Upcoming Event
Join the girls of Urgent Inc.'s
Rites of Passage Youth Empowement Academy
for an original youth-centered production
"One Voice, Our Choice"
When: Saturday May 1, 2010
Where: Hadley Park Black Box Theatre
1300 NW 50th Street Miami, FL
Admission: $10.00, $5.00 w/Student ID
"One Voice Our Choice," is about one young girl's journey to discover her voice to make healthy life choices and claim her Rites of Passage to womanhood. The show touches on the topics of reproductive justice, abuse, dating, gossip, defining love and healing. The play fuses cultural dance and spoken word throughout to create an uplifting and thought provoking experience. This youth centered educational production can be used to open dialogue between parents, adults and teens.
Pre-Paid youth groups bringing 25 or more may be eligible for free transportation.
Chaperones free with every 10 student tickets purchased.
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Funding Parther Highlight
Thank you to the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County.With this year's support of the Rites of Passge Pregnancy Prevention Program, Urgent, Inc. will be able to stregthen our ability to increase girls knowledge of health threats and reproductive health options, support their success in school, educate them not only about practical job skills, but get them to start career planning now. And finally, through leadership development opportunities our girls will gain an understanding of how their voice can inform policy, legislation and community behavior utilizing new media, social networks and the arts.
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 Greetings!
Wow! Thank you for reading Urgent Inc.'s latest update. Please consider sharing our mission to empower and revitalize urban communities with your friends, family and colleagues. We invite you to help us create positive change in urban communities by empowering girls with the knowledge, skills and opportunities needed to help them transition successfully to adulthood and to create opportunities for girls to see themselves as change agents in their own lives and within their communities. This year's program motto, "Girls Lets Change the World!" embodies the spirit in which we coach our girls to keep making positive life choices.
To read more about our work, please visit www.urgentinc.org and consider donating to Urgent, Inc. today.
Sincerely,
Saliha Nelson
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What is Rites of Passage?
The Rites of Passage Pregnancy Prevention Project promotes positive female development as girls' transition from adolescence to adulthood. Girls ages 10-18 are provided with opportunities to discover their capabilities, cultivate their own skills and talents while increasing their life skills, social skills, self-esteem and leadership abilities. |
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Program Contacts
Shedia Nelson
Program Manager
Deside Mora
Case Manager
Peer Educators
Moly Norvil
Magalie Gabriel
De'Andra Williams
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