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THE INTERSECTION PROGRAM CONSISTS of LEADERSHIP TRAINING, STUDENT-LED PROJECTS, and COLLEGE COUNSELING. for THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, STUDENTS UNDERGO LEADERSHIP TRAINING THAT FOCUSES ON CIVIL RIGHTS, POWER and PRIVILEGE, AS WELL AS PAST and CURRENT STRATEGIES USED to ORGANIZE COMMUNITIES. WE INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS to LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, ACTIVISTS and CITY OFFICIALS WHO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS IN DIALOGUE ABOUT THE ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES and CITY. THEN, THE PROGRAM FOCUS SHIFTS FROM DIALOGUE to COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS ARE CREATED BY STUDENTS THAT FOCUS ON SOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR DAILY LIVES. EXAMPLES of PAST PROJECTS INCLUDE A STUDENT-LED MAYORAL FORUMN, A PHOTO JOURNALISM EXHIBITION EXPOSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISPARITIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOODS, AN AUDIO DOCUMENTARY and STUDENT-LED COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PHYSICAL STATE of PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS, and COMMUNITY ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS. THE OTHER PART of THE PROGRAM is COLLEGE an