Last week was a pretty crazy week at The GreenHouse. There was Kids at Heart wrap-up, welcoming new summer staff, handing-off portions of my job, and getting my own work to the place where I could be gone for two months this summer. (I'll be working remotely on several projects while I'm gone, but it still took quite a bit of work to get to the point where I could physically be gone). Thursday (my last day) was a particularly action-packed day and it seemed to go by in a flash. Before I knew it, it was 3:40...time to put aside my unfinished list of to-dos, pack-up my stuff, clean-off my desk, and head off across town to watch six of our teens make a presentation to the community at the Youth Action Team Celebration and Research Presentation.
The GreenHouse's Leaders in Training team was one of three youth teams that participated in the city-wide Youth Action Team Project from January through June. The project provided our youth with leadership training, team building, and opportunities to examine and address youth violence. The youth decided to use a tragedy that was very near and dear to their hearts (and still very fresh in their minds) as a springboard for their project. With guidance and support from Tim Coburn, the youth developed a Community Safety Survey, handed it out to friends and neighbors, and then turned the results into a video, which you can see below.
Despite it being a very busy day on Thursday, there was nowhere else on earth I would have rather been that afternoon. I was so proud of them as I watched them present their video that it brought tears to my eyes! Please take a minute to watch their video.
2 comments:
I love that those kids are taking such ownership of their community. Fabulous...
wow Kacie, that brought tears to my eyes. It's so amazing to see what's been going on at the Greenhouse! Thank you for sharing this.
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