Multicultural Bereavement Peer Support
Artwork at the Portland Museum of Art
The Multicultural Peer
Support Program continues to grow. For the past five years we have worked
with the Riverton Elementary
School. In the 2002-2003, The
Center reached out to add Lincoln
Middle School to our existing
program. The program now serves over forty children from eight
countries. The peer groups provide support to children who have relocated
to the Portland area from war torn countries and experienced trauma and
loss. The program has an artwork and creative play focus.
One of the highlights
this year was the collaborative project with the Portland Museum of Art
in conjunction with the exhibition “Migrations: Humanity in Transition”
photographs by Sebastiao Salgado. The children from the
Multicultural Program produced forty-one pieces of artwork which were
exhibited at PMA under the title “Changing Worlds”. Several
thousand museum patrons viewed the exhibit. The volunteers and staff are
all very proud of the children’s artwork.
