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What We Do
Indigenous Youth Institute of the Arts
The Indigenous Youth Leadership Institute for Arts and Culture, led by Corazón del Pueblo, is a transformative summer camp experience designed to empower and celebrate the richness of ancestral cultural creativity. This initiative aims to promote healing, connection, and social justice through artistic expression among Indigenous migrant youth. The program will serve twenty-five youth aged 14-19, including farm-working students and children of farmworkers, to instill leadership skills and foster a deep connection to their heritage, culture, and community.
Nuestra Lotería Project
In collaboration with the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, Corazón del Pueblo, and Ethnic and Gender Studies (EGS) educators, this powerful community-center art project brings together students from Santa Maria and Ernest Righetti High School to reimagine the traditional Mexican game of Loteria through a decolonized lens.
Guided by the principles of art by the community for the community, student are invited reflects on identity, culture and resistance. Each student creates a personal interpretation of a Loteria card, embracing art as a means of individual and collective consciousness free from the pressures of commercialism or profit.
Through this process, students explore art as a vital tool for dialogue, activism and community education. This project not only celebrates cultural heritage but also empowers youth to use visual storytelling to challenge systems, uplift voices and build solidarity.
