Ep 27: Co-Creating Healthy Communities with Amanda Masterpaul and Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar

<p>During this episode of <em>Why Change?</em> co-host Jeff M. Poulin introduces a new type of format for the podcast featuring interviews with two practitioners working towards a common goal: Amanda Masterpaul and Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar. Both Amanda and Mytoan focus pieces of their work on arts education projects with young people experiencing unstable housing. They share two perspectives, one as a teaching artist and one as a project evaluator, and encourage future dialogues about this type of work.</p> <p>In this episode you’ll learn:</p> <ol> <li>About two arts education projects focused on mitigating the impacts of unstable housing on young people;</li> <li>How collaborations can benefit intersectional projects and pedagogies; and</li> <li>What knowledge is gained from researching the impacts of arts education interventions.</li> </ol> <p>Please download the transcript <a href="// www.Creative-generation.org/podcast-episodes/co-creating-healthy-cities-with-amanda-masterpaul-and-mytoan-nguyen-akbar">here</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>ABOUT AMANDA MASTERPAUL:&nbsp;</p> <p>Amanda Masterpaul is a participatory theatre artist, activist, and educator dedicated to weaving social justice, cultural organizing, anti-racism, and critical consciousness into the everyday lived experience. Amanda is a Teaching Associate at Coastal Carolina University, specializing in Applied Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed practices in addition to teaching Women's and Gender Studies. Throughout her career, she has organized alongside various civic engagement and community-centered efforts in areas such as houselessness, gender equity, sexual violence, and systemic racism. As a collaborative artist, she creates ensembles of artists and activists to deploy art, education, Theatre of the Oppressed, and collective action through interactive and intercultural experiences centered on dismantling systemic (in)justice while building communities of care. Amanda believes in the power of multi-identifying people collaborating in partnership and shared pur