1. LUCHA Murals By Isha Maniyar

2. What is the “Silver Award”? O An award to be achieved by a Girl Scout between ages 12-14 O A sustainable project that impacts community O Our project: painting murals on the walls of an impoverished and underprivileged school

3. Meeting My Advisor O Learned how to improve overall school climate O Understood the importance of positive school environment and its effect on students O Decided to change school’s climate through Silver Award and values learned from workshop

4. Beginning the Process O Met Mary, explained exactly what we had in mind O Showed preliminary sketches of possible murals O Decided to contact schools in Alum Rock School District

9. LUCHA– Confirmed! O Researched possible schools to carry out project O First meeting– types of paint to be used, locations of murals in schools, etc. O 4 core values of LUCHA: respect, responsibility, hard work, compassion

15. The Painting Begins O Parents chaperoned; Mary took pictures of entire process

18. The Finished Product!