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Join friends & supporters of Community Art Center for our 2nd Annual celebration of youth arts, & honoring those who've made it possible.Please join Community Art Center for a special evening to celebrate and honor those who have contributed to youth arts and creative youth development in the Port neighborhood of Cambridge. Enjoy live music and a T aste of the Port with local bites from neighborhood chefs, as we toast this year's honorees for their commitment to communnity, youth, and the arts.
Honorees:
-Community Champion, Latoyia Edwards
-Port Patron of the Arts, Michael Monestime
-Creative Youth Changemakers, Naejaleihs Pierre & Rachab Yewendwossen
-Sheila Hoffman Humanitarian Award, Dr. Janet Jemmott Moses
Proceeds from Bubbles & Bites will go to support Community Art Center's Teen Public Art and Teen Media Programs, and the Do It Your Damn Self!! (DIYDS!!) National Youth Film Festival, the longest-running youth led film festival in the country.
The evening will feature special guest, DIYDS!! Alumna and filmmaker Jude Chehab .
Learn more about Do It Your Damn Self!! here .
Taste of the Port will include local fare from entrepreneur and Community Art Center Alumnus, Emmanuel Mervil, proprieter of Everybody Gotta Eat , and Anthony Brooks' The Coast Cafe .
About the Honorees
Latoyia Edwards - NBC10 Boston and NECN Anchor and Journalist
Latoyia Edwards is an Emmy Award-winning anchor on NBC10 Boston and NECN. She was recently named one of Boston Magazine’s Most Influential Bostonians. She is a multi-talented journalist moderating political debates, field-anchoring live news events, securing exclusive one-on-one interviews and emceeing countless charity events each year.She joined the NBC10 Boston and NECN family as a morning reporter, arriving from WWLP-22 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she had been a weekday anchor. During her tenure, she has enjoyed success serving as a health reporter, weekend anchor, evening news anchor, before landing In her favorite role as morning news anchor alongside Raul Martinez and Matt Noyes. Latoyia celebrates her hometown roots as a native of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. She is a graduate of Boston Public Schools, including the exam school Boston Latin Academy. Latoyia and her husband are so grateful to raise their family in Massachusetts. One of her greatest joys is volunteering with youth groups and other charities.
Dr. Janet Jemmott Moses - Civil Rights Activist, educator
Janet Moses (née Jemmott), former pediatrician in the MIT Medical Department and civil-rights activist, served as a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in Mississippi. Raised in the South Bronx of New York, she left the United States with her husband Robert Moses in the late 1960s in protest of the Vietnam War, and they taught at schools in rural Tanzania. After their return to the U.S. in 1976, Moses earned her medical degree at the University of Boston.
Michael Monestime - President, Central Square BID
Michael Monestime is an accomplished marketer, entrepreneur, urban planner and community-builder. Monestime has worked to maintain and uplift what makes communities special, leveraging longstanding, intergenerational relationships to create spaces and opportunities for local residents, artists, and entrepreneurs to benefit from the richness of the community. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from UMass Boston and has held Senior Leadership positions in Startups, Marketing Departments, the Music Industry and Real Estate ventures. He is the founding Executive Director and current President of the Central Square Business Improvement & Cultural District.
Naejaleihs Pierre & Rachab Yewendwossen - Teen Public Art members, Community Art Center
Naejaliehs Pierre is a Haitian-American teenager who was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is currently enrolled at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School as a junior. Rachab Yewendwossen is an Ethiopian-American teenager who was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is currently enrolled at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School as a junior. About three years ago, Rockie and Naeja began working at the Community Art Center through the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment program, where their friendship sprouted. In the following years, they’ve demonstrated a great passion for art and have contributed to the welcoming nature of CAC through the development of many relationships. They’ve been able to work diligently while simultaneously enhancing their creativity and leadership skills by collaborating with others to tend to numerous projects around the city of Cambridge. This includes murals they’ve designed in the Port neighborhood, Kendall Square, and Alewife. Not only did they work on various projects throughout the summer, but they also led several art workshops at the Urban Park Rooftop for residents of all ages. This varied from painting, printmaking, bookmark making, collage activities, etc. These two continue to assist and showcase their talents as current teen volunteers at the Art Center.
Interested in Corporate Sponsorship? Sponsorship package includes exclusive perks during Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival weekend in June. More details below:
About Community Art Center
Founded in 1937, the Community Art Center is a neighborhood institution committed to our mission: to cultivate an engaged community of youth whose powerful artistic voices transform their lives, their neighborhoods, and their worlds.
The Art Center has established an excellent track record of providing creative and challenging learning opportunities to youth. We aim to develop the next generation of civically engaged, community-minded leaders, and problem-solvers.
Community Art Center achieves our mission through intensive, year-round activities for youth ages 5-19 and through youth-led Community Programming that engages local and national audiences in quality artistic experiences:
Youth ages 5-12 participate in the School Age Child Care Program (SACC) and become creative problem solvers through a hands-on arts curriculum. Youth ages 13-19 enter the Teen Media Program and become digital creators and storytellers rather than just consumers. Or Teens can opt to participate in the Teen Public Art Program, where they gain hands-on experience facilitating civic engagement with community members as they conceptualize, design & execute public art projects. Our murals can be seen all over Cambridge!
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650 East Kendall Street,Cambridge,02142,US, United States
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