The JUST US Project teaches children how to make sure they know what to do when feeling stressed or in times of trouble. This interdisciplinary middle school unit connects the Community Resiliency Model with a sculpture created by Dare Coulter that showcases the resiliency of the Black residents in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Participants will learn the following:

• How to understand and monitor their bodies when enduring stress and how to learn resilience in difficult times.

• Learn about art as a way of expressing one's feelings and telling stories. Students are exposed to historical and contemporary art and artists.

• Learn about cultural and historical events highlighted of Dare Coulter's sculpture entitled "Because It's Time."

• Create their own art piece showcasing participants' own resilience and express what resilience means to them personally.

• Tell their own story of resilience through explaining their art piece.

Each lesson is paired with the accompanying North Carolina State Standards for Middle Grades in Social Emotional Learning, Art, Social Studies and Language Arts.