Enchanted Circle Annual Report FY18_19

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Enchanted Circle is well known for our unique community partnerships
that integrate literacy, history, the environment, civics, sociology or
anything with the arts to meet a community’s evolving needs.
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SPOTLIGHT: NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT LEARNING LAB (NELL)
In 2018–2019, Enchanted Circle, in partnership with Springfield–based
Home City Development Inc., created a multifaceted arts integrated
literacy program designed to support families in addressing their
community’s educational challenges, and to train youth leaders to
recognize the power of their voice within the community.
For the culminating project of the Learning Lab, Enchanted Circle
teaching artist Gabriela Micchia worked with residents and staff at the
Liberty Hill Townhouses in Springfield to create a community mural
now on display by the Liberty Street bus stop.
“As soon as the event ended everybody was talking and laughing
with each other. Everyone was cool. Everyone was bonding so it
was really cool. It was really nice.”
– Aviance, youth resident Liberty Hill Townhouses
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COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
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NELL
PARTICIPANTS
AGES 2–82
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