This summer we're teaming up with Dee Jay Doc to help maximize his Fresh Camp. If you were reading our blog last year, you know that we collaborated with the students, sharing some fresh things we were learning in Panama, while they shared some fresh things going on in Cleveland (check it out here).
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This year, we're actually back in Cleveland and getting involved in a bigger way. We'll be teaching and training students to grow their own fresh food in our local community garden!
Doc has been crafting this kind of youth work steadily for 15 years and the Fresh Camp is the culmination of his life's work and experiences. You can browse the indiegogo campaign to find out what's going on. If you regularly donate money to a church or other organizations, consider supporting us this month. We're trying to raise $6,000 in 40 days.
Please consider sharing this with anyone you think would be interested in promoting the Fresh Camp to their friends through email, facebook, or networking.
Doc has been crafting this kind of youth work steadily for 15 years and the Fresh Camp is the culmination of his life's work and experiences. You can browse the indiegogo campaign to find out what's going on. If you regularly donate money to a church or other organizations, consider supporting us this month. We're trying to raise $6,000 in 40 days.
Please consider sharing this with anyone you think would be interested in promoting the Fresh Camp to their friends through email, facebook, or networking.
Here's summary of what it's about:
At The FRESH Camp students explore what's FRESH in our neighborhood by visiting people and places where transformation is happening, such as, urban gardens. They look for FRESH ideas and learn how to grow fresh food. By critically thinking about what makes our neighborhood unique, they create their own vision for our community.
Professional artists-in-residence help youth use a music style they enjoy, hip-hop, to craft their message into song. They make beats in Beatmaker 2 on the Ipad, write lyrics, and record professionally. Then it's time to hit the streets with their message by rocking live performances and spreading their music through out Cleveland.
- Listen to the song from the 2011 pilot camp.
- Listen to the 6-song EP from last year's FRESH Camp.
- Read a write up from Fresh Water Cleveland.
- Read a write up from Cool Cleveland.
- Watch a TV broadcast from Neotropolis on PBS.
Youth grow in confidence, creativity, collaboration, and community action.
They learn digital music composition, persuasive lyric writing, performance, promotion and hard work.
They learn digital music composition, persuasive lyric writing, performance, promotion and hard work.
