Global Village, Warm wishes to you and yours in this new year. May it come with deepened healing and purpose, personal growth and meaningful relationships. The ongoing pandemic has altered the way we connect with ourselves, one another, and our communities. Please give yourself a generous amount of grace, compassion, and space as you continue to deal with the myriad uncertainties and changes. We know that now, more than ever, we need each other. As i am We Global Village continues to grow and stay grounded in our collective beliefs, centered in love and focused on service, we feed off of the energy of the whole while honoring and recognizing that individual humanity exists through interactions with and interdependence among people. We celebrate this reality. We human beings are resilient, creative, and wired for connection. We are all significant. Leaning into 2022, we invite you to join us in meditating on these guiding questions: - How might we upend unhealthy dynamics in systems that perpetuate individual and communal harm?
- How might organizations honor and acknowledge that people and situations are dynamic and constantly evolving?
- How might we engage with ourselves and each other in a life-giving way?
- How might we cultivate and support healing spaces within ourselves and between one another as we co-journey into an uncertain future?
- How might we co-create and claim joy as if it is a birthright?
Centering these questions is the ever-evolving exploration of i am We Global Village. We invite you to journey and explore with us. Our programming for 2022 includes intergenerational arts series with a healing and restorative focus. i am We. |
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Thank You for Your Support! |
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We are humbled and grateful for the support you have shared with i am We Global Village! Whether you have reached out with words of encouragement, participated in planning, supported one of our programs, or made a financial contribution, please know that we value each and every way that you have shown your love. |
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i am We Global Village Receives Madison Community Fund Grant for exploring the voices of youth and elders through the arts |
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i am We Global Village is excited to announce that we are a recipient of a Madison Community Foundation Dane County Youth Fund Grant. The grant and individual donations make it possible for our i am We Global Village family to grow and expand our partnerships and work. Exploring the voices of youth and elders through poetry and visual arts will be the focus of the grant funding. To support this work, we are creating an i am We Global Village Traveling Art Workshop materials kit. As we continue to move through the evolving pandemic, when people of all ages have been more isolated, opportunities for human connection are critical. Creating intergenerational, communal spaces for people to tap into their well of creativity, while connecting with one another, can cultivate fertile ground for healing. |
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Please Help Us Meet Our Match! A generous donor has offered to match up to $7,500.00 to cover half the cost of iPads with Procreate software and Apple pencils. This investment supports our projects with youth and makes it possible to build the i am We Global Village Traveling Art Workshop materials kit. Please spread the word to help us meet this match! |
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New Collaboration! Shelter Home, Madison Beginning in February, i am We Global Village staff will begin creative sessions at Shelter Home, a temporary placement facility in Madison, WI, for court involved youth. Themes will include identity, criticality, social emotional learning, etc. This offering includes haiku writing, along with other forms of poetry, and creating digital art on iPads. The young people may also have opportunities to record their poetry to student-created beats or instrumentals. This work is made possible through a grant from Madison Community Foundation. |
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Youth-Led Community-Building |
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Update:
Restorative Healing through the Arts An Intergenerational Experience A team of youth leaders has been collaborating with i am We Global Village staff to bring to life an intergenerational art series to be hosted at Middleton High School in the spring. Plans are taking shape for youth-led workshops in all areas of art, including digital art using iPads, creative writing, dance, visual arts, beat-making, even knitting! The i am We Global Village spirit of healing and restoration through relationships will be central in the creative process. We also plan to provide multiple platforms for the artists to share their creations after the event. A portion of this event is made possible thanks to our grant from Madison Community Foundation. More details coming soon… |
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Update: March 2022
BARSA-sponsored tour of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta and Conversation with Rudy. Plans are continuing for an in-person visit to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. Following the tour, young people will be invited to process the experience with Rudy Bankston facilitating. As with many things in the time of COVID, flexibility with plans is necessary. |
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Community-Building in Progress |
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People from Georgia, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin are currently joining together in a three-part series that reflects on the legacy of slavery, the politics of mass incarceration, our racialized identities and how it all fits within our current context. Rudy Bankston facilitates the series while sharing aspects of his personal story, work in education, and experience in the criminal justice system. Learn more about engaging in this discussion with your community group. |
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What people are saying about the 13th Justice Series: "Rudy opened my eyes to things that I was not aware of. He offered such a unique perspective on such a heavy topic. I don't think that I would have gotten as much out of this professional development if it weren't for his willingness to be so open and share with us. I am inspired to look inward and to focus on how I can do better and be better for my students and help to break the cycle." - Aly Becker, Middle School English Teacher 13th participants share what supported their learning... "The sharing and caring I observed between participants." "The easeful pace, full acceptance of whatever unfolds, and opportunities to share voice or chat." "The overall format allows time for processing and reflecting." |
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Meet the Global Village Team |
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Dr. Donna Hart Tervalon Dr. Donna Hart-Tervalon has more than forty-five years of combined experience in the field of education/special education that includes cross categorical teaching, early childhood and special education consulting, grant writing, developing, implementing and evaluating projects for public and private preschools and Head Start programs and coordinating birth to three home based early intervention programs and services. |
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Donna has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses and provided professional development and technical assistance to educators on issues of equity, diversity, cultural awareness, culturally responsive practices and multiculturalism. She is also a published author and the recipient of several awards and honors for her work in addressing issues of racial disproportionality and advancing racial equity for all students and families. She was a consultant on the special education team with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction from 2001 until she retired in 2018. She also served as Assistant Director of Special Education. during her tenure. Her work focused primarily on providing statewide assistance and support to projects and initiatives focusing on racial equity and addressing issues of disproportionality. In retirement Donna continues to engage in activities and projects that support youth of color and promote racial equity and social justice. She now has more time to devote to other passions such as knitting, traveling and spending time with family and friends. Donna has also published a children's book called "The Witch's Skin." |
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| | Q & A with Madison Magazine and Rudy Bankston Q You recently formed the nonprofit “i am We Global Village,” an organization “committed to disrupting and dismantling the barriers and biases that prevent people from seeing each other’s full humanity.” Can you tell us more about that?
A "...The ultimate goal is to work from the inside through i am We Coaching and Mentoring, and from the outside through the nonprofit, until the walls that divide the two come down and the Global Village becomes one and the same." | | |
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| | In this episode of Black Oxygen, Rudy discusses education, leadership, boundaries, love and so much more. He says that we are collectively addicted to the status quo and that it is time for us to relearn how to connect with each other after so much separation. As it relates to education, systems change and relationships, Rudy reminds us that love is a mandate for it all. This conversation encourages each of us to get curious about our fear and woundedness but not get stuck there. It encourages us to lean in with love - love of self and love of each other. | | |
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i am We Global Village is a program under fiscal sponsorship of the Center for Community Stewardship, which is a Madison-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization. This sponsorship enables donations to be tax deductible. You may also mail support checks to: Center for Community Stewardship, Inc.
116 North Few St, Madison, WI 53703 Memo line: i am We Global Village |
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