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Michele smiyels!!
Says Michele: "Are you ready to YEL?"

Cristhian leads the crowd.
"If you hear me, y'all say YEL OUT!!!!!"

Stephanie presents on the Life of an I-YEL intern.
"With my entertaining stories, I inspired my family to make a change."

Cady is torn between her consumer and conservation sides.
"This shirt is so cuuuuute! But what's this? Self-Conscious?? Is that some sort of CANDY?"

Rita urges her to "buy buy buy".
"Buy it...I make you look good...Muahahaha!"

Maura begs her to think of the planet.
"Don't buy it! You'll be feeding into the media's frenzy! Save yourself."

Cady decides to be conscious of her actions and conscientious for the Earth.
"I guess this means that I have to...make my own decisions about when to consume."

Carmen presents about our natural experiences in I-YEL.
"After the 13 mile hike that we were supposedly going to do in 2 hours, it was already 8pm."

Vivian, Dunenka, and Dionne talk about their summer internships.
"These interns are special because they chose internships that have to do with the environment."

Dionne accentuates Alcatraz.
"How many people can say that they worked on Alcatraz, with former military occupation, federal penitentiary, and indian occupation?"

Dunenka spices up summer camp.
"Oh no you didn't! I work with the future generations, okaaaay?"

Vivian livens up LINC.
"We learned so many things that you can't even count that high! Like how to use GPS...waaay more than these two!"

"Oh no you didn't!!"
"Excuse me?? I don't think so..."

Each three express why their internship is so valuable.
"My internship is the best!!"

Cris and Anthony explore the meaning of leadership.
"Hey, wazzup! What does leadership mean to you?"

Anthony thinks about what impact he has on other young leaders.
"What I like most about leadership...is having people able to look up to me to see what it is they got to do."

Cris thinks about what drives him as a leader.
"Leadership means stepping back and letting other people lead."

Yvea talks about youth and environmentalism in the city.
"We have seen that the world is not a division of issues, but rather a web in which we are all connected."

Ernesto presents Dionne with her certificate.
Afterwards, Ernesto and Michele presented each intern with his/her certificate of achievement...

Ernesto and Vivian share a hug.
...and gave each of them a warm hug.

Ernesto receives a poster.
Ernesto and Michele gave each other props for all they had accomplished this year and how proud they were of the interns.

DioNNe!!!!! :-D
Then, we acknowledged and honored DIONNE SPENCER for the Environmental Leadership Award 2004.

Ernesto sees a friendly face.
Ernesto saw someone whom he met in South Africa in the audience, and it warmed his heart.

Dionne awakens a powerful love in her poetry.
Dionne read a phenomenal poem she wrote called "Ultimate Props".

People party.
Hey, what comes before Part B? PARTAY!!!

Blazers Allison and Lyzzie show their coordinator, Rita, some love.
Blazers Allison, Lyzzie, Rebecca, and Chris showed up and gave their support.

Long-time angels of I-YEL pose for a picture on this memorable night.
The alumni, friends, and staff, like silent angels after helping to make the night - as so many other nights - possible, faded away once more into the heritage of I-YEL.