Mentorship Through Music - Reaching the Unreachable
Thursday, April 23 | 10:35am - 11:50am
Session Description: How can you serve your ENTIRE community? Recently, the City of Olmypia has been partnering with a local non-profit, The Bridge Music Project to serve at-risk youth through music mentorship and hip-hop. Through this partnership, the City is able to provide job skills, leadership and confidence building to their communities most at-risk youth. In this session, you will learn how working with your communities most passionate organizations can help you reach the hard to serve corners of your community.
Learning Objectives:
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Identify challenges at-risk youth are facing and how to meet their needs by creating safe spaces and relevant programming.
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Learn how to reach underserved communities by creating unique partnerships with non-profits, school districts, and other service providers.
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Discuss how music and writing can be used as tools to deal with life’s challenges; while also promoting values such as teamwork, accountability, and leadership.
Speakers: Luke Burns & Bobby Williams
About the Speakers: Luke Burns is a Program Coordinator specializing in programs and events for youth and teens. Luke has been serving the Olympia Community for the past 15 years, getting his start as a summer camp counselor in 2004. He enjoys the challenge of serving his diverse and ever changing community. Over the years, he has coordinated a variety of offerings including middle school dance nights, after-school excursions for teens, skateboarding camps, local arts festivals, and special events at Olympia’s seasonal ice rink.
Bobby Williams is the founder and executive director of The Bridge Music Project, a Thurston County based non-profit organization that teaches youth how music and writing can be used as tools to deal with life’s challenges.
He is also an accomplished hip hop artist. Bobby has toured across the United States performing with some of the top names in rap including Blackalicious and Dead Prez.
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