Welcome to the 2010 Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest!
The CCHD Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest is an opportunity for schools and parishes to engage young people grades 7-12 in learning about the root causes of poverty; CCHD’s support for groups of empowered, low-income people working to address these causes; and Catholic social teaching’s call for Catholics to support such efforts through both charitable works and social justice.
Young people then become educators of their peers, families, and communities by using their artistic talents (e.g., writing, singing, acting, drawing, movie-making, etc.) to teach others about what they have learned. Schools and parishes submit young peoples’ entries to their diocesan CCHD office, which judges all diocesan entries locally, and then chooses up to two entries for consideration in the national contest.
This year’s contest theme is
Empowering Communities, Uprooting Poverty
Contest Information and Materials
Overview: How to Participate in this Contest
Involving the Entire School or Parish
Art Contest Rules
Entry Form
7 Steps to a Great Contest at your School or Parish
1. Contact your Diocesan Director
2. Learn about poverty in the U.S. and its root causes
3. Learn about Catholic social teaching
4. Get to know a CCHD-funded group
5. Learn about the Two Feet of Social Action
6. Create artwork
7. Share, reflect, and educate others
Download the entire contest packet (PDF file 1.6 MB)