Category Archive for 'Field Trips'

Although I posted my own reflections on our workshop with Christylez, I really wanted to have some of the girls give their opinion of what happened. To this end, I had a conversation with Milan as we were leaving Chispa, to find out what she thought. Gabrielle: So what did you think about the workshop? […]

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A Last Minute Field Trip

On Thursday, the YWDEP girls went on an impromptu field trip to the HandReach Fundraiser at the Washington Very Special Arts Society. HandReach is an organisation that works to ensure the healing and rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic injuries like burns and amputations. This summer is the first that they are exploring drum […]

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Hey All! I hope your weeks have gotten off to a good start. YWDEP had its first official meeting this past weekend and I think it was pretty cool. We met at BloomBars around lunch time, so the first thing we all did was chow down. Thanks to the lovely Renee, we had a selection […]

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