GSC Community Service Project: Working in Partnership With Surrey Youth Through the “Take It to the Wall” Community Mural Project

Session Submission Type: Off-Site Visit

Abstract

Cost: $25 per person. (Includes public transportation costs, lunch, and all materials and supplies.)Open to all attendees and pre-registration is required. Attendees will meet at the information booth outside of the Convention Center.

In response to this year’s conference theme, Non SatisScire: To Know Is Not Enough, the AREA GSC is partnering with the SAME (Surrey Appreciates ME) Project to paint a community mural that is designed by Surrey School District 36 students and master muralist Michelle Loughery. This project will encapsulate the mission of the SAME project—to engage youth as mentor-leaders in community contexts while emphasizing anti-racism, belonging, diversity and inclusion. It will provide AERA participants a significant opportunity to have informal conversations with high school students from the Vancouver area’s largest school district. Such conversations may provide AERA participants deeper insight into the Surrey and Vancouver contexts and allow students to contribute and take significant pride in their community while working alongside AERA participants to provide a lasting legacy to the City of Surrey.

Please note: While no prior experience with painting is required, AERA members registering for this year’s GSC community service project should be willing to partner with one of the participating high school students and engage in occasional electronic communication with their student partner prior to the mural painting community service day. Participants will meet and work alongside their student partners during the CSP day. Confirmation and more detailed information will be provided following registration.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Visit Leaders

• Robyn A. Carlson, Michigan State University

• Christine Renee Klerian Rodriguez, The University of British Columbia

• Julia Helen Lane, Simon Fraser University