RE:FRAME Youth Arts Center
"There is no student who learns and teacher who educates, but a shared power relationship where both who are taught also teach" - Paulo Freire
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  • 13 - 17 yrs old (teens)
  • 18-24 yrs old (young adults)
  • 25 + (adults)
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RE:FRAME will always center the leadership of young people in
​our programming, administration, and boardroom with full voting rights. RE:FRAME invest in the top of the Ladder of Youth Participation where youth and adults share power as both facilitators and learners of knowledge. 

We practice a shared leadership model where no titles or hierarchies exist. ​For inquiries, please contact us below.

FOUNDERS

The Southside of Phoenix was built on the practice of segregation and redlining. The dividing line that separates southside can be identified by 19 landfills and industrial waste sites, which have damaged the health of majority black and brown residents. To date, South Phoenix continues to lack quality infrastructure, access to healthy food options, and resources to thrive.

In 2018, a group of young artists and their adult accomplices sat together to imagine a space for and by young people. A space for and by young people to authentically be themselves while building the knowledge of power, history, and joy to strengthen themselves and their community. A space where young people 
  • lead workshops and activities for their peers
  • get paid the same as adults for their assets, not by years of experience
  • hold at minimum 50% of the decision making power throughout the organization
  • be in a homey center where young people can cook, bathe, wash cloths, grow food, and make art. 
  • use their artistic and cultural practices to strengthen their mental health,  grow their own food, and end adultism, the systematic mistreatment of young people. 

This group of majority black, brown, and queer artists and culture workers did not feel like there was a space for all their intersecting identities to be fulled loved. Re:Frame reflects the desire to be pro-queer, pro-black, pro-brown, pro-all bodies sizes and abilities, and most importantly, pro-young people!
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Much love to the first people in the room: Nia Williams, Jesús Galavis Arreguin, Gizela Hernandez, Thameenah Muhammad, Paula Ortega, Jennifer Falcon Cruz, Alexandra McWatters, Helena Haber, Samuel Peña, Ashley Hare, Elisa Radcliffe
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THE TEAM

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NIA (SHE/THEY)

Programs
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calandria (she/her)

Operations
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Paula ​(she/ella)

Community Collabs
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jamauri ​(he/they)

Space Nourishment
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Ashley ​(they)

Development & Finance
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raji ​(she/her)

Board Member

ELISA ​(They/them)

Board Member

Jesús (he/him)

Board Member

MEGAN (She/Her)

Board Member

Samuel (He/Him)

Board Member

Extended Family

These folxs have been so important to our growth. We love you!
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ALEX MCWATTERS
(she/her)

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JENNIFER FALCON CRUZ (she/her)

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HADIYAH MUHAMMAD-DEAN (SHE/HER)

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MICHEAL CRAIG (He/him)

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ZOYA PAGE
​(they/them)

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DAVID BONILLA (he/him)

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IAN FRYE 
​(he/him)

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Raeana casillas (she/her)

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Carlos Alvarez (he/him)

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Charmelle Mhungu (she/they)

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Nikita Bharati (she/her)

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SAMUEL PEÑA 
​(he/him)

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 teresa mabry (they/them)

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SEAN MEDLIN ​(they/HIM)

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cynthia diaz (she/her)

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DIENAE HUNTER (THEY/THEM)

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GENESIS PEREZ (she/her)

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luisa santos martinez (she/her)

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Gayle tomimbang
(she/they)

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  • Home
  • Our People
  • The Process
    • Communal Agreements
    • Learning Moments
    • WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
  • 13 - 17 yrs old (teens)
  • 18-24 yrs old (young adults)
  • 25 + (adults)