Allentown Youth Partnerships:

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We continued the After Zone initiative in the Allentown School District with programs at various schools:   
- Podcasting with 13 students at Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School 
- Cheerleading with 45 students at Central Elementary School
Flag Football camp and tournament with 10 students at Bldg21 
- 8-week after-school program with 65 students featuring arts, dance, poetry, podcasting, music, and video production, culminating in a public recital in collaboration with Fine Feather Foundation at Trexler Middle School

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- We collaborated with the Freedom School Partnership to continue the James Lawson Freedom School at 2 sites which collectively enrolled 68 youth and served to mitigate the “summer slide” by utilizing a researched, multicultural, activity-based curriculum.
- We partnered with the Fine Feather Foundation and Lehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance to conduct an 8-week summer camp for 65 youth which featured arts, dance, vocal workshops, field trips, podcasting, music and video production and activities at Camp Fowler.

- We created the “Spirit of Freedom” mural at 31 South 9th Street in collaboration with the Lehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance. The mural concept was created by students from the 2023 summer camp.