"Finding, Creating and Sustaining Hope at Community Level" with Ridvan Foxhall

Following the energy, ideas, and inspiration of the recent sold-out ebbf annual learning experience in Greece themed “Reorienting towards hope”, ebbf is offering you ways to SUSTAIN that HOPE in the new “Sustaining hope” series.

For this next interactive dialogue we have invited Ridvan Foxhall who both offered a deep and useful session at the recent ebbf experience in Greece and has been living the art of community building in a wide range of communities.

Strategies for designing inclusive community spaces where participants actively thrive through collaboration and creative expression. How leveraging arts-integrated pedagogy can cultivate resilience and sustain ecosystems of long-term hope at the local level.

A true expert in community building at your service, for you to ask what you always wanted to know, what you are struggling with, how to best and most successfullly build capacity in your own communities or building new ones all together.

More about Ridvan here:
RIDVAN IDARA FOXHALL

Ridvan Idara is the founder and director of New Era Creative Space (NECS) in Peekskill, New York, and an educational leader dedicated to creating inclusive environments where experiential learning and youth development intersect. Her work focuses on designing multidisciplinary curricula that integrate the arts and serve as a vital vehicle for critical thinking, social justice, and community building. Rooted in a pedagogy of collaboration and creative expression, she champions an arts-integrated framework that helps young people discover their voices, build essential life skills, and cultivate spiritual and emotional resilience, ensuring every student has an equitable platform to thrive as a future leader.

Her medium channel is truly inspiring.
SEE . https://medium.com/@idara-ekpe