{"id":2870,"date":"2016-02-24T18:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T18:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2016-06-02T18:07:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T18:07:59","slug":"esther-chan-16-tells-the-story-of-lives-changed-by-meadows-park-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2016\/02\/24\/esther-chan-16-tells-the-story-of-lives-changed-by-meadows-park-community-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther Chan \u201916 Tells the Story of Lives Changed By Meadows Park Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Subjects<\/a>By Montana Bass \u201918<\/b><\/p>\n

Esther Chan \u201916 is sharing an inspiring message of struggle and empowerment. For her thesis project, she spent months gathering video footage and conducting interviews. Now, through a multimedia presentation, she will highlight the lives of three young people in Colorado Springs who overcame adversity to incite change in their community.<\/p>\n

Chan\u2019s thesis project is a culmination of an innovative, independently designed major \u2013 visual media, and social change. It follows Miguel Roacho, David Atencio, and Danielle Atencio in their daily lives, focusing on their work at Meadows Park Community Center. The thesis event will take place Friday, March 4, from 4-8 p.m. at Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 East Colorado Ave., in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

The three individuals featured in Chan\u2019s film all grew up with MPCC as a major influence in their lives. \u201cIt has always been their safe space and home and where they\u2019ve found comfort,\u201d says Chan. \u201cTheir story is of growing up in low-income Colorado Springs. It has a lot of violence, struggle, and drug use. It\u2019s defined by the strength to break the cycle and make Colorado Springs better.\u201d MPCC\u2019s main goal is to empower youth to overcome the adversity they face, and have a successful and functional adult life. \u201cBrian Kates \u201993, the MPCC director, calls it organized chaos,\u201d adds Chan, laughing. \u201cKids just get to run around and play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chan volunteered at MPCC during her sophomore year as part of a youth empowerment class. Later, as she thought about her thesis, the lasting impression MCPP left on her sparked an idea. \u201cI wanted to use a sociological research method called \u2018photovoice,\u2019 where you give cameras to kids in the community, then base the research on the videos,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

Filming began in September and Chan has continued once or twice a week ever since, gaining over four months of footage for her final documentary. \u201cI just told them, \u2018whenever you\u2019re doing something, let me know,\u2019 [so I could document it]. Mostly, I\u2019m at MPCC where they work and hang with the kids,\u201d says Chan. \u201cThey\u2019ve totally let me into their lives and shared special moments with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shuttles to Cottonwood Center for the Arts will leave from the south side of Worner Campus Center continuously between 4-8 p.m. on Friday, March 4. There, attendees can watch the short documentary, view a gallery of photos from MPCC children, catch live music from student band Ominous Animals, and enjoy food provided by Mobile Meals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Montana Bass \u201918 Esther Chan \u201916 is sharing an inspiring message of struggle and empowerment. For her thesis project, she spent months gathering video footage and conducting interviews. Now, through a multimedia presentation, she will highlight the lives of three young people in Colorado Springs who overcame adversity to incite change in their community. … <\/p>\n

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