The Truth Project How-To Guide

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HOW-TO GUIDE
METHODOLOGY:
Connecting the Dots-A Collaborative
Model for Change: t's an idea to
create an umbrella-like collection of
new and existing organizations and
programs, sponsors, and individuals
whose work can change the world."

THE TRUTH PROJECT is part of that
collective changing the world-using
arts and social issues immersion to
promote nonviolence for kids and
teens in our neighborhoods and
communities.

M88ON:
THE TRUTH PROJECT is an arts and social issues immersion
program empowering students to promote nonviolence through
creativity, connection, collaboration, and communication.

The focus is on:
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NONVOLENCE

t is never too late. Never give up. Our
kids are worth it, this is our future, we're
talking about now. t starts in the present,
it starts now. This is what we are seeing
in them: WE BELEVE. We believe in
ourselves. Even if you don't believe in us,
we believe in each other. And we are
seeking the truth'. The Truth Pro]ect is
about empowering students through arts
and social issues to promote nonviolence
and as Gandhi said, to be the change they
wish to see in the world."
-Missy Crutchfield, Founder
FOR MORE DEA8 READ:
Connecting the Dots: the workbook"
A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
THE TRUTH PROJECT IS...
A MOVEMENT: Students Take a Stand!
Community-driven movements
are happening around the
world...

Creative initiatives like the Chicago
and Baltimore-based programs The
Interrupters and Safe Streets
and The Baltimore Algebra
Project are serving as models for
taking back our streets, our
communities, our schools, our
youth...

Celebrating Literacy! an intergenerational reading program that serves as a
model for educating youth and seniors through afterschool immersion
experiences. Studying the writings, speeches, and work of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi and
other civil rights leaders, students and
seniors come together in a reading
program focused on continuing the
civil rights movement and what it
means to live the dream today.

Students Take a Stand! is the next
phase during which students take
what they learned from Celebrating
Literacy! and put it into action
Students evaluate the social issues their generation faces and plan their own
movement for change starting in their schools. This is their movement.

This Isnt a Sit-in. This is a Stand Up.
Students Prepare to Make History Again!
This school was the one with students from the highest
crime zip codes, no kitchen, no library, no safety resource
officer! With the lowest funding priority for any school in
the district
100 percent of the kids in this school are there because they
were sent there Zero tolerance Suspension Drugs Weap-
ons Assault Bullying Attempted Homicide Gang Violence
You name it. If they didnt go to jail, they went there.
This school is a microcosm for what is going wrong with our
communities, and the question is how do we right the wrongs,
starting with this school to be the change and turn things around
for our kids
This is an experiment in going deep, investing in a school that is
forgotten, and making a real and lasting difference If we can
change it there, theres no school that cant be turned around.
WE BELIEVE is a graphic arts project that involves students in
creating inspirational murals, banners, signs, trading cards,
t-shirts, and more (***see example above)sparking a creative
conversation about what they can do to make a changeand
starting a movement in their lives, and rippling out through
positive peer pressure.
A MOVEMENT: WE BELIEVE campaign
OUTCOMES:
x Students learn and practice their art under the leadership of Master
Instructors in their respective fields.
x Students develop vital 21st Century job skills as their learn leadership
skills, team building, planning and organization, communications skills,
conflict resolution, and how these skills translate into everyday life and
work.
x Students work toward a worthwhile shared goal, a finished product
including fully producing a live performance and an accompanying studio
recording.
x Students acquire valuable work experience and references they can
include in their college essays and resumes.
A MOVEMENT:
Professional Arts &
Social Issues Internship
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A Professional Arts & Social Issues
Internship offers students two weeks of
intensive leadership, nonviolence, and
conflict resolution training leading into a six
week professional focus track in one of the
following modules:

x Songwriting
x Performing Arts
x Music Production
x Visual Arts
x Business and Marketing
x Communications and Media
The Truth Project is an arts and social issues immersion
program empowering students to promote nonviolence
through creativity, connection, collaboration, and
communication.

The Songwriting Module offers
students an opportunity to study the
art of writing and working with music
under Master musicians and
songwriters.

Outcomes include:
x Students learn and practice the
basics of writing and editing song
lyrics and working with music.
x Students collaboratively write an
original song for recording and
performance.
x Students work with Master instructors on adapting cover songs
for recording and performance.

TIMELINE

WEEK ONE: Remember Your Dream
Intro to Arts & Social Issues

WEEK TWO: Be the Change: A Season for Nonviolence
Conflict Resolution Training & Leading a Movement

WEEK THREE: Intro to Songwriting

WEEK FOUR: Master Class

WEEK FIVE: Master Class

WEEK SIX: Master Class

WEEK SEVEN: Master Class

WEEK EIGHT: Review & Rehearsal

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MODULE: SONGWRITING
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The Performing Arts Module offers
art of dance, theatre, music perform-
ance, or spoken word under Master
performing artists.

Outcomes include:
basics of dance, theatre, music
performance, or spoken word.
x Students collaboratively build a
program for stage production, studio
recording, and filming of music
video.
x Students work with Master instructors on adapting for both
studio production and live performance.

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WEEK THREE: Intro to Dance, Theatre, Music Performance, or Spoken
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MODULE: PERFORMING ARTS
communication.

The Music Production Module offers
art of studio recording and music pro-
duction under Master producers,
editors, and sound engineers.

Outcomes include:
basics of studio recording and music
production.
x Students collaboratively record
songs prepared by Songwriting and
Performing Arts Modules.
x Students work with Master instructors on final editing and
release of CD and iTunes download files.

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WEEK THREE: Intro to Music Production






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The Visual Arts Module offers
students an opportunity to create art-
work for the stage production, CD and
music video cover, and program book
under Master visual artists, set
designers, and graphic designers.

Outcomes include:
basics of painting and drawing, set
design, and graphic design.
x Students collaboratively create art-
work and set design for the stage
production, as well as accompanying artwork for the CD and
music video cover and program book. record songs prepared by
Songwriting and Performing Arts Modules.
x Students work with Master instructors on adapting graphic
design for stage design and for final print.

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WEEK THREE: Intro to Visual Arts






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The Business & Marketing Module
offers students an opportunity to
create and execute a business and
marketing plan under Master business
managers, development officers, and
marketing directors.

Outcomes include:
basics of business management,
fundraising and sponsorship,
marketing, and advertising for a
large scale event and accompanying
product.
x Students collaboratively create sustainable fundraising and
sponsorship opportunities, as well as a marketing and advertis-
ing plan for the stage production event and release of CD and
iTunes file.

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WEEK THREE: Intro to Business & Marketing






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through creativity, connection,
collaboration, and
communication.

The Communications & Media
Module offers students an
opportunity to create and execute a
communications and public relations
plan under Master communications
public relations specialists, photogra-
phers, and film
directors.

Outcomes include:
x Students learn and practice the basics of communications and
media production as well as document the entire project through
photos, video, and creating a music video.
x Students collaboratively create printed material, media coverage,
and a music video.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF
Missy Crutchfield
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Melissa Turner
EMAIL
editors@bemagazine.org
WEB
www.bemagazine.org

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