Putting It Together(African Culture Appreciation)

Hello I’m Daeja Richardson, back with another blog about African Culture Appreciation. From my two previous I have educated on the event Odunde which has plenty to do with the African Culture. I have also gave you what the student of Science Leadership Academy had to say about Odunde. Now you are here finding out about my Agent of Change. For my Agent of Change I wanted at least 50 students from SLA to come join in the Odunde Festival. I didn’t reach my goal for fifty but I had thirty people. However only twenty-five propels were students of SLA. The other five were my personal friend from my previous middle school. All the people that came first met up at Science Leadership Academy first at about 1:30. Most people arrived in dashiki shirts and so did I. Then we waited about a half hour for everybody to join. Then we headed off to the Odunde Festival. We were all headed to 23rd and South Street. We took the 7 bus (Route to Pier 70). Once we got to the location I lead everyone around the event. We first walked around to the vendors. For myself I picked up some jewelry, hair products, and food of course. We got there just in time to see the stage performances. We only watched the performance where there were people dancing. The people who came that had never been to Odunde seem to be very amazed about everything. I posted plenty more on my Snapchat story. Once it hit 5:00 it was time for everyone to go. But I wanted to stay because family had came so I wanted to see them. Some people just went to Taney Park afterwards. Most students said that they would definitely want to come next year and the year after. One person even mentioned that this was a great idea for my You & The World project. When I saw smiles on everyone’s faces I knew in my heart that I have reach my goal and made a difference.