Hello!Once again it is time for our outstanding multimedia festival. A multimedia festival is when we show films created by students. This will be our 4th annual multimedia festival. As you can see it will happen December 8, 7007 at the lead center at 6:30p.m. We are inviting you to have a wonderful time. We want you to sit back, relax, and get the messages that the students are trying to send through their films. Hope to see you there.
With a team of ten motivated students and two staff members, the Freedom Express rolled on and finished the first annual Delta Sole 5K race. It was a great turnout, with about 60 participants all together and some serious competition to keep everybody pushing themselves to the limit. A big thanks goes out to all our supporters and especially Evelyn and Tony Broughton from the Crown Restaurant. Everyone said they had a great time and it was wonderful seeing so many people from our community running, walking, and showing their support for health and fitness in the Delta. Go Freedom Express!!
Second Year Fellow, Dalvin Johnson, also known as Peahead (Peahead!!,) returns from a day of training with the Freedom Express and talks about the philosophy, "Impossible is nothing."
"Hi, my names is Dalvin Johnson. I'm running the 5K in Indianola, MS. To me, nothing is impossible. I don't care if people say it is impossible, try it. If you reach that goal, shoot for a higher star. My goal is to be the first to complete the race. I train everyday to achieve it and I do exercises for three hours each day. So, trust me, I will be ready. Remember what I said, "Nothing is impossible."
With the help of one of our sponsors, The Crown Restaurant, we ordered our T-Shirts today. Everything is coming together and our team is looking really good. After a short rest, our training will resume tomorrow. Over the weekend, we had a runners retreat with about half of our team in Greenville, Mississippi. We ran downtown and along the levy and finally took a picture by the River. 
Afterwards, we added on the calories right back on with a treat from Sonic. :) (Don't worry, everyone had a cup of water too *notice the two cups in Dalvin Johnson's hand)
Last week, the Freedom Express trained in Ruleville, Mississippi and First year Mykia Clayton had this to say: 
"Today and every other day was great working our muscles and getting better at running. It was very challenging, but exciting and fun. I enjoy running everyday and I expect the Freedom Express will whoop all the rest."
We're looking forward to the race and to the rest of our training. Wish us luck. Five days left!
Let's make it happen!
There are only 10 days before the race. Over the next days, you'll hear from members of the Freedom Express running team as they complete their training for the main event on Saturday, September 29th.
Makel Hamer, First Year Fellow.
We all have to be prepared to run. Training will be on board on the Freedom Express. Today, we trained in Moorhead, Mississippi, about five miles from Sunflower. We had seven team members run with us today and we ran from Higher Heights Baptist Church to MDCC (Mississippi Delta Community College) and back. Then, we went to the track and ran a mile and a half. It was not easy, but we had to make progress in our running. For myself, I expect to work hard as hard as I can and never be lazy. As a team, I expect us to win the race. Final words: Get your hustle on!
--Makel "D.Wade" Hamer
The Sunflower County Freedom Project is now involved in a 5k Indianola run/ walk called " Delta Sole." Our team, sponsored by the Crown Restaurant, is called the "Freedom Express" and they have been preparing for weeks for this big race on Saturday, September 29th.
The race is being put together by the B.B. King Museum and our team is training under our very own, Autumn Hayes. 
So far, we have about 12 members who've been training with us consistently every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We're less than two weeks away from our the race and we're getting more and more sponsors as we get stronger and faster each week.
1/2 of the Freedom Express Team with B.B. King Museum Director, Connie Gibbons and Tony Broughton of the Crown Restaurant. This training was held at 7am, so I guess we'll call this the Red Eye team.
We're working to outfit our team with some legitimate running and training gear including pedometers, watches, water bottles, and ultimately for those who make the necessary progress and complete the race, an MP3 player for that home stretch motivation. If you're interested in helping us complete our race, feel free to drop a line of encouragement on our post or send us an email if you want to help with any gear. (ourfreedomproject@gmail.com)
We're so excited about this race, not only because of the competition of it, but because of what it will mean for the Delta and the potential impact it could have on the practice and perception of health in our community. We're even thinking about holding our own race in the near future to get even more kids in the Delta involved!
All Aboard!! The Freedom Express is rolling!!
On Saturday, September 15th, we had the opportunity to go see The Lion King musical in Memphis, TN! It was amazing! The music, the scenery, the puppetry...everything was so much fun and so inspiring for all of us. Look forward to some big things from our drama program this Spring!
Special thanks to The Weiss and Orenstein families for making the event possible and for having a vision for how much this would mean to us. Thanks again!
" I thought it was ten times better movie! People can express so many more feelings than a cartoon. - Amberlee Dennis, Fourth Year fellow.
" I thought it was exquisite! But the part when they were singing about Mufasa watching over them made me cry. It was a great!" Ashton Pernell, Second year fellow.
