Program areas at Creative Strategies for Change
School Programs : We are very proud to have increased our programming hours in Title I schools, private schools, and youth driven organizations, continuing old partnerships and creating new ones within the Denver community. This year, we have facilitated over 180 hours of workshops (averaging around 15 hours per week), and reached 134 students. As with all of our programs, we work to serve and make our content accessible to the BIPOC community in Denver. We feel proud that across all of our youth programs, over 50% of our participants identify as BIPOC.
Professional Development and Consulting: In 2023, to evaluate efficacy and plan for sustained growth, CSC scaled back our Professional Development & Consulting services. However, we still facilitated several workshops for long term community partners. Partners built common vocabulary and frameworks for diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural responsiveness, individually and institutionally. Approximately 100 individuals were served.
Community Programs : All community programs are donation based or sliding scale, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. CSC hosted our Facilitator Workshop weekend long intensive twice, as well as consistent monthly Community Cypher open mics, and our monthly culturally responsive mental health resource, Mental Health Mondays. Approximately 530 individuals were served across all community programs. Our Facilitator Workshop served 29 participants total. Of our surveyed participants: - 100% felt an increase in confidence engaging in and facilitating social justice work. - 89% felt more confident engaging in restorative practices. - 100% felt the experience was meaningful for their work, family, and community.