SPEAK FOR PEACE Speak for Peace on YouTube Speak for Peace 2019
Ages 16-29
Summer 2023, The Parlor, Be More Green, & Safe Streets Penn-North
In this activist art workshop, student fellows will contribute to an on-going street-level campaign for peace, launched in spring of 2019 (link), and featuring the voices and faces of Baltimoreans impacted by and fighting against street violence. They’ll interview mediators, community leaders, and ordinary citizens, and share their messages and stories with the public through posters and QR code-accessible videos. They’ll consider how to reach and connect diverse audiences in diverse neighborhoods, raising awareness, stirring discussion, asking citizens of all ages and backgrounds to stop and think, and to work toward solutions. They’ll learn videography, audio recording, and interview protocols. Content for the campaign will appear throughout the city and on YouTube, and will also be represented on Instagram, on the program website, and at a public exhibition. Limited to 10 student fellows.
Charles Cohen's recent documentary films include Riding Wild, which follows a group of BMXers into Baltimore's urban wilderness, and The Crooked Tune, an Old Time Fiddler in a Modern World. He holds an MFA in Film and Digital Media from American University and has written for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and Baltimore City Paper.
Greg Carpenter has worked in reentry for twenty years. He is a 2015 Open Society Institute Fellow (OSI) and owner of the 2 AM Bakery, which houses his program Eye Can B-More. Eye Can B-More offers returning citizens work experience, job training, and a range of support services. He also co-chairs the Greater Baltimore City Grassroots Network, which is comprised of more than forty service providers and advocacy groups that assist the formerly incarcerated.
Estefany Lara is a Salvadoran-born writer and filmmaker based in Baltimore. She believes in the power of storytelling to connect and honor individual voices.
