The Moving Matters! Residency program brings movement-based multi-arts residencies into schools, correctional
institutions and community centers through collaborative multi-arts projects. JDPP's Moving Matters! Residencies are
founded in the belief that the arts can and do make a difference in the lives of children and adults—opening up worlds of
self-knowledge and awareness, expanding cognitive skills and providing tools for living. A particular focus of Moving Matters!
Residences is to reach out to underserved populations, whether at schools, community centers, or state correctional facilities.
JDPE's innovative approach integrates movement with the program participants' own personal writings and artwork in an effort to
enlarge their expressive vocabulary and in the case of schools residencies consequently improve their language and communication
skills.
