In the first week of April 2018, Interior Culture spent time interviewing and documenting a special place for youth in the city. The Green Room (TGR) is a youth-lead and attended space in the downtown region that offers a place for young Muslims and youth in general, to find acceptance, community, empathy and growth.
Interior Culture produced two videos: A teaser and a full video. Watch the full video below.
There was no shortage of great material to make a video. One youth, Fatme, spoke with us about her past and how she had to constantly shift identities, depending on who she was with. What The Green Room afforded her is a space to be herself in its entirety–without shifting. A place she belongs, just the way that she is. Fatme said it best: when you come to The Green Room,
“You just have to come as you are.”
Interior Culture would like to thank the inspiring youth who frequented The Green Room during the first week’s leadership group. Special thanks to Kamran Dadi and IFSSA for allowing our project to capture the very special and real moments found within this space.
If society had more spaces for the vulnerable to find and shape their identity without fear, we would realize how very inspiring our diverse populations are. If what we saw at TGR is a partial representation of the young minds who will come to shape the world as we know it, then we–as a society–have much to look forward to.
What places in your city are unconditionally accepting? How are spaces like those important for youth, and society-at-large?
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