Operating Support
Operating Support
826 MSP's mission is to empower underserved students in grades K-12 to think creatively, write effectively, and succeed academically alongside a community of caring volunteers.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Literary arts learning is accessible to Twin Cities youth from underserved communities, with diverse racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. We will use participant registration data, school data, surveys and interviews to track demographics and to measure participants' engagement, impacts on self-confidence, and program satisfaction. 2: We will illuminate and amplify the perspectives of diverse Twin CIties youth through print and digital publication as well as community events. We will track the number of pieces written and published (both print and digitally) as well as the number of program participants that we serve. We will also track the number of students who participate in public readings (both live and recorded).
826 MSP provided literary arts programming to more than 1,400 youth last year, the majority of whom were from historically underserved groups. The majority of our students are people of color, those with disabilities, English Language Learners, and/or attend majority Free and Reduced Price Lunch schools. Across all six programs, surveyed participants reported high satisfaction and confidence. 2: We released 25 publications (2 chapbooks, one anthology, and 22 Field Trip books) by 650 young writers and celebrated with three in-person release parties. We tracked student writing progress throughout the year. Most students chose to publish multiple pieces across 2-3 publications. Additionally, 23 students had their writing published and/or received awards for their writing outside of 826 MSP.
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