Lincoln Bowling 08

No To Proposition 6

Shout people 1

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New mentors

Happy Happy Hoolie Day

Oprah's Feelgood Factor

Here's a great article Rachel came across entitled

Doing Good, and Feeling Better

Why Giving Back Could Make You Happier … and Healthier

Definitely makes interesting reading about the impact giving to others can have,

cheers

Boarding House Mentors

Odyssey Year End Celebration Picnic 2008

No Name

Interesting piece about the renaming of South Central.
The LA Times discusses the repercussion on the identity of an area of our community that was told it had to change what it called itself to the more generic South LA!!!

Fashionista

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Its going to be all the rage this Fall......

Peacejam Prep

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Some last minute preparation for the young facilitators for the Peacejam Conference

Hands across the sea

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A poorly lit vision of 40 youth from Belfast and South Central playing the classic YMC game of back to back

Tales From Norn Iron

Last week saw the culmination of lots of hard work by a group of our young people. After building up to it for several months 8 of our youth ran workshops for young people for all over the world as part of the Peacejam Youth Conference.

The whole event was a great success with over 150 young people visiting us in South Central to engage in stories of challenge and inspiration.

Also this week we got to host a group of 10 young people and staff from Belfast (see the photograph above). They were last seen surfing at Will Rogers Beach yesterday and the rumor is that one of the group, Charlene, is a sure bet for the Irish Surfing Team....

Middle School Chaos part 2

Middle School Chaos Bowling