https://reasonstobecheerful.world/rocking-the-boat-video/
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Reasons to be Cheerful’s second annual variety show,
Amazing Humans Doing
Amazing Things, nearly blew the roof off The Town Hall in New York City on May
29. David Byrne, Ramy Youssef, Reggie Watts, Annie and the Caldwells, Nina
Conti and many other incredible acts had the crowd laughing, cheering and
rising to their feet. See the photos here.
The show also included inspirational moments that spoke directly to
RTBC’s
solutions journalism mission. In these interludes, we celebrated the work of
New York City-based organizations working to make our city a better place and
improve the lives of the people who live here. In case you didn’t make it to
the show, here’s a short video about one of them.
Rocking the Boat is an organization based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of
the Bronx that gives high schoolers the chance to build their own boats,
developing skills from carpentry and navigation to leadership and teamwork
along the way.
Rocking the Boat’s after-school programs serve 200 students every year, 94
percent of whom go on to graduate from high school. Currently, 92 percent of
the program’s alumni have received or are on track to receive their
post-secondary certificates or bachelor’s degrees within six years of high
school graduation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
