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We're gonna make crepes today and we're also gonna talk
about the challenges that we experience when we're
trying to eat healthy food at home.
We have places like the Haddington Health Center that we work
with, where we go, and take over their waiting room,
and the teens teach a lesson to adults.
Let's get this thing rolling.
I think that the skill that I've gained from this is leadership.
It's something that I was scared to do and now I'm just so
excited to just take leadership because I feel proud of myself
because it's like I faced my fear.
The juice is pretty much the same thing as soda, same amount of sugar.
Try to put more, like, water in your juices.
Being able to get up in front of adults and share something
and being confident about that, those are self-esteem builders.
Those are those little successes that make such a tremendous difference.
Take your knife and go like this, and do something
called "the paper cutter."
Even though we're thinking about food and nutrition,
we're using that as a vehicle to empower teens so that they
can be agents of change in their community.
We want those teens to be able to take that I-can-make-change
attitude with them wherever they go.
They're really surprised when the stuff we cook is good.
And when you get a good response, you just want
to keep doing it and just being better.
The project we've been working on with our students has been
a digital story-telling project.
And this piece is really working with students to find out
who are they--that's the central question.
"Who am I?"
I can't do it; I can't say it.
Yeah, you can.
We're going to have this full production of all these
digital story-telling projects that then we share with their
parents, the schools, and then ultimately, hopefully,
even the school board.
Okay, thank you all for coming.
Gracias por esta aqui.
This has taken six months to get to where
we are, and we're really excited...
By them sharing now who they are and who they want
to become, it creates an accountability for themselves
that they really want to change, and that's
really the key for us and why it's so important
that we have these what I would call the post-production performances.
My video's about what's happened in the past
that, um, has hurt me, my mom, and, um...
I don't know how to explain to folks what they were
like six, seven months ago.
But for a moment, the audience looks at the student as an amazing,
successful student.
They have this moment to shine, and that's really
the key for our work.
In the past, it was just like, "Alright, F you," you know.
"It's my life; you can't control me."
"I'm old enough to take my decisions."
But now I know that my decisions affect everybody
around me, not only me, but my mom, you know,
school, the community.