Yakima Youth Voice Art Project

TeamChild strives to give young people a voice. In 2000, TeamChild partnered with the Yakima YMCA, the Washington State Arts Commission and the Seattle Children's Museum to engage Yakima youth in dialogue about violence in their community.

Youth participating in the project found a safe forum to discuss the sources, reasons and solutions to violence in their communities and in schools. Participants turned their ideas into art that was exhibited at the state Capitol and the Yakima Public Schools District Offices.