Central City Partnership Network

On April 25, 2008, Andrea and Yasmin participated in a monthly CCPN meeting. The goal of this partnership is to bridge together the initiatives aimed at keeping a safe, clean, profitable, and healthy Central City. There were many key stakeholders present, representing non-profits, City government, State Government, and business entities. Consciously Rebuilding was introduced to new faces, in hopes that our network will expand so that our mission for a sustainable City can be achieved.

The upcoming community workshop will definitely benefit from the CCPN, as many organizations provided contacts and materials for us to use at the workshop's resource booth.

Mentoring St. Augustine H.S. Science Class

Yasmin and Andrea realized that there is nothing more rewarding than mentoring the future leaders of tomorrow. On April 25th, they were invited to speak to a 11th grade science class on their professional matriculation from high school to college and graduate school.

The fun-filled dialogue range from topics of, "What to do to adjust to freshmen year of college!", "The strategy of getting accepted to your university of choice" and "How to market yourself after college".

Throughout the discussion, there was special emphasis on empowering the students to follow their dreams and aspirations. Andrea and Yasmin also highlighted the importance of science and how it is related to everyday life. The students were also encouraged to volunteer with Consciously Rebuilding, which is a great hands-on experience to see how high school and college education transcends into our work.

Overall, these young men have the potential to be role models for the world to see, and they were encouraged to continue on their positive path and to think outside the box to achieve success. :-)

Gooooo Purple Knights! Keep up the great Work!

Workshop Flyer: See below

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!

In our celebration for Earth Day, we got our property tested for lead. YAY!!!!!

Lead Assessors :)

We would also like to thank everyone who has supported us and the millions who will:

Carla Davis-Madgett

H.M. Social Services, Inc.

USGBC Emerging Green Builders

Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance

Common Ground Initiative

Hands-on NOLA

Parker Bowers Environmental Consulting, LLC

Floyd Risk Consulting, LLC

Twin Properties LLC

Central City Renaissance Alliance

Holy Cross Neighborhood Association

Rebuilding Together

City of New Orleans

Young Men Olympian Jr. Benevolent Association

Solatube

Association of African American Environmentalists

Savannah College of Art and Design

Loyola Institute for Environmental Communications

The Green Project

emPivot.com

Materials Management Group

Department of Energy Savannah River Site Environmental Justice

Benjamin Paddock

NOLA YURP

V-Day V-to the 10^th Superlove Celebration

Ritchie Katko

Green 4 All

Jenga Mwendo

Charles Allen III

Central City Comeback Committee

Our VOLUNTEERS!!!!

Thank you Everyone, and Thank you EARTH!!!!!!! We love you!!!!!!

V to the 10 April 11-13 2008

Last weekend, Andrea and I had the opportunity to experience the V-Day celebrations in the Superdome. It was such a blessing to be surrounded by inspirational and strong women. As women entrepreneurs, we were refreshed to be around such an encouraging energy. I also met Ms. Gayle King and Ms. Rosario Dawson who were super excited about Consciously Rebuilding. Of course Consciously Rebuilding represented New Orleans in the Activist Lounge and got a chance to spread the word to the thousands that visited.