Power of One Final Project

Romona White

When it comes to my community, I see a passionate group of people who are ready and willing to make necessary changes in order to better their surroundings. By no means is it easy to band individuals together to agree on matters that will create a healthy environment for our youth, as well as us. That being said, my initiative will be to focus on bringing the youth of our neighborhood closer together and to teach them to respect one another. At first, this was not an easy task. People had other situations, like work, family, school, and life to worry about, so it took a great amount of time to get everyone together in the same place at the same time.

Eventually, the community began to get into a steady routine with the community program. They were able to adjust to any individual or group projects, overcame the fear of working with new people, and have become satisfied with the way the community has steadily grown. People are finally realizing how coming together is showing positive change within our youth and community as a whole. One of my goals for the community is for them to be receptive to change. I know that our youth will be and I hope that parents will be as well.

Brentwood Elementary school, the school near my community, seemed very supportive by allowing us to use their auditorium for meetings, since our neighborhood did not have a community center to transform it into a youth center. At first, we endured issues with the school board about this idea, but they eventually agreed to my plan of helping the youth in my efforts to successfully bring the community together. I provided them a detailed summary of the plans and how it would eventually become successful, and how it will bring about new opportunities for other projects that will be useful for the community.