The eighth edition of the BuildaBridge Institute took place at Bryn Mawr College on June 3-7. Fifty one participants from United States, Brazil, Nicaragua, Malaysia, Romania and the Philippines attended the five day intense two track training conference to learn how to use the arts for empowerment, healing and community development. Twenty faculty, professionals in the field from United States, presented courses on Foundations for Arts in Transformation, Arts in Education, Arts and Human Development, Arts and Spiritual Development, Arts in Social Services, Arts in Healing, Skills Workshops in various art mediums and Methods Lab Practicum classes at four social services sites from Germantown and North Philadelphia.

Among the participants, a new group of six Eastern Univ. MA students in Urban Studies  (EUMAUS) attended the courses. BuildaBridge Institute is Eastern's instructional partner in providing a MA degree in Urban Studies, Arts in Transformation Concentration.  As a result, each year, first and second year EUMAUS students attend the Institute as part of their curriculum work. For more details about the MA program, go to: http://www.eastern.edu/academic/ccgps/ssc/urban/index.html.

Special thanks go to Bryn Mawr College for being a reliable host, and to the staff and interns of BuildaBridge that worked hard to make the Institute happen!

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