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Many of CW’s projects culminate with a public arts component. Through exhibitions, theater productions and installations, CW brings the work of its participants into the community to encourage dialogue and build understanding. Making a Difference is a large-scale public art project where CW partners with a cultural institution and artists, who engage youth in the process of honoring community heroes through visual, performing and literary artworks created in response to meeting these individuals. These projects help young people develop linkages between social movements and their own lives. Past projects, which include The Long Walk to Freedom (honoring civil rights leaders), The Japanese American Internment Project, Americans Who Tell the Truth and Stories Behind the Songs, have been broadcast on PBS, presented at the Oakland Museum, the African American Arts and Cultural Complex and the San Francisco Public Library, and traveled nationally. CW’s arts and oral history projects, which engage youth from communities impacted by violence and incarceration, include Where We’re From, which took place in Richmond, CA.
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