ABOUT OUR SELF-ADVOCACY CLASSES:

Join Upstream Arts’ Self-Advocacy classes this fall and winter and use the creative arts to expand your voice and choice to live your best life - everyday. Taught by our roster of highly-accomplished Teaching Artists, our Self-Advocacy classes for adults with disabilities ages 18+, and are designed to help you strengthen your self-advocacy skills through theatre, dance, poetry, music, and more! Connect with peers during our fun, creative, and interactive 1-hr classes.

Thanks to our individual donors, we're able to offer our fall classes on a pay-what-you-can basis, with the option to pay with wavered dollars coming soon!

+  Classes are designed for adults with disabilities ages 18+
+  ASL Interpretation and Closed Captioning will be provided.
+  Family members, support staff or PCA's are asked to remain in the building for the duration of class, or better yet, join in!
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All classes run weekly October 2021 - January 2022 on:

HYBRID- Tuesdays 11am-12pm CST
--- Join remotely online via Zoom     -or-
--- Join In-person at Pillsbury House and Theatre: 3501 Chicago Ave S. Minneapolis, MN, 55407
(Please read "In-Person COVID Protocols" section below)

ONLINE - Wednesdays 4-5pm CST
--- Join remotely online via Zoom

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IN-PERSON COVID PROTOCOLS:

Upstream Arts is requiring that all in-person participants are both vaccinated and masked for the duration of class. We require the same for all of our in-person Teaching Artists. If you cannot receive the vaccine/wear a mask, we welcome your remote participation!

To facilitate distancing, in-person class participation is limited to 10 individuals per class (including support staff); slots will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please don't let this deter you! If this option sounds like the best one for you, please choose it! We will keep a wait list to make sure that we can accommodate as many as possible.

Our in-person class location, Young Dance, has an up-to-date ventilation system that cycles air 8 times/hour.

Upstream Arts will continue to abide by Local, State, and CDC guidelines for COVID safety, and will make adaptations to class protocols at any time deemed necessary.

If you have additional questions regarding COVID safety, you may contact Aaron, our Program Manager, at aaron@upstreamarts.org.

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ABOUT UPSTREAM ARTS:

Upstream Arts uses the power of the creative arts to activate and amplify the voice and choice of individuals with disabilities. We integrate individuals with cognitive, developmental, emotional, behavioral, and physical disabilities into quality arts programming. Since 2006, Upstream Arts has worked with the disability community at adult day programs and in schools throughout the State of MN, WI, and NC.  Our programs are led by teams of professional artists who have been trained to teach individuals of all abilities. You can learn more about us and our work at upstreamarts.org.