Red Hen Exploring Our Conditions: Supporter of the Arts Honorable State Rep. Curtis Thomas

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Supporter of the Arts Honorable State Rep. Curtis Thomas

Honorable State Representative Curtis Thomas is a true supporter of the arts. His office held a Teen Summit on Valentines Day where our youth were allowed to showcase their talent via: Write Your Block, Open Mic and Bomb Squad recording a song and performing their fantastic dance moves. Ms. Boyd resident and community advocate along with The East Broad Communities That Care Network were instrumental in assisting State Rep. Thomas in putting the teen summit together.

Youth from Spring Garden Projects with chaperone Nina Leadum, Express Urself Youth Crisis Center with chaperone Terry Starks and the immediate neighborhood attended the summit held at Harrison Street Boys and Girls Club. The teens learned about health issues facing teens from 11th Street Health Clinic, college information from Harcum College, and all kinds of resources from State Rep. Thomas office.

Long time community advocates were there to support Honorable State Rep. Curtis Thomas. Graff-X corp as well as staff from Rep. Thomas office walked around and talked to the youth. I had the honor of hosting a Write Your Block session, a citywide initiative created by our Poet Laureate Frank Sherlock to map our city with poetry. www.creativephl.org/writeyourblock We were able to have several poets create poems for Write Your Block. Amazing what is on the minds of our youth and how much talent we have in us all. Rap artist Celebrity performed an inspirational rap and talked to the youth about making the right choice, staying in school and you have to make money to make your dreams come true. Youth were offered full college scholarships, one on one talks with Celebrity and the Dream Team who played live music for us all. Best of all for me, i was able to meet 12 year old Siaimani Warden during our Write Your Block session and give her some advice. The Teen Summit was a great opportunity for us to pass on our knowledge and assist as a village in growing our future!!