What Is A Brand, Anyway?

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

Today in mentorship, our mentees learned what a brand really is from Deon Bonaparte. He explained that when creating a brand, you give the consumer a gut feeling, which then will create trust, which ultimately goes back around to what the brand is. They discussed the differences between brands and how the actions they take can impact multiple aspects of that specific brand. They also talked about what they think is the most important part of a brand; People, processes, or product. Deon had a lot of great things to share with the group and the mentees learned a lot today about what it really takes for a brand to be successful.

Photo Credit: Mya Rose

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

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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.

Photo Credit: Jasmine