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CREATE WEST VIRGINIA
W.Va., New York kids connect through Skype Block project
Kids in Rand, W.Va., relate to kids in Harlem, N.Y. via Skype as part of The Block: An Urban to Rural Connection. Pictured clockwise from left are Helen Edict, Christian Smith, Yasmeen Stubblefield, Delores Burton, Sheree Clayborn, Good, Leigha Smith, and Lyneshia Weldon. Edict and Burton are supervisors at the Rand Family Cares Association, where the Rand students are involved in after-school and summer programs.
Purchase this photoKids in Rand, W.Va., relate to kids in Harlem, New York City, via Skype as part of The Block: An Urban to Rural Connection.
The Block, developed in partnership with Create WV and the LeRoy Neiman Arts Center in Harlem, is designed to broaden the scopes of city and rural young people through Internet, video, photography and art creation, poetry and dialogue. Participants also created community service projects designed to remove or reduce obstacles that threaten to impede their dreams.
Create West Virginia's Crystal Good, organizer of the Create WV conference diversity tracks in 2008 and 2009, says the Block project altered the perception of West Virginia as an "all white" state among the New York participants, and made New York City real and accessible for the Rand participants.
The Block project takes its name from a collage/painting by artist Romere Beardon depicting people from his childhood who helped inspire his career.
