Tips On How To Edit

Photo Credit: Mariah

For the first part of mentorship today, the mentees got some tips on how to edit pictures. There were some additional notes they got to take on how to improve an edit, correct color, and decide what pictures will make the cut. Once they were done with this workshop, they got a chance to finish their edits from the Painting With Seniors workshop from last Thursday.

Photo Credit: Mariah

Storytelling Workshop

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

For the second part of mentorship today, the mentees got to learn about storytelling from Rebecca. She explained how showing more detail within your story can help to improve your readers’ experience. This also connects to editing and photos since this is a visual aspect which shows someone what the story was all about. The mentees wrote a short story of their own experiences then shared with a partner to exchange some advice. After this they got a chance to share with the whole group the creative stories they wrote!

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

Proviso East Prayer Walk

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

Today, Mya from summer mentorship, got the opportunity to join Impact Church in a prayer walk. Impact Church holds a prayer walk each month at various locations of the Maywood community to pray for healing and growth within and to bring awareness to the challenges Maywood faces. This month, it took place at a local high school, Proviso East. In this walk we got to pray for the school and it’s students as well as cleaning around the parking lot to keep the area nice and clean.

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

Painting With Seniors

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Yesterday we partnered with the Quinn Center for their painting project for seniors. The mentees came to put their photography skills into practice, and we can’t wait to see the photos they captured! After the photos were taken, some of the mentees got to join in on the fun with some local seniors to paint some beautiful artwork, which was led by Dana from Paint On Purpose.

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Belief And Leadership

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For today’s workshop, the mentees had a guest speaker, Jaleel Anthony, who shared his inspirational story about how he wanted to make a difference and help to improve his community and assist the people in it. He also shared how setting goals are important and how to do so, as well as having a positive belief in yourself and your potential. The mentees enjoyed the opportunity to gain new knowledge from a fellow young adult from the community and how to become the best version of themselves. Be sure to follow Jaleel on IG: @jaleelanthonytv

Photo Credit: Jasmine