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Yaasmeen Brown - The Roof is On Fire / Due 2/19

Yaasmeen Brown - The Roof is On Fire / Due 2/19



1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project?
Teenagers of color living in a society that does not value them the way that white members of society are valued. 

2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project?
The issue addressed in this project was that teenagers of color are being treated as animals and then expected to succeed in a world that continues to stereotype, discriminate, and exclude them. 

3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content?
The medium was a live performance that took place in cars on a roof in Oakland, Ca. The   teenagers spoke freely without the use of a script. Audience members surrounded the cars while the teens spoke. 

4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that invested in the process and outcomes of project?
Teachers, Adults, Teens, White people, Black/ Brown people, Art organizers, Artists. 

5. AUDIENCE: For whom was this project conceived? 
This project was conceived for people that live in "bubbles." I also feel that this project was conceived for black and brown people that feel like their voices/ stories don't matter. 

6. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES: How were the stakeholders, audiences, and others engaged/connected to the project?
Audience members were there to simply listen, other members connected to the project such as the teachers and artists were connected to the piece by organizing the performance space and informing news media outlets about the project. 


7. GOAL: What are this project's objectives?
To give voice to teenagers of color. 
To empower teenagers through the act of speaking. 
Giving teenagers the space to relate, disagree, and express their beliefs freely and openly.

8. VALUES: What were the project's guiding values or core beliefs? How were they expressed in the process?
- When you treat people like animals they have no choice but to respond like animals. 
- When you grow up in a society that believes your a certain way you begin to believe in certain stereotypes about yourself and others around you. 
- Listening is revolutionary. 
These core beliefs were expressed through open dialogue from the students in the project. 

9. RESOURCES: What tangible and intangible resources were used to pursue the project's goals?
-A performance space 
- cameras / filming/ photography 
- Cars 
- Students 
- school
- teachers 
- artists 


10: OUTCOMES: What were the results of this project?
The results of this project :
- watching under privileged teens come together and express themselves freely without having to contain themselves or filter their thoughts. 

Another result was having audience members leave the performance with new ideas and perceptions that they didn't have before they left. 

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