Culture Builds Community (CBC) is a partnership between Cityfolk and East End Community Services Corporation that employs the arts and culture as tools for community building in East Dayton. Specific programmatic goals include:
- creating a sense of mutual belonging and understanding among community residents of the Twin Towers and East Dayton neighborhood
- building positive social connections across the diverse racial & ethnic groups in the community
- Providing excellent cultural opportunities and experiences to community members who have had little access to such resources
- Developing stronger social capital within Twin Towers/East Dayton, by fostering community pride and positive identity formation among youth, developing leadership skills, and enhancing civic engagement
The CBC program has been organizing 3 artist residencies in East Dayton each year along with other cultural activities. For more information on CBC activities, please visit the following links:
Upcoming CBC events & activities:
Celebrating Community:
East End Community Services 10th Anniversary Open House Celebration
Past events & activities:
Newsletter articles
Autumn 2006 – New Community Partnership Enlivens Long-Standing Goals
(Description of the program in its early stages and plans for the first community residency)
Winter 2007 – Fall Residency, A Success
(Description of first CBC residency project)
ENews articles
October 2006 – Photos from the first CBC residency project
August 2007 – 9th Annual Twin Towers Community Appalachian Festival
(Summer community residency project)
November 2007 – Skeletons in October, CBC gives it new meaning!
(Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead community project)
For more information, contact:
Kelsa Rieger, CBC Program Manager
kelsa_rieger@sbcglobal.net
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