Sektor 6 Kommunikations: The Purpose Lounge Workshop

Welcome to The Purpose Lounge
   presented by
s6k Media, Reconstruct Art and BreakThrough Technologies
powered by
chashama & The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

The Purpose Lounge: The Legacy of Freedom Workshop
                    A workshop where you learn about others...
                             to learn more about yourself

We are currently working with our newest group of students with our 2010 workshop. They are studying the models and strategies used throughout the modern human rights movement to obtain new methods of developing personal and community growth.

Our workshops are free and open to the public.

Our Purpose Lounge 2010/2011 Workshop begins
Thursday, October 14, 2010
[time] 6:30pm to 9pm
[location] chashama 147-12 Archer Avenue, Jamaica, Queens.
(next to the Sutphin Blvd. subway stop - south-east corner)

We welcome all to attend.
[note] Students under 18 must be accompanied by a parent
call 917-723-7281 for more information

The Legacy of Freedom Workshop is a unique workshop designed to encourage community & social participation through the exploration of history, the arts and media literacy. The workshop is lead by professionals who have extensive backgrounds in the arts / entertainment industry, telecommunications, for-profit & not-for-profit business, and community development. We help people develop ways to motivate themselves, get involved in their communities and empower others.

Made possible by generous space grants & support from

General Available Formats

"Legacy of Freedom Workshop"

Workshop includes:
- 40-minute video screening [we can provide screen & projector]
- 20-minute presentation [focusing on personal development/empowerment as well as community development]
- 50-minute discussion session
- 50-minute "positive outcome" open forum [a wrap up where participants are prompted to discuss how they could change their life]
- hand-out literature
- condom distribution [available for events that are age & situation appropriate]
- total workshop time: approx. 3 hrs
- requires approximately 2 hrs for set-up [varies by location]

"Purpose Station" (for street fairs & outdoor special events)

Purpose Station includes;
- 8' tent outfitted w/signage
- video monitors
- handout literature
- art supplies and projects [for all ages]
- educational reading materials
- listening stations
- total presentation time: approx. 5 hrs
- requires AC power connection [We can supply up to 300' of AC grounded cable]
- requires approximately 2 hrs for set-up [varies by location]

About the Program

Reconstruct Art, sektor 6 kommunikations and BreakThrough Technologies have partnered to create The Purpose Lounge, an empowering and exciting arts education program to train, mentor, and inspire people of any age. We prefer the age of the participants to be above the age of 14. By using visual arts studio sessions and training as a fulcrum to balance life mentoring and job skill preparation, The Purpose Lounge provides a positive alternative destination for people whom have traditionally been underserved with limited artistic resources and life options. This program also goes beyond the traditional facility model to bring arts education and life mentoring directly to the places it's needed, such as, recreational centers, playgrounds, schools, common spaces in public housing, community events, correctional facilities and public/private spaces throughout the city. The Purpose Lounge model is to augment educational / community betterment programs, which are typically under-resourced and require assistance to realize their mission[s].

Founding Partners

Lawrence Joyner
Darryl Montgomery-Hell
Tyrone Thomas

Workshop Managers

Darryl Montgomery-Hell
Lawrence Joyner

Education Coordinator

Darren Chambers

Workshop Advisors

Alethea Brown
Ademola Olugebefola
Havona Madama
Edisa Weeks
Wolfgang Busch

About the Founders

- Lawrence Joyner (Founder and Executive Director of Reconstruct Art, Inc.) created a community-grown NYC non-profit that serves at-risk youth and young adults through the arts. Joyner was born in Harlem, New York where he studied at Center of Media Arts and apprenticed under noted artist-scholar Francis Palazzolo. He has exhibited throughout New York City. His pen and ink drawings and expressionistic collages are in private collections and institutions throughout the country. Mr. Joyner has developed a program where participants have expanded length sessions to develop, rework and discuss their art as well as their life development.

- As a new media technologist, Tyrone Thomas (President of BreakThrough Technologies and its web services division, BreakThrough MediaLabs) has built infrastructures for multiple dynamically published websites, implemented e-commerce solutions, and implemented audio/video streaming/conferencing systems. As a programmer for AT&T/Bell Labs and Salomon Brothers, Mr. Thomas dealt with early network technologies and large distributed applications for monitoring T1 networks and financial trade capture systems. Directed by Mr. Thomas, our Tech Lab will provide mentoring and training to gain hands-on experience with for-profit & non-profit community/Internet based business solutions.

* Darryl Montgomery-Hell (founder of sektor 6 kommunikations/s6k.com) is a veteran multimedia artist/performer, documentarian, community organizer, independent journalist/archivist. He has over 25 years of experience in event production, strategic planning, performance and event management. As Purpose Lounge concept developer, strategic coordinator and event producer, Mr. Hell creates mixed-media community forum educational environments to provoke the discussion of life issues in order to reinforce personal growth. Within this framework, we provide a wide spectrum of volunteering opportunities to encourage community/social participation. By encouraging the participants to concern themselves with the issues of others, we emphasize the responsibilities each person has to the betterment of themselves and the society as a whole.

For more information on how to bring us to your facility please contact us @:
[email] s6kmedia@gmail.com
[pnohe] 917-723-7281