T.R.U.T.H.'s Education Tour to DC
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Education Tour and Youth Peace Rally trip to Washington, D.C. Oct. 5-8, 2017
T.R.U.T.H. "To Reach Up To Heaven" Gospel Mime Group is a liturgical youth dance group from ages six through twenty-five from San Diego, CA, operating for three years.
Their creative dance moves and theatrical facial expressions with the help of facial paint, gives their audience a live "soul touching" experience and vivid detail of the story being told through music.
The youth come from all walks of life and have over come so many obstacles. Some of the youth have been in the Foster Care system, incarceration, have had suicidal tendacies, cutting, bullied, the list goes on and on but what keeps them focused on living and striving to achieve, is knowing they are safe, cared about, loved and have an outlet through dance to be able to express their love to people.
The dance group has accomplished so much such as:
* Recipients of a proclamation by Councilmember Myrtle Cole on behalf of the City of San Diego which declares February 9, 2016 to be T.R.U.T.H. (To Reach Up To Heaven) Gospel Mime Group Day.
* Featured many times in the San Diego Union Tribune, various local newspapers and in three television commercials
* Recipients of the U.S. Department of Peace Washington D.C. certificate
* Participants of Mayor Faulconer's One San Diego 2nd Annual Neighborhood Experience
* San Diego Gospel Best Awardees
* Kuumba Fest 2016 Black History Month Awardees
*San Diego Prestige Award nominees
* Guests and host on the Neighbor to Neighbor Radio Show
* Participants at Knox Middle School for the International Day of Peace
* Participants of the 9/11 Peace Day Rally at Morse High School
* Participants of the televised Rock Church's "Toys for Joy" event
* Participants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast Yearly Celebration
* Featured guests at the St. Joseph Cathedral Catholic Church for the National Day of Prayer and Peace
* U.N. Peace Day Rally Millennial Tech Middle School
* Featured on banners in various business districts for the San Diego County Fair
* Participants in events for the NAACP, United Domestic Workers, United African American Ministerial Action Council, Black American Political Association of California, County of San Diego, Association of African American Educators, Cooper Family Foundation and a host of other organizations.
The list does not stop there, the dance group has performed for numerous schools, church events, conferences, award events, funerals, educational events etc.
Take a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRl9mxfLXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZsCA5NI8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGnil9AzvjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-3hllV5mg
Education and participation is key for the survival of these youth. It is highly important for them to experience other walks of life, where our nation's history offers opportunities to see who has labored before them and paved the way for them to become whatever they dream to be. Most of the youth have never traveled outside of the city of San Diego so they are unaware of other possibilites and opportunities that are in other places.
The Trip to Washington D. C. October 5-8, 2017 will give the youth an open door to the vast possibilites of one day they too can become President, an inventor, scientist, leader, military, decision maker......
Without healthy youth we all perish!! Won't you please help them reach the potential that lies within them by imparting a monetary gift of any amount that shows them they matter and are loved.
Thank you!!
T.R.U.T.H. "To Reach Up To Heaven" Gospel Mime Group is a liturgical youth dance group from ages six through twenty-five from San Diego, CA, operating for three years.
Their creative dance moves and theatrical facial expressions with the help of facial paint, gives their audience a live "soul touching" experience and vivid detail of the story being told through music.
The youth come from all walks of life and have over come so many obstacles. Some of the youth have been in the Foster Care system, incarceration, have had suicidal tendacies, cutting, bullied, the list goes on and on but what keeps them focused on living and striving to achieve, is knowing they are safe, cared about, loved and have an outlet through dance to be able to express their love to people.
The dance group has accomplished so much such as:
* Recipients of a proclamation by Councilmember Myrtle Cole on behalf of the City of San Diego which declares February 9, 2016 to be T.R.U.T.H. (To Reach Up To Heaven) Gospel Mime Group Day.
* Featured many times in the San Diego Union Tribune, various local newspapers and in three television commercials
* Recipients of the U.S. Department of Peace Washington D.C. certificate
* Participants of Mayor Faulconer's One San Diego 2nd Annual Neighborhood Experience
* San Diego Gospel Best Awardees
* Kuumba Fest 2016 Black History Month Awardees
*San Diego Prestige Award nominees
* Guests and host on the Neighbor to Neighbor Radio Show
* Participants at Knox Middle School for the International Day of Peace
* Participants of the 9/11 Peace Day Rally at Morse High School
* Participants of the televised Rock Church's "Toys for Joy" event
* Participants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast Yearly Celebration
* Featured guests at the St. Joseph Cathedral Catholic Church for the National Day of Prayer and Peace
* U.N. Peace Day Rally Millennial Tech Middle School
* Featured on banners in various business districts for the San Diego County Fair
* Participants in events for the NAACP, United Domestic Workers, United African American Ministerial Action Council, Black American Political Association of California, County of San Diego, Association of African American Educators, Cooper Family Foundation and a host of other organizations.
The list does not stop there, the dance group has performed for numerous schools, church events, conferences, award events, funerals, educational events etc.
Take a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRl9mxfLXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZsCA5NI8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGnil9AzvjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-3hllV5mg
Education and participation is key for the survival of these youth. It is highly important for them to experience other walks of life, where our nation's history offers opportunities to see who has labored before them and paved the way for them to become whatever they dream to be. Most of the youth have never traveled outside of the city of San Diego so they are unaware of other possibilites and opportunities that are in other places.
The Trip to Washington D. C. October 5-8, 2017 will give the youth an open door to the vast possibilites of one day they too can become President, an inventor, scientist, leader, military, decision maker......
Without healthy youth we all perish!! Won't you please help them reach the potential that lies within them by imparting a monetary gift of any amount that shows them they matter and are loved.
Thank you!!
Organizer
Deirdre Vernon
Organizer
San Diego, CA