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On April 19th, members of SLA@Beeber's Green Team were honored guests at the Stephen Ritz program “Food for a Change: Youth, Schools and Social Entrepreneurship” sponsored by Saint Joseph's University.  Steve Ritz is the founder of the Green Bronx Machine and a renowned educator who transformed the South Bronx by integrating urban farming in the school curriculum.

Students met Steve Ritz in person and even got his autograph! Sophomore Queren V. shared, "I feel so important. I can't believe we got front row seats and everyone is taking pictures of us!" All students were jaw dropped and left the night with amazing ideas of projects they wish to do at SLA@Beeber's urban farm.

Sophomore Kiersten B. shared:
"Steve Ritz's talk was eye-opening to me. Everywhere in this city, I see the remarkable effects people have on their environment. I've become conditioned to accept sidewalks being treated like landfills; I'm accustomed to concrete playgrounds and occasionally seeing houseplants. More often than not, I hear about the detrimental ways in which we're destroying the world around us. Yet, the before-and-after photos of the rooftop gardens amazed me. They allowed me to see a profoundly positive example of people interacting with their environment. Seeing a cityscape covered in greenery made the idea of a city seem less invasive-- as if, somehow, people can live comfortably without leaving Earth around them barren. I like to think that, one day, all cities will look that way. The entire talk served as a pleasant reminder that I don't have to be a passive player in my environment; the way my city looks is up to the all of the people who live in it, including me."

My art has a character from my favorite show called Tokyo Ghoul and this show is about a normal boy who gets turned into a ghoul and these ghouls are dreaded by humans ghouls are monsters who kill the human species but the person I drew he's half human and half ghoul so he fights to keep his humanity still intact but he also looses it to the other half the monster.

It's an artist that I listen to and It's a pose that he did in one of his music videos.

What this drawing means to me is the life if how the lion king of the jungle lives his fierce and fearless life.

My experience was pretty cool, I went to a polling station near my house with my aunt and uncle. We were immediately greeted by a small group of people basically telling us to vote for some guy. As we got to the doors there were two people handing out little sheets of paper with who we should vote for on it. They told us the ballot that the other group gave us was fake and to trust them instead. We went inside and it was pretty dead but it was cool cause they had donuts. My aunt let me go inside the actual thing that you vote in and let me click on who to vote for, she also let me click vote which was fun. All in all it was a cool experience. 

We basically made a website for you to create and buy things made from the maker space and or stuff like jackets and socks we sell at the school store

​The meaning of my street art is that money flies. It is so easy to lose money by spending it or losing it. My art was inspired by the saying money is the root to all evil. I think this is true because money is the most valuable thing in the world , people fight over it everyday. I chose this location because a lot of people walk down that hallway which means a lot of people will see it. At first I thought art was easy but then I noticed it wasn't. You have to think of what you want to draw and draw it. It changed my perspective because know I know not everything is art.