Summer of 2017 This summer, Mauricio Salgado, Arielle Julia Brown, Ashley Teague and Carlos Sirah co-organized a series of events alongside several community partners: The Delta Cultural Center, The Boys and Girls Club, and Waves of Prayer Ministries. The goal was to begin building relationships with community members by working alongside them to provide services that met their programmatic needs. During the summer, they also met with other community members and organizations to discuss the needs of the community and the commemorative efforts for the upcoming centennial of the mass lynching. 

Youth Work Visiting Elaine Heroes – July 3-7. This project was a partnership with the Elaine Legacy Center. It was a weeklong workshop for 30 – 40 youth, 3 to 15 years of age from Elaine where youth named and celebrated their local heroes. The youth told stories, created songs, played games and practiced affirming rituals. The workshop ran daily from 11:45 -3:30pm. Our team worked alongside members of 

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the community that served as teachers, administrators and support staff. The event culminated in a sharing for the community and a barbeque. 

Visiting Helena West-Helena Heroes – July 10-14. This project was a partnership with The Boys and Girls Club of Phillips County and the Delta Cultural Center, to support DCC in developing a youth theatre program. Similar to our workshop in Elaine, this workshop focused on local heroes. We worked with 20-30 youth between 4-12 years of age from 1:30-3:30pm. The students played theater games, built songs, and told stories. Our team included the Rev. Dr. Kyle Miller. The week culminated in a small sharing for both groups and their parents at the Boys and Girls Club in West Helena and included the opportunity for families to sign their children up for a future theatre program. 

Visual Art Workshop at BGACDC – July 20th and 29th This workshop ran from 10-12pm and was attended by 16 students between 4-12 years of age. The purpose of the workshop was to start creating designs that will eventually be a part of a new mural at BGACDC. The theme of the design is family and students were encouraged to consider words and images that expressed their experiences with their families. The workshop was then followed by a full day of painting with 10 youth and 6 adults. 

Story Sharing Story Circle in Elaine – July 19th. This program was a small gathering with community leaders in Elaine wherein we shared stories of our childhood, a day in our lives and faith. 

Story Circle with Youth on Probation– July 25th. Rev. Jarvis Smith organized an informal story circle conversation with three young men from his community service program. 

A Story Sharing about Phillips County – July 30th. 26 individuals attended this event which included a reading of scenes from Christina Ham’s Scapegoat, a play that stretches between the histories of the 1919 mass lynching in Phillips County and the present day. Throughout the reading, the reflection was facilitated where the audience considered the various themes within the play. The play was then followed with a meal for the guests. 

Community Engagement In addition to these projects we visited the 2nd Baptist MB Church in West Helena, Still Standing Church of the Nazarene in West Helena, Pleasant Grove Missionary Church in Marvell, Waves of Prayer in Elaine, The University Museum and Cultural Center at Pine Bluff, the “You Lookin’ Good! Images of African American Life in the Delta” and, “African American Life in the Delta Through the Lens of Rogerline Johnson” Exhibit at Eliza Miller Elementary and the Workshop in the Arts Summer Camp Performance at PCCUA. 

We also met Mr. Raymond Simes, Mr. John Edwards, Dr. Brian Mitchell, Ms. Tamisha Cheatham, Ms. Mary Duncan, Ms. Shirley Jimmerson, Ms. Lavitrus Thomas, Ms. Queen Ester, Mr. Jermaine Coleman, Ms. Dolly Avery, Ms. Haley Mora, Dr. Mary Olson, Ms. Beatrice Shelby, Ms. Diamacious Sims, Ms. LaPearl Shelby, Ms. Jennifer Rowan, Ms. Phyllis Hammonds, Mr. Steven Bradley, Mr. Roy King Jr., Mr. Franklin King, the folks at Thrive, Mr. John Dalencourt, Ms. Munnie Jordan, The Community at the Mid Delta Senior Center, Mr. Michael Boone, Dr. Theo Parham and Dr. Henri Linton. Finally, we will be 

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attending a prayer retreat with Rev. Jarvis Smith and the congregation at 2nd Baptist Church in West-Helena.