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Community Action Project Part 1: Brooklyn Neighborhood Beautification Day 2024
Community Action Project Part 1: Brooklyn Neighborhood Beautification Day 2024
YLC Theme: Reduce Waste and Recycle
On Saturday April 20th, 2024, the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) at Ditmas JHS in Brooklyn, NY did something great! The youth leaders decided that participating in this was a part of their community action project.
Alongside their family members and community members, five students from our YLC participated in the Neighborhood Beautification Day. The youth leaders rolled their sleeves up and got to work, making flower beds, planting flowers and picking up trash around the neighborhood. With their actions the neighborhood is a more beautiful place!
Each participant received 5 community service credits for beautifying the neighborhood.
The beautification day was sponsored by the Church-Flatbush Community Alliance in partnership with Q Gardens, the E.19th Green Team, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, and the New York City Department of small business services.
Here's a list of the 8th grade leaders who participated in the event!
Congratulations! on a job well done!
Kaylyn Clark; Yeremy Diaz; Bryanna Garcia; Fiza Kamran; Arifin MST Zeni
Youth Leaders who participated in the 2024 Community Beautifican Day
Youth Leaders who participated in the 2024 Community Beautifican Day
Top Left: Fiza, Bryanna, Yeremy
Bottom Left: Kaylyn, Arifin
Youth Leader Kaylyn Clark
Youth Leaders:
Kaylyn Clark, Fiza Kamran
and Arifin MST Zeni
Youth Leader Arifin MST Zeni
Youth Leader Yeremy Diaz
Youth Leader Bryanna Garcia
Youth Leaders
Kaylyn Clark and Fiza Kamran
Community Action Project Part 2:
Community Action Project Part 2:
Podcasting - Getting the Word out!
Podcasting - Getting the Word out!
The YLC members decided to share information about their program, the importance of recycling and how recycling is connected to the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs, through a podcast.
The expertise of a 7th grade English language Arts (ELA) teacher
Ms. Silverman was solicited to complete this amazing task!
The podcast was for informational purposes and the following items were shared:
The purpose of the YLC at Ditmas
The YLC poem " What does it mean to be a youth leader" created by the 2023-2024 Cohort
The Connection between the YLC theme " Reduce Waste and Recycle" and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
SDG 12 - Responsible production and consumption; SDG 14- Life below water and SDG - 15 Life on Land.
Myths about recycling (Washington Post Article)
Definition of composting and what it looks like in New York City public schools.
23-24 YLC Cohort Podcast - The Core of Life- Reduce Waste and Recycle 2024.wav (sharepoint.com)
Community Action Project Part 3:
Characters in a Short Story
Youth Leaders worked on creating characters for a children's short story about three RECYCLEBLE Friends
Jonibek {the Juice Box}
Mohammed {the Milk Box}
Billy {the Bottle}
Who journeyed through the New York City’s trash cycle and became their best selves in the process! The positive side of recycling glass, plastic and cardboard explored.
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