In April, 2007, free-lance artists and recent Juilliard graduates Cindy and Mauricio Salgado visited SCU to share information on the not-for-profit organization ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty), which is dedicated to mobilizing artists to create positive experiences for youth in need. Currently ASTEP handles programming in South Florida, South Africa, the development of an orphanage in India, collaborative high school projects in New York City and an Artists Outreach College tour.
During their visit to Santa Clara University, Mauricio and Cindy testified to their experiences in the field of social justice and the arts, helped the students participating in the Social Justice and the Arts Seminar to begin laying the groundwork for an important outreach project to be coordinated through the Arrupe Partnership for Community-based Learning. Maurico and Cindy also met with Campus Ministry Students for Social Justice and the students in the Department of Theater and Dance, inspiring those wiling to take up the challenge to create new paths for servicing the community.
Santa Clara University is the first university to be listed as partners with ASTEP, and the Jusice and the Arts Initiative will strive to continue this important relationship.
Visit the ASTEP website at www.createsomethinggood.org
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