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Project GiveBack Community Service Organization Project GiveBack is a grassroots community service organization based in Washington, DC. Over the past 13 years we have focused on uplifting the community by orchestrating events such as the Annual Thanksgiving Food Distribution, Children's Toy Drive, Children's Easter Celebration, and the Computer Sponsor Program. After years of dedicated service to the community, we asked ourselves what we could do to touch the youth of our community. We came up with a program that would provide an interactive platform to inform and educate young students about the three branches of the United States Government - Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. A focus on local and state government will be added in the future. The Political Exposure - Spotlight on Capitol Hill Tour was the initial activity of Project GiveBack's effort to connect with students of various backgrounds. Our goal with this innovative program is to expose the students to a wide range of experiences that will provoke career aspirations, social ingenuity, and creative genius. On September 6, 2007 we moved aggressively towards our goal of touching our youth. The day began with student registration at Howard University's Crampton Auditorium. After a quick bus ride we received an indebt tour of the Rayburn Office Building provided by staffers for Michigan Senator Carl Levin. We made our way through underground tunnels of the United State Capitol Subway System to the U.S. Capitol. Once we arrived at the Capitol, we were treated to an insiders view of the Old Senate Chamber and the National Statuary Hall where we tested the whisper perfect acoustics and saw statutes of great men from each state in the union. We also toured the Rotunda and viewed all of the larger than life artwork. We were intrigued by the artwork by Chapman, Powell and others, but paid specific attention to Trumbull who according to our tour guide has a knack for conspicuously placing himself in history (still trying to verify that). I must say that Constantino Brumidi sparked the most controversy among the group with his true fresco Apotheosis of Washington. One of the students questioned the name of the beautiful 3D painting, which is translated to the raising of a person to the rank of a God. The mix of George Washington being raised to God status, Greek Mythology (Neptune/Poseidon), Money, Science, War, Agriculture and Mechanics (which was all depicted in the painting) challenged some of our religious positions and sparked a fairly complicated debate.
Michelle Van Brakle, Fellow to Senator Edward M. Kennedy Students from the following schools participated: Bell Multicultural High School - Washington, DC Project GiveBack would like to thank the Dean Charles Gibbs and
his planning committee from Howard University for coordinating this
outstanding event.
Ransom Miller, III Founder & Chair Please visit www.projectgiveback.org for more information on
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