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How many people are directly involved in your project? : 
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How many people has your project helped?  : 
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See map: Google Maps
What's the problem you are trying to solve?: 
<p>As Jersey City's public schools strive to meet core curriculum standards as well as No Child Left Behind benchmarks, teachers are now more than ever "teaching for the test." These guidelines put added pressure on the school district and, as a result, there is less of an emphasis put on liberal arts.</p> 
<p> For social change to be attainable in our community, our young students must be challenged creatively. Expressing one's individuality through art and music is essential to a well-rounded education. As more art and music teachers are let go because of No Child Left Behind standards, our young minds are being denied the opportunity to express themselves. </p>
<p>The after school program at P.S. 24 in Jersey City is structured Monday through Thursday with vigorous one-on-one study time so that the students can be tutored to assist their needs in their academic classes, understandably, however as the long school day continues this routine becomes repetitive and inhibits cognitive growth. Fridays, however, will be different because our group of volunteers will present after school goers with creative options to open up their world(s) of imagination. Instead of dictating tasks within a structured environment, our volunteers will use problem solving as a tool to encourage students to structure their own creativity. First off, I am not the best person to solve this person. We as a group, are the best people to accomplish the endeavor of exposing P.S. 24 students to culture of New Orleans because a large amount of us are jazz musicians, young artists, and eager community volunteers. Individually we are nothing, but divided we stand. </p>
Why is it important to you?: 
<p> Urban Youth Educational Outreach is an essential tool for social mobility within American cities and our urban community, Jersey City. This mobility can improve through open lines of communication between college students and the students of PS 24. The after school program at P.S. 24 can become more of a stimulating environment for the agents of social change, which are the students themselves. As the college students build trust, acquire friendships, and grow with students at P.S. 24 through consistent weekly visits in an after school setting our community will become socially mobile.</p>
<p> Students certainly need the chance to engage in free play activities following day long instructional periods, however along with non structured time, our energetic volunteers wish to present students with options in their creative world. A major emphasis will be put on free pen art, as well as artistic problem solving, the introduction of modern music that encompasses historical heritage within the diverse multicultural make up of the students at P.S. 24, but most importantly, this introduction sets the tone for communal creative projects amongst the students and the young adults.</p>
<p> It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.</p>
<p> The preservation of life in New Orleans has not been a main focal point of the country as a whole and as a result America is losing a big part of its rich multicultural heritage. For this history to be preserved, for life to be preserved for that matter, the youth of America must be able to retain this story. Social mobility in our communities across America is vital especially for the young African-Americans, and the Katrina scenario is a prime example that young African-Americans need exposure to the arts and music that have helped bridge the racial gap in the embedded oppressive American South.</p>
<p> Our volunteers during the eight day trip engaged in rebuilding efforts for citizens trying to move back into their neighborhoods, as well as youth outreach projects geared around art and music to supply much needed supervision amidst the creation of F.E.M.A. trailer parks that left many young children unattended and uncared for. As our volunteers built trust and relationships with the students at the outreach program we collectively began to see similarities in urban children from Jersey City. Uncertainty of the future and perception of the present are difficult for all urban children to come to grips with. Opening up dialogue through arts and music from New Orleans can give insight to young minds as they cope with social problems of our city, and as they gain the knowledge of their own history (African-American history) than they can preserve life within their community, while protecting the heritage of the great city, New Orleans.</p>
What's your plan of action?: 
<p> After returning from three months of disaster relief volunteer work in New Orleans, I found it more more important than ever to share my experiences with fellow peers. I had my grandmother bake several tasty treats to begin fund raising and speaking out against what I saw happening in my, our country. As my fellow peers were lured in by the baked goods, I was able to infiltrate their ears with a story and their eyes through the power of photography. At that time, it had only been one year since Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p> To my amazement, my peer's reaction was resoundingly positive in their response that something in-fact needed to be done, instead of "Wow that's horrible, what can I Do?." The reaction was, "What are we going to do?" Our meetings started small; at first only five or six. But soon enough, we were fourteen strong and we knew we were going together to Louisiana at the end of our spring semester. We had to raise money for this to be attainable. We realized that the college campus was our prime audience to get people to come together for the rally cry of this much needed cause. Our "Evening with a Voice" event at Haverford University raised ample funds and awareness.</p>
<p> Soon after, we came into contact with an extraordinary individual that happened to own a busing and transport company. After explaining to him our dilemma of transportation, he was much obliged to help us and provided free passenger vans for safe route to Louisiana. Our collective began kicking on all cylinders and we were now poised to leave at the end of the semester. As our volunteers got readjusted back into their own lives upon arrival in New Jersey, we soon realized that this trip was no isolated incident. For our trip at the end of this current spring semester, we have fund raised twice the money and have twice the amount of volunteers traveling with for this years trip. Our work is not only designated to Louisiana, but has grown locally through finding neighborhood children subsidized music lessons from local musicians, weekend projects at community non-profits, and the birth of the NOLA Adventure After School Club. The after school program was a long time coming as far as maneuvering around red tape, but we have been able to secure seven sessions. </p>
<p> The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.</p>

<p>Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.</p>
<p> If our trip to Buras, Louisiana taught us anything, it opened up our eyes to the world of possibility with children if you are willing to put in the effort. Our time spent at the day care center at the "450" FEMA trailer park left the children with a memory of the volunteers from New Jersey and us with a collective mission for the future to not only be involved in disaster relief in Louisiana but in our own community's social mobility. Both of these are joined at the hip because both are America: America's problems, America's triumphs, and America's future, and through this experience we saw our role in the American equation. We are working to create the proper canvas for students to express their individuality as they become the storytellers and not just pupils. Jazz music is a dying art form, and for its legacy to continue, this generation of young people must be exposed to it. We, as a collective group, expect to learn just as much from these kids as we hope to teach them.</p>
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Start Date: 
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 It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.
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 Our volunteers during the eight day trip engaged in rebuilding efforts for citizens trying to move back into their neighborhoods, as well as youth outreach projects geared around art and music to supply much needed supervision amidst the creation of F.E.M.A. trailer parks that left many young children unattended and uncared for. As our volunteers built trust and relationships with the students at the outreach program we collectively began to see similarities in urban children from Jersey City. Uncertainty of the future and perception of the present are difficult for all urban children to come to grips with. Opening up dialogue through arts and music from New Orleans can give insight to young minds as they cope with social problems of our city, and as they gain the knowledge of their own history (African-American history) than they can preserve life within their community, while protecting the heritage of the great city, New Orleans.
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<p> It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.</p>
<p> The preservation of life in New Orleans has not been a main focal point of the country as a whole and as a result America is losing a big part of its rich multicultural heritage. For this history to be preserved, for life to be preserved for that matter, the youth of America must be able to retain this story. Social mobility in our communities across America is vital especially for the young African-Americans, and the Katrina scenario is a prime example that young African-Americans need exposure to the arts and music that have helped bridge the racial gap in the embedded oppressive American South.</p>
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 The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.

Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.
 If our trip to Buras, Louisiana taught us anything, it opened up our eyes to the world of possibility with children if you are willing to put in the effort. Our time spent at the day care center at the "450" FEMA trailer park left the children with a memory of the volunteers from New Jersey and us with a collective mission for the future to not only be involved in disaster relief in Louisiana but in our own community's social mobility. Both of these are joined at the hip because both are America: America's problems, America's triumphs, and America's future, and through this experience we saw our role in the American equation. We are working to create the proper canvas for students to express their individuality as they become the storytellers and not just pupils. Jazz music is a dying art form, and for its legacy to continue, this generation of young people must be exposed to it. We, as a collective group, expect to learn just as much from these kids as we hope to teach them.
                    [view] => <p> After returning from three months of disaster relief volunteer work in New Orleans, I found it more more important than ever to share my experiences with fellow peers. I had my grandmother bake several tasty treats to begin fund raising and speaking out against what I saw happening in my, our country. As my fellow peers were lured in by the baked goods, I was able to infiltrate their ears with a story and their eyes through the power of photography. At that time, it had only been one year since Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p> To my amazement, my peer's reaction was resoundingly positive in their response that something in-fact needed to be done, instead of "Wow that's horrible, what can I Do?." The reaction was, "What are we going to do?" Our meetings started small; at first only five or six. But soon enough, we were fourteen strong and we knew we were going together to Louisiana at the end of our spring semester. We had to raise money for this to be attainable. We realized that the college campus was our prime audience to get people to come together for the rally cry of this much needed cause. Our "Evening with a Voice" event at Haverford University raised ample funds and awareness.</p>
<p> Soon after, we came into contact with an extraordinary individual that happened to own a busing and transport company. After explaining to him our dilemma of transportation, he was much obliged to help us and provided free passenger vans for safe route to Louisiana. Our collective began kicking on all cylinders and we were now poised to leave at the end of the semester. As our volunteers got readjusted back into their own lives upon arrival in New Jersey, we soon realized that this trip was no isolated incident. For our trip at the end of this current spring semester, we have fund raised twice the money and have twice the amount of volunteers traveling with for this years trip. Our work is not only designated to Louisiana, but has grown locally through finding neighborhood children subsidized music lessons from local musicians, weekend projects at community non-profits, and the birth of the NOLA Adventure After School Club. The after school program was a long time coming as far as maneuvering around red tape, but we have been able to secure seven sessions. </p>
<p> The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.</p>

<p>Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.</p>
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<p> For social change to be attainable in our community, our young students must be challenged creatively. Expressing one's individuality through art and music is essential to a well-rounded education. As more art and music teachers are let go because of No Child Left Behind standards, our young minds are being denied the opportunity to express themselves. </p>
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<p> Students certainly need the chance to engage in free play activities following day long instructional periods, however along with non structured time, our energetic volunteers wish to present students with options in their creative world. A major emphasis will be put on free pen art, as well as artistic problem solving, the introduction of modern music that encompasses historical heritage within the diverse multicultural make up of the students at P.S. 24, but most importantly, this introduction sets the tone for communal creative projects amongst the students and the young adults.</p>
<p> It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.</p>
<p> The preservation of life in New Orleans has not been a main focal point of the country as a whole and as a result America is losing a big part of its rich multicultural heritage. For this history to be preserved, for life to be preserved for that matter, the youth of America must be able to retain this story. Social mobility in our communities across America is vital especially for the young African-Americans, and the Katrina scenario is a prime example that young African-Americans need exposure to the arts and music that have helped bridge the racial gap in the embedded oppressive American South.</p>
<p> Our volunteers during the eight day trip engaged in rebuilding efforts for citizens trying to move back into their neighborhoods, as well as youth outreach projects geared around art and music to supply much needed supervision amidst the creation of F.E.M.A. trailer parks that left many young children unattended and uncared for. As our volunteers built trust and relationships with the students at the outreach program we collectively began to see similarities in urban children from Jersey City. Uncertainty of the future and perception of the present are difficult for all urban children to come to grips with. Opening up dialogue through arts and music from New Orleans can give insight to young minds as they cope with social problems of our city, and as they gain the knowledge of their own history (African-American history) than they can preserve life within their community, while protecting the heritage of the great city, New Orleans.</p>
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<p> To my amazement, my peer's reaction was resoundingly positive in their response that something in-fact needed to be done, instead of "Wow that's horrible, what can I Do?." The reaction was, "What are we going to do?" Our meetings started small; at first only five or six. But soon enough, we were fourteen strong and we knew we were going together to Louisiana at the end of our spring semester. We had to raise money for this to be attainable. We realized that the college campus was our prime audience to get people to come together for the rally cry of this much needed cause. Our "Evening with a Voice" event at Haverford University raised ample funds and awareness.</p>
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<p> The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.</p>

<p>Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.</p>
<p> If our trip to Buras, Louisiana taught us anything, it opened up our eyes to the world of possibility with children if you are willing to put in the effort. Our time spent at the day care center at the "450" FEMA trailer park left the children with a memory of the volunteers from New Jersey and us with a collective mission for the future to not only be involved in disaster relief in Louisiana but in our own community's social mobility. Both of these are joined at the hip because both are America: America's problems, America's triumphs, and America's future, and through this experience we saw our role in the American equation. We are working to create the proper canvas for students to express their individuality as they become the storytellers and not just pupils. Jazz music is a dying art form, and for its legacy to continue, this generation of young people must be exposed to it. We, as a collective group, expect to learn just as much from these kids as we hope to teach them.</p>
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<p> For social change to be attainable in our community, our young students must be challenged creatively. Expressing one's individuality through art and music is essential to a well-rounded education. As more art and music teachers are let go because of No Child Left Behind standards, our young minds are being denied the opportunity to express themselves. </p>
<p>The after school program at P.S. 24 in Jersey City is structured Monday through Thursday with vigorous one-on-one study time so that the students can be tutored to assist their needs in their academic classes, understandably, however as the long school day continues this routine becomes repetitive and inhibits cognitive growth. Fridays, however, will be different because our group of volunteers will present after school goers with creative options to open up their world(s) of imagination. Instead of dictating tasks within a structured environment, our volunteers will use problem solving as a tool to encourage students to structure their own creativity. First off, I am not the best person to solve this person. We as a group, are the best people to accomplish the endeavor of exposing P.S. 24 students to culture of New Orleans because a large amount of us are jazz musicians, young artists, and eager community volunteers. Individually we are nothing, but divided we stand. </p>
Why is it important to you?: 
<p> Urban Youth Educational Outreach is an essential tool for social mobility within American cities and our urban community, Jersey City. This mobility can improve through open lines of communication between college students and the students of PS 24. The after school program at P.S. 24 can become more of a stimulating environment for the agents of social change, which are the students themselves. As the college students build trust, acquire friendships, and grow with students at P.S. 24 through consistent weekly visits in an after school setting our community will become socially mobile.</p>
<p> Students certainly need the chance to engage in free play activities following day long instructional periods, however along with non structured time, our energetic volunteers wish to present students with options in their creative world. A major emphasis will be put on free pen art, as well as artistic problem solving, the introduction of modern music that encompasses historical heritage within the diverse multicultural make up of the students at P.S. 24, but most importantly, this introduction sets the tone for communal creative projects amongst the students and the young adults.</p>
<p> It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.</p>
<p> The preservation of life in New Orleans has not been a main focal point of the country as a whole and as a result America is losing a big part of its rich multicultural heritage. For this history to be preserved, for life to be preserved for that matter, the youth of America must be able to retain this story. Social mobility in our communities across America is vital especially for the young African-Americans, and the Katrina scenario is a prime example that young African-Americans need exposure to the arts and music that have helped bridge the racial gap in the embedded oppressive American South.</p>
<p> Our volunteers during the eight day trip engaged in rebuilding efforts for citizens trying to move back into their neighborhoods, as well as youth outreach projects geared around art and music to supply much needed supervision amidst the creation of F.E.M.A. trailer parks that left many young children unattended and uncared for. As our volunteers built trust and relationships with the students at the outreach program we collectively began to see similarities in urban children from Jersey City. Uncertainty of the future and perception of the present are difficult for all urban children to come to grips with. Opening up dialogue through arts and music from New Orleans can give insight to young minds as they cope with social problems of our city, and as they gain the knowledge of their own history (African-American history) than they can preserve life within their community, while protecting the heritage of the great city, New Orleans.</p>
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<p> After returning from three months of disaster relief volunteer work in New Orleans, I found it more more important than ever to share my experiences with fellow peers. I had my grandmother bake several tasty treats to begin fund raising and speaking out against what I saw happening in my, our country. As my fellow peers were lured in by the baked goods, I was able to infiltrate their ears with a story and their eyes through the power of photography. At that time, it had only been one year since Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p> To my amazement, my peer's reaction was resoundingly positive in their response that something in-fact needed to be done, instead of "Wow that's horrible, what can I Do?." The reaction was, "What are we going to do?" Our meetings started small; at first only five or six. But soon enough, we were fourteen strong and we knew we were going together to Louisiana at the end of our spring semester. We had to raise money for this to be attainable. We realized that the college campus was our prime audience to get people to come together for the rally cry of this much needed cause. Our "Evening with a Voice" event at Haverford University raised ample funds and awareness.</p>
<p> Soon after, we came into contact with an extraordinary individual that happened to own a busing and transport company. After explaining to him our dilemma of transportation, he was much obliged to help us and provided free passenger vans for safe route to Louisiana. Our collective began kicking on all cylinders and we were now poised to leave at the end of the semester. As our volunteers got readjusted back into their own lives upon arrival in New Jersey, we soon realized that this trip was no isolated incident. For our trip at the end of this current spring semester, we have fund raised twice the money and have twice the amount of volunteers traveling with for this years trip. Our work is not only designated to Louisiana, but has grown locally through finding neighborhood children subsidized music lessons from local musicians, weekend projects at community non-profits, and the birth of the NOLA Adventure After School Club. The after school program was a long time coming as far as maneuvering around red tape, but we have been able to secure seven sessions. </p>
<p> The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.</p>

<p>Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.</p>
<p> If our trip to Buras, Louisiana taught us anything, it opened up our eyes to the world of possibility with children if you are willing to put in the effort. Our time spent at the day care center at the "450" FEMA trailer park left the children with a memory of the volunteers from New Jersey and us with a collective mission for the future to not only be involved in disaster relief in Louisiana but in our own community's social mobility. Both of these are joined at the hip because both are America: America's problems, America's triumphs, and America's future, and through this experience we saw our role in the American equation. We are working to create the proper canvas for students to express their individuality as they become the storytellers and not just pupils. Jazz music is a dying art form, and for its legacy to continue, this generation of young people must be exposed to it. We, as a collective group, expect to learn just as much from these kids as we hope to teach them.</p>
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Is this a...: 
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How many people are directly involved in your project? : 
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How many people has your project helped?  : 
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See map: Google Maps
What's the problem you are trying to solve?: 
<p>As Jersey City's public schools strive to meet core curriculum standards as well as No Child Left Behind benchmarks, teachers are now more than ever "teaching for the test." These guidelines put added pressure on the school district and, as a result, there is less of an emphasis put on liberal arts.</p> 
<p> For social change to be attainable in our community, our young students must be challenged creatively. Expressing one's individuality through art and music is essential to a well-rounded education. As more art and music teachers are let go because of No Child Left Behind standards, our young minds are being denied the opportunity to express themselves. </p>
<p>The after school program at P.S. 24 in Jersey City is structured Monday through Thursday with vigorous one-on-one study time so that the students can be tutored to assist their needs in their academic classes, understandably, however as the long school day continues this routine becomes repetitive and inhibits cognitive growth. Fridays, however, will be different because our group of volunteers will present after school goers with creative options to open up their world(s) of imagination. Instead of dictating tasks within a structured environment, our volunteers will use problem solving as a tool to encourage students to structure their own creativity. First off, I am not the best person to solve this person. We as a group, are the best people to accomplish the endeavor of exposing P.S. 24 students to culture of New Orleans because a large amount of us are jazz musicians, young artists, and eager community volunteers. Individually we are nothing, but divided we stand. </p>
Why is it important to you?: 
<p> Urban Youth Educational Outreach is an essential tool for social mobility within American cities and our urban community, Jersey City. This mobility can improve through open lines of communication between college students and the students of PS 24. The after school program at P.S. 24 can become more of a stimulating environment for the agents of social change, which are the students themselves. As the college students build trust, acquire friendships, and grow with students at P.S. 24 through consistent weekly visits in an after school setting our community will become socially mobile.</p>
<p> Students certainly need the chance to engage in free play activities following day long instructional periods, however along with non structured time, our energetic volunteers wish to present students with options in their creative world. A major emphasis will be put on free pen art, as well as artistic problem solving, the introduction of modern music that encompasses historical heritage within the diverse multicultural make up of the students at P.S. 24, but most importantly, this introduction sets the tone for communal creative projects amongst the students and the young adults.</p>
<p> It is the hope that these children take this newly founded awareness into their own school work, their classroom, and out into their community, our community, Jersey City. In June of 2007 our volunteers embarked on a philanthropic journey of immense American social importance to Buras and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before our trip our volunteers collectively fund raised for travel cost and grassroots contribution while raising awareness about the tumultuous post-Katrina realities that citizens of New Orleans face in the aftermath of natural disaster, and violations of human rights.</p>
<p> The preservation of life in New Orleans has not been a main focal point of the country as a whole and as a result America is losing a big part of its rich multicultural heritage. For this history to be preserved, for life to be preserved for that matter, the youth of America must be able to retain this story. Social mobility in our communities across America is vital especially for the young African-Americans, and the Katrina scenario is a prime example that young African-Americans need exposure to the arts and music that have helped bridge the racial gap in the embedded oppressive American South.</p>
<p> Our volunteers during the eight day trip engaged in rebuilding efforts for citizens trying to move back into their neighborhoods, as well as youth outreach projects geared around art and music to supply much needed supervision amidst the creation of F.E.M.A. trailer parks that left many young children unattended and uncared for. As our volunteers built trust and relationships with the students at the outreach program we collectively began to see similarities in urban children from Jersey City. Uncertainty of the future and perception of the present are difficult for all urban children to come to grips with. Opening up dialogue through arts and music from New Orleans can give insight to young minds as they cope with social problems of our city, and as they gain the knowledge of their own history (African-American history) than they can preserve life within their community, while protecting the heritage of the great city, New Orleans.</p>
What's your plan of action?: 
<p> After returning from three months of disaster relief volunteer work in New Orleans, I found it more more important than ever to share my experiences with fellow peers. I had my grandmother bake several tasty treats to begin fund raising and speaking out against what I saw happening in my, our country. As my fellow peers were lured in by the baked goods, I was able to infiltrate their ears with a story and their eyes through the power of photography. At that time, it had only been one year since Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p> To my amazement, my peer's reaction was resoundingly positive in their response that something in-fact needed to be done, instead of "Wow that's horrible, what can I Do?." The reaction was, "What are we going to do?" Our meetings started small; at first only five or six. But soon enough, we were fourteen strong and we knew we were going together to Louisiana at the end of our spring semester. We had to raise money for this to be attainable. We realized that the college campus was our prime audience to get people to come together for the rally cry of this much needed cause. Our "Evening with a Voice" event at Haverford University raised ample funds and awareness.</p>
<p> Soon after, we came into contact with an extraordinary individual that happened to own a busing and transport company. After explaining to him our dilemma of transportation, he was much obliged to help us and provided free passenger vans for safe route to Louisiana. Our collective began kicking on all cylinders and we were now poised to leave at the end of the semester. As our volunteers got readjusted back into their own lives upon arrival in New Jersey, we soon realized that this trip was no isolated incident. For our trip at the end of this current spring semester, we have fund raised twice the money and have twice the amount of volunteers traveling with for this years trip. Our work is not only designated to Louisiana, but has grown locally through finding neighborhood children subsidized music lessons from local musicians, weekend projects at community non-profits, and the birth of the NOLA Adventure After School Club. The after school program was a long time coming as far as maneuvering around red tape, but we have been able to secure seven sessions. </p>
<p> The sky is the limit as long as we ban together to solve problems and as a collective unit we can accomplish anything.</p>

<p>Collectively, we have been able to organize volunteers that have traveled great distances to witness a great American tragedy. There has been a loss of life, there continues to be a lower standard of living, and we are losing a piece of our American culture. The best way for America to retain this story is through the youth. As we expose students in the after school program to New Orleans culture, it will only take one student wanting a trumpet lesson, one student creating a vibrant Zulu mask, or even one student enjoying a fun-filled afternoon on a Friday he/she would have normally spent wandering the neighborhood unmotivated and unattended for. We will measure the success of our project through the creative pathways that students journey on during our seven sessions together.</p>
<p> If our trip to Buras, Louisiana taught us anything, it opened up our eyes to the world of possibility with children if you are willing to put in the effort. Our time spent at the day care center at the "450" FEMA trailer park left the children with a memory of the volunteers from New Jersey and us with a collective mission for the future to not only be involved in disaster relief in Louisiana but in our own community's social mobility. Both of these are joined at the hip because both are America: America's problems, America's triumphs, and America's future, and through this experience we saw our role in the American equation. We are working to create the proper canvas for students to express their individuality as they become the storytellers and not just pupils. Jazz music is a dying art form, and for its legacy to continue, this generation of young people must be exposed to it. We, as a collective group, expect to learn just as much from these kids as we hope to teach them.</p>
Total hours volunteered (to date): 
1000
Start Date: 
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