WORKATHON ALL day ALL the time PLEASE!

On March 30, 2013, tens of high school students from all over San Francisco, attended the 17th Annual Workathon held in the Chinatown community by Chinatown Community Development Center. Students from Galileo, Washington, Lincoln, and even students from organizations such as Adopt An Alleyway, gathered together to make an impactful change on this day. Workathon is all about promoting environmental change and about breaking perceptions. Once percieved as a community that wasn't environmentally friendly, youth in around San Francisco, fought to make an environmental change for not only the lives of those in the community but also those in San Francisco. During Workathon, teams were created, and youth went around the community CLEANING UP. Some groups went around to clean the alleyways by picking up some of hte litter on the ground/ Some groups went around to repaint walls that had graffitti on them, and some groups went to paint a mural. WIth all these youth gathering together, many adults were inspired by their acts. Storefront managers were encouraging kids to continue their work and even asked a couple of them to paint a couple other walls that had graffitti. In addition to repainting walls, a mural was created in which it would be put on a wall in Chinatown to show Chinatown as a community that is environmentally friendly. Hands showed the way to the community that was clean in both the streets and alleyways. This was a vision for youth in Chinatown, and on March 30th, that vision came to LIFE. Being a part of Workathon for the first time was truly inspiring for me. To see so many youth from different communities gather together to make a better change was empowering, and since this is an annual event, YOU should come the next Workathon!

Below are some pictures and videos that I have attached for everyone to experience the BEAUTY of WORKATHON!

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With that in mind, if you want to help create change in the Chinatown Community especially environmental help, please come to CLEAN-UP hosted by Adopt-An-Alleyway, a youthled group that is a part of Chinatown Community Development Center. Almost every month, on the first Saturday, they have CLEAN-UP Saturday in which they go around this community to promote environmental wellness. To find out when the next CLEAN-UP is, keep checking our blogs please!