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The Ascent :: Art from Ashes
Youth empowerment through creative expression,
connection and transformation
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 Although it's unusual for me to feel this discouraged, recent events in the news have really taken a toll. You know...those ashes we refer to in our agency name. It's not that there isn't always bad news, it's just that there's been so much of it my heart can hardly take it. Perhaps you feel it, too.
More than ever, it's time to remind each other that as creators of our stories, we can honor another equally true story: that there is also good in the world, and we, as a community, stand for that truth.
"It's up to you," the cookie said,
"to find the peace of mind you long for."
--excerpt from Hunan Cookie by Stewart Warren
Blessings,
Catherine
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORDSHOPS
(click on the links below for more info)
SAVE THE DATE:
Masquer-aid Party :: Oct 15 |
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 5th Annual Running of the Gays!
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SUNDAY, SEPT 7 AT 11 AM 
Art from Ashes, the Gay Community, and Allies, join forces to fund empowerment programs for LGBTQ youth! Click here for more info
Click here for our Facebook event
Click here for our Facebook page Click here to register to run Click here to support a runner (or to donate)
Click here to view our 1-minute video "Why Running of the Gays?"
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SATURDAY FREE YOUTH DROP-IN WORDSHOPS
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Each Saturday from 1 to 3 pm, Art from Ashes holds free youth drop-in wordshops for any young person 12 to 24 years old at the McNichols building in Civic Center Park. Thank you to Denver Arts & Venues for the space! Any business or individual willing to support one month of wordshops for $1500, please contact us. We'd be happy to share your generosity with the struggling youth in our community, as well as with the media. :-)
For a list of our current contracts with youth serving schools and organizations, please click here... To support a contract with an organization of your choice, please contact Jessica Fitzgerald :: jessica@artfromashes.org
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BASEBALL, FIREWORKS, YOUTH & COMMUNITY
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FRIDAY, SEPT 19
Join us for the final home game series of the season and support AfA and the youth we serve. We are selling 100 Rockies tickets for the Fan Appreciation Game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, September 19th. We have guaranteed seats in Section 149--foul ball territory!--that also allow us to ENJOY FIREWORKS FROM THE FIELD. Purchase your tickets for the regular price of $39 and the Rockies donates some of that amount back to Art from Ashes! 
Most of our young people have never attended a baseball game. Please consider purchasing a ticket for a young person, even if you can't make it. Click here for our Facebook event page.
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Thank you to our new BUSINESS SPONSORS!
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Youth Poet Performance
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For more performance videos, visit our YouTube site:
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3-Minute Poem
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by a brilliant 10-year-old girl at Children's Hospital
This Picture and Me
Love
The art in a book
The song of a friend
You share the love
You read
Lean in your soul
Because all that
Is my beloved world
The human eye can only
See one thing
And that is faith
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 Adult Writing Wordshops
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Also, you can purchase an Adult Wordshop gift certificate here as a great gift for a loved one (good throughout 2014)! We'll send a lovely card in your name.
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Help Struggling Youth Find Hope Through Creativity
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Art from Ashes has contracted with Bobbie Morrell of Urban Skye to develop a new, cleaner website. Thanks to Denver Gives for making that possible! Ten years is a long time to spend adding information, so we're doing some...er... Fall Cleaning! All new design!Meanwhile, staying in touch via Facebook will give you all the latest information. Plus, you can interact with said information and let us know how you're doing, write some poetry and comment on the youth poems!
AfA's Facebook pages:
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Catherine O'Neill Thorn, Executive Director
303.837.1550
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