Grant funds from the California Arts Council will support the Majdal Center’s “Homeland and Homemaking” Arts Program. Through this program, Arab refugee and immigrant youth in San Diego will engage various cultural and multimedia art forms as a way to cultivate both individual and community-wide narratives. Utilizing various media—including film, embroidery, theatre, and intergenerational oral histories—youth participants will have the opportunity to reflect on and develop their own stories relating to themes of displacement, migration, resettlement, and diaspora through the media of their choice. This program will serve an estimated 50 to 60 youth between the ages of 14 and 22. The workshop series will culminate in a community showcase.
The Majdal Center’s services, programs, and campaigns intersect across four programmatic areas: Youth Education and Leadership; Community Health and Wellbeing; Economic Empowerment; and Advocacy and Policy.

