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A Queensbridge Triumph for the Teens at The Jacob Riis Settlement House

Gina Telaroli February 4, 2008 | 10:25 am EST

A group of young teens in New York City’s Queensbridge neighborhood have united together to use music to tell their stories. The Triumph : Our Journey, Our Story, is an album produced at an after school program called Project Excel, that happens at the Jacob A Riis Neighborhood Settlement House located in Long Island City in Queens.

Over the past summer and fall, the teens wrote and recorded an entire album full of music that talks about what it’s really like to be a teen in an inner city neighborhood.

They have also used the power of the internet to get the music out - be sure to check out their myspace page and listen to some of the amazing songs : http://www.myspace.com/projectexcelnyc - my favorite tracks are My Life, My Story and Who I Am. You’ll be really glad you decided to give a listen!

to learn how you can help support programs like Project Excel at the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House and watch the video they made about The Triumph below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwF7cCg4ZE

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Tagged as: • Hip-Hop • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House • Jacob Riis • Music • Project Excel • Queensbridge • The Triumph

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