Today was ‘Proclaim Community’ day, and so we walked around
doing activities. Us ladies (Anastasia, Sara, Hailey, and Taryn) stopped to paint a mural of a tree with other high
schoolers. It was a picture of a tree, and then we put fingerprints on it as
the leaves. These murals are going to be used to board up abandoned buildings,
making it less likely for the buildings to be looted (as they will become
beautiful pieces of art). Afterwards, we wandered around and Taryn sang a karaoke
song (Note from Taryn: And I rocked it!).
We participated in a mass cast performance at the end of the
day in Ford Field to a song called “If You’re Out There” by John Legend. It was
very moving walking up to the stage next to strangers who were feeling the same
emotions you were. There was a very moving speaker at the gathering tonight,
who shared her story about growing up in Detroit and what the city means to
her. She said, “This is a city filled with more semi-colons than periods.” The sentence could end, but instead, it continues on. This
city is full of so many beautiful people with kind hearts, and we are excited to
continue our journey tomorrow. –Anastasia & Sara <3
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