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Learn About Locally Funded CCHD Groups
& Preparing for the Contest
The Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest was developed by CCHD to reach out to youth and encourage them to work in a creative way on projects that explore the issues of poverty and injustice in the United States. The contest is open to students in grades seven through 12 in Catholic parishes and schools.
Students of the Archdiocese are invited to participate in the contest by interpreting the theme, “Empowering Communities, Uprooting Poverty” through visual arts, audio-visual means or literature.
Original works are to be submitted to the Office of Social Justice by March 3, 2010 for diocesan-level competition. Local winners will be forwarded to Washington for final judging by a panel of art and religion professionals.
STEP ONE: PREPARING FOR THE CONTEST
Students are invited to examine the world around them and interpret poverty through their art. We hope to be encouraged by their understanding and ability to see hope and compassion in the actions of locally funded CCHD groups. One requirement for entries is that students learn about actual ways in which poor people are ending poverty by working together in their local communities by building an understanding of at least one CCHD funded group. This can be either a locally funded or nationally funded group. Below is the list of CCHD locally funded groups who were awarded grants for the July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 program year. Links to videos of national grant recipients follows the local list.
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee's local office of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development awarded ten grants to non-profit organizations for 2009-2010.
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is a social justice project of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. CCHD's mission is to address the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community controlled, self-help organizations, and through transformative education.
Grants were awarded to:
Congregations United to Serve Humanity (CUSH)
Dominican Center for Women
Layton West Boulevard Neighbors
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Fond du Lac Friendship Corner
Pan-African Community Association
People First Wisconsin
Project Return
Repairers of the Breach
Sherman Park Community Association
Stewards of Prophetic, Hopeful, Intentional Action (SOPHIA)
To arrange for a speaker from a locally funded CCHD organization, please contact Kathy Shine at 414-758-2285 or e-mail shinek@archmil.org.
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Learn about a nationally funded CCHD group by clicking on one of the following links.
Community in Action / Comunidad en Movimiento
Where safety of children in the community is priority
Homeboy Industries
"Nothing Stops a Bullet like a Job"
From gangs, drugs, and violence to a community of unconditional love
Winds of Change
Story of Lakota Tribe, South Dakota, where there is a 64% unemployment rate
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