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Community Bridges is important to girls because...
"...LUNA gives Latina girls the opportunity to support one another, build confidence, and increase leadership skills." |
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Programs | Special Projects | Program Highlights
Esta Soy Yo...Presente y Futuro (This is me... now and in the future) Young Artist Showcase
Our LUNA girls completed their three-part identity project "Yo Soy Latina" in December. In the first phase of the project, the girls were tasked with writing a poem on what it means to be Latina for them. The second part of the project involved the girls drawing a portrait of themselves. The self-portrait was drawn so they could learn to embrace the physical aspects of their Latina heritage, from the color of their hair to the color of their skin. The third and final phase of the project involved the girls drawing another self-portrait depicting what they want to be when they grow up. From the poems to the portraits, we discovered that our diverse group of girls have some amazing talents! One of our LUNA girls drew the below potrait:
CB Girls Serve in Morazan, El Salvador
In August, Community Bridges was presented with the opportunity to travel to Morazan, El Salvador with a delegation from the Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships. The County is interested in starting a Sister City program with the town and asked Community Bridges to work with the youth of Morazan. Our high school girls successfully led 3 workshops on community development, leadership and teen pregnancy with the high schoolers in Morazan, something they had never done. They soon realized that many of the hopes and dreams that they have for their lives are similar to those that the youth have in Morazan. Our girls had this to say about their experience:
"I think this experience is going to help me to reach my goals, because I learned how other youth in El Salvador want to go to [college] but they can't because they don't have enough money to go."
"Not many people have been to other countries besides the US and I have been to both African and Central American [countries]. So I think I can teach others to appreciate what they have more and not to take things for granted because there is someone in another place who is going through far worse than they might."
"I can help my friends by teaching them about El Salvador and how people live there...not everyone has what they have but we are all equal."