Last week members of the ARTE committee went to Brockton to train the local teens at the health center. At this meeting we talked about our last rally during February vacation which was a big success! We shared pictures with these teens to give them a common understanding of what a rally should and would look like in case some did not attend. For those who did attend the February 23rd rally, they shared they're personal experiences and feelings about this rally. After, we talked about our personal experiences with meeting politicians. We then trained them on how to meet with politicians to prepare them for their upcoming meeting with their representatives. The teens gave us good feed back and told us they had learned a lot!

REFLECTION DAY

Last week there was a reflection day of the Rally at the City School. There was suppose to be tons of people attending this meeting, but it turned out that there really wasn't alot of people that ended up attending this program. Since the organizations that ended up remaining at the meeting, the reflection was just the same as the other reflection that was held a few weeks before. People were very engaging and made the meeting very successful.The get to know you day was really fun. Since many people did not know each other, there was a get to know you game, which was a mirror game, in this game you would find a partner that would have mirror how the other persons day was. For Ex. I just want to get home today- I would make a house and the other person would have to mirror what you did. The day turned out to be great even though many people did not show up.

YMOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :)

Yesterday there was an event at St.Peters, which was the monthly YMORE event. A bunch of teens from across Massachusetts came together to, A)learn more about YMORE and their diesel campaign to, B) build relationships with other teens and C) have fun!

   The YMORE diesel campaign talks about how city areas have higher asthma rates verses suburban areas that have lower asthma rates. There were many testimonies and skits that depicted the asthma problem. I personally am not effected by having asthma, but hearing the testimonies and participating in skits really motivated me to help fight the cause. It's really unfair that West Roxbury (Caucasians)are not effected by this issue but Roxbury (African-American populated) is. In my opinion, this issue is deeper than West Roxbury/ Robury and there should be a solution.

To be continued...

                             

QUALITY JOBS

What comes to mind when i think about a quality job, i look back at personal experiences such as my summer internship at Eaton Vance, which is an investment management company. I learned so much while working with this big company. Getting up early at nine in the morning can really take one a long way. I had to get up in the summer time, just to get to work on time. I learned that it can take me a long way for the fact that i have to get up for school in the morning and so it helps because i already processed what it feels like to get up early in the morning. I also learned how to take responsibility into consideration. I had a passion for what i was doing on a day to day basis. Anyone who has a passion for their job that they attend each day is a quality job. In terms of youth i feel that anyone who goes to a job and learns a lot and gives them the skills that they need to grow and develop in school and in their daily lives is a quality job.

          WHAT DO FEEL IS A GOOD QUALITY JOB???????????