{"id":71337,"date":"2018-08-17T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71337"},"modified":"2018-08-17T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T14:15:55","slug":"chicagos-circesteem-uses-circus-arts-to-empower-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicagos-circesteem-uses-circus-arts-to-empower-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago\u2019s CircEsteem uses circus arts to empower young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alissa Anderegg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">When Antoinette Mpawenayo, 17, first came to Chicago from Tanzania, she struggled with the language and the culture.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEnglish is not my first language,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was bullied by students at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her\u00a0 refugee caseworker saw something in the way she moved around and suggested she join a circus program that had helped other young people like her. Antoinette is now a key performer in CircEsteem, a non-profit that has taught circus arts to more than 10,000 youths in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago&#039;s CircEsteem uses circus arts to empower young people\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/285492696?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2001, CircEsteem&#8217;s social impact mission aims to build confidence in young people like Antoinette, and create a sense of community among its diverse performers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: CircEsteem students perform in their showcase performance. 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