YLSN Moves to North-East, DC

In Early September, YLSN moved from St. Stephen’s Church in Northwest, DC to Trinidad/Ivy City neighborhood of Northeast, DC. We are treating this new, smaller office, as a community art and media space. With help from our newest volunteer, Tarik Perkins, co-founder of Rising Roots International (www.risingroots.org) media project in Kingston, Jamaica, we have set up a small computer lab. In November, we will begin training community members basic computer skills including web design, internet research, excel, powerpoint, and other programs.

In addition, we have begun painting banners and teaching young people visual arts skills. This new space also houses our DC Youth Activism Archives with information of youth movement history including Paul Robeson, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and student/campus organizing in the 80s and 90s around anti-apartheid and war on El Salvador.
We will begin poetry and theatre workshops in the upcoming months. For more information on these projects, volunteer opportunities, or developing collaborations, please contact Sheila Mirza at 202-215-3817 or dcfresh@gmail.com