PTC Weekly #13: Beads, Zoos and BBQs
In this week's PTC Weekly, find out how to make the most realistic cave paintings, and which PTC team member makes the best fresh lemonade! 🍋🍋🍋 WEISSENSEE On Monday, Manon and some volunteers took the kids to the Tierpark zoo in Lichtenberg as an introduction to our new Animal painting series. We decided to bring the kids to the zoo so that they could see some exotic animals up close, and use this as inspiration in their future art. The children were all super excited to g
PTC World News Roundup #2: 'Puppy Pistols'
Welcome to our second installment of WNR. In this week's post, find out why an asylum-seeking father and son decided to leave the U.K.; how lower income countries can make trillions of dollars with one simple step; and how easy it is to dupe Republicans into backing bizarre gun law proposals! *Important note* There are many sad stories in this week's WNR series that we would like to draw attention to. Firstly, the death of two young Palestinian boys, Luay and Amir, who were p
AOTW #12: "Even if you don’t have a valuable place in society, you can find acceptance through
For this week's 'Artist of the Week', we speak to Lea Clidassou, a great friend of PTC and co-founder of Studio Brique, the quirky graphic design initiative which encourages an experimental and collaborative approach to graphic design. Founded by Lea and her friend Margot Sarret as part of their design Master, the organisation, Studio Brique, has grown into a shared space where Lea and Margot can pour all of their ideas and creations that don't necessarily conform to the conv
A Comparison of the United States’ and Germany’s approach to the “Migration Crisis”
We explore the differences between U.S. and German migration policy, comparing their diametric responses to the recent 'migration crisis', and considering the current and future effects of these policy decisions. In 2015, the Migration Crisis in the European Union (EU) reached its peak, with over one million people fleeing their homelands. Unfortunately, thousands of these asylum seekers died in the process of attaining their freedom, either through drowning, starvation, and
PTC World News Roundup #1: Wild boars, computer dreams, and dancing teens.
This week we are launching 'PTC World News Roundup', your definitive guide to what's been happening to children and young people from around the world. Each week we will release a selection of links, with a brief synopsis, to articles which we think you should read! From Al Jazeera and The Guardian, to prominent nonprofit blogs, to Reddit threads, our weekly roundup will keep you up-to-speed with international and national stories about young people, focusing on young people
PTC Weekly #12: Kids become journalists and explore different cultures.
We have had an exciting and busy week at Pass the Crayon: In Weissensee, we continued our workshop series learning about diversity through journalism, and our week came to a close with Welcome Camp, a day-long conference with other organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the lives of refugees in Berlin. WEISSENSEE JOURNALISM PROJECT This week, we continued our workshop series on diversity and journalism. We began by teaching the kids about different countries an
