington High School has a strong alumni base, and we hope that this will provide an opportunity for our community and alumni to continue purchasing merchandise that will support Farrington and continue bringing our Kalihi community together. The store will also provide our students with the opportunity to gain employability skills. They will learn time management, customer service, communication, punctuality, responsibility and much more. This will help them be prepared for their post-secondary experiences. Last, we hope to use the profit we make in the store to fund DECA, a business club. This club would provide our students with the opportunity to connect with business partners, compete in competitions based on business topics, and learn more skills and knowledge to prepare them for life after high school. DECA requires students to pay dues to be a part of it, and while some of our kids do not have money to pay for that, this will allow us to use the store as a fundraiser so that all students can compete in DECA.

Newcastle – Newcastle Afoot

2017-06-29T00:00:00Z

Newcastle Afoot is a startup launching in July.. Newcastle Afoot provides small group walking tours and curated local experiences that explore the diversity of our city's culture; old and new. Guests experience local scenery, historic sites and galleries, and have the opportunity to meet local makers and business owners. All tours are accessible, relaxed, informative, and socially aware.

Buffalo, NY (Неактивен) – Open Storefront Makeover Program

2017-06-28T00:00:00Z

The Open Storefront Makeover Program assists to beautify vacant, occupied and neglected storefronts by connecting neighborhood businesses and property owners with local artists, developers, organizations, and universities to collaborate on design and storefront improvements. Fillmore Forward previously worked with students from the Buffalo State Interior Design Department and the owner of 1470 Fillmore Avenue this past fall semester to facilitate design improvements to the upscale thrift store, "One Man's Junk Is Another Man's Treasure." Three concepts were presented to the property owner Leslie Thomas who selected one to implement the summer of 2017 as a way to help encourage more patronage to the shop and provide aided aesthetic value to the streetscape. Fillmore Forward wants to continue the program's momentum by using the potential award of the Awesome Foundation funds to assist another storefront makeover along the Fillmore Avenue Corridor. Without continued support to our locally owned businesses and owners, we cannot continue to revitalize the business districts of the Broadway-Fillmore and the MLK neighborhoods. Locally owned and operated businesses are the heartbeat of these communities acting as a social touchstone open to all members of the neighborhood. Our goal is to boost economic activity in both neighborhoods by encouraging public and private investments, and improvements to the appearance of individual buildings along Fillmore Avenue in the Broadway Fillmore and Martin Luther King communities. The Open Storefront Makeover Program looks to give support to those in the business districts who have remained and want to become cornerstones neighborhoods on the rise in the Buffalo's East Side.

Melbourne (Неактивен) – Gravity Initiative

2017-06-28T00:00:00Z

Hi again friends! We met at the pitch party and thought we'd try our luck a second time 'round. While we have a lot of projects on the go - from our university programs to corporate outreach, we've got one main project in mind for this grant. We'd still love to run a big, inclusive mental health awareness event in the Melbourne CBD to help open up the conversation surrounding mental health and put on a public display of support for those dealing with mental health issues. The stats surrounding mental health, depression and anxiety break our heart. In addition to the difficulty faced by individuals struggling with their mental health, they also have to face up to a negative stigma that deters them from reaching out or seeking help. This is something that we want to change. To recap the event that we pitched - an massive silent hip hop yoga event in the city for 200 people followed by a massive group meditation and mindfulness seminar, with more good vibes than you can poke a stick at it. We want it to be more than just a 'yoga event', and more like a wellness seminar, workshop and all round good time. We hope this event will spark interest within the community and further our reach - so that we are able to have a positive impact on more people and help stigmatize mental health! Help a brother (and sister) out!

Yerevan – The Wings of Freedom

2017-06-27T00:00:00Z

"Ազատության թևեր արտ ինստալացիան նախատեսվում է տեղադրել երևանյան այգիներից մեկում: Այն իրենից ներկայացնելու է վեր հառնված թևերի տեսքով մետաղական, թեթև, կինետիկ շարժի լուծումով կոնստրուկցիա: Արձանը լինելու է այնպիսին, որ ցանկացած մարդ, կանգնելով թևերի դիմաց, ունենա տպավորություն`ասես այդ թևերն իրենն են:

Tallahassee, FL (Неактивен) – Launch Youth Hockey in Tallahassee

2017-06-27T00:00:00Z

A group of us went to the County to try to pitch them on building a multi-use outdoor rink that would have accommodated roller hockey at the old dump on Appalachee Parkway. We were told that while there was money in the budget, it would take a minimum of a year to develop a plan and several years to construct. As it turns out, that site is going to be further developed for passive recreation and no rink is going to be built. Not satisfied with that "plan", myself and two other friends secured a space and built a roller hockey rink. It is called Tallahassee Indoor Sports, and is located at 130 4 Points Way, Tallahassee, FL 32305. There is no big money behind this project, and we have had to value engineer it every step of the way. We really want to start a kids hockey program and offer a new, low cost, safe sports option to kids in Tallahassee. However, the initial cost of equipment is an obstacle for many families. We would especially like to be able to offer hockey to the kids and families in the area immediately surrounding the rink, many of whom are lower-income or single parent households. Our inspiration comes in part from the Ed Snider Foundation. Ed Snider was the Chairman of the Flyers, and he built several rinks in Philadelphia. His foundation runs youth hockey, academic and life skill programs directed at under-served kids in Philadelphia. The demographics of Tallahassee and its climate (rain/heat/humidity) all would suggest that we need more indoor recreation options for kids. Especially in the area near our rink, those options are few and far between. Getting kids off their Ipads and participating in team sports is, in my opinion, a great service to the community.

Yerevan – "Shelves of Kindness"

2017-06-27T00:00:00Z

My awesome idea is to place 10 'Shelves of Kindness' in pre-selected 10 markets or supermarkets in Armenia. 5 will be placed in Yerevan, the remaining 5 in Stepanakert, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Ijevan and Gavar. The aim is to have people who make a purchase in the markets/supermarkets buy something extra and place it on the shelves so that those people, who are poor or in need of food, come and take it.

Awesome Without Borders (Неактивен) – Wordnik

2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

Wordnik is the world's biggest dictionary (by number of words included) and our nonprofit mission is to collect EVERY SINGLE WORD of English and to make information about those words available on our web site and via our API to everyone, everywhere. Many people are surprised to learn that more than HALF of the unique words of English aren't included in traditional dictionaries. (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/176) Wordnik thinks every word should be lookupable! Instead of writing definitions for these missing words, Wordnik uses data mining and machine learning to find explanations of these terms that have already been written in texts from all over the world (often written by journalists reporting on new events and discoveries). In addition to traditional definitions, explanatory examples, and thesaurus information, Wordnik also includes more than 40,000 user-generated word lists, statistical information about each word, images, audio pronunciations, comments, tags, and tweets. Wordnik's API is open and free for most basic use cases, and has more than 20,000 registered developers (developer.wordnik.com).

Washington, DC – Mindful Mama Support Circle Scholarship

2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

I am a psychotherapist who runs a mindfulness based support group, the only one of its kind in DC, for new moms with babies six months and under. The group meets at The Well, a healing wellness center in Mount Pleasant. We learn and practice mindfulness and share about the ups and downs of new parenting, from sleep to breastfeeding to relationships post baby. Mindfulness practices include breathing and walking meditations, mindful eating, self-compassion practices and releasing guilt. There are up to 10 moms in each session. The group has been an incredible way for new moms to gain tools and resources to be more present to their babies, as well as to build a community of support that continues after the four or eight week group is over. Groups have been continuing to gather outside of The Well for play dates and other meet ups. Teaching mindfulness is a research based modality that has been shown to reduce postpartum anxiety, depression, and overall stress, meaning healthier mamas, babies, families, workplaces, and communities. With my background in mental health, I am also able to screen and refer those participants who need additional postpartum mental health support. One recent participant said: "Participating in the Mindful Mamas group was the most helpful thing I did during my maternity leave and while adjusting to the "new normal" after our daughter was born." The Mindful Mama Support Circles are an amazing way to provide support to the many new moms in Washington DC.

Kingston – Ice Cream Social

2017-06-25T00:00:00Z

S5WAVES is an awesome group of community members who volunteer their time to organize and host American Sign Language community events. We are hosting an Ice Cream Social and would like to make this an annual event, bridging community of signers and non-signers together. Families with Deaf children are small and few in each city and struggle to find others like them so we expand their horizons. The community are unaware of barriers their children go through and this event is perfect to bring awareness and create new friendship. We want to make this event free; provide ice cream and have talented ASL performers from across Ontario to entertain the crowd. Its one of a kind, puts Kingston on the map!

Ottawa – Soul Cave

2017-06-25T00:00:00Z

June’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to brothers Zayyan and Imran Ahmed to support the development of a mystery escape room and augmented reality photo booth called Soul Cave. “Inspired by The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Plato’s Cavern,” explains Zayyan, “I want to create a space you can visit that will transform the way you see the world.” “From the moment you enter Soul Cave, you will be presented with choices. The things you pick up, the things you touch, the spots you gravitate to. These choices will morph and transform the space around you. The walls may sparkle with diamonds to match your desire for wealth,” he explains, “or the mirror may transform you into a deer to signify your connection with nature.” Soul Cave will use projection mapping, a one-way “magic” mirror, and “internet of things” materials to take the experience of both escape rooms and photo booths to a new level. “As the mystery of the cave unfolds,” Zayyan continues, “you will solve visual, logic, and environmental puzzles to clarify the images in the mirror. At the end, you will be rewarded with an image of yourself that represents the truths that you have uncovered during your journey.” Zayyan, who is a product designer, and Imran, who is an engineering student, plan to launch Soul Cave by September, and will tour it around Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. You can sign up for early access at tryesper.com.

Minas Gerais (Неактивен) – Triatlo Cultural

2017-06-24T00:00:00Z

O projeto Triatlo Cultural tem como principal meta ocupar o tempo de crianças, jovens e adultos com atividades produtivas de crescimento pessoal e construções em grupo, através da arte, cultura e educação, diminuindo assim o envolvimento dos indivíduos com a criminalidade, e contribuindo para a conscientização da população. A interação cultural entre a mídia Comunitária via radio com o programa Rap Revolução, o esporte com a Capoeira RDG, e a educação com o Inglês cultural. Na Radio desenvolvemos um trabalho de autoestima do jovem negro e periférico através do espaço compartilhado para divulgação do trabalho da comunidade para o mundo, possibilitando que artistas amadores e profissionais tenham visibilidade através das ondas sonoras. Na Capoeira o grupo Raiz das Gerais trabalha com todas as idades o bem estar físico e psicológico trabalhando com música, luta e história. Na aula de inglês desenvolvemos a educação com uma visão mundial dos fatos fazendo relação com a música e a economia global. O triatlo cultural é desenvolvido e aberto a todas as pessoas sem nenhum custo, porém temos gastos para mantê-lo e precisamos de contribuições para oferecer a estrutura que a comunidade merece.

Milano (Неактивен) – The Bike Hub

2017-06-24T00:00:00Z

La nostra idea è quella di fornire al cittadino, e più nello specifico a colui che usa quotidianamente la bicicletta, una piattaforma composta da diversi totem, attrezzati, utile alla riparazione e manutenzione della bicicletta e di tutti i mezzi di trasporto che necessitano di un'aggiustatina, un luogo dove poter gonfiare le gomme senza sporcarsi, o caricare il cellulare nel caso di emergenza, o avere la possibilità di potersi dissetare comprando una bottiglietta d'acqua dal distributore, come un impermeabile in caso di pioggia. Abbiamo progettato la struttura al fine di rendere un servizio utile al cittadino, uno strumento che avvicina e stimola l’individuo all’utilizzo della bicicletta, mezzo di trasporto eco-sostenibile, per i principali spostamenti in città. Il nostro scopo è aiutare la crescita di un fenomeno culturale che vediamo svilupparsi sempre più in torno a noi, la nuova generazione No OIL, più attenta alla sostenibilità, agli alti indici di smog nelle città, al benessere psico-fisico coltivabile nel breve e lungo periodo. Il nostro intento è di facilitare e rendere più comode le procedure di manutenzione di una bicicletta, mezzo di trasporto che nonostante la sua componentistica essenziale, necessita di accurate procedure di mantenimento. Stiamo pensando al posizionamento adeguato nel circuito urbano, in luoghi strategici e di maggiore flusso di persone e biciclette. Per poter fare fronte ai costi di produzione, manutenzione e logistica, abbiamo previsto all’interno della struttura degli spazi destinati alla pubblicità.

Sydney – Woolloomooloo Workshop Cafe

2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

Weave Community Hub in Woolloomooloo is going to renovate a disused garage space and turn it into a workshop cafe and we would love your help! The goal is to turn a previously wasted space into an awesome hang out space where local people can come and work on their own projects, use shared tools, fix their bicycles and engage in skill based workshops. The space will double as a cafe and lounge hub for people to hang out and spend time together; Woolloomooloo is an interesting inner city community that has lots of public housing but is undergoing a process of gentrification with young professionals and families moving into the area. A workshop cafe community hub designed and hand made by local people will build a stronger sense of community in an often marginalised and isolated inner city community. When finished this space will become the venue for our monthly community barbecues and special events.

Newmarket – Transportation for Young Mothers to Rose of Sharon

2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

Our awesome project is ensuring that young mothers who access programs at Rose of Sharon Services for Young Mothers are able to safely get to us so that they can get the help they need. For a young mom and her baby who lack personal transportation, as is often the case, it’s very challenging to get to Rose of Sharon by herself: transportation is a huge barrier to accessing programs. Ensuring transportation for young moms may be expensive but it’s an essential key to removing barriers to the help mom and her baby so greatly needs. 23% of the young mothers we serve live in Newmarket (approximately 66 women). Nearly 100% of the prenatal and parenting women we support live below the Low Income Cut-Off and over 60% are living on less than $1,000 per month. Rose of Sharon is the only agency in York Region dedicated to providing counselling, education and parenting resources to prenatal and parenting young mothers and their families supporting their social, emotional and spiritual well being. It would be awesome to receive money to help ensure that our young mothers arrive at Rose of Sharon and access the life-changing programs and supports they so greatly need.

Miami, FL – Pocket Lab

2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

PocketLab is a family of wireless sensors, apps, and software for exploring the world and building science experiments plus easy-to-use sensor that enables you to gather information from the world. I believe anyone can be a scientist, and I believe science should be fun and engaging. It is a tiny device you can literally carry in your pocket packs an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, barometer, and thermometer, all of which seamlessly and instantaneously feed your tablet or smartphone with measurement data. Anyone can start learning in seconds. Now, whenever my students have questions like, “How high did we hike today?” or “What happens when I collide the matchbox cars?” or “How fast am I going on my skateboard?” or “What’s the temperature in the ice box, and how quickly is it changing?” I can actually give precise answers. Just stick PocketLab in the cooler, tape it to a skateboard, or a car, or yourself. The collected data is displayed in real time and is easily integrated with Excel and Google Docs. In addition, PocketLab facilitates users to share the results of their experiments, search other people’s experiments, curate the data, and make it available to inspire others. Examples: Science Fair: You can measure acceleration and calculate impact forces on a helmet. You can synchronize the sensor data with video recorded from your phone or tablet. Outdoor Exploration: You can go for a hike and collect temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure data using PocketLab Weather. With the PocketLab App, you can map the weather measurements to your geo-location. Rocket Science: You can launch PocketLab Voyager in a rocket and measure the altitude, thrust, and trajectory of the rocket's flight path. If the rocket travels out of Bluetooth range, the data will be saved to the on-board memory. Sports Science: Using the IR Rangefinder, you can measure the distance to object

Orlando, FL – Arts for Health To Go Bags

2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

Arts for Health To Go Bags are sterile bags of awesome art supplies for individual use by patients at local assisted living facilities. Studies have shown that engaging in creative activities in the healthcare setting can help patients, from pediatric to the end of lifespan, cope with the stress of illness, deter against depression, and maintain and improve health conditions. Specifically for older adults, engaging in the arts has been shown to relieve stress, increase communication, and improve quality of life for patients and caregivers alike (Hanna, Rollins, & Lewis, 2017). With an Awesome Project Grant in Orlando, we will partner with local Brookdale Senior Living locations to distribute 100 Arts for Health To Go Bags. Arts for Health Florida is a statewide not-for-profit organization that seeks to promote the use of the arts to enhance health and well-being. The goal of our Awesome Project is to expand access to arts engagement to patients at facilities that may not normally provide those services. We are applying for grants from the four Awesome chapters in Florida, to allow us to provide the art bags to as many facilities as possible across the state. The Arts for Health To Go Bags will supply residents with the supplies needed to creatively engage during their stay. Included in each of the 100 bags will be a sketchbook/journal, prompts for journaling and sketching, water-soluble colored pencils, an eraser, a pencil sharper, graphite pencils, a pilot pen, origami paper and instructions, and mandala coloring pages. We believe that our Awesome Project will provide the proven benefits of arts in health to residents in need in Orlando. This outreach will also help us build new relationships around the state of Florida, allowing us to better serve our goal of becoming a collaborative resource for individuals and organizations interested in arts and health integration programs. Hanna, G,Rollins, J,Lewis, L(2017)Arts in Medicine Literature Review. GIAresearch.

New York City, NY – New Women Space

2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

In a city where event space is rare, and mission-driven event space is even moreso, we admire organizations that are willing to carve out their own space to do the work that they feel is most important. New Women Space has created a space where 100% of their programming is led by self-identified women, femme, queer, trans and gender nonconforming individuals as a direct response to the lack of space dedicated to these communities. In their own words: NWS is a 2,100 Sq. Ft. space made for in-person gatherings. We believe spaces play a critical role in the way our communities are shaped and how well they allow for deeper relationships within our neighborhoods to form. Our space hosts events in all different capacities, including but not limited to: workshops, classes, seminars, showcases, exhibitions, installations, discussions and more. Our key areas of focus surround Social Justice and Gender Justice Organizing, QTGNC Support, Advocacy and Celebration, Professional Development and Career Resource Building, Arts Engagement & Curation and Community Health & Healing. We believe that by putting more equity and investment into the strength of these programs will increase community involvement and visibility, allowing for visitors to feel like they have a tangible network they can belong and contribute to. In the short term, the Awesome Foundation grant will go toward purchasing air conditioning for their space as we enter the hottest months of the year, and we're happy to help NWS be able to continue their event programming through the summer.

Boston, MA – Grind House Recordings

2017-06-21T00:00:00Z

Grind House Recordings is a hip hop record label based in Lynn, MA. The label was founded by Chris Martin and Edwin Cabrera, two self proclaimed hip hop heads, who believe that the city of Lynn, as well as inner cities across Massachusetts, boasts some of the most talented MCs that have yet to be discovered. The label was created to help promote local hip hop acts and help jumpstart careers of talented musicians who dream of being able to support themselves financially through their music. Grind House Recordings helps artists produce their record, promote their music, and distribute their record digitally and physically.

Boston, MA – CameroonONE

2017-06-21T00:00:00Z

CameroonONE is a Boston 501c3 charity organization that was created to be able to take a new approach at solving the troubling orphanage system in the Republic of Cameroon. CameroonONE is unique because it is the first organization in the region to try to do an In-Home Sponsorship program for orphans, which means that we take orphans out of the sub-par governmental orphanages and place them in the care of a surviving family member. As long as this family member makes sure that the child is attending and succeeding in school and is staying healthy and well taken care of, our organization will use our donations and funding to fund these children's living expenses, education, health expenses and also provide a stipend for the family. As we are a charity based organization we need grants and donations to be able to operate and expand our reach to more children in need in the region. The organization has no office space or full time staff to insure a low overhead cost, so that we can get the most out of our funding in terms of helping the children which we provide for. We currently provide for 80 children and look to expand this in the coming years, as well as make this sustainable by starting a bee farm on lands donated which we would use the profits of honey sold to put back into the organization to help the children.

Gloucester, MA – Cape Ann Maritime Partnership

2017-06-20T00:00:00Z

We have one goal in mind: eradicate marine pollution. This issue affects our economy, our landscapes, and worst of all, helpless marine life. In order to attack this problem, it needs a full court press. Our project will not only collect pollution, but educate the public, and most importantly, younger citizens. Our plan is to install one Seabin (The Seabin Project) and one Marine Skimmer (Marine Accessories) into Gloucester Harbor. They will collect marine pollution 24/7, all year long. We are installing two different products that do the same job for scientific purposes. First, we will determine which product is the most effective and able to stand up to New England weather. We can also gather data on the types and amounts of pollution the two products collect. Lastly, their locations will be at Cripple Cove (Seabin) and Maritime Gloucester (Marine Skimmer). The beauty of this project will be two fold: actively collecting plastics, detergents, and other harmful substance out of our water, and also becoming a part of the Maritime Gloucester education program, engaging children and families all summer long. At the end of our one-year study, we will determine which product is most fit for our specific needs on Cape Ann. Moving forward we will purchase several more to be placed strategically throughout the region, partnering with different local marinas, and become a much wider effort towards combating marine debris.

Awesome Without Borders (Неактивен) – Stories & Songs of the Amazon, 360° Documentary

2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

In July, my partner and I will travel to Peru into the Amazon rainforest. We’ll be filming a series of short 360° documentaries about the stories and medicine songs, or ikaros, of Shipibo healers indigenous to the Ucayali region of the Amazon. The Shipibo have deeply artistic and spiritual cultural traditions that are still very much alive today, but are rapidly being marginalized in the wake of Westernization, urban sprawl, environmental destruction, and increasing poverty. As protectors of the Amazon rainforest for millennia, Shipibo healers, or curanderos, possess vast wisdom relating to environmental stewardship and physical, mental, and emotional healing through their knowledge of medicinal plant remedies. They also continue to practice their traditions of textile art, pottery, and singing, whose masterful techniques have been passed down for countless generations. We are 2 independent filmmakers and sound designers who want to create a new platform for Shipibo voices. We’ll be living in the Amazon rainforest for 2 months, filming interviews with Shipibo healers and recording them singing their ikaros. We’ve already obtained permission from interviewees and have our accommodations figured out. To truly capture the magic of the Amazon, we will be creating a 360° film series on YouTube so that viewers can experience a level of immersion and emotional connection impossible to achieve with traditional audiovisual methods. We believe that by documenting songs and stories of Shipibo healers, we can bring attention to their culture, the Amazon rainforest, and the challenges they both face today.

Boulder, CO (Неактивен) – SciDance

2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

Overview: SciDance is a collaboration between scientists and aerial dancers that will result in an aerial theater performance created by my aerial dance company Flight Collaborative. This work leverages methods of communicating in those respective fields, creating an immersion into scientific topics that is wholly different from the experience of either listening to a lecture or seeing an abstract dance performance. It will be both cerebral and kinesthetic! Format and aesthetic: The performance will include three 15-20 minute acts, each focusing on the work of an Earth systems scientist, including the topics of forest regeneration, fire processes, and flood-erosion feedbacks. Each act will begin with the scientist delivering a 3-5 minute research lecture in the traditional academic format (i.e., the scientist speaking, accompanied by a powerpoint projected on a single surface). The act will then become increasingly abstract for its duration. Sound clips from the lecture will be looped and overlaid onto music, images from the powerpoint will be abstracted and projected onto multiple surfaces, and dancers who are responding both to the sound clips and the images will gradually be incorporated. Development of the work: The three acts will be developed over several sessions. In the initial session for each act, a scientist will deliver a research lecture to the artists, followed by Q & A. The dancers will be led through a series of improvisational exercises in which they will be asked to respond to the lecture in various ways (e.g., use different movement qualities to interpret a concept), culminating in a rough-draft dance piece. In subsequent sessions, the dancers will collaboratively develop the pieces, working iteratively with a projection artist and scientists so that collaborators in different fields will have an opportunity to learn from one another. These sessions will result in three independent but related 15-20 minute acts that constitute the final work.

Pittsburgh, PA – TEDxYouth@SquirrelHill

2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

My name is Nadav Gilboa, I'm 12 years old, and I am organizing a TEDx Youth Event. I have worked for two months just to get the application all the way through, and I finally finished. I've secured a location - Repair the World in Homewood. I've chosen a theme: Create Your World. Now one of the only things I have left to do is find funding, I'm hoping your organization will be part of my solution. I have a dream to let kids with great ideas share them with people who want to hear what they have to say. Not only do I plan to have at least half of my speakers be children, but I will invite child entrepreneurs from around Pittsburgh showcase their products and/or services. That part is very important to me because I know that in years past I have had so many ideas of things I could do or sell, and I want to encourage others to follow their ideas like I am. I want the world to understand that kids have good ideas that can also revolutionize the world for the better. I want everyone to know kids can help, and I all I want to know is... Would you please help, too?

Louisville, KY (Неактивен) – Yellow Belles Podcast

2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

Yellow Belles is a podcast with the goal of giving a space for multicultural voices, particularly those of Asian Americans living in Louisville and the south. While hosted by three mostly Korean-American women living and working in Louisville, each host has very different ideas and experiences surrounding race and identity. Through this, we're able to have meaningful conversation and analysis on the Asian-American experience in the South -- an experience with few mainstream platforms. The podcast will explore cultural literacy and experience through discussion, current events, pop culture and interviews. While non-white media representation is historically lacking, Asian-American voices are even more so -- sparking a current movement to increase visibility and lift voices. We want to be part of this movement and give southern voices a place in it. Digital media is a great platform to explore human stories. Through this podcast, we're able to not only tell our own stories, but invite others to share theirs and to add insight into the complex topics of race, identity and how we all fit into the world. Potential topics and opportunities include media representation and the growing movement to end whitewashing, the sexualization of both Asian men and women, a feature on Louisville's Crane House, a feature on Korean-American and southern chef Ed Lee and the exploration of major Asian-American populations in the south, such as Atlanta.

Santa Fe, NM (Неактивен) – Parkinson's Action Fund

2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

The Parkinson's Action Fund would provide scholarships to folks with Parkinson's to pay for their exercise classes. Exercise is the number one action that a PD person can take to improve their PD symptoms, after taking their medications. But PD classes in Santa Fe cost from $10/class to $20/class. Many simply cannot afford even this. We are fortunate in Santa Fe to have a program of Parkinson's specific exercises classes that run throughout the week and month on a regular basis. But the classes aren't free. Often we hear from PD people that they simply can't afford to go to the classes. Many are on fixed incomes, financial assistance, etc., and even the $10 for a class stretches their budget. It becomes a matter of eating or exercising! Parkinson's Action Fund would be used to give scholarships to folks with Parkinson's to allow them to attend Parkinson's exercise classes in Santa Fe. These exercise classes cost between $10/class for our Parkinson's Wellness Recovery classes to $20/class for a Rock Steady Boxing class. These classes are designed specifically for Parkinson's patients and done regularly can significantly improve mobility, balance and strength as well as emotional well being.

Cass Clay – The World in Fargo-Moorhead

2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

The World in Fargo-Moorhead shows the immense diversity of foreign-born residents now living in the Red River Valley - one photo and one story at a time. Modeled on Humans of NY, the project reveals the unique aspects of each person’s life and experiences. The people who are photographed may be immigrants, refugees, foreign students or workers on temporary visas. They may have lived here 50 years or one day. The project officially launched in September of 2016 with an exhibit for Welcoming Week at the downtown Fargo Public Library. Exhibits are an ongoing feature of the project. The project also builds an ever-growing audience on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, @theworldinfm. At last count we had over 2000 followers of our FB page. The project publishes photos/quotes to our Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages 2-3 times weekly. The project has struck a very positive chord within the FM community. FargoMonthly.com recently started publishing five images/quotes from the project for the online version of the magazine every month. And there have been numerous requests to show exhibit portraits/quotes at various venues including conferences, the Moorhead Public Library, the MLK Day celebration at the Fargo Theatre and at international meals designed to educate participants about different cultures. The World in Fargo-Moorhead is a collaborative, voluntary effort among photo enthusiasts throughout the area. Newcomers are welcome to attend the project’s monthly meetings at the downtown Fargo Public library. Our collaborative has grown to approximately 20 members. We continue our outreach efforts to attract more photo enthusiasts to join the project. We do not advocate a political position or get involved in the area's ongoing political debates. We let the people we photograph/interview speak for themselves. But this project does feel very right for this moment in the life of our area.

Piqua, OH (Неактивен) – The Garden Tribe

2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

The Piqua Area Chamber is working to design and build a school garden for the Piqua CIty School District. The garden will be located across the street from the Piqua Central Intermediate School. This is a collaborative project between the Piqua City School District, parents and students, Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce, OSU College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Miami County Master Gardeners. The school garden which has been named the Garden Tribe has been offered to the Piqua Catholic Schools for use by their teachers and students as well. The PACC's intention with the school garden is to create a pilot program that incorporates the Piqua community as part of the project. Research into the benefits of a school gardens has shown that they provide outdoor classrooms, writing laboratories and science observatories. Kids learn about nutrition and how to grow the food that they eat. Gardens help teach kids life skills such a commitment, ownership, responsibility and entrepreneurship. Kids learn that school gardens provide food for farmers markets, families, food pantries and the community. And, school gardens give kids a chance to get outdoors, experience physical activity and to breathe fresh air. The PACC believes that the Garden Tribe is an awesome project and it has the potential to enhance the lives of the citizens of the Piqua community for years to come.

San Jose, CA – Bay Area Creatives Klub Magazine

2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

I am creating a Bay Area art and culture magazine. B.A.C.K Magazine consists of inspiring artists in the Bay Area as well as young and rising artists and creative minds. B.A.C.K Magazine intends to cover all sorts of creative mediums; Art, Music, Fashion, Dance, Community, etc. I hope that B.A.C.K Magazine will give young artists a platform and a network to get their art and creative ideas up off the ground. My hopes are to help bring more attention to the art community in San Jose. I truly believe that San Jose artists don't get the recognition they deserve compared to the rest of the Bay Area. San Francisco is know for its huge art community. While San Jose is widely known as the heart of the tech community, we also have some amazing artists that are struggling to get by doing their passions. I plan to create four issues a year. For every magazine launch, I will host an art show consisting of the artists in that issue. The first issue is schedule to release, as well as the art show, on July 28, 2017. Printing takes at least 10 days. I will be printing locally in the Bay Area; I want all the money I spend on this project to be spent domestically, in the Bay Area.

Chicago, IL – BarberQue

2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

BarberQue is a mashup of the words barber (haircuts) and barbeque (a grilled feast typically slathered in barbeque sauce) BarberQue is an event that will bring together people from all walks of life to share a meal and to share their unique perspectives. The event will positively impact the lives of homeless people in Chicagoland with a day of hair cuts, clothing, a family style barbeque, and sharing of social service resources that can improve quality of life. Barberque is not only meant to positively influence the lives of the homeless, but create connections and bonds between all human beings. The second annual BarberQue will be held in Kells Park 3201 W. Chicago Ave. Humboldt Park IL 60651, on August 27, 2017 from Noon to 4 pm. Our goal is to top last year! At the 2016 we gave away 50+ Haircuts 1,000+ Articles of Clothing 300+ Barbeque Meals 50+ Bags of Groceries 100+ Toiletry Kits We had representation from seven social service agencies including healthcare, shelters, drug treatment programs, and other homeless services. We have support from the West Humboldt Park community including the Kells Park Community Council, Neighborhood Housing Services, the Salvation Army, and the Chicago Public Library. Apart from our large annual event, BarberQue also held a Holiday Drive in which we collected and 45 wrapped gifts with warmers, ear muffs, dry shampoo, winter gear and candy. Additionally, we distributed 40 food bags with non-perishable items. 200 pieces of clothing were donated, 200 loose toe warmers, and 30 “fun gifts” for children and adults.

Awesome Without Borders (Неактивен) – Max Briggle is a boy & we love him unconditionally

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

Utrecht – Zweven door Utrecht

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

‘Een tijdje terug zat ik in mijn raam toen ik tientallen bellen voorbij zag vliegen. Het bleek een meisje met een bellenpistool te zijn. Het stelde niet veel voor, maar het zorgde voor een glimlach op het gezicht van de voorbijgangers en mij.’ Zo begon het idee van Wout van Velsen: Utrechters een glimlach op het gezicht toveren door een weekend lang aan tig lantaarnpalen in de Utrechtse binnenstad kleine bellenblaasmachines te hangen. De 1000 euro gaat Wout gebruiken om de machines te bouwen. We kozen voor het idee van Wout vanwege de haalbaarheid, het uitgedachte plan en het grote bereik. Een klein idee dat voor een kortstondige tijd de stad leuker maakt en de mensen blij.

Birmingham, AL (Неактивен) – Girls Build Birmingham

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

Many bus stops around Birmingham do not have a bench or a cover. People waiting for the bus do not have a place to sit and when it is raining, snowing, or just sunny there is no cover. People with disabilites, and those without, who have make their way to bus stops deserve to have benches and covers once they get there. My project will help anyone who rides the bus, ensuring they will be dry and comfortable. I will be building benches and covers for bus stops around Birmingham. These bus stops will have places where flyers can be put up so people who ride the bus can see what is going on around Birmingham. This project is my Girl Scout Gold Award Project.

Rockport, MA – Music at the Beach - 2017 Summer Concert Series

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

We all know Cape Ann is full of artists and musicians of all ages! We would like to expand the opportunities to showcase the talents of the musicians on Cape Ann in an amazing outdoor venue for families to enjoy for no cost! THE IDEA: Our idea is to start a summer family friendly concert series at the Back Beach Legion Bandstand. LOCATION: The Legion Bandstand has been home to Sunday evening band concerts for decades. That is a wonderful town tradition. We are looking to make even more use of the bandstand for a free weeknight summer concert series with a host of local bands/musicians. PARTNER: We are looking to partner with the Board of Selectman (going before them on June 13th) and have the first 4 concerts this summer on the Summer Tuesday evenings that the Board of Selectman does not meet. DATES/TIMES: PROPOSED DRAFT dates for this summer are: July 18th, August 1st, August 15th, August 29th The concerts would go from 6-8 pm, perfect for young families! MUSICIANS: We have a list of local bands/musicians we would like to invite to play as soon as we have approval from the Board of Selectman and some funding. We would also look to work with the school to host young bands/musicians as well. SAFETY: We are looking to work with the police on possibly routing traffic behind the bandstand, closing in front of the bandstand between the bandstand and the beach to encourage safe passage from one to the other and people at both to enjoy the music.

Orlando, FL – Artist in Training ~ Public Art as Service

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

This project was inspired by the unavoidable reality of the not-so attractive mini-strip malls flanking miles of the only access, the entry corridors to historic downtown Sanford, FL-46 and US Route 17/92. Architecturally designed not for aesthetic appeal or for longevity, these mini-strip mall structures were designed to serve car-convenience and enable low-rents for small businesses. Low-rent spaces for entrepreneurial start-ups and local mom-n-pop shops are worthy causes to champion, and since these properties aren’t going anywhere, so what can be done to improve the experience of these main arterial entry corridors? This “Artist in Training” workshop aims to create and use public art murals and design solutions on one mini-strip mall property to enhance it visually and the surrounding area. Young artists will work with professional artists in the various stages of public art mural making – prep work, painting and site refurbishments. They will also participate and learn about the relationship inherent in any successful Public Art project – property owner, artists, fabricators and installers, non-profit organizations, journalists, city officials and permitting boards. The project involves several exterior walls and structures. Once all murals, art pieces and refurbishments are complete, the project will culminate with a grand opening reception 'open to the public' and involving all stakeholders.

Paris (Неактивен) – Un regard pour toi

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

On a tellement adoré le projet et l'équipe d'Un regard pour toi qu'on a choisi des les soutenir une seconde fois ! We loved the project and the team so much that we decided to support Un regard pour toi a second time !

San Francisco, CA – Another brief History of the Sunset

2017-06-08T00:00:00Z

The Golden Gate National Recreation area (which Ocean Beach is part of) is home to more endangered species than all of Yosemite. It is also home to an expanding human population. The energy and influx the area is receiving can either be used to make it stronger, more vibrant and diverse place— or else its popularity will take a toll on existing diversity. My installation at Irving Street Projects explores the interplay of native species endemic to the Outer Sunset and the non-native species that have made it home. This residency gave me a chance to focus on ideas that I have been working on over the 5 years since I moved my art space to the Outer Sunset and learned that it had been the stage for the first butterfly extinction in North America. The butterfly’s fate became a metaphor in my work for talking about gentrification (a topic too hot at that time to discuss directly). The Awesome Foundation would allow us to produce a “Field Guide” that will encapsulate this project/research in a way that is sharable and will live beyond the residency. A sharable art project that communicates about the needs of various species that call Ocean Beach home to help visitors become better neighbors. The Field Guide, while educating about the native species of Ocean Beach, will also evoke and complicating conceptions of gentrification, colonialism, and the subsequent problems of dividing into "native" and "non-native”— to get people thinking more deeply about the world around them.

Oakland, CA (Неактивен) – Lightning Bolt Community Safety Trainings

2017-06-08T00:00:00Z

Lightning Bolt supports communities preparing for natural and political disasters. In our Community Safety Trainings for local businesses, we convene expert trainers and local small-business workers and owners to build skills in 5 key areas of community safety: 1) De-escalation and alternatives to calling the police 2) Know your rights if ICE attempts to enter your business 3) Basic medic skills for treating gunshot wounds, stab wounds, & tear gas 4) Gender-neutral restrooms and transgender-friendly spaces 5) Accessibility and disability justice beyond the ADA Trainers in each area of safety come from esteemed local organizations, and trainers are directly impacted by the area of safety in which they teach. Trainers have included teachers from: + Sins Invalid + Transgender & Intersex Justice Project + People's Community Medics + Instituto Familiar de la Raza + Oakland Power Projects As of this writing we have completed our first training cohort of individuals from 6 small, People-of-Color-owned businesses in Oakland, and are working on convening our second cohort. Our goal is to train people from 50 Bay Area businesses by the end of 2017. OUR FIRST COHORT: Miss Ollie's Red Bay Coffee Reem's Arab Bakery Tamales La Oaxaqueña Cafe Gabriela Akat Cafe Kalli As Lightning Bolt collective members coordinating this project, we span multiple communities — Black, disabled, immigrant, and queer — working for peace and justice. We have seen how concrete safety trainings can empower our friends, neighbors, and ourselves in the face of escalating systemic violence and everyday crises. We believe that compassion in action, guided by people directly impacted amidst today’s political disasters, is critical for moving beyond symbolic sanctuary into real, nonviolent protection. We believe that local businesses can become vital hubs in a network of compassionate grassroots defense. On a personal level, disaster preparedness helps us move from fear, into love, toward action.

San Francisco, CA – Q-Finder: A view into the possible

2017-06-08T00:00:00Z

Nuts and bolts: I want to take pictures of the LGBTQ community during SF Pride 2017 and put the pictures into viewfinder keychains to send to LGBTQ youth who feel isolated or need support. Pride, particularly in San Francisco, is the height of LGBTQ(QIA+) love and celebration within the community. We view ourselves as one big family, and Pride is our family reunion :) I want to share images of this community with its hair down -- in the middle of the fun, excitement, love, support, and safety of a celebration of our identity. These images will offer solace, encouragement, and positive reinforcement to people who may not have access to a supportive queer community. The viewfinder only reveals its image to someone who is close enough to hold it up to their eye. In other words, it is a discreet way to carry around a whole world in your pocket without outing yourself. These keychains will be available to order online, though a safe distribution system (no outing with packaging, etc) and will be completely free of charge. To begin with, we will offer them through the www.everyoneisgay.com web store.("Everyone Is Gay works to improve the lives of LGBTQIA youth"). Eventually we may branch out and become our own entity with a website (I have someone who works at Wix.com who is willing to donate a domain and site to the cause). I would also like to reach out to agencies that work with queer foster youth for distribution. ** There can be some risqué costumery (or lack thereof) and behavior during Pride weekend, but my images will be safe for consumption by minors, and will feature the theme of wholesome fun and supportive community. This idea was born out of my own response to the attack on Pulse. I heavily debated attending Pride last year, but when I did, I felt the true support of my community - not just fellow queers, but from the city of SF at large. I still look at photos from Pride 2016 when I need to be reassured of positivity and love in the world

Tilburg (Неактивен) – Kleur de stad.

2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

In elke wijk in Tilburg een muurschildering (streetart) maken. Kijkend naar de geschiedenis van wat er zich heeft afgespeeld in de wijk of naar de naam van de wijk een passend werk maken op een prominente plek in de desbetreffende wijk. Afbeeldingen die of de geschiedenis van Tilburg of belangrijke personen of gebeurtenissen uit die wijk als eerbetoon belichten. Mvg. Erik

Annapolis, NS (Неактивен) – Bear River Community RIde

2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

We're a re-cycle bicycle shop operating out of the Oakdene Center in Bear River N.S. We refurbish old bicycles for sale and offer servicing and tune-ups, parts and accessories new and used. We're interested in rescuing old bicycles and their bits from the land fill and empowering individuals to get back in the saddle as a way to make healthy lifestyle choices and as a way to be less dependent on fossil fuels. We're in our first year of operation. We are going to start a community ride within the village to get the neighborhood rolling together. The rides will happen on a monthly basis and travel through some of the simpler and less challenging loops within the village, perhaps climbing in difficulty level as the season progresses and as the group develops. We will be printing t-shirts, and classic style merino wool jerseys for the participants and for sale in our bike shop before and after the rides. The jerseys will feature our shop logo and the name of the village. The support of the awesome foundation means that we can offer the ride free of charge as a community event open to everyone.

Ann Arbor, MI – Futel

2017-06-06T00:00:00Z

Futel is a free telephone company and 501(c)(3) organization. We offer domestic calls, messaging, human interaction, connections to services, and interactive audio art. All services are free of charge. Some features are accessed from free payphones which we install in public places, and some are accessed from an incoming phone number. Futel is a cross between a public service and a city-spanning art installation. We are inspired by public kiosks, shared experiences, the re-use of discarded technology, and unconventional interactions hidden behind ordinary exteriors. While Futel will always provide a straightforward and easily usable service, we also appreciate how art is formed by constraints, by roundabout paths or unexpected juxtapositions. We currently have three public phones, the first of which was installed in 2014. Our phones are armored, weatherproof, and low-maintenance, they just need internet access and a solid place to attach them. We also provide free telephone service to Right To Dream Too, a rest area, shelter, and houseless advocacy organization in downtown Portland. By the end of 2016, over 750 free outgoing calls were initiated per month from Futel phones, and over 50 interactive operator calls were logged throughout the year.

Ann Arbor, MI – Changing The Norm

2017-06-06T00:00:00Z

We The People Growers Association (WTPGA) has recently signed a land lease agreement for 1.5 acres to create a community-based farm with the goal to employ men and women returning home from incarceration. Currently, we have tilled 8,000 sq. ft. and have created, thus far, twelve 50 ft. x 3 ft. vegetable beds which will soon be filled with organic compost and lots of organic transplants, primarily culinary herbs. As our awesome project develops, one of our immediate needs is infrastructure development. We The People Growers Association has the opportunity to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley (HHHV) to meet a critical infrastructural need. This need consists of a tool shed for storage as well as a place for employees and volunteers to rest and re-hydrate. This tool shed will allow WTPGA to safely and securely store on-site resources. In addition, the rest/re-hydration station will be an indispensable gesture to show that WTPGA cares about people. WTPGA strives to be intentional in demonstrating its values of kindness, care, and compassion for others.