2013 14 cobiz cares report

COBIZ CARES RELEASE THE FEAR, INC.

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Inspiring & empowering kids with the tools to make better life choices . . .

Thanks to the foresight and generosity of Co-BIZ

Cares with additional fund from Sundt. This is the Final Report from two different workshops, one held at Adobe Mountain Correctional Facility and the other one at Lower Buckeye Jail. Through your support Release the Fear was able to provide two 3-day "Inside-Out Bridging Possibilities" workshops to 33 detained youth in Maricopa County. Our evidencebased curriculum uses the creative processes of art, music and communication. Thanks to your support we were able to teach these youth valuable cognitive behavioral life skills on conflict resolution and how to build self-esteem. They also learned tools that will inspire them in school, combat peer pressure, bullying, anger, and violence of any kind. These are life skills that will help them break the chain of fear, self-doubt and violence, and empower them to strive for a productive future. These workshops were delivered in November 2013 and February 2014

TURNING PAIN INTO POSSIBILITIES, POSSIBILITIES INTO PURPOSE . . .OPENING YOUNG MINDS FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROWŠ 332 W.Lynwood Street Phoenix Arizona 85003 602-818-6959~info@releasethefear.org ~ www.releasethefear.org

What: Release the Fear, a non-profit health and human services organization, exists

to provide Arizona’s youth the life skills needed to combat the effects of peer pressure and bullying, abuse and violence in our society and to make better life choices. Release the Fear (RTF) has worked with thousands of at-risk youth and adults in Arizona and around the world, offering experiential programs that help reverse the paralyzing effects of fear and diminished self-worth. Our programs encourage youth to explore safe and healthy lifestyles and to overcome disabilities through the development of leadership and social skills through evidence-based curriculum meeting Arizona education standards.

How: These programs stimulate whole-brain thinking and develop metacognitive thought processing by utilizing

new applied-knowledge teaching methods. These programs demonstrate options that awaken a creative consciousness and expose the unlimited potential of critical thinking, and problem solving to help participants develop better cognitive behavioral skills. Our trained facilitators guide participants through interactive creative activities and analytically explore the connectedness to their lives. Release the Fear utilizes inquirybased learning experiences. Inquiry-based learning is an educational practice where the teacher/facilitator uses controlled questioning to serve as a learning guide in order to move students towards new understandings.

Educational research shows that student retention increases when new learning are discovered through inquiry practices, as the student is able to take ownership of these findings. The teacher/facilitator must act as guide while being an expert questioner, thinking of the end objective at all times and posing questions to allow students to reach objectives on their own. When this is done, students are able to create new experiences which connect and build on their applied knowledge and personal life goals. Without these essential life skills, the stillmaturing minds of detained youth view their future as bleak with no hope for a “normal” life.

Approach: Through experiential programs, we encourage participants to develop valuable core life skills,

better critical problem solving, and a healthy sense of understanding self and others. Through the RTF programs, participants discover that anything is possible, that they have a purpose in life, and why they matter to the world, to the community, and most of all to themselves.

Transformation: The Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Office released a 2010 report demonstrating the

value of Inside Out: Bridging Possibilities workshops on their juvenile population. Thirty percent of incarcerated youth recidivate—meaning three out of ten will again find themselves in conflict with law and society and back behind bars. For the incarcerated youth who participated in just one Release the Fear workshop, that recidivism figure dropped by 22.81 percent. For those who were able to benefit from multiple workshops, it dropped by16.22 percent—nearly half. That is an impressive impact on any child’s future. ®

November 2013 and February 2014 RELEASE THE FEAR 2014 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results

COBIZ CARES, SUNDT, and MCSO OVERALL PERCENTAGES 33 Students (2 PB Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 87.5% discovered something new about themselves 97% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 74% compared to Post 79.5% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 97% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

89% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

94.5% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Adobe Mountain – 20 students Lower Buckeye – 13 Students Individual Workshop Percentages 1. November 19-22 2013 Lower Buckeye Jail 13 Students (1 IO-PB Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 92% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 92% compared to Post 92% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 100% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

100% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

2. February 11-13 2014 Adobe Mountain: Challenge 20 Students (1 IO-PB Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 83% discovered something new about themselves 94% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 56% compared to Post 67% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 94% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

78% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

89% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

RELEASE THE FEAR CO BIZ CARES REPORT 2013 -14 Program Budget: Inside-Out Bridging Possibilities: Proposed Budget 1 workshop 2 Workshops Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations: Pre/Post Inventories Final Report Supplies and Other Workshop Exp Art & Printed Supplies / Snacks Recognition for Students, Postage, Mktng Internal Coordination, Support & Workshop Presentation Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP TOTAL FOR 4 WORKSHOPS

$680.00 $300.00

$ 1,360.00 $ 600.00

$150.00 $ 70.00

$ $

300.00 140.00

$ 80.00 $ 60.00

$ $

160.00 120.00

$260.00 $ 50.00

$ $

520.00 100.00

$1,650.00 $ 3,300.00

CoBiz Cares $2,500.00 Sundt provided the balance form their funding Cost Breakdown per workshop with average of 18 youth each: Average cost per daily session: $550.00 Average cost per youth per session $30.55 Per Capita cost per youth (3 days): $91.66

RELEASE THE FEAR, Inc

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Thanks to Cobiz Cares and MCSO, 13 young lives from Lower Buckeye Jail experienced their Possibilities. Workshop took place on November 19-22, 2013.

Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:  Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams  Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication  Bridge Understanding  Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment  Awaken Senses  Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment  Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into four groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations. The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group.

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 15-17.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I? : Expressing, get to know each other. Making friends, art, creative. Understand others, be who you are. Getting jobs, girlfriends. / Naturally stereotypical. Group of friends. We know the effects. Helps to prevent doing it. / Learn about each other, not stereotyping. More friendly, not judge. Be less judgmental. Be more social, prevent altercations. / Finding out who we are and what we like. Try things new. Not to judge thing by what they look like. We find out what we really want to do.

Creative Storytelling: Sight through chaos, imagination. See the good parts not just work. See the good things in people no matter what. Plotting your course 4 steps ahead. / Memory, imagination. Studying. Memorize the feeling of bullying and prevent it. Not forgetting things and be more creative.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork, trust, imagination. When it comes to group work. Help someone, get to know people. In your career and with marriage. / Teamwork. Be able to work with others. Helps people to come together. Get through with help not alone. / Teamwork, coordination, trust. Help each other. Get together to stop it. Trust people that you don’t usually. / Teamwork, trust. Team up with students and trust your teachers and peers to help you. Trust teachers or peers to help. Team up and trust coworkers, professor, and peers to help you succeed.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Characteristics, self confidence, role model. Tests, sports, good grades.

How to say no. Jobs, goals, hero to someone else. / Self confidence. Being confident in your abilities. Do what you want. Keep your head up. / Confidence. To be able to do anything. To be a leader. To achieve dreams. / The type of person I want to be. It would help you as much as you want it to. I won’t be easily manipulated and know how to respond. I would know how to handle future situations.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are.

Feels good and warms the heart. / It made me feel awkward. / Strange, different, enlightened. / Different. / It felt good saying I love myself just the way I am in front of people. / Different, strange, new, awkward. / It made me feel conceited and weird/awkward. / Looking in the mirror makes me feel like it’s not what on the outside but the inside. / Weird. / It makes me feel loved. / Happy, joyful. / Weird.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a Hero?

My hero is 4 Star Admiral Helms. My uncle is the most important because of his life advice and his job. Honesty, respect. / My dad. Because he has been there all my life. Being a good person and understanding. / My hero is me, because at this point I’m the only one who can save myself. Everyone needs saving from something.

Strong, smart, loving, caring, selfless, humble, wise, patient, strong-minded. / Myself or Gucci. Respect and strength. / My brother. My brother works hard and provides for his family. / Grandma. Helps me when I’m in trouble. Cares about me non stop. Loves me til the day she dies. Makes sure we have food and water at home.

Respect, responsible, trustworthy, talented. / My great-grandfather. He faced so much adversity and setbacks and yet still made something of his life and was a great father, grandfather, husband, brother, and person.

Persistence, determinance, perseverance, kind, hard-working. / My hero is my mom. Because even though she is sick, she still wakes up to see everyday. Do not give up or let anything get them down. / Mom, dad. Be lost without them. Keep me out of trouble, care about me. / My dad. Because he’s the one I look up to. Leadership, athletic, conquers things. / Jesus Christ. Because he’s there when no one is and he’s my mentor. Helpful, conquer, fearless, above all. / Peyton Manning. I can learn from them. Leader, hard work, athletic.

Seeing Beyond: Visualize, senses, imagination. Writing, art, science, labs, details, expressing. Daily expectations, body language. / Creativity, imagination. Art and science helps you imagine what you can’t see.

Seeing the future to plan for it. / To be persistent, imagination. Writing and art because you get to express yourself. To make the right choices. / Learned how to see things without physically seeing it. It would help in history or your major subject. It could shape your character.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Expressing emotion, creative, goals. Art, writing, science. Talking with each other, learning around each other. Work, school, home, relationships. / Face your fears. Help you to succeed. To stop and help others. To help you to achieve your dreams. / Recognizing and identifying the same thing. Recognizing your errors. To get over fears, to realize you’re better than you think.

Face your fears, reminiscing about times. / Everyone has hopes, fears, and dreams. It’s up to you to accomplish or overcome. It could help you achieve your goals. It could help concur your fears of bullies. It could help accomplish and overcome your fears and goals.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: See the good things in life. Maturity. Help you keep going in rough spots. / To see a positive in a negative. To not give up. To achieve goals and dreams.

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as negative, but through time or something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one.

I committed a crime and was caught, but the outcome of my thinking was positive. / I wanted to have unprotected sex with a random girl that I met but I didn’t and I was mad at myself. Then it turns out that a friend of mine had sex with the same girl and she gave my friend a STD. / Me and my brother got pulled over by the police and they took his truck away cause he didn’t have a license. I was mad at police, but I realized now they’re doing their jobs. / I thought the TI that I got into a fight with was going to hurt me getting into an academy for OCS but it was a test and he gave me a perfect score and made a suggestion to join the military naval academy at Maryland. / Was gonna burglarize a house and then didn’t go in and the guy came out with a Mossberg. / At one time in Mexico, I had a boss I was working with and he was leaving states and the time he left I thought he wasn’t gonna pay me but he left the money with my mom. / When I was suppose to return home to talk to my parole officer I thought he was going to arrest me when he really just wanted to talk to me. / I’ve never had an experience list most experiences in my life have been pretty straight forward. I’ve had experiences where this question was flip-flopped but that’s as far as I can think. / When my car was broken and after all I learned how to fix it. / At first I thought why go to school. I don’t need education. But later on I start realizing that I did need it for more opportunities in life and to go to college. / Getting arrested was a negative time for me at first but once I got my GED I started looking at it as a positive thing plus it opened my eyes to get on the right track. / First came to jail. Negative at first. Would have been worse off. Get in trouble on outs.

Color: Self help, realizing, caring, expressing. Art, PE, writing. Home, kids, wife, jobs. / Different music, different colors. / Color has detail, different moods for different colors. / How to judge and place a color. You could tell someone’s mood. You could watch the world.

Overall, something New about Self or Others in your Group: Expressing ourselves, better communication, positive outlook on our future and lives. / That music and colors are different ways to express yourself. / I learned that I can express myself in any way I want.

Funded By: Cobiz Cares and MCSO Location: Lower Buckeye Jail %Male 100

%Female 0

Dates: November 19-22, 2013

Ages 15-17

Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

Pre %YES 92 %NO 8 %Maybe 0 Post %YES 92 %NO 8 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 33 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 25 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 42 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 25 % All the Time 75 Rate this statement: I feel comfortable making my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 33 % All the Time 67 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 25 % All the Time 75 Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 8 % Leader 92 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 8 % Leader 92 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 42 % No 58 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 75 % No 17 % No Answer 17 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Stand up always. / Do something meaningful. / That bullies are mostly insecure and not all bad as they seem. / Not to give up on dreams. / Got to work together. / Face it. / Express myself Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I already do. / I would stop it. / I would stop them and ask them why they’re doing it. / I wouldn’t want it done to me. / Say to leave them alone. / Because no one deserves to be treated like nothing. / Talk to them.

Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Use it to show why I need to stand up for myself. / To do it even though fear peer pressures you. / That I have my own thoughts and doing. / I didn’t really catch it. / I’m my own person. / Help others.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 75% Post 83% Thoughts Shared: Pre: An expressing of the way you feel. / As a shade of something. / No not really. / I have never thought about it. / I think color is another way to express yourself. / I think color can explain how someone feels. / I think nothing racist about it. I think color is just color. / They’re good. / Color is confusing. / Different and I can’t understand. / Being different. / Shows who you really are. / Yes my favorite colors are black and white.

No color and all colors which means I can get along with the good and bad.

Post: You need color now. / There’s always a variety. / That is more than color, it’s dreams. / That color is a foundation for a lot of things. / I think color can give a lot more detail to things. / That color is what you see in anything. / There’s a lot of meanings. / The same as before. / Feelings. / It’s amazing. / Expressing ourselves with color. / Same thing as before. / Different variety like music and moods.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 100% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Is to become an artist and find out how to cure cancer. / Join NFL. / Military career. / To be a successful person, to be able to take care of my family. / Finish welding school. / My most important dream is to live a career in the military. / Get out of jail and pay my mother by doing good. / Be a basketball player. / Is to be a famous rapper. / To be a real staff. / To provide for my parents when I get out. / To be successful with my family and kids. / My most important dream is to be a US Marine.

Post: Be good. / Join the Air Force. / Is to become a rapper and to cure cancer. / To be successful for myself and my family. / To be a rapper. / To be with my family and friends soon. / Have a family. / To be a Marine. / Is to get big money. / Go home and stay home. / Making officer. / NFL.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Think very hard. / No matter how far you fall can get up. / To believe in myself. / That you can always get around obstacles. / Not giving up. / Express myself and be myself. / Got to move forward. / Never give up. / Use tools. / Is to make my own decisions. / Not give up on myself. / Focus and keep moving forward. / Confidence in myself.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before?

Post 92% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: It get a lot of color. / Sadly nothing new but it renewed my spirit. / Who and what I want to do with my life. / That I am a creative person and can be something. / I’m not going to give up. / That I can get a lot of work done with others. / Very curious. / We can trust someone. / How to stay calm. / My dreams. / That I love myself. / I can relate to others. / Persistent.

What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: Cool. / They are in the same boat. We need to work together. / Their dreams and things they want to achieve. / That I’m not the only one with those problems. / That Jorge is a boxer. / I learned the struggle they have been through to get where they are today. / They’re real friendly. / Don’t stereotype them. / He has a large family. / To trust. / That we all have feelings. / Everyone is afraid of losing someone. / Everyone is different.

RELEASE THE FEAR, Inc

®

Thanks to Cobiz Cares and Sundt, 20 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility Unit: Challenge experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on February 11-13, 2014.

Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:  Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams  Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication  Bridge Understanding  Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment  Awaken Senses  Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment  Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into four groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations. The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group.

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 15-17.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I? : Treat people equal. Getting to know people. Everybody is different. Help, not pre-judge. / Ask question, communicate. By helping you learn about other people. By getting to know them instead of what they look like. By helping don’t judge people. / Not to judge, don’t stereotype, get to know each other. Make new friends, give things a chance. Be patient with pre-judgments. Treating your co-worker equally and others you meet in life. / Respect. To get respect, give it. Carrying yourself, respectful manners. Get you jobs, a wife, friends.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork, use your head. Ask for help. Stand up for someone. To look for advice. / Mindfulness, teamwork, respect, team building, following rules/instructions we can work cooperative with others.

It will help you and others learn and success in school. It keep people caring for others. I will keep people from being suicide and keep people from hurting others. It actually makes people protect each other. I would apply less problems in the communities. / Teamwork. Working as a team. Stay together. Because you have to use teamwork out through life. / Teamwork, coordination. Work with others, fun, driven. Get to know each other, breaking down walls, courage. Learning to communicate with others, interacting with others. / Cooperation.

Going through hoops was difficult. Just as in school. Helps will have struggles also, patience and higher confidence. Going through hoops was hard, but you get through it in the end, just like life.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: How to forget the past. Don’t let things bother you. / Can’t get mad for small things. Someone cuss/racial, you use coping skills and escape. Tell him to talk to someone he can trust. / Courage. Looking up to other. To no, walk away. Build a higher self-esteem. / Courage, teamwork. Staying together, focus. Walking away or saying no. More social, interact with others. / Honesty, self-esteem, selfconfidence. Motivation to get friends. Motivation to do good and forget about peer pressure. To be like your hero or be a characteristic they have.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are.

Awesome. / It makes me feel happy that I can forgive and accept myself. / Good. / Weird. I don’t know myself. / Happy. / It makes me mad because I hate myself for everything I’ve done. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel that I am a good person and it makes me feel happy about myself and who I am. / It makes me feel funny and good. / Responsible. Someone who keep doing something that is told. / Makes me wonder why I keep messing up.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a Hero?

Batman. Cause he faced his fear of bats. IDK courage. / My Tio Javier. He is important because he is family and he loves and supports me no matter what. He and I can relate in several ways. In a hero I look for respect, honesty, integrity, be humble, sharing, caring, being responsible, and keeping it real. / My dad. He raised me and taught me important lessons. Strong, wise, and lessons to teach. / Spiderman. Cause he makes me feel better. Smartness. / My brother AD is my hero. / My mom. Because she gave me birth. Nothing. / My Grandma and Grandpa. I think they are important because they help me and give me what I need. The qualities I look for in a hero are the ones that make my life better and easier. / My brother. Because he made it out of the hood and is doing good for himself. He has his own house and is taking care of my mom and my step-dad. If he is doing good for him/she. Are they in school or do they work? / Dad. Because they are words and heroes you look up to. Smartness. / My hero is my grandpa. They give me motivations and he shows me how to respect. To keep on push me to the good way. / Wonder Woman. Cause she fine. Prettyness.

Seeing Beyond: Using your mind eye. Science – concentration, using your imagination. / Figure stuff out in life. / Being descriptive, listening skills. Art because it would help you be visual, communicate. Help you communicate with people better. / Visualizing skills. Photography – see patterns, designs within a picture.

Helps you see uniqueness in things and people. / Describe. Science, your own opinion. Focusing, knowing consequence.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Visualize dreams and fears. Think about the work.

Teaches how to overcome. Think about what you did and what you can change. / Openly communicating, perseverance. Stay on task. You can talk to someone. It can help you get through life and solve problems. / Learned what fear is, think about life. Pick classes to help with future, respect one another. We’re all different and alike in ways. You have to face fears every day. / Dream = future, how to open up. How to interact. How to persuade others. It gives us persistence.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Bad things are going to turn good if you reflect. Expand your mind and dreams. / Think positive. I see things in a different perspective. / Learn to see the bright side in anything. Try hard even in the classes you dislike. Do things even if you don’t want to because you know it’ll be worth it in the end. / Thinking positive. Thinking positive gives us motivation. Staying positive leads us to our dreams.

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Funded By: Cobiz Cares and Sundt 2014 Location: Adobe Mountain Facility Unit: Challenge %Male 100

%Female 0

Dates: February 11-13,

Ages 15-17

Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

Pre %YES 56 %NO 38 %Maybe 6 Post %YES 67 %NO 33 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 17 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 28 Post % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 77 % All the Time 17 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 44 Post % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 44 Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 66 % Leader 28 % No Answer 6 Post % Follower 6 % Equal 33 % Leader 61 % No Answer 0 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 78 % No 11 % No Answer 11 Thoughts Shared: Teamwork and think before I act. / Stand up for others. / By not paying attention. / Yes, don’t judge other people. / To go get help. / Umm kinda. / Staying positive. / It would help me cope with it. / Speak up, speak loud. / I learn communicating can help. / Communicating and get along with others. / Respect.

Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 89 % No 11 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Yes because I know how to feel bullied. / I don’t like it. / Tell a staff. / Talk to them. / Accept others the way they are. / Everybody should be treated the same. / Tell the staff. / Of course. / Not fair. / I would stand up or even fight. / I would protect them and talk to the bully. / Tell staff. / I would stand up for them.

Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 72 % No 22 % No Answer 6 Thoughts Shared: Stay calm. / By making good decisions. / I would help the person that is getting bullied. / Think about consequences. / It help me figure out. / To be confident. / Think and do for yourself, you will be affected.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 22% Post 94% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think nothing about it. / To me color is color. / No. / Color is cool, I guess. / I think colors are pretty and make art pretty. It helps people express themselves as well. / I don’t like red. / No idea. / Yes, there is different color for different meaning. / No. / It’s boring.

Post: Color sometimes you could express things with color. / Color has meaning. / Color is everyone’s form of expression. / Every color makes shapes. / To see what you like and what you least like. / Take deep breaths and think about my decision. / It is good. / Color means. / Relaxed. / I think every one has a meaning. / There’s meaning. / Nothing. / It brings out your mood and culture. / Blue, red. / It’s a good color. / I learned that everything has a color. / I like colors they look nice. / Color is in music and everything else in the world. / It mean something.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 94% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To make my mom proud and have see I did something good with my life. / Success on high school diploma and get a job. / Marines. / My hope is get my GED and find a job. / To get my GED. / To be a good person. / Is to open a custom car shop. / My most important dream is to graduate college with a degree. / To leave ADJC. / To become a head chef and open a restaurant with my parents. / To be successful and make my parents proud. / To have a family and a great job. / To become US President. / To become rich. / Finish high school and go to college and be a football player. / Get into the military. / Staying out of prison. / To become a PO. / Bring my mom out of poverty. / Get my high school diploma. / Putting my daughter through college. / Go to college and be an architect. / Being rich.

Post: Yes, because I know how to feel bullied. / Own Walmart, money. / Is to be a mechanic and graduate college. / To open up my custom car shop. / My dream is start a better life. / They change to things you think about. / My mom. / To become a border patrol. / To be rich, own a mansion. / To go into military. / Marines. / Being with my daughter. / To become a billionaire. / Be a game designer. / Hope because with hope there nothing remains. / Is to support my family. / Is being with my family and go to college and get a job. / Own and cook in a family restaurant with my mom and dad.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 94% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Teamwork. / To work as a team. / Never give up and stay calm all the time. / Think the good things. / To become a football player. / To get out of jail. / Never give up it all has its time. / Patience. / To have hope. / Persistence. / Stay positive. / To not give up and always be driven. / Using breathing technique. / No. / Communication. / To have faith. / To always put my best effort into everything and I will get good outcomes. / Ask for help.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before?

Post 83% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I am a good person and respectful. / I am beautiful. / That I have good beliefs. / How to picture colors with music. / To picture what you have in mind. / Never give up. / A lot of things. / That I should be happy about myself. / That I am smart. / That I still have hope and a chance to succeed. / That I can be nice. / I’m happy. / What I needed to work on. / Being cool. / Nothing. / I honestly don’t know. / Colors. / That my uncle is one of my main heroes. / Nothing.

What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 94% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That everyone can be in a group and be friendly. / We are equal. / That they have the same fears. / To face up to my problems. / Their lives and what they fear. / To close your eyes and try and balance. / Many things. / Other people’s fears and dreams. / They like jazz music. / They all have a different kind of hope. / That they’ve been through stuff too. / They’re friends too. / They have the same problem I have and we all have fear. / Polite, friendly, cool. / I learned is easy to judge. / That a lot of us have the same fear. / Get along, be nice. / That people have common fears with each other. / Nothing.

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