"Art and art-making contribute mightily to the health and vitality of our communities: allowing us and our children to express horrific pain, channel understandable aggression, grieve terrible losses, imagine alternatives to violence and literally transform the landscapes of our lives."
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"Community has always been relevant to me. When I was growing up in the heart of Detroit, an individual’s education was a community affair. You didn’t have a set of parents, every adult in the neighborhood—even the drunk at the corner store—was your parent; your aunt, uncle or grandmother. They had permission to support, scold, encourage and nurture."
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