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As a teaching artist, and the owner of The Elephantworks Studio, I can tell you that inner city kids, my kids, have a such a need for a phenomenal arts program--and not just visual arts, but music, dance, choir and band. Most of the general public do not understand or comprehend the lives my kids deal with in reality. I have students that have parol officers, are teen parents, been to jail, struggle with learning, struggle with academics, live in shelters, deal with domestic violence, feel alone and/or isolated. I teach at the Accelerated Learning Academy--the alternative high school. My kids need opportunities; Opportunities to change direction, to believe in a dream again, and opportunities to design, find, and have a great life filled with happiness. Right now my kids don't believe in dreams, have little hope and some don't even believe that an education can assist them in accomplishing their dream. Help us!

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As a teaching artist, and the owner of The Elephantworks Studio, I can tell you that inner city kids, my kids, have a such a need for a phenomenal arts program--and not just visual arts, but music, dance, choir and band. Most of the general public do not understand or comprehend the lives my kids deal with in reality. I have students that have parol officers, are teen parents, been to jail, struggle with learning, struggle with academics, live in shelters, deal with domestic violence, feel alone and/or isolated. I teach at the Accelerated Learning Academy--the alternative high school. My kids need opportunities; Opportunities to change direction, to believe in a dream again, and opportunities to design, find, and have a great life filled with happiness. Right now my kids don't believe in dreams, have little hope and some don't even believe that an education can assist them in accomplishing their dream. Help us!

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