Hi my name is Nathanial Matthews and this is my first years with elevated grounds. My mother randomly found this group and was excited about the potential that this group has. As one whom has been through a lot in my life I marveled at the opportunity to be apart of such a life changing [...]

Elevated grounds. Wow. I first got introduced to EG through my mother who has done some work with the organization. She asked me if I’d like to get involved so I decided to see what it was about. After coming to the play rehearsal I was sold, the youth that were working were friendly and [...]

Hay this is Olivia, and I’m a participant in this years show for Stress-N-Out.
I’ve worked with Elevated Grounds for 3 years so I’m definitely familiar with
the program. I have had the privilege of watching this years show and I had the opportunity
to perform for the second half. I am excited to be on board for [...]

This tuesday october the 20th 2009 was a regular day of rehearsal. I will be playing Umoja in this years play and find that its going to be a great success. Practice makes perfect, we always end off rehearsal with an affirmation and i find its very effective.

At first glance, the play “Stress’N” was not be very appealing to me as the target audience. Now that we as the youth, have toyed with and made changes to the play, I feel that it will be much, much more interesting for people to watch, from young to old. At first I was unhappy [...]