The collective reflects on the past year and its effect on their mental health. They share their hopes for the upcoming year for themselves and the community, as well as tease a few new projects within the Creative Resilient Youth. As they mention in the podcast, they are "cautiously optimistic" about the future but still maintain their resilience in accomplishing their endeavors.

Episode 2B: New Year, New Projects

The Creative Resilient Youth (CRY) group is a project-based creative design and organizing environment led by teenagers collaborating to make art related to teen mental health and inviting critical dialogue about intergenerational trauma. Teen participants work with one another and members of their communities to create socially engaged art projects responsive to their needs and those of their peers. The program’s adult facilitators teach lessons related to trauma theory, cultural studies, the health humanities, art history, collaborative design methods and collectivism. Through solo and collective projects, CRY teens learn best practices for designing for accessibility and social impact.

This initiative is supported by Added Velocity which is administered by Temple Contemporary at Tyler  School of Art and Architecture, Temple University and funded by the William Penn Foundation.