The City of Boston has cut funding for youth employment city-wide.The loss of $5.2 million and the elimination of 1800 jobs means there will not be an after-school workforce development, employment program. Due to these cuts, SPOKE is seeking your help.

You can contribute to keeping YouthSPEAK a vital opportunity for youth at SPOKE. The purchase of one brick funds 4 hours of youth employment. All donations to this campaign will cover youth wages.

The bricks are placed in No Man’s Land, an ever-evolving public space that is a worksite for young people where they learn history, landscaping, construction/fabrication, team building and creative problem solving.

Use the following link to order bricks.

https://www.bricksrus.com/donorsite/medicinewheel?fbclid=IwY2xjawUNNE5wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVladTFZZjZISkFUZEN4cXNzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeE1TEWoDRsPYVXs8J25I1mGAo9Cez8Lt3oHWkpq7aXXh9uJUFY74Ing1PJj4_aem_FIva_uSLiKMYsWr5gIEgxw

SPOKE is an artist founded and artist run organization. Supporting and collaborating with artists of all disciplines and maintaining the role of artists as facilitators in culture, is central to our work. We use the power of making art to create a space of belonging for individuals and communities. Our goal is to continue to use art and the act of creating together to shape a shared future history where each of us has a voice, where each of us is included, where each of us is listened to, where each of us is loved.

Youth Employment

Brickwork/ Paving Our Common Path