February 2005: "Who Am I"
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						Workshop Wrap-Up: Who says history has to be boring, especially when its our history?  Sis. Syreeta showed the Youth that learning about our heritage can be fun and exciting.  The children participated in a series of games that tested their knowledge of little known black history facts.  The Youth learned about tidbits about Historically Black Colleges and Universities, famous cases and laws, inventions by African-Americans, and Black Women firsts. At the end, children were probed about what they learned and received prizes based on their knowledge.  We were excited to know that many of our Youth had already had information about not-so-famous figures in Black History, such as Bessie Coleman (first African-American female pilot) and Medgar Evers (civil rights leader). Sis. Syreeta obtained the information for the workshop primarily from the web, including these sites: http://aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/index.html
	Workshop Description:         A cultural explosion has hit the nation.  Men, women, and children are wearing kente clothes, braiding their hair, changing their names, going through rites of Passage, contemplating black history, exchanging black knowledge, in an attempt to find out who they are and where they came from.  Our beginning is as old as time itself but unless we understand who our beginner is and that we continue to exist solely because of Him, our information is inaccurate and incomplete.  YOP has a space for you in probably the most englightening workshop yet.  Don't miss it!        --submitted by Trustee Sharonne Duncan