GLP Experience 2010

Project 2010

Looking back and learning from our past

propels us forward into the future with

purpose, confidence, and excellence.

Leaving us with the ability to achieve

and contribute much to our community and world.

2010 Project Activities and Milestone

Activities

¨ Toastmasters Youth Leadership
Development Program

¨ GYC Legacy of Achievements Study

Groups & Sessions

¨ Service Learning

¨ Personal Development Portfolio

¨ Mentoring/Peer Coaching Sessions

¨ U of Minnesota Youthhood Curriculum

Cost
Estimated Historical Tour and Leadership Institute cost per student is approx. $1100

Eligibility
Completion of GLP Passport Activities & Milestones plus must raise individually and collectively a total of $1100.00 by July 20, 2010. Also must apply and be accepted to the Tavis Smiley Leadership Institute.

This year we started out reading the Biography of Colonel Allen Allensworth we will still read a few significant chapters of his story, however, we also going to focus on increasing our breadth of knowledge around the African American experience. We will also read the story of Bridgette "Biddy" Mason.

The Afro-American Literature Nonfiction is a book written back in the 1970s just after the victories won during the Civil Rights movement.

Early Spokesmen

Booker T. Washington
W.E.B Dubois

Black Identity
Dick Gregory
Malcolm X
Claude Brown

Black Experience
Bob Teague
Richard Wright
James Baldwin

Civil Rights
Martin L. King, Jr
Anne Moody
James Baldwin

New Directions
Eldridge Cleaver

Griot Leadership Project

George Washington Carver Once said, "Where there is no vision, there is no hope." Develop a vision for your future and hope will sustain you and help you achieve more than you can imagine.