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Lindsay Heights Lens: The Rebels behind the cameras

December 21, 2015 by Running Rebels Youth Advisory Council 1 Comment

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  • So who are the youth behind the Lindsay Heights Neighborhood Lens galleries? (Photo by Yellie Burrell)
  • (Photo by Tarif Garrett)
  • (Photo by Tiyana Miner)
  • (Photo by Tarif Garrett)
  • Meet the members of Running Rebels Youth Advisory Council (YAC). (Photo by Shane Woodruff).
  • Tarif Garrett, 18, (left) is athletic, handsome and a mathematical boss. A Rebel for the last year, his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is the overall family atmosphere. (Photo by Yellie Burrell).
  • Danielle “Yellie” Burrell, 17, (left) has colored hair and likes tattoos and music concerts. A Rebel since birth, her favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is the people she’s come to know. (Photo by Tarif Garrett).
  • Brian Sims-Smith, 18, (right) likes to play basketball, Xbox 360 and just have fun. A Rebel for six years, his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is Running Rebels because of how much experience he’s gained and the new things he’s learned there. (Photo by Tiyana Minor).
  • Miciah Phillips, 17, likes to play basketball and help out in the community. A Rebel for six years, his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is that the youth get to know each other and adults get along with the youth. (Photo by Miciah Phillips).
  • Jerimiah Phillips, 18, likes cooking and finding new things to do. A Rebel for six years, his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is the Rebels, which has helped him get a better understanding of life, and the loving people coming together to better the community. (Photo by Tarif Garrett).
  • Tiyana Miner, 16, has a unique personality and likes to draw, sing and write poetry. A Rebel for two years, her favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is that the neighborhood always makes her feel at home. (Photo by Tarif Garrett).
  • Eric “Cello” Newson, 16, likes to play, produce and listen to music, and spend time with family. A Rebel for 2-1/2 years, his favorite things about Lindsay Heights are Walnut Way because “it deals with nature, and I’m natural” and Rebels, because “it’s like a brotherhood that I’m part of.” (Photo by Sandy Bogar).
  • Muse Muhammed, 14, (second from left) likes basketball, reading and writing poetry, chess and making art. A Rebel for 4-1/2 years, his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is the Rebels, because of their programs and how they help kids. (Photo by Shane Woodruff).
  • YAC co-leader Shane Woodruff (left) is Running Rebels education and volunteer coordinator. A Rebel his whole life (but actually two years), his favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is that it has a wonderful community atmosphere and is led by outstanding community organizations. There is a feeling of partnership in this neighborhood, with a common goal of prosperity. (Photo by Sandy Bogar).
  • YAC co-leader Sandy Bogar (right) is a doctoral candidate in public and community health at MCW. A Rebel for almost two years, her favorite thing about Lindsay Heights is the spirit of community connectedness felt in neighborhood gems like Rebels, Walnut Way and Alice’s Garden. (Photo by Yellie Burrell).
  • The YAC would like to thank Rebels directors Victor and Dawn Barnett and MCW faculty advisor Sheri Johnson for their championing of the YAC. They would also like to thank Rebel staff members Rod Mitchell, Eric Weaver, Mike Peeples and Cozy McLemore; MCW faculty members Staci Young, Earnestine Willis and Kirsten Beyer; and the Growing Healthy Soil for Healthy Communities partners at MHD, WWCC and SSCHC for their instrumental participation in and support of YAC activities. (Photo by Sheri Johnson)

The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is made up of eight bright and creative youth leaders from Running Rebels Community Organization in Lindsay Heights. Through a Community-Based Participatory Research partnership between Rebels and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), the YAC is helping to create, analyze and share the findings of a study exploring youths’ environmental health perspectives and priorities. Started in spring 2015 and ongoing through the summer of 2016, the YAC focuses on building youth research and problem-solving capacity through four core modules:

  • Research Methods Development. The YAC helped to develop survey and focus group tools to explore Rebel youths’ environmental health knowledge and perspectives on strengths and challenges of their neighborhood environments.
  • Community Site Visits. Over the summer, the YAC visited the Milwaukee Health Department, Walnut Way Conservation Corp., and Sixteenth Street Community Health Center to learn about and observe how different sectors and organizations in Milwaukee are using research to address local environmental health concerns.
  • Research Application. The YAC completed a mini photovoice project (featured here on NNS) and will complete a GIS mapping activity to build research leadership skills and visually explore relationships between environmental health issues of concern to them.
  • Research Analysis, Translation, and Dissemination. The study findings will be shared through a youth-driven arts-based presentation led by the YAC next summer.

The YAC would like to thank Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service for lending us their wonderful cameras and publishing their mini photovoice project, with a special shout out to Adam Carr for his beautiful compiling of the photo galleries. Stay tuned for news on the YAC’s final presentation, and watch for our monthly updates on the Running Rebels Facebook page!

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  1. Larry Pesch says

    June 16, 2016 at 9:54 am

    Great organization, one of many in Lindsay Heights.

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