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Artist Statement

This video combines images of our groups central focus with the Loyola Students on the Cesar Chavez mural, created by the organization known as “True Skool,” and songs by the student’s favorite artists based on their responses from our first collaborative assignment. My intentions were to create a short video that would summarize our experiences with Service Learning and the Film 150 classroom.

Mission Statement

TRUE Skool’s mission is to use cultural arts to educate and empower youth from different backgrounds and cultures to become leaders for positive social change in their communities.

They advance their mission by infusing conflict resolution, creativity, self-expression, non-violence, youth organizing, community activism and community service projects into their programs and services.

In TrueSkool, they believe it is important to provide positive role models and new leaders who understand the realities facing youth today. They understand that the traditional programs and curriculum created generations ago are no longer effective for youth coming from our present society. They work together with individuals, organizations, schools, businesses and anyone interested to create the change that is so necessary for youth to become successful. Using tools and resources youth relate to will help us better achieve effective results.

Hip Hop is more than music, it goes beyond dance and sounds, it is about culture, history and skills. It was born of the same societal ills we see youth facing today; lack of jobs and economic opportunities, violence in our neighborhoods, schools, and at home, broken families, gangs, under-funded schools and lack of community resources. Hip Hop is a tool and a culture in itself that allows for positive change in one’s life and promotes the true meaning of “community”. Few social movements have been as effective as uniting cultures as Hip Hop has been for over 30 years.

The Legend of the 5 Suns

The Legend of the Five Suns

Brief description of the Myth:

Every now and then in time, the sun begins to die and one of the gods has to be sacrificed to save the world and become the new sun. When this happens the whole world is destroyed and everything starts over from scratch.

Description of the Suns:

Sun 1: “The Four Waters”

- It was created by Huitzilopochtli

- Huitzilopochtli created man from ashes and dust

- When the sun was about to die, the lesser god sacrificed himself

- The effect of this was a massive flood killing everything on the planet and allowing the world to restart itself

- The flood is believed to have last 1 cycle on the Aztec calendar, which is equal to 52 years.

Sun 2: “The Four Jaguar”

- People of this age are believed to be giants

- Another lesser god sacrificed itself and become the new sun

- The effect was that the lesser god fell from the sky and set the whole earth on fire

- The people that survived were thrust into darkness for the new sun was blotted out by all the ash and smoke

- There were Jaguas who appeared from the darkness and killed everything, hence the four jaguars, and the world was restarted once again

Sun 3: “The Four Rain”

- Very little is known about this sun as the Aztecs never really spoke about it.

- When the sun was changed, a huge volcanic eruption happened somewhere in the world and later on caused it to rain fire and gravel once again restarting the earth

Sun 4: ”The four Winds”

- Also one that was not spoken about a lot amongst the society

- Age which was believed to be where the Aztecs moved down from their ancestral lands to the north

- The world was ended by a giant hurricane

Sun 5: “The Four Movement”

- Current era

- Believes that the world ends in 2012

- The fourth god who sacrificed himself was believed to be weak and ill, so the Aztecs believe that the sun is also weak and ill.

- In order to keep the sun in the sky, they must sacrifice human blood and if they don, the god would 1inflict pain and hardship upon them.

Chavez Mural

Grape boycott

The United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez boycotted grapes in 1966 to protest the hazardous working conditions the farm workers were subject to. The farm workers had to endure harmful toxins, child labor, and poverty wages of a $1 an hour. It was one of the few times a boycott actually worked.