1. THE JOURNEY TO
THE EMERALD CITY
in partnership with

2. PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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This project incorporates
elements of the five facets of
programming forThe Links,
Incorporated -
1.Services toYouth
2.The Arts
3.NationalTrends and Services
4.InternationalTrends & Services
5.Health & Human Services.
In partnership withThe LasVegas (NV) Chapter
ofThe Links, Incorporated, the 2016 candidates
propose an immersive experience for the 4th
grade students at Kermit Roosevelt Booker
Elementary School.
The three week session will use the lessons and
concepts ofThe Wiz to introduce students to
creative dance and expression.
•Lion - Stepping
•Scarecrow - African Dance
•Tin Man - Popping
•Dorothy - Poetry/Song

3. PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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• During the three week period, 4th grade Physical
Education will be replaced with sessions with Molodi
Artists.
• At the end of the three week period, students will
participate in a joint performance with Molodi artists.
• Positively Arts sponsored performance atThe Plaza
with Molodi Artists and Booker Elementary School
Students on April 24th.
- Sound Check 3:00 - 4:00 PM
- Door Open 4:30 PM
- Show - 5:00 - 7:00 PM
• Encore Performance at Booker Elementary School on
Monday,April 25th.
- Assembly 1:00 – 2:10
- Lunch out side . . . let the kids go outside to eat
- Dismiss from Multi Purpose Room

4. THE SCHOOL
The “Journey To The Emerald City” project will target
4th grade students. Each grade will be exposed to a
different form of creative expression, culminating in a school
performance to showcase their experience.s
Fourth Grade - Dance and Spoken Word
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Mr. Mideau
P.E.
Ms. Han
Art
Ms. Olivera
Music
Mr. Marcus Mason Principal
50% Hispanic | 40% African American

5. PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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Classroom Sessions April 4 - 22, 2016
12:15 - 1:30 PM (Tues-Fri)
Final Performance -
Positively Arts -The Plaza
Sunday,April 24, 2016
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Final Performance -
Kermit Booker Elementary School
Monday,April 25, 2016
1:00 - 2:10 PM
Completion of Digital Photo/Video
Presentation
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Membership Induction Ceremony &
Luncheon | Final Presentation
Sunday, May 15, 2016
1:30 - 4:00 PM

6. PROGRAM ELEMENTS
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Self Esteem & Self Awareness
Allow students to perform and
showcase their work and talent,
building self confidence and esteem.
Arts Appreciation
Through partnerships, create
opportunities to allow arts education
to continue through a series of
opportunities beyond the classroom
setting. (i.e. Smith Center, Molodi,
Nevada Arts Council, etc.)
Teacher Development
Provide teachers with additional tools
to help engage students, building self
esteem, awareness of the arts, and
appreciation for their unique gifts and
talents.
Education Thru Arts Expression
Create a program that allows students
to learn key lessons thru self
expression and sharing with their
classmates.

7. PROGRAM
CONCEPT

8. THE CONCEPT
The Wiz made Broadway history
in 1975 when it transformed
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into
a celebration of African American
culture.
Without changing
the main characters, plot, or
themes,TheWiz reimagined the
story from an African American
perspective, adding soul music,
style, and a fresh, funky twist to
the beloved classic.
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9. THE CONCEPT
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Using the story of The Wiz as a
frame of reference, 4th grade
students will work with teachers and
the Molodi dancers to create a visual
story of their JourneyToThe Emerald
City.
Teachers will be given a resource
guide and students will work with
Molodi artists during their Physical
Education period.

10. THE CONCEPT
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Where Is Home
Dorothy sings about her wish to return home
in the song Home.Think about your own
home. How would you finish the first line of
Dorothy’s song? When I think of home . . .
Believe In Yourself
What doesThe Wiz teach us about the
power of believing in yourself? What happens
in the story to make Dorothy and her friends
believe in themselves? How do they learn to
stop focusing on what they want and look
inside themselves instead to and the power
they’ve had all along? Relate this to a personal
experience.

11. THE CONCEPT
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Believe In Your Future
Write a poem/draw a picture from the
future in which you describe how believing
in yourself helped you get something
you wanted. Maybe it helped you get a
college degree. Maybe it helped you
succeed in sports or get your dream job.
Maybe it helped you become President of
the United States! Let your hopes and
dreams tell you what you can be, and
imagine how believing in yourself could
make those dreams come true.

12. INCORPORATING ALL FACETS
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FACET APPROACH
SERVICES TO
YOUTH
The introduction of Dance and Creative Expression to students promotes the
integration of a health and wellness component focused on youth,
THE ARTS
This program creates an opportunity to educate minority youth in the arts and
gives them the opportunity to perform with accomplished professional artists
in a diversity of disciplines.
NATIONAL TRENDS
& SERVICES
Bullying is a growing crisis and this program helps reinforceThe Links’
comprehensive community anti-bullying program by enhancing the student’s
ability to avoid victimization and increasing their’ self-esteem.
INTERNATIONAL
TRENDS & SERVICES
This program will supportThe Links initiative to broaden our International
Trends and Services platform for programs designed to service the educational
and cultural needs of people of African descent by creating and documenting
the experience and sharing it with the adopted school in Africa.
HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES
One of the goals of HHS is to promote and facilitate programs that support
the maintenance of good health. This program does promotes dance and
movement and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative.

13. PROGRAM
PARTNERS

14. THE LINKS, INCORPORATED
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The outstanding programming of
The Links, Incorporated has five
facets which include -
1.Services toYouth
2.The Arts
3.NationalTrends and Services
4.InternationalTrends & Services
5.Health & Human Services.
The programs are implemented
through strategies such as public
information and education,
economic development, and public
policy campaigns.
The Links, Incorporated is an international,
not-for-profit corporation, established in
1946.The membership consists of nearly
14,000 professional women of color in 282
chapters located in 41 states, the District
of Columbia and the Commonwealth of
the Bahamas.
It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest
volunteer service organizations of
extraordinary women who are committed
to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the
culture and economic survival of African
Americans and other persons of African
ancestry.

15. PROGRAM PARTNERS
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16. THE SMITH CENTER
The mission ofThe Smith Center is “To provide and
preserve a high-quality performing arts center that is
embraced by the community and recognized as a vital
force by supporting artistic excellence, education and
inspiration for all.”
It is the mission of The Smith Center’s Education and
Outreach Department to build life-long memories by
offering high-quality arts experiences for students,
teachers, and the community.
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17. LET’S MOVE
Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First
Lady Michelle Obama, to solving the problem of obesity within
a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier
and able to pursue their dreams.
At the launch of this initiative, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential
Memorandum creating the first-everTask Force on Childhood Obesity to conduct a
review of every single program and policy relating to child nutrition and physical
activity and develop a national action plan to maximize federal resources and set
concrete benchmarks toward the First Lady’s national goal.TheTask Force
recommendations focus on the five pillars of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative:
1. Creating a healthy start for children
2. Empowering parents and caregivers
3. Providing healthy food in schools
4. Improving access to healthy, affordable foods
5. Increasing physical activity
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18. NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL
• The Nevada Arts Council’s mission is “to enrich
the cultural life of the state through leadership
that preserves, supports, strengthens and makes
accessible excellence in the arts for all
Nevadans.”
• Nevada Arts Council programs serve as a
catalyst to stimulate artistic, cultural and
economic activity across the state, animate its
breadth of communities, ensure lifelong learning
in the arts for all Nevadans, and to encourage
public and private support for the arts.
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19. MOLODI
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MOLODI is a performance ensemble that takes body percussion to the extreme. Using only
their bodies as instruments, Molodi blends collegiate stepping, tap, gumboots, beatbox, poetry
and hip hop dance with guerrilla theatre and robust personalities that bring to life a high-energy
rhythmic experience.
Their flagship program for schools and organizations. Gimmie Some Mo’ brings the full
MOLODI crew into schools for an up close and personal experience with the artists.The
program includes several high-energy performance pieces from MOLODI’s repertoire with
insight into the cultural histories of the dances and inspirational stories from the artists. It’s an
interactive stepping workshop that gets everybody up of their feet and moving beginning with
a fun, rhythmic warm up and culminating in a competitive Step Show challenge between the
students. The workshop finishes with a question & answer session and final encore
performance.
"RHYTHM IS AN INFECTIOUS AND
NATURAL ELEMENT OF LIFE.
MOLODI IS ITS MESSENGER."

20. POSITIVELY ARTS
FOUNDATION
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Inspired by the belief that the arts can heal as well as be a learning tool, Positively
Arts Foundation, Inc. was established in 2011 as an independent 501(c)(3) non-
profit Nevada corporation.
The mission of the Foundation is to create a new mode of learning that uses arts
integration to raise student achievement.We aim to mobilize our community of Las
Vegas leaders, professionals and working artists to take a greater interest in the role
of the arts in enhancing education and in being a tool for healing. In our current
economic crisis, funding for the arts are the first thing to be stripped away from
schools.The Foundation intends to put the arts back in a way that not only enriches
the minds of students, but also helps teachers attain classroom goals by aligning with
common core standards. Currently the 5th largest school district in the nation, the
Clark County School District is in dire need of this arts integration funding.

21. FINAL
PRESENTATION

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Digital Photobook
Digital photo book will include, imagery,
poetry, and artwork that takes the reader
through the 2 month experience. Load
phonebook, additional images and video
on tablet and deliver to partners, etc.
(TBD)
Photo Booth
Allow participants to capture their own
“JourneyToThe Emerald City” moments
and share on Social Media.
Electronic Presentation
Candidates will present the overall
concept, journey an highlights of the
experience and focus on next steps and
how to continue the learning beyond this
experience. Include images an video clips
Display Board Experience
Visual display representing the student’s
and candidates’ journey through this
process.