Urban Youth Association: Our Trip to the Anthropology Museum

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Our Trip to the Anthropology Museum

Posted by The Urban Youth Association at 2:27 PM

We recently took a trip to the Anthropology Museum at 33rd and Walnut. Here's a few things the guys learned while we were there.

2 comments:

Brian J. on August 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM said...: I am proud of you young scholars. Anthropology is a very interesting subject and it takes a lot to retain information about the practices of different cultures over time. Great job! Keep it up.

- Brian J.
Anonymous said...: Our community needs to stand behind more programs such as this. I commend the hard work and dedication!
-R. Mainor

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The Rising Stars/Young Leaders in Government (YLG) Summer Program is a 6 week, academic enrichment and work preparedness program for high achieving African American males in grades 9 –12. Each week, young men in the South Philadelphia area come together to discuss topics of social justice and the impact of these issues on their daily lives. They learn how to actively participate in local and state government, work on enhancing their literacy and math skills, help in community projects, and attend field trips designed to increase their awareness about the city.

Rising Stars/YLG, in its second year of operation, and is held at the historical Marian Anderson Recreation Center located at 17th & Fitzwater Streets in South Philadelphia.
The program offerings reflect the vision of Pennsylvania State Representative Kenyatta Johnson to empower young men within his legislative district to assume an active, competent and responsible role in government activities.

We have decided to use this blog as a place for news, opinions, video, and photography having to deal with our experiences in the program. Please take a look at our writing and feel free to comment. Thank you, Rising Stars/YLG

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Our Trip to the Anthropology Museum

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