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Meet the Staff Vice President Saliha Nelson Northwestern University Graduate, BA Programs Manager
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Shedia Nelson Hawai`i Pacific University Graduate, BA Mentor Case Manager
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“EMPOWERING AND REVITALIZING URBAN COMMUNITIES”
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Peer Health Educator Magalie Gabriel South Miami Senior High School student
Inside this issue: Snaps 2 Awareness Theme 2 Upcoming Events 2 Resources 3 Fieldtrip Reviews 3-4 Calendar
5 Thank You!
for re-funding Rites of Passage for 2010-2011 The Rites of Passage Program is generously funded by The Children‘s Trust. The Children‘s Trust is a dedicated source of funding created by voter referendum in 2002 to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County by making strategic investments in their future – because all children are our children.
Photo Courtesy: Mikelle Moore and Shedia Nelson
UPCOMING FIELDTRIPS
What: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Women on the Rise When: Friday, May 13, 2011 Time: 3-5pm Where: Miami Edison Eduplex Senior high school Activity: Celebration of contemporary women artist with historical reference and visual art project incorporating conventional and unconventional media like photography and experimental multi-media collages. FIELDTRIP REMINDERS Turn in complete and signed fieldtrip form by parent/guardian No gum, candy, sunflower seeds, texting or MP3’s
RITES OF PASSAGE GRADUATION RECOGNITION CEREMONY
Saturday, May 28, 2011 Time of event: 12noon—3pm Where: Black Precinct and Courthouse Museum Youth attire: African garb provided Guests and Family: Please wear all white symbolic of elders Welcome family and friends in celebration of young women‘s rites of passage to womanhood through song and African dance performed by youth and special performances by Venus Rising and Madafo