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
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! Much love to the first people in the room: Nia Williams, Thameenah Muhammad, Jesús Galavis Arreguin, Gizela Hernandez, Paula Ortega, Jennifer Falcon Cruz, Alexandra McWatters, Helena Haber, Samuel Peña, Ashley Hare, Elisa Radcliffe |