‘Health’ Archives
Learning with the BYI TEENS Project
by Carl Lobley, Denisse Sanchez, Braysheen Martin and Rose Lobley Hello, Back Yard Initiative Community! We are the TEENS Project. TEENS stands for “Teens Entering Existing Networking Systems”. We are a peer-to-peer youth leadership and entrepreneurial skills development organization in cooperation with the Back Yard Initiative. We seek to unify, empower, and equip Teens with the knowledge and skills to create, maintain, and grow the essential networking skills to obtain work opportunities. We”'ve have had a wonderful summer full of memories, team-building, and personal growth as well as new experiences here at the Teens Project thanks to the continuous support and generosity of our partners at the Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) and Allina Health. We have been able to staff and manage an office space located inside the Midtown Global Market over these past several months which has enabled us to achieve great accomplishments in serving the needs of our community [...]
Speak Your Truth at Amen Corner
Sponsored by the Communities of Light Co-operative in affiliation with the BYI Rebirthing Community CHAT The Amen Corner concept and practice has a long history in American lore. It was made famous by James Baldwin in his play, “The Amen Corner”, as an arena where an African American Minister used her speaking skills to explore truth and to obtain the support of parishioners. Supporters of her point of view were put in a special section of the congregation, the amen corner, where the people would indicate agreement by shouting in unison, “Amen”, or let it be. Even before Baldwin”'s play, the Amen Corner concept had entered into the American mainstream consciousness together with expressions like “preaching to the choir”. The idea of a “soap box” extends this idea to a single individual standing on a “soap box” to make his ideas known, and has a long history in street culture, labor struggles, and public squares. [...]
