Brightpoint, One Summer Chicago Unveil New Mural and Host Back to School Block Party

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Education

Join Brightpoint, formerly Children’s Home & Aid, at their Marshfield office, 5958 S. Marshfield Ave., for the unveiling of their One Summer Chicago mural at 2pm and the 5th Annual Back to School Block Party from 1 pm-4 pm. For three weeks, One Summer Chicago youth worked with artist Barrett Keithley to learn about art and design, sketch concepts, and assisted with the mural’s installation. The program will culminate with the unveiling of a 12ft H x 80ft W mural at the Brightpoint Marshfield location. In addition to painting the mural, Brightpoint’s policy team engaged with One Summer Chicago youth throughout six weeks to understand their perspectives on advocacy and educate them on how they can advocate for themselves and their communities. Brightpoint will have programming information and has partnered with community and corporate partners to offer free school supplies and resources for youth and their families. Partners include Teamwork Englewood, Angela’s Illustrations, True Believers/Stay LIT, The Blessed Child, Alternatives, Growing Hands Essentials, and Think Outside da Block.

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