In an effort to celebrate racial and cultural inclusion in the City of Berwyn, students from J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 and community organization Youth Crossroads, Inc. will collaborate on a mural to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20, 2020. The mural will be installed on the new Youth Crossroads building located at 6501 W Stanley Ave in Berwyn’s Depot District. The mural is part of a larger social justice initiative, The 2020 Inclusion Project, sponsored by the Berwyn Public Art Initiative and Berwyn Development Corporation in partnership with J. Sterling Morton High School District 201, Youth Crossroads, Inc., and AmeriCorps volunteer Ryan C. Arnold. The lead artists on the project are local community artist Antonia Ruppert of Antonia Ruppert Fine Art, and Morton West High School Fine Arts teacher Rob Moriarty, who was recently named the 2019 Illinois Art Educators Association’s Secondary Art Teacher of the Year. For more information on The 2020 Inclusion Project, visit www.berwynpublicartinitiative.org/2020-inclusion-project or email info@berwynpublicartinitiative.org.

Photo Caption: The first workshop of The 2020 Inclusion Project was held on December 3, 2019 at Youth Crossroads, Inc. located at 6501 W Stanley Ave.