Conversation with Liberian Students
The students shared a unique experience today with a group of young people from Liberia. They met via ZOOM with youth from the B4YT program in an introductory session.This program was established in 2009 in this West African country to “empower young people to become educated citizens through the arts.”
The Community School has been in discussion with their staff since being introduced by Jasmine Blanks Jones, its founder and now current Executive Director of The Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern.
After months of preparation today was the first student to student meeting. We were challenged by internet connectivity issues, but were still glad to have the opportunity to begin to build this relationship. It is our hope that our young people will get together via ZOOM monthly to discuss issues of mutual interest and develop a bond together. Ultimately, we would like to see an exchange where a group of our students would go to Liberia and a group from B4YT would come to Baltimore.
Stay tuned for more on this budding relationship.