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M:POWR Mural Project
Mountain Shadows: Painting Our World Radiantly (M:POWR)
The Mountain Shadows: Painting Our World Radiantly (M:POWR) mural project, began in Spring 2013 and allows TLC/MIL students to connect, have conversations, paint murals, drum, and bond with participants from Mountain Shadows - a local non-profit that supports individuals with intellectual disabilities. Our painting and drumming are on pause until we can safely resume in person.
Learn more by watching a short info session.
Activities
A partnership between TLC, Mountain Shadows, Art Miles Mural Project, and recognized by UNESCO. Open to all CSUSM students @ any time. TLC students count these projects toward campus or civic engagement & will earn a UNESCO certificate if they complete 7 hours minimum with any combination of these activities.
Connection to UNESCO:
We are very fortunate that our Art Miles partner, Dr. Joanne Tawfilis, is also a commissioner for the United Nations and provides TLC/MIL students with a UNESCO certificate if students are:
- Officially enrolled in the TLC or MIL program and complete all other program criteria within one semester;
- Complete 7 or more hours at Mountain Shadows within one semester. No exceptions.
- M:POWR Fridays
Join us every Friday for conversation and connection with our friends at Mountain Shadows. All sessions occur via Zoom.
- Weekly Video Blog
- Read books or poems aloud, do a short educational, lifestyle video of you hiking, living your life or blog, for 5-7 minutes weekly.
- Record yourself through Zoom
- Upload your Zoom recording to a shareable YouTube link
- Flor will partner you with 1-2 Mountain Shadows participants in hopes that you two can share emails about the reading.
- We would love to have more bilingual participants because our Mountain Shadows friends are also bilingual.
Excellent examples:
Send your link by Wednesday each week to:
Flor Angel, Outreach Director at: FAngel@mtnshadows.org
- Pen Pals
Getting back to the joy of snail mail and connection. Join us in our new pen-pal connection with Mountain Shadows' participants! TLC students will be paired with one or more participant.
Send your letters to:
ATTN: Flor Angel
970 Los Vallecitos Blvd Suite 140
San Marcos, CA 92069
OR
You can drop off your letter in front of Outreach (at the above address) between 9 AM – 3 PM Monday - Friday and wait for a response. - Weekly Zoom 1:1 Calls
Mountain Shadows participants love engaging with TLC students and you will too!
Flor will work with you to find a weekly date and time that works with you and a Mountain Shadows participant to meet via Zoom on a weekly basis. If you are interested in connecting virtually and making a new friend, email Flor Angel to sign-up: FAngel@mtnshadows.org
WE can all come together and create something beautiful, no matter how different we are.
- Stacey S.
What was most rewarding about this experience was painting with everyone and just having a good time enjoying each other’s company.
- Jeff M.
Empathy between all types of people makes us better leaders.
- Cory F.
It means community and participation in something bigger than myself. I feel good, happy, and like I’m putting good into the world.
- Alexa D.
Program Partners Include:
- Art Miles Mural Project
- Mountain Shadows Outreach Programs
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
