<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Don't miss this tonight! BD<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>We of Build Progams, Not Jails are delighted to be supporting this youth cultural event, "The Illumination Celebration" to be held at the Art Theatre, downtown Champaign, Sunday August 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. The local organization, Exposed, is the lead organizer/promoter/producer. Exposed aims to bring together a range of organizations for this event. The actual evening will present a showcase of Poetry, Spoken Word, Comedy, Visual Art, Film, and Live Music, all produced by local youth. Included in the material is a short film based on the statistics of racial disparity in our county. We urge all of you to attend and support the creative efforts of our young people and see how they artistically interpret our data on racial disparity. </div><div><br></div><div>James Kilgore for Build Programs, Not Jails</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="margin:1em 0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><b>August 17, 2015</b>: Exposed, a local organization that holds a monthly showcase of talent incorporating performances of Poetry, Spoken Word, Comedy, Visual Art, Film, and Live Music, is set to host a youth based performance event to be held at The Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Sunday, August 30<sup>th</sup>, 2015.<br>
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After a year of hosting their monthly showcase at Soma Ultralounge they decided to take Exposed “On the Road” over the summer and work with other organizations in order to continue to build community collaborations. Exposed has partnered with The Champaign Center partnership in June and UrbanaLove in July. For their final “On The Road” show before returning to Soma in September they have united with a few special organizations; Spotlight, Build Programs Not Jails, 4-H Metro, and Undercut Collective to produce an event catered specifically to youth ages 14-21. </p>
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<p style="margin:1em 0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">“Each organization has played a role in working with the youth and producing different pieces of this show” says Ali. Spotlight for instance, created by U of I student Kyra Mitchell, is a program for minority youth whose main goal is to reverse negative stereotypes in media, provide mentorship and increase self-esteem. Kyra has worked with a group of 10 students over the summer to produce short films highlighting something positive in their lives. Exposed is set to show these short films alongside performances in their typical format of Poetry, Spoken word, Comedy, and Live Music. The difference this time around is that the performers will be local youth between the ages of 14-21 showcasing their talents. “These young people are incredibly talented but many of them have never performed in front of an audience before. They are nervous but also very excited and grateful for the opportunity” says Ali.<br>
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“It all came together quite randomly, I knew we were going to be working with 4-h over the summer, providing workshops, but soon after that was scheduled I was asked to come help plan an event for Build Programs Not Jails that would raise awareness of local social injustices as well a showcase an alternative program that could provide positive reinforcement in order to reverse some of the social issues our community is faced with. It is meant to highlight what can happen when we come together as a community as well as give the youth an opportunity to speak out on some of these issues. I thought, wouldn’t it be cool to hear their perspective?”<br>
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Build Programs Not Jails, which is an extension of the CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, has provided Exposed with a set of area statistics. Using these statistics 4-H youth have created a series of interview questions that they have taken and interviewed their peers on camera with. Clips from these interviews are also set to play alongside the youth performances on the 30<sup>th</sup>.<br>
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This event is very unique in that, not only are youth performing, interviewing, and producing films for the event, but also Exposed has brought on board Urbana High School student Saskia Baker, the creator of Undercut Collective, as a lead on the event planning. The Undercut Collective is a program concentrating on putting together all-ages concerts for the teens of the Champaign-Urbana area that was started by Saskia over a year ago. “I wanted to try to incorporate youth in as many aspects of putting together this show as possible. I think it just provides a great opportunity for them to really own something and be proud of it” says Ali.<br>
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<i>The Illumination Celebration</i> will be held on August 30<sup>th</sup> from 7-9pm at The Art Theater in downtown Champaign, combining the history of our community with the future of our youth. Tickets are $5 and proceeds go to the cost of producing the event. <br>
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