首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. When my mom temporarily lost h
[originaltext] I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. When my mom temporarily lost h
游客
2023-08-05
51
管理
问题
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. When my mom temporarily lost herself to mania and when that mania chose me as its primary scapegoat through both emotional and physical abuse, I fled for my safety when I was 16. During my homelessness, I joined Atlanta’s 3,300 homeless youth in feeling uncared for, left out and invisible each night.
But when I had nothing else, I had the arts, something that didn’t demand material wealth from me in exchange for refuge. A few hours of singing, writing poetry or saving up enough money to disappear into another world at a play kept me going and jolting me back to life when I felt at my lowest.
Five years later, I started my organization, ChopArt, which is a multidisciplinary arts organization for homeless minors. ChopArt uses the arts as a tool for trauma recovery by taking what we know about building community and restoring dignity and applying that to the creative process. ChopArt is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional programs in Hyderabad, India, and Accra, Ghana, and since our start in 2010, we’ve served over 40,000 teens worldwide. Our teens take refuge in the transformative elements of the arts, and they depend on the safe space ChopArt provides for them to do that. An often invisible population uses the arts to step into their life, but that journey out of invisibility is not an easy one.
We have a sibling pair, Jeremy and Kelly, who have been with our program for over three years. By using the arts as the entry point, we can heal and build our homeless youth population. We build with Devin, who became homeless with his family when his mom had to choose between medical bills or the rent. He discovered his love of painting through ChopArt. We build with Liz, who has been on the streets most of her teenage years but turns to music to return to herself when her traumas feel too heavy for her young shoulders.
We build for Maria, who uses poetry to heal after her grandfather died in the van she’s living in with the rest of her family. And so to the youth out there experiencing homelessness, let me tell you, you have the power to build within you. You have a voice through the arts that doesn’t judge what you’ve been through. So never stop fighting to stand in your light because even in your darkest times, we see you.
Question 16. For what purpose did the speaker leave her home at the age of 16?
Question 17. What do we learn about ChopArt?
Question 18. What does the speaker say about the people that ChopArt has helped?
选项
A、For economic reasons.
B、For her mother’s death.
C、For her own safety.
D、For her friend.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2898256.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext](23)WiththeInternetrevolutionusheringinnewmodesofco
[originaltext](23)WiththeInternetrevolutionusheringinnewmodesofco
[originaltext]Hereisaquestionforyou.Thecustomerisalwaysright.Rig
[originaltext]Hereisaquestionforyou.Thecustomerisalwaysright.Rig
[originaltext]Moderator:Hello,ladiesandgentlemen.Itgivesmegreat
[originaltext]Moderator:Hello,ladiesandgentlemen.Itgivesmegreat
[originaltext]Moderator:Hello,ladiesandgentlemen.Itgivesmegreat
[originaltext]W:WhatdoyouthinkofTV?Ithinkitisafalsegod,adang
[originaltext]W:WhatdoyouthinkofTV?Ithinkitisafalsegod,adang
[originaltext]W:WhatdoyouthinkofTV?Ithinkitisafalsegod,adang
随机试题
YouwillhearaninterviewwithHarryStyles,theGeneralManagerofFourSe
Amillionmotoristsleavetheircarsfilledupwithpetrolandwiththekeys
德尔菲法需要注意的问题不包括()。A.专家人数不能太少,至少要达到20~3
常规CT扫描采取俯卧位的是A.双膝轴扫 B.双踝轴扫 C.双腕轴扫 D.头
患者,男性,67岁,嗜烟40多年。每日少量咳嗽咳痰20年。近1个月发现经常有血丝
目前应用最多的分剂量法是A.分布法 B.重量法 C.目测法 D.圆
关于2013年4月该市广播影视情况,能够从资料中推出的是()。A.广告收入
在邮政服务质量指标体系中,从企业内部运营管理角度进行评价的指标包括通信质量指标和
关于财政收入的说法,正确的有( )。A.来自农业的税收是我国财政收入的主要来源
唯一能通过胎盘的是 AIgG BIgM CSIgA DIgE EIgD
最新回复
(
0
)