The gentrification of the Mission District brought a "gang list" that affected young people in a 60-block radius, limiting their freedom of movement and association. Vicente Garcia used his 2007 Young People For fellowship to organize the community to stop the gang list.
WANTED: TALENTED, ACTIVIST COLLEGE STUDENTS!
Date: November 24, 2008 - 4:33pm - February 28, 2009 - 12:00am
Location:
American Friends Service Committee
637 S. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60605
afsc.org
Description:
why?
To participate in RECRUITMENT POSTERS FOR PEACE, a project of the American Friends Service
Committee*! We are asking talented college students to design posters that inspire young people to join the peace movement and submit them for possible exhibition.
WHAT WILL MY POSTER BE USED FOR?
Selected posters will be printed and framed alongside work from local high school students. These
posters will make up a rotating exhibit at participating schools in April 2009. Additionally, the posters will make up a final exhibition at the AFSC Annual Benefit in May that will be attended by 100+
donors and supporters of the peace movement.
What do i get for participating?
On top of letting your voice for peace be heard, you get the chance to have your work selected,
professionally printed and framed, and viewed by hundreds of people! Additionally, there will be CASH PRIZES for the most powerful Recruitment Posters for Peace! They are:
GRAND PRIZE = $500! 2ND PLACE = $250! 3RD PLACE = $100!
WHAT ARE THE DESIGN REQUIReMENTS?
Please submit your design no later than WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2009!
Send it via email to Karen Light at klight@afsc.org. You can also contact her if you have any questions or for more information by emailing or calling 312.427.2533 x23.
*The American Friends Service Committee was founded in 1917 as a non-profit international humanitarian aid organization focusing on peace and social justice.
Please visit www.afsc.org for more information.