The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which is the domestic anti-poverty program of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, sponsors an annual Youth Arts Contest to engage young people in creative justice education. The deadline for dropping off or mailing artwork to our diocesan Office of Peace and Justice is March 15, 2012. The judges will select an art entry from the grade 7-9 entries and one from grade 10-12 entries to submit to the national contest. Call 859-253-1993, x252 for more details.Complete information is found at http://old.usccb.org/cchd/youth.shtml. You can also see examples of artwork submitted over the years. In the meantime, here is the basic information about the goals of the contest:
"Through participation in the Contest, students in grades 7 through 12 can explore the issue of US poverty in the light of their faith and learn about what empowered, low-income persons are doing in their communities to address its root causes through groups funded by CCHD. Thus, the contest not only education young people about poverty and putting faith in action; it also connects them to local efforts to address poverty."
(As an example of how CCHD has affected poverty efforts in our Diocese, the BUILD organization was able to get started in Lexington about 10 years ago with funding from CCHD, and this year, CCHD funds are helping the Owsley County Action Team develop the Mountain Designs and Crafts consortium in Booneville to create more jobs there).
"The contest is designed to be used across disciplines, at either schools or parishes. Student artwork can be of any form - for exmaple, video, PowerPoint, short story, painting, song or photography. At schools, the contest can be a tool for English, social studies, art, religion, music, drama and other classes."
"Contest age groupings include grades 7-9 and 10-12. The grand prize is $500, with a $500 matching grant to a community organization working to fight poverty, plus a trip to a national awards event."
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