Week Fourteen: Media Relations & New Partnerships

What an exciting week! Students wrote more letters (and are learning all of the paperwork that goes into project planning!) to Georgia Public Broadcasting, 11 Alive, and some local neighborhood newspapers telling them about their Global Youth Service Day Project. While seeking some media attention, students also began the article writing process to keep the local public informed (The Courier and the Porch Press) of what we are up to at Everyday Leaders. Students started working on some of the logistics of the dodgeball tournament by creating rules to keep everything organized.

Thursday was very excited as we started our four week engagement with guest organization: WonderRoot! Alicia Coleman, art education major from University Georgia, artist, and WonderRoot volunteer, came to lead the class in a discussion about public art. She helped the students understand the scope of their project, decide who it is for and why. Through a democratic process, students decided on a mural project to help clean and brighten up a building on Moreland and Glenwood. We have already received permission from the building owner to cover the graffiti with the students' art (with the help of WonderRoot artists) and are working on more details. WonderRoot will continue to work with us each Thursday through March and also on our Youth Art Month Day of Service on March 28th. If you are interested in participating (open to the public!), please email me, Laura Cleare, at lcleare@handsonatlanta.org.