FREE Resources: Working with Communities for Social Change
Resources for Social Change (RSC) is a training program developed by ROOTS that teaches ideas and techniques to create social change through art. The RSC program provides training, mentorship and peer education to artists, cultural workers, arts administrators, students, and community activists from diverse cultures and disciplines, using local community artists to present case studies of model projects taking place within their communities.
Now available for FREE download on their website are 2 fantastic resources on best practices for doing community-based art from an anti-oppressive framework. 5 key principles are used:
- shared power
- partnership
- open dialogue
- individual and community transformation
- aesthetics and beauty of justice
Download the Resources for Social Change Workbook HERE
Download the Building Arts and Community Partnerships Work-Kit HERE (scroll down to the bottom of the page to download)
Categories: Case Studies, Community Engagement, Ideas, Research and Reports
