Name: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build
Uploaded: 2018-04-11T20:49:12Z
Duration: 6 min 18 s
Description: Malika Whitley is the founder of ChopArt, an organization for homeless teens focused on mentorship, dignity and opportunity through the arts. In this moving, personal talk, she shares her story of homelessness and finding her voice through arts -- and her mission to provide a creative outlet for others who have been pushed to the margins of society.

Malika Whitley is the founder of ChopArt, an organization for homeless teens focused on mentorship, dignity and opportunity through the arts. In this moving, personal talk, she shares her story of homelessness and finding her voice through arts -- and her mission to provide a creative outlet for others who have been pushed to the margins of society.

Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build

How the arts help homeless youth heal and build

At 16, finding safety in homelessness revealed the stark reality: stability, like napping, is a luxury not afforded to all.

ChopArt transforms lives, using arts to offer refuge and healing to over 40,000 homeless youth across Atlanta, Hyderabad, and Accra.

Through ChopArt, homeless youth discover their voice, proving arts' power to heal and inspire those who've been pushed to the margins.