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Happy holidays everyone! We’re looking for your support this end-of-year season to continue doing what we do here at CRY!

We’re looking to raise at least 15K to cover staffing and operational costs, our rental, and to allow us to further develop our organisation with some long overdue roles and procedures!

CRY will be taking a pause after February to begin developing and fortifying Creative Resilient Youth so we can continue to serve young people in Philadelphia in relevant and impactful ways!

These funds would help support much of the development we will be doing during that time, which includes:
- HIRING STAFF!
- BUILDING OUT AND DEVELOPING OUR ADVISORY BOARD (which will help with developing programming, financial/grant writing support, hiring processes, etc.)
- COVERING STAFF and OUR RENTAL for 2025
- SUPPLIES for upcoming programming
And so much more!

Make a tax deductible donation today using the link in our bio! And please share within your networks!

Thank you all for such an amazing year! ♡
See y’all in 2025! 👼♡

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Next Friday workshop up to bat… ⚾️

Auto-Comics with Ella Dade M. ~ November 8th, 4pm - 7pm.
🪞Engage in reflective writing & drawing exercises to create a mini-zine that transforms your personal narratives into something physical to share and take with you.🪞

Registration link is in our bio!

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✨ Want to facilitate a workshop? Fill out the workshop proposal form also linked in that biography :-) ✨

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Workshop Recap 🌀 Thank you Jillian for helping us visualize and wear our healing through collage and button making!

Our next Friday workshop is a good one… ~ 3-D Paper Crafts with Tanner Larson on October 18th, 4pm - 7pm.
🪵Use recycled materials, paper crafting techniques, and paint to create and customize a 3-D creature!

Registration link is in our bio!

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Workshop town city 🏙️

3-D Paper Craft with Tanner Larson ~ October 18th, 4pm - 7pm. 🦪Use recycled materials, paper crafting techniques, and paint to create and customize a 3-D creature!🦪

Registration link is in our bio!

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✨ Want to facilitate a workshop? Fill out the workshop proposal form also linked in that biography :-) ✨

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We are sad to announce that Mason is stepping down as Communications Coordinator and transitioning out of Creative Resilient Youth at the end of October.
Many blessings to them as they move forward to other adventures ✨

“It has been such a wonderful opportunity to work with CRY and contribute to its future dreaming. My utmost love and best wishes to the organization as it continues to blossom.” -

CRY’s October Newsletter has entered the premises… check your email….

Lots of fun and important information ❣️

New workshop just droppped!

Collage & Button-making with Jillian M. Rock ~ October 4th, 4pm - 7pm. 📯In this workshop attendees will be guided through creating collages that speak to creating a piece of healing visually. Attendees can then create smaller collages as buttons to carry with them on their journey.
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Registration link is in our bio!

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✨ Want to facilitate a workshop? Fill out the workshop proposal form also linked in that biography :-) ✨

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! CRY is coming back into full swing with Open Studio time every Wednesday from 4pm - 7pm!

This is a space for young q***r and BIPOC folks to exist peacefully, talk about mental health, and make art together. You can bring projects from home that you are working on or use the materials we have in the space to create something new!

Join us this week for tea, snacks, games and crafts!

We hope to see you there!✨

~ masks required

We are excited to announce our new Friday Workshop series! To kick us off we have:

Bookbinding with Bay Fletcher — September 20th, 4pm - 7pm. 🏹 Learn how to make a hardcover stab-bound book using recycled materials! 🏹

Registration link is in our bio!

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✨ Want to facilitate a workshop? Fill out the workshop proposal form also linked in that biography :-) ✨

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DEADLINE EXTENDED!! Apply by Sept 7th 😇
Link in Bio!

✨Do you identify as q***r/LGTBQIA+ bipoc youth, ages 14-24?✨

✨Are you interested in further developing your understanding of q***rness?✨

✨Are you interested in discovering how to own your story as a q***r bipoc youth? ✨

If yes, boy have we got the opportunity for you!

Creative Resilient Youth is bringing together a cohort of 15 youth to learn what it means to be in community with various generations of q***rness, share an understanding around Q***r Theory, and learn how to courageously take charge of/share their own stories of and with their communities.

Youth will collaboratively design a quilt that portrays the beauty, struggle, and mundaneness of q***rness, taking inspiration and guidance from artists such as the late Faith Ringgold and many others.

The cohort will meet twice a week over the course of 15 weeks in the CRY space located at the Asian Arts Initiative. Participants will receive a stipend of $500 each for their time.

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As we dive back into programming this Fall, CRY is looking for artists/local community members to facilitate workshops as part of our 1st and 3rd Fridays workshop series!

✨ CRY prioritizes BIPOC q***r youth, we center madness and mental health advocacy and awareness, trauma informed AND healing centered approaches. ✨

Open to all artistic mediums, workshops related to mental health and wellness, BIPOC and q***r issues, and anything else you can dream up!

Facilitators will receive a $250 stipend for hosting a 3 hour workshop.

Have a brilliant idea for a workshop?? Fill out the Workshop Proposal Form linked in our bio! 🕊️

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STUDIO MAINTENANCE 🧑🏽‍🔧

The CRY studio is in need of a little makeover in preparation for our upcoming fall programming! Our goal is to make the space more comfortable, organized, and ergonomic to accommodate workshops and well-being.

We are in search of the following items:

• Floor cushions
• 1 Shoe rack
•1-2 cabinets for storing snacks and supplies
•1 large low table (or a couple-uh wooden boards to fashion onto a table)
•8x10 area rug

DM us or email [email protected] if you can donate or help us source any of these things!