We all too often think of adults as the educators and youth as the learners – a paradigm of our top-down societal structure. This weekend was a great example of where the adult “teachers” learned as much as their young students. Our partnership with STEAM Studio continues to yield dividends far beyond expectations – this time in partnership with HALO Foundation, an international organization whose Kansas City location partners with area homeless shelters, residential care facilities, and transitional living programs to provide art therapy and life skills-based programming to youth in the greatest need. Several Gould Evans staff and friends volunteered to lead a group of youth through a series of design and coding activities. Fortunately, we had students join us from the Education Department at Rockhurst University to handle the coding exercises! Among the day’s activities was an exercise..
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