If you happen to be waiting for a train in a Toronto subway station and notice the projected image of a colourful
mural on a video screen there, take a minute to consider that somewhere in the city, there's a group of teenagers who can possibly thank that mural for giving them a better shot at a decent life.
Examples of events already held by presenting venues include a conversation between San Francisco - area artists and high school students at a
screening of Suzanne Lacy's The Roof is
On Fire; an artists» talk with Hong Kong - based
video artist / activists; a
mural project with the Juvenile Justice Center of Mahoning County in Ohio addressing themes of community, social justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western Sahara.