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Promise of the Six Pavilion
The Cultural Home of the Military Child
A space of identity, belonging, memory, creativity, and legacy. Where military-connected youth and families are seen, honored, and held. Where the past we come from meets the future we are shaping.
What The Pavilion Is
The Pavilion is not an exhibit.
It is not a program.
It is a living cultural space.
This is where the story of the Military Child is:
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Witnessed
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Heard
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Expressed
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Shared
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Carried into the future
Here, identity is not explained, it is felt.
The Promise of the Six Pavilion
The Pavilion is the heart of MCWE, a living, youth-centered cultural space where belonging is not explained, but felt.
It is where:
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Youth create,
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Alumni return,
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Caregivers breathe,
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Community remembers,
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Legacy is shared.
This is not a vendor hall. This is a cultural home space, built for connection, expression, memory, and future leadership.
The Pavilion Contains Four Interwoven Spaces
The Cultural Home of Belonging, Creativity, and Identity.
1. Promise of the Six Youth Summit
A gathering of youth leaders to speak, listen, build, and imagine the world they inherit and the world they will shape.
Identity. Voice. Belonging. Future leadership.
[ Learn More about the Youth Summit ]
Sneaker Dripping™ Youth Innovation & Design Lab
2. A celebration of youth creative culture, where design, craft, storytelling, and identity take form in movement and material.
Innovation is identity. Creativity is language.
Youth Marketplace & Creative Enterprise
3. Art, apparel, crafted goods, digital creations, and entrepreneurial expression from youth across states, installations, and global communities.
Economy, culture, and identity are connected.
Innovation is identity. Creativity is language.
[ Apply to Exhibit ]
Reflection Lounge & Care Circles
4. A quiet space to ground, breathe, rest, and be supported, especially for those carrying care roles or the weight of transition, deployment, injury, or memory.
Care is leadership.
[ Learn About Care & Support Spaces ]
Purpose of the Pavilion
The Pavilion exists to:
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Affirm the identity of the Military Child across generations.
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Provide a creative home for expression, storytelling, art, innovation, movement, and design.
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Create a safe belonging environment for youth to show up as themselves.
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Offer restoring spaces for caregivers, families, and those carrying care roles.
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Serve as the intergenerational meeting place of the movement.
The Pavilion is where the past, present, and rising generations of the Military Child meet.
The Pavilion Experience
The Pavilion is open to:
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Military-connected youth & families
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Civilian youth, peers, and allies
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Educators, caregivers, and community leaders
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Veterans and adult former military children
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Anyone willing to enter with respect and presenceEveryone is welcome.
Everyone belongs.No one is on the outside here.
Movement.
Memory.
Art.
Voice.
Belonging.
Inside the Pavilion, youth are invited to express who they are, not who they are expected to be.
Here, identity is:
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Not explained.
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Not defended.
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Known.
A Living Archive
The Pavilion is a living archive of the military child experience, expressed through:
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Design
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Sneaker Fashion
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Performance
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Music
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Poetry
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Innovation
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Community storytelling
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Shared reflection
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Care circles
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Youth Led Symposiums & Workshops
This is where culture is created and carried forward.
The Pavilion Zones
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Youth led Policy Forums
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Hands on Exhibits
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The Torchbearers Youth Summit
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Interactive Mapping of "The Code of the Six
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Reflection & Legacy Walls
Belonging & Identity Reflection Lounge
Roundtables, writing stations, wellness journaling, art therapy and displays.
The Youth Summit
Youth panels, keynotes, workshops, and activations.
Youth Marketplace
Youth entrepreneurs, sneaker designers creators. Youth NGO, For-Profit Youth Companies, Speciality Schools, etc.
Legacy Studio
Storytelling, oral history, memory wall, reflection writing, and so much more.
Youth Innovation & Design Lab
Wall for dreams, memories, and future promises. Hands on creativity, STEAM.