Week Fifteen: Article Writing and Mural Preparations

With two big projects in the works, the weeks are going by fast! The students finished their articles for the Courier and the Porch Press. The majority of the time was spent planning out the mural. The students held an intense session brainstorming, creating images, and debating the importance of symbols and monuments in the city of Atlanta. Russell had a create idea and came up with the central theme of our mural: a phoenix. I would love to tell you more about what will be on the mural, but this is something I think we should wait until you can actually see it. Thanks again, Alicia, for coming out to help us!

We started off the week with great news: Earthshaking Music in the East Atlanta Village has responded to our in-kind donation request and are giving Everyday Leaders prizes for the winners of our dodgeball tournament. They were more than excited to support their local community. Thank you Earthshaking Music!!

Here is the article David, Noah, and Camille wrote for the Courier and the Porch Press:

Everyday Leaders Update
The Fight to End Homelessness Dodgeball Tournament
Fight Homelessness, Play Dodgeball

The youth volunteer group, Everyday Leaders, is holding a dodgeball tournament on April 24th (Global Youth Service Day). The tournament will be held in order to help and gather donations for an organization called Genesis. Genesis is a non-profit volunteer organization that is an emergency transitional community for homeless newborns and their families. Until the tournament, we will be fundraising to help gather donations for Genesis. Here is their wish list:

+ Non-perishable food + Baby wipes
+ Office supplies + Diapers
+ Cleaning supplies + Pillows
+ First aid supplies + Clothing
+ Towels and washcloths + Bed linens
+ Blankets and quilts + Bath soap

You can bring these items to us by way of the container in the office or on the day of the tournament. If you don’t think you can donate an item, you can donate $5, but we would really like you to bring an item. Now this is our big project for Global Youth Service Day, and is one of our main focuses but we do have other projects. One of them is for Youth Art Month.
The project is a youth-based volunteer project that will hopefully brighten up one street corner. The Everyday Leaders will be working with WonderRoot (a non-profit arts organization committed to uniting artists and community to inspire positive social change) to do a mural at the corner of Glenwood and Moreland, the big building with graffiti on it right next to Buffalo China. You know, the old payless shoe store. WonderRoot artists will be helping us draw out our mural design and help us complete the project. We are looking for volunteers, mainly youth. And we hope that the parents or guardians of the youth can stick around and also help out. Sign up with a representative from Everyday Leaders and sign up soon!

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