The Art-ivate Series: A Case Study

El Puente infuses into its arts practice a commitment to social justice and culturally relevant education. “For the sake of what?” is a guiding question at El Puente, and the arts play a major role in raising consciousness in youth about issues impacting them. El Puente’s mission is to “inspire and nurture leaders for peace and justice.” This case study will share how one teaching artist and group of youth members were able to use El Puente’s codified practice of integrated arts and social justice education – a framework we call The Creative Justice Approach – to work toward that mission in the movement of racial justice.