My New York adventure began with getting lost on the subway (while making a friend from Senegal), walking down 34th St. in the pouring rain with all of my luggage (and no umbrella) and meeting the fabulous Christen Brandt. Despite looking like a wet rat when I got there, Christen gave me a big hug and we proceeded to grab some food and then stay up all night chatting about life and our ambitions. Besides, who could sleep with Girls Who Rock being the next day!?!
Christen and Maisy in Central Park
Christen and I headed over to Tammy’s place where I finally got to meet her as she was running out the door. A quick hug and we were off to run some last minute Girls Who Rock errands. We got to Santos Party House and started to get things ready with the rest of the She’s the First and Girls Who Rock team. All of the amazing artists started arriving. You could not have asked for more passionate and talented girls..who definitely rock. The event was a huge success thank to the passion and dedication of all of the amazing people involved. As a bonus, we had the truly fantastic founder of AfricAid, Ashley Shuyler, with us at the event. We raised enough money to not only send Elizabeth David to school for two years through AfricAid’s Kisa project , but enough so that another girl could join her for those two years. If you want to help us send a third girl to school you can still donate at www.giveforward.org/girlswhorock2010.
@ the Met
My last day in NYC was spent walking through Central Park with Christen and some of her friends from Pennsylvania that came up for Girls Who Rock, going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and then having lunch with Tammy Tibbetts, Ashley Shuyler and Cynthia Hellen. All in all, it was quite a whirlwind but an amazing one shared with so many incredible people. I look forward to my next She’s the First adventure and getting to spend some more time with these crazy amazing girls!
