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  • Angela Lobo (Tenant Leadership) Lakefront Supportive Housing

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  • MIRIAM WOMEN IN ACTION
    Miriam Women in Action is the Leadership Guild of the Miriam Apartments. In pursuit of buiding internal community, Miriam leaders designed a project which would tell the story of the journey from homelessness to home, provide a meeting place where women could find common ground, and begin to build the relationships necessary to move forward together on common issues.
  • THE TENANT LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    The Tenant Leadership Project, using community organizing principles, brings Lakefront tenants together to create a strong, unified voice to represent issues of formerly homeless people. The Tenant Leadership Project works to reintegrate tenants of Lakefront’s supportive housing back into civic and community life by teaching leadership skills and focusing directly on issues that affect their lives. In learning leadership skills, tenants make important steps in developing the confidence to re-enter community life and achieve other life goals.

Acknowledgements

  • TENANT LEADERS
    Anita Alexander, Rosa Barton, Patricia Blackwood, Rosalind Collins, Sharon Davis, Josey Dorsey, Corinne Eiswert, Deborah Gaddo, Vera Johnson, Debra Little, Sherrie Rice, Geraldine Watson
  • STAFF LEADERS
    Christine Makarewicz, Angie Lobo, Ruth Groff, Anna Gonzalez Jenny Koll, Mary Harth
  • BLOG CONTRIBUTORS
    Maria Onesto, Celeste Wroblewski, Liz Cox, Marty Fitzgerald, Lisa Kuklinski, Angie Lobo

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October 27, 2004

Week 5

Trust Grows
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Patty, the artist of the buildings, agreed with the group that the buildings "tears" looked more like running paint.  This week she added literal teardrops to make her statement more powerful. As the mural took shape it was no longer "one person, one symbol" but a group of people adopting each others' symbols in order to weave a shared story.

The Great Part About Painting
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Art, like life, is always transforming.  The great part about painting is that you are never finished- you can always make changes. This week we worked together on improving color and clarity.

Rosa Ventures Into New Territory
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At the beginning of this session Rosa was sitting off to the side just watching everyone paint. Angie asked her "Rosa, are you unsure what to do next now that your sun is done?" "EXACTLY", was her response.  After completing her first step, the many options for next steps were a little overwhelming.

Messages of Freedom
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As when she first moved into the Miriam, Rosa had many new choices.  She decided to add the bird that was leading the woman and bringing her messages of hope. When she was getting ready to paint the bird, she stopped and told Christine that it looked too small and like a flying sea lion. Rosa took the pencil and eraser and got to work. At the end of the day, Rosa had completed her bird; from sketches to painting.  More choices to come...

The Green Door
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Angie, Christine, and Sheri all worked together to mix the paint color. When we finished, it was so perfectly matched to the door of the building that we thought we would offer to touch up the doors in the building with our color.

Sherrie Returns!
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Sherrie had been involved in all of the planning meetings when we came up with the theme, but she hadn't yet been to any of the painting sessions. Sherrie said that the reason she came back was that she saw that the painting was actually happening, and she never thought it would. Sherrie said that her grandma might be coming to visit her. Sherrie wanted to do some painting so that her grandma could see what she has been doing with herself and could be proud of her.

Individuality Shines
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Sherrie painted the curtains free hand. Each and every curtain has individual character and flair, just like the women who reside in those apartments.

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