One Community, Many Voices
Participants
- Ebony Thurman,
- Annie Wu,
- Sophia Dawson,
- Glenna Washington,
- Sehu Amennun,
- Jorge Beltran,
- Ed Bopp,
- Chauncey Esada,
- Katherine Gressel,
- Clare Herron,
- Jonathan Hidalgo,
- Will Hyman,
- Joshua Hidalgo,
- Nylejah Lawson,
- Steven Medina,
- Arthur Spruill,
- Jesus Ticas,
- Dana Wilson,
- Jan Min Wu,
- Desiree Wannan,
- Nequevah Williams,
- Krystal Yardon
Community Partners
Neighborhood
Location
501 Carlton Brooklyn, NY 11238
Funders
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None
Impressed by a series of murals created by Groundswell youth at Wyckoff Gardens, the Atlantic Terminal Community Center commissioned Groundswell to create a new mural for its space in Prospect Heights. Youth participants enrolled in our Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship (TEMA) program met with staff and residents to develop a theme for the mural design. At an initial community meeting, the participants decided to represent and celebrate the diversity of the immediate community. The design includes images of bridges to symbolize a linking of cultures as well as people in both contemporary clothing and the traditional dress of the various African, Asian, Latino, Arab, and Caribbean cultures that make up the surrounding neighborhood. Local landmarks are also featured, including the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and Fort Greene Park. Central to the design is the main building at Atlantic Terminal itself.
