Generous support for Art & Healing: Body Burden is provided in part by COMPAS United Arts. Additional support for the youth spoken word workshops, Art Treats Lunches and other community education efforts provided by Headwaters Foundation for Justice.
Program Partners:
Healthy Legacy is a 29-group public health coalition that supports the production and use of everyday products without toxic chemicals through consumer education, business leadership, and protective policies to advance safe alternatives in Minnesota.
Headwaters Foundation for Justice: Intermedia Arts is grateful for the funding and programmatic support provided by Headwaters Foundation for Justice, specifically for the youth spoken word workshop and performances led by Minnesota Spoken Word Association as well as the Brown Bag Dialogues and other community education efforts. Special thanks to David Nicholson, whose earnest concern for the programmatic effectiveness of this multi-faceted program enabled the partnership to extend its reach to include youth and community education components, expanding the opportunity for community education and political awareness.
Art Treats Supporters:
Arc Greater Twin Cities is a non-profit organization dedicated to securing for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families the opportunity to realize their goals of where and how they live, learn, work and play.
Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota or EJAM is a grassroots environmental justice organization dedicated to collaborating with communities to create equitable, healthy and sustainable futures for all generations.
Learning Disability Association of Minnesota is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children, youth, and adults with learning difficulties learn successfully, dream of possibilities, and achieve their goals.
Women’s Cancer Action is dedicated to changing lives through support, activism, and cancer prevention.
Women’s Environmental Institute is an environmental research, renewal and retreat center that creates and shares knowledge about environmental issues and policies relevant to women, children and communities affected by environmental injustices, promotes organic and sustainable agriculture and ecological awareness, and promotes activism that influences public policy and supports social change.
A special thanks to Shá Cage and e.g. bailey of the MN Spoken Word Association for their continued efforts to support youth voices and for reminding our audience to continue supporting Intermedia Arts. Thanks to Sharyle Patton and Commonweal Bio-Monitoring Resource Center for coordinating Peter Essick's photographic exhibit; Peace Coffee and Breadsmith for providing refreshments for our Brown Bag Dialogues.