SEARCH-Light: Lessons from Youth, Art and Healing in Chicago

Testimonios: The Power of Our Experiences (Week 3)

Overview of Week 3

Week 3: Testimonios

Healing Circle #2: Love

  • Tell us about your first love- whether it was a person, place or thing- and share how that love has helped define who you are today?
  • Can you remember a difficult time where you felt as if you really needed love and support from those around you and you felt that the love you desired wasn’t given to you. How did that make you feel? How did you get through that time?
  • How often do you say “I love you,” to others without expecting anything in return? Do you practice and/or offer unconditional love to those around you? If so, how? What makes you feel love unconditionally?

So Much To Do, In So Little Time

Week 2 Reflection from Youth Participants

  1. What did you enjoy most about the week?
  2. What are 1–2 things we can do to improve your experience?
  3. What was the most important thing you learned this week?

Sample Activity from Week 3:

  1. Fellows were asked to fill out a guided “I am…” poem
  2. Turn those words in the poem into an artistic expression through a self-portrait

Wings Project

  1. Provide cut-out feathers
  2. Allow fellows to express ‘what lifts you up’ onto the feather
  3. Add each feather to make wings
  4. Ask youth to create a posture, movement, or gesture that represents their feather

If you are interested in receiving the step-by-step instructions for any other activities or have additional questions about the why, what and or how of SEARCH please reach out to chicagoyouth@praxisinst.com.

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