Fulfill The Dream, Providence, RI
This beginning of this chapter initiated during the summer of 2008 when Roberto Rivera met Robyn Frye at a conference in Chicago. Robyn, being a natural youth worker and community organizer, began working with youth using Fulfill The Dream in July 2009. Working for ten weeks through a summer jobs program, the youth engaged in an in depth analysis about the history and evolution of Hip-hop. The group then held a town hall meeting where they performed for parents, community members, and elected officials.
The group continued to an after school space where youth in the former program continued to help share the message of healing and hope through the Hip-hop arts. The message expanded also into other spaces, like a local church, and one Sunday youth even took the lead in organizing an entire service discussing the importance of Hip-hop in occupying spaces of spiritual development.
The program now has become a national model and is being used as a launch pad to other groups coming from all over the nation including Oakland, CA. For more information on the Oakland chapter, check back!
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The Good Life Organization has been selected as a finalist for this years Unreasonable Institute, a global organization committed to supporting social entrepreneurs solve current issues facing society. We have an opportunity to receive world class mentorship and funding from Google, HP and 200 other organizations to help us reach 1 million youth.
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Nahume Diaz is a young man that transformed his life after going through the Fulfill The Dream program. He is now a community leader who works to create change by helping other youth find their voice and use them to offer solutions to community issues. We made a music video with a filmmaker from Disney to capture the change this young man is having in the world. Enjoy this song entitled "The Light"!
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