This session will be collaboratively led by leaders from Peronia Adolescente, a Guatemalan grassroots youth association that has pioneered creative strategies for social change using art, games and performance since the 1990s, along with members of an allied documentary film team, Comparsa, who have spent the last five years capturing the story of youth-led social change in Ciudad Peronia.

This panel presentation will explore the history, methods and outcomes of Peronia Adolescente’s visionary model of creative youth organizing and will feature fragments of the film ‘Comparsa’ to spark discussion on youth-led art and storytelling as viable strategies for challenging harmful narratives and building a more just and humane community. The session will open with a creative performance, followed by Peronia youth participants sharing their perspectives on the individual, collective and community-wide impact of their creative work.

Note: This session will be held in Spanish and will not have simultaneous interpretation available in English.