Tony Hawk started a fellowship program that teaches 15 skateboarding enthusiasts about community organizing and project management so they can build skateparks in their neighborhoods.
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"It’s almost like a dream come true," said Campos, who used to draw skatepark designs on printer paper to show their parents."Getting to do that again, but for real this time, is one of those things you didn’t actually think would happen."AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS WENT TO LGBTQ CENTER THAT HOSTED ‘DRAG STORY HOUR' FOR KIDS AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
"My style was so mechanical that I became an outcast within the skate community, but I did find my own sense of identity and community at the skatepark," Hawk said."It’s an individual pursuit, but you are bolstered by the community around you. And then they support you in your endeavors." The Skatepark Project – which began as the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002, funded by Hawk’s $125,000 win on the celebrity edition of"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" – saw the fellowship as a response, of sorts, to the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. Hawk said he believes the fellowship can help address racial inequality as well as provide opportunities for a new generation of minority leaders.
Nicole Humphrey, program coordinator for the fellowship, wants each fellow to create a skatepark that reflects their community and its needs, while also being economically sustainable. But she also wants them to feel that they can apply what they learn in this fellowship to future projects beyond skateboarding, from building other public spaces in their communities to making their voices heard on issues that concern them.
Campos also received plenty of information they can use for Queer Skate PDX, the nonprofit they co-founded to support women, LGBTQ+ and gender nonconforming people getting started in skateboarding by offering them needed equipment and sponsoring events to meet other skaters.
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