Working with dozens of youth, and an array of community partners, the project illustrated not only what needs to change to create a more just future, but what that beautiful future would look, sound, and feel like. To create the final designs, youth leaders shared their portraits and poetry with an incredible group of local and national artists. Artists worked with the youth through zoom calls and in-person workshops to co-design the billboards. Each billboard represented a theme that youth leaders identified as a building block toward a future where all youth are safe, free, and healed. 15 billboards were printed and installed across the city sharing these future dreams with tens of thousands of viewers.

Buildings transformed into megaphones for the dreams of youth!

These beautiful collaborative designs were also printed on large banners and installed in locations across the city, helping to make these future dreams a reality! Huge thanks to our partners for hosting these beautiful banners; The Village of Arts and Humanities, Cherry St Pier, and Eastern State Penitentiary.

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