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A Fantastic End to an Amazing Year: CAP goes to Florida!  

After working hard all year to raise money, we finally met our goal and went on a fantastic end-of-year trip to Tampa, FL. (pics below)
Community Service at GBFB
Twice in May, CAP visited the Greater Boston Area Food Bank to volunteer. We helped sort food items that are distributed to food pantries and shelters all over Massachusetts! 
Workshop with Write Out Loud
Poetry and Movement workshop with Write Out Loud! 
May 2010
Walking for a cause! Ice-cream Friends
Games Friends Ice-cream & treats! 

See walk brochure

 March/April 2010 Happenings 

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Beyond Prejudice Workshop with Boston Mobilization Volunteering at Cradles to Crayons Volunteering at Cradles to Crayons
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Volunteering at Cradles to Crayons Pizza dinner after community service!  Pine Manor Leadership Workshop II

 January/Feb Happenings        

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Volunteering/Rosie's Place

CAP Lunch Outing

CAP Lunch Outing

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Team-Building Workshop

Valentines Day Fundraiser

Community Service

CAP Benefit for Haiti on 2/26 a Great Success!

Thank you to all who came out to support us. A very special thanks to Mr. Yvonne Lamour of CRLS, CAP mentors, tutors and volunteers. Thanks to all the CAP students for their incredible energy. And a very special thanks to:

Lutane Clenord, Johanne Nherisson, Valerie Austin, Christina Chatelain, Ruth Netzahualt, and Guerdy Ariste For your hard work and dedication to this important cause!
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CAP 2010:    

 

Many exciting things are happening at CAP. 

Just to name a few: 

Group projects on important & interesting issues

Workshops on Self Esteem and Empowerment

New College Prep classes

Volunteering at Rosie's Place

An All-girls shopping trip

Participation at the Sacred Space Conference

& More! 
     
See our latest newsletter for more: CAP News Volume 2: Issue 1

CAP Girls collected school supplies for Boston-based organizations. Pictured: Christina, Ruth, Adanech, Mekedis, Valerie, Jenny and Eunice

CAP students Valerie Austin, Lutane Clenord, and CAP Alum Guerdy Ariste at the Mentor/Tutor Meet & Greet on November 20th!

Pictured: Jenny, Eunice, Valerie, Maerie, Ruth, Lola, and Mekides

Cultural Displays at the SAYP benefit Concert

Attention Girls! Now is your chance to join CAP for the 2009/2010 school year!

 

 

July

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri
6 Mayor's Program Begins. CAP Introductions 7 Photography 8 Writing for CAP Zine 9 Field trip to ICA 10 Workshop with Write out Loud!
13 Volunteering at Greater Boston Food Bank! 14 Workshop with Write out Loud! 15 Accountability Workshop 16 Field Trip  Northeastern University 17 Field trip to Boston
20 Yoga & Volunteering Henry Buckner School 21 Volunteering Henry Buckner School 22 MSYEP Workshop

Movie

 23 Self Defense Training 24 Self Defense Training
27 Self Defense Training

     

 28 Self Defense Simulation 29 MSYEP Workshop

Movie

 30 Field Trip Simmons College 31 Field Trip Children's Museum

   

August 

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri
3 Movie

Poetry

 4 Volunteering at Boston Rescue Mission 5 MSYEP Workshop

Poetry

 6 Boston Rescue Mission 7 Field trip Lesley University
10  Volunteering at Greater Boston Area Food Bank 11 Prepare for End of Summer Event 12 End of Summer Party!

 

 13 Field Trip: Six Flags New England!

 

 14 END of MSYEP
  

June, 2009: 

  • The CAP End of Year Celebration at the Cambridge Senior Center! 

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May: 

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On May 30th we held an event at the Cambridge Women's Center during which we distributed donated clothes and beauty products to women from the community. All in all, we had 30 customers and distributed 20 large bags of clothing and three boxes of products from Delaria Salon. (Thank you to Delaria for the donated products!) 

  
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April: 

  • Writing articles for CAP Voices: April 7th

  • Volunteering at Henry Buckner School: April 9th

  • Write Out Loud: April 14th

  • Visit and tour of Women's Center: April 16th

  • The Harvard Athena Conference: April 18th

  • Critical Breakdown Open Mic: April 24 

  • Final day of filming for documentary: April 28th
March: 

See more March happenings! Check out the March newsletter! »

RAD Self Defense training with Sgt. Anthony Cadogan
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 Critical Breakdown Open Mic:
CAP student Treshawna Williams performs at the Critical Breakdown Open Mic -March 27th! 

Other Events in March: 

  • Workshop: Get in Shape! Nutrition Workshop 

  • CAP Awards Ceremony for "Fundraising Challenge" Finalists

  • One-day Self-defense Training with RAD

  • March 27th: Critical Breakdown Open Mic

  • Flyer for our NY field trip!

 

The February  CAP newsletter! 

CAP in FEB/MARCH 2009: 

Workshop: Boston Mobilization, Gender Workshops

Workshop" Project Trust

Workshop: Beginner's Yoga
CAP Yoga Session with Mercedes White of the Baptiste Yoga Institute CAP with Boston Mobilization, Gender Workshops

   

CAP's clothing drive was a huge success! We collected 14 large bags of clothing! On February 10th, we delivered six bags of winter clothes to Rosie's place--a sanctuary for poor and homeless women. The rest of the clothing was donated to the American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay! Afterwards we all went out for hot chocolate to celebrate our hard work! 

 

Organizing the clothes Our visit to Rosie's Place A well-deserved break! 
    
 CAP volunteers at the Henry Buckner School and the Margaret Fuller House! 

 

Happy 2009!

At CAP, we rang in the New Year with good food, good music, and good friends! 

 
 

The Creative Action Project's film screening on December 5th at the Democracy Center was a huge success! Our guests enjoyed our presentation of Easy Street, a film about homelessness in America. The screening drew in a full house! CAP girls worked hard to organize and manage the event. Our bake sale was a big hit! Pictures below! 

CAP Clothing Drive

CAP girls organized a highly successful clothing drive to benefit Rosie's Place and Transition House--women's shelters and sanctuaries. 
Clothes Drive! Sorting out clothes Clothes Drive!
     

The Barakat Walk for Literacy

On Saturday Oct 25th, CAP girls volunteered at the Barakat Walk for Literacy. The walk raised funds for the education of over 700 girls in Afghanistan. (More information on Barakat at:  http://www.barakatworld.org/walk.htm ) 
CAP girls! CAP girls distributing water to walkers! CAP girls overseeing pumpkin carving activity!
    

The CAP Jewelry workshop

For two weeks in October, CAP girls have been learning how to make jewelry and have spent time making beautiful designs which will be donated to the New Orleans Women's Shelter to benefit women and girls who were affected by hurricane Katrina. 
CAP is now on Facebook. Join our Group! 
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Check out the latest CAP Newsletter!  Stand With Haiti
Missed the premiere of Reality Check? Catch it online!
Check out the first issue of our magazine CAP Voices.
Pictures from our 2009 trip to New York City!
CAP Haiti Benefit
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