I AM…Windsor Essex http://blog.westofwindsor.com/iam-windsor-essex Women's Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:22:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 I AM…Windsor Essex http://blog.westofwindsor.com/iam-windsor-essex/2010/03/11/about-i-am%e2%80%a6windsor-essex/ http://blog.westofwindsor.com/iam-windsor-essex/2010/03/11/about-i-am%e2%80%a6windsor-essex/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:02 +0000 admin http://blog.westofwindsor.com/iam-windsor-essex/?p=34

 

‘I AM … Windsor-Essex’- the power of visual arts to achieve social goals

A visual journey celebrating Windsor Essex community members from different backgrounds, preserving their own history and culture as they live and work together in this community, ‘I AM …Windsor-Essex’ is giving the people in the community a chance to tell their stories to their families, communities, and world.

Will help to facilitate social cohesion.

Diverse communities are brought together with the help of ‘I AM…Windsor-Essex’, providing opportunities for residents to reflect on their shared and individual experiences. ‘I AM…Windsor-Essex’ will provide a forum for intercultural understanding and friendship and make visible those people who have traditionally been invisible in community. ‘I AM…Windsor-Essex’ will give people the opportunity to interact socially thereby reducing isolation by helping people to make friends and strengthening community networks.

Will be used to brand a community and set it apart from others.

A unique city vision will be created through a series of visuals (video/stills), one that helps in marketing the community nationally, and appealing directly to local citizens. Will help foster a sense of ownership, belonging, and pride within a community. A sense of civic pride in residents can be achieved through ‘I AM…Windsor-Essex’; many struggling members will use it as a means of redefining the community’s collective identity.

Will help to preserve a collective memory and foster a continuing dialogue about the past.

Images live beyond the lifespan of the individuals who created them thereby leaving a legacy for the next generation. Community events create a common memory of the event and a positive commemoration of special occasions.

‘I AM…Windsor Essex’ campaign is an Ontario Community Builders project funded by the Government of Ontario.

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A single mother of a 13 year old girl, Maria was born in Mexico and came to Canada on she was only 15. She always wanted to be independent and pushed herself to do more, to go to school no matter if she was able to do it or no.

She is currently enrolled in GED and while studying she has also found a job as a PSW with a senior residence home.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9HuoFCZTc

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