Leah Bry '04

Leah Bry received a $25,000 grant to support a Denver organization she founded called GreenLeaf. GreenLeaf engages youth in urban agriculture, farming on available lots in neighborhoods that do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. At GreenLeaf, young people ages 14 – 18 earn a fair wage while they grow food for their communities and explore issues of health, nutrition, and social justice. Their diverse crew of youth interns drives GreenLeaf's innovative and project-based curriculum of intensive leadership development and asset-based community building. The young people also grow, challenging themselves and each other in an environment that creates lasting, just, and sustainable social change. GreenLeaf's summer program is the keystone of their work, and will use the Wall Alumni Service Award to fund their summer 2011 project, which represents a unique moment of change, growth, and opportunity for the young organization.

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