Creative Acts
Creative Acts is an organization that seeks to transform urgent social justice issues through the revolutionary power of the Arts; to heal trauma, build community, raise power, and center the voices of those who are or have been incarcerated.
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2 Submitted Ideas
CREATE ·2024 Grants Challenge
·🎉 2024 Annenberg Foundation WinnerAddressing the Digital Divide Within Communities Impacted by Incarceration
Creative Acts uses the power of the Arts and technology to heal trauma, build community, raise power, and center the voices of those impacted by incarceration. We do this by training a group of returned citizens in methods of trauma-informed council, theater, and VR to prepare them to build curriculum and lead as teaching artists. This grant will support the expansion of our VR ReEntry Program, offering access to tech and creative employment for current and future Alumni Lab members and mental health programming for our partners on the inside.
CONNECT ·2020 Grants Challenge
·🎉 2020 Goldhirsh Foundation WinnerArt Attacks
Creative Acts’ Art Attacks program teaches incarcerated young people the value of their voice and the importance of participating in civic engagement through voting, and connecting with and finding leadership roles in organizations that are affecting change in their communities. We use community drawn art, spoken word poetry and other artistic endeavors to engage and inspire incarcerated youth to change their narratives about who they are and the impact they have. Our pilot program showed an 86% rise in voting for participants and facilitated deep connections between our incarcerated youth and the organization March for Our Lives.