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“The Writing Process: Writing Towards College”

The session provided students writing instruction and an opportunity to acquire skills to write for entrance exams or college applications.

The Write House is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to developing minority students as proficient writers and critical thinkers by providing writing instruction, through writing workshops, summer camps, after- school programs and publications and performances. The Write House seeks to inspire young writers by exposing student writers to a wide variety of literature, culture and ...

“Insider’s Look at College Admissions”

This interactive workshop outlines how the University admissions office “reads” a college application and walks the students through the application process.

The central purpose of the University of Virginia is to enrich the mind by stimulating and sustaining a spirit of free inquiry directed to understanding the nature of the universe and the role of mankind in it. Activities designed to quicken, discipline, and enlarge the intellectual and creative capacities, as well as the aesthetic and ...

“The Effects of Domestic Violence”

Queen Afi Gaston represented Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags to help educate the students on abuse. The session covered the warning signs of abusive specifically verbal abuse versus effective communication as identified through reading materials, discussion and skits.

Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags mission is to bring awareness to the community and families as whole as it pertains to abuse. We want to find ways that are fun and interesting for families, schools, and or churches ...

“Being aware of your surroundings””

This workshop creates an awareness of the issue of human trafficking and shares warning signs of the practice. The speaker discusses how victims are recruited into slavery and how students, as a member of the community, can help put a stop to this practice.

Innocents at Risk is a child-advocacy organization established to fight human trafficking by raising awareness and educating about the problem among the international and diplomatic community, the corporate sector, students in public ...

“Government Careers Post College”

Employment in the Federal Government can offer great opportunities for growth and advancement within a career field for a recent college graduate. The options for employment within the government are extremely diverse and can offer tremendous benefits for professional growth. This session serves as an introduction to careers choices in national security with a goal of creating an interest in the students to serving in the public sector.

The National Counterterrorism Center is the government organization responsible ...

“Uniting Communities through Hip Hop Culture”

This session focuses on using art as a powerful social influence. It challenges the students to believe in the fundamental good of humanity, and teaches that with the proper knowledge and tools, we as a community, can make significant, positive change.

Will Rap 4 Food, Inc. educates, empowers, and mobilizes the Hip Hop community to be agents of change in the global eradication of hunger through awareness, unity, and the powerful influence of art. Will ...

“The Importance of Volunteering”

Volunteering is more than logging hours for high school graduation. By participating in volunteer activities, teens discover they can make a difference in their community and beyond. By doing things that interest them, teens often gain new skills and find new career opportunities that they hadn’t thought of before. In addition, the experiences gained in volunteer settings can provide teens with skills in leadership and decision-making, and also look attractive on college and scholarship applications. This session ...

“Online Safety- Social Media”

This workshop explained the importance on online safety focusing on the need to control privacy and reputation and it clarified for the students why internet safety is important. It provided the students with the internet safety basics and strategies for a responsible, and safer, online life.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their ...