Tym, Inc.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Juvenile Detention Teens participate in art workshops that are based in personal development / leadership sills. Some classes include topics like anger management, how to re-write your narrative and alter your perspective through language, empowerment and other aspects for healing growth.
These classes also go towards their community service hours through our partnership with Tym, Inc. ​
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The artwork they create also goes into our student art program where their work is offered for sale, all sales go directly to the teen artist as a means to further support them.
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TIME OUT YOUTH
Monthly poetry workshops and safe spaces open mics for the teens in Time Out Youth at their center. These workshops and open mics are based in healing narratives, processing emotions, confidence and self love. Teen's poems are published through an annual anthology. Proceeds from the book sales are donated to the Time Out Youth organization.
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HENDERSON
Our year long program at Henderson Independent High School is a collaboration between one of our community partner’s Art & Soul Rowan. We provide a year long art and poetry program for middle school and high school students at Henderson in Salisbury. Henderson is an alternative school, in which many of our students are facing behavioral challenges, trauma, family displacement and more. The weekly workshops we provide act as a way to combat these challenges, offering students emotional and mental support through the arts. Each year we do a EOY showcase, where we feature the students’ work: a short film, artwork and poetry they’ve created during the year. Students get to take a limo ride to the showcase. In 2024 we won best script for our movie at Mad Monster Con and their film has been featured for various mental health events through organizations like MHA, Mental Health America!
PROMISE RESOURCE NETWORK
We have several programs offered through our partnership with Promise Resource Network for 18+ adults.
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WRITING FOR WELLNESS: Poetry workshops dedicated to mental/emotional wellness in a loving and supportive environment held every 1st + 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm.
(Currently online - see our events page to sign up)
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END THE STIGMA: Poetry workshops specifically designed to end the stigma of mental health. Some workshops concentrate on certain mental illnesses such as OCD, PTSD and other challenges. Held every 2nd Friday of the month at 6pm.
(Currently online - see our events page to sign up)
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COME TOGETHER OPEN MIC: A safe space to share your heart through poems, story telling, music + more. Held every 4th Friday of the month at 6pm. (Currently online - see our events page to sign up)
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DETENTION FACILITY
We provide a poetry program at the Mecklenburg County Detention Facility every Tuesday and Thursday with the non-entry residents, men and women who are either waiting on their court date or waiting to be transferred to prison. The poetry program focuses on mental health aspects and personal development, incorporating writing as a form for rehabilitation. At the end of each year, poems are published in the “Behind These Walls” Anthology and copies are donated in facilities and throughout the Region.
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