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.

RALLY

      February 23, 2012, was the youth jobs rally. Teens from Youth Force met at Fidelity, for their creative action. There was around 30 teens that was ready to get their voices heard by getting the public's attention, and let people know that Fidelity doesn't hire teens. When teens began to approach the entrance, teens were quickly turned down, and they could not even enter the building. Workers at Fidelity became quickly aggravated, and decided that they would shut the door in our faces. WE have reached our goal, with letting Fidelity be aware that they don't hire teens. Justice has been served.
       Other organizations were in the Tremont Temple church  and people that came in support of youth jobs, whether it be senators, parents, teens, or everyone, people were being entertained. There was Music, speeches, dances, also rapping by a young and talented men.
       After the entertainment, people were heading outside of the church to start rallying. There were chanters that got everyone that came to support rallied up and also people that were on the streets walking by in the financial district and also in Downtown. People were looking from all directions and wondering what was going on. The rally was loud and we really had the crowd going. People all over, and even though they were not in the area they were informed by channel 25. The rally was even mentioned in the Boston Globe paper. Teens showed their power by the chants that we marched around protesting, such as "Youth United will never be defeated". At many points, youth would put up their fist and every person had a green ribbon around their fist, which showed that youth were united and that we wanted to fight against the issue of jobs.

       The rally turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to youth in the community. GO YOUTH JOBS!