2016 final report character ed littleton format 5 16 2016

" I Love You just the way you are."

2015 REPORT Thank you Littleton Elementary School District and Character Education for helping Arizona's youth Realize Our Hopes, Fears, and Most of All, Their Dreams...

RELEASE THE FEAR'S BRIDGING POSSIBILITIES =

Thanks to the foresight Littleton Elementary School

District and Character Education. This final report reflects how the creative processes through the "Bridging Possibilities" program enlightened and enriched youth. These results from 246 young lives and what they experienced together through the "Bridging Possibilities" Character Education program.

Demonstrating the power and importance of inspiring and empowering our youth with the essential tools so that they are able to make better life choices, find their gifts and know that they matter! Allowing them to lead a more meaningful productive life and become tomorrow's leaders in Arizona and around the world, for a brighter tomorrow for all.

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

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hat: Release the Fear, a non-profit health and human services organization, teaches Arizona’s youth the

life skills needed to combat the effects of Peer Pressure, Gang involvement, 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 that meets National Common Core standards. Arizona Department of Education, accredited Release the Fear program as a Character Education program

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ow: 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 inquiry-based learning experiences, 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 is 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 thought patterns which connect and build on their applied knowledge and personal life goals.

Without these essential life skills, the still- maturing minds of detained youth view their future as bleak with no hope for a “normal” life.

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

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

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ransformation: The Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Office released a 2010 report demonstrating the value of

Inside Out Bridging Possibilities workshops on 357 of 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 23 percent. For those who were able to benefit from multiple workshops, it dropped by 16 percent nearly half. That is an impressive impact on any child’s future as well as the community in general..

Release the Fear, Inc. has worked with youth in Arizona and internationally, in such places as Guam and El Salvador, instilling positive life changes for thousands.

"It amazes me how each one of the individual canvases come from created different people from different backgrounds, different eccentricities. Yet we were able to come together and bring them together and create something beautiful as one understanding one masterpiece, almost like a metaphor for what we can do as a community,.. As a new world." M .B. age 16

Thank You For Helping Us Realize Our Hopes, Fears, and Most of All, Our Dreams...

Comparison of Recidivism Rates of RTF Workshop Particpants to All Juveniles in ADJC Care 68% 70%

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Recidivated No Recidivation

30% 20% 10% 0% ADJC Recidivism Average 2011 to 2013

Release the Fear Workshop Participants 2012 to 2015

Average of 450-500 Arizona youth per year have found themselves in secure care or behind the fence at Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) Out of that a three year longitudinal study was conducted 2012-2015 on 928 youth that participated in the Release the Fear program.

Above (left) percentages display the ADJC recidivism average from 2011- 2013; The percentages on the right are based on youth who have attended one or more RTF Character Education “Inside-Out Bridging Possibilities� programs either in secure care or while on parole within the community

Together we can create an amazing New World...

Through Understanding of the Arts

RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results

Character Education - Littleton

2015-2016 Character Education OVERALL PERCENTAGES 246 Students (12 PB Workshops) Male 52% Female 48% – Youth Ages 11-17 89.3% discovered something new about themselves 94.3% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 54.7% compared to Post 75.9% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 88.6% compared to Post 99.5% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

87.7% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

94.4% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. November 10-12 2015 Estrella Vista 12 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 75% Female 25% – Youth Ages 11-15 89% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 34% compared to Post 89% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 83% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

2. November 18-19 2015 Littleton Elementary School 22 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 77% Female 23% – Youth Ages 12-14 92% discovered something new about themselves 96% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 50% compared to Post 55% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 92% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

64% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

92% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

3. February 9-11, 2016 Littleton Elementary School 18 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 61% Female 39% – Youth Ages 12-14 72% discovered something new about themselves 89% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 33% compared to Post 55% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 83% compared to Post 94% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

78% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

83% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

4. February 16-18, 2016 Estrella Vista Elementary School 18 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 45% Female 55% – Youth Ages 11-14 65% discovered something new about themselves 85% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 60% compared to Post 75% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 95% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

85% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

5. March 9-11, 2016 Littleton Elementary School 19 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 53% Female 47% – Youth Ages 11-12 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 47% compared to Post 84% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

95% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

95% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

6. March 14-16, 2016 Littleton Elementary School 24 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 46% Female 54% – Youth Ages 11-13 96% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 34% compared to Post 65% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 79% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

87% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

92% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

7. March 14-16, 2016 Estrella Vista Elementary School 21 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 53% Female 47% – Youth Ages 11-12 95% discovered something new about themselves 95% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 47% compared to Post 84% 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.

8. May 3-6, 2016 Littleton Elementary School 13 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 77% Female 23% – Youth Ages 12-13 91% discovered something new about themselves 82% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 62% compared to Post 64% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 92% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

82% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

9. May 3-6, 2016 Estrella Vista Elementary School 10 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 40% Female 60% – Youth Ages 10-13 87% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 50% compared to Post 63% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 70% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

75% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

87% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied 10. May 3-6, 2016 Quentin Elementary School 21 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 48% Female 52% – Youth Ages 12-14 89% discovered something new about themselves 95% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 53% compared to Post 95% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 95% 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 11. May 3-6, 2016 Quentin Elementary School 19 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 36% Female 64% – Youth Ages 12-14 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 72% compared to Post 84% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 78% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

95% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied 12. May 9-12, 2016 Quentin Elementary School 25 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 29% Female 71% – Youth Ages 11-12 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 71% compared to Post 92% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 96% 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 13. May 9-12, 2016 Quentin Elementary School – Funded by the Halle Foundation 22 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 45% Female 55% – Youth Ages 11-12 95% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 60% compared to Post 91% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 86% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

95% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

For nine years, Release the Fear has had the opportunity to interact with over 8,500 troubled youth; these youth now know they have a life purpose. They know their wishes and dreams can come true. They know they are worth it and that they matter!

Our evidence-based curriculum has helped .

troubled kids in schools, jails, detention, and treatment centers. Through the creative processes of art, music, and communication, we teach kids cognitive behavioral skills to build self-esteem. They learn tools to help them succeed in school, conflict resolution, and to address peer pressure, and bullying.

Between the years 2007 and 2015, Release Fear has shown constant improvement upon youth’s pre- and post-reporting’s learned about perceptions of themselves.

In addition, during the years of 2012 and 2015, Release the Fear has contributed to an overall improvement of youth’s self-reported willingness to assist another if bullied. Despite a decline of reported learning’s about proactive options to prevent being bullied, their learning consistently remained over 78 percent.

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RELEASE THE FEAR 2015 - 2016 Program Budget: RTF Character Education Bridging Possibilities: Proposed Budget Per Workshop 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 Preparation Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP

Actural 3 programs

$680.00 $300.00

$8,160.00 $3,600.00

$150.00 $ 70.00

$1,800.00 $840.00

$ 90.00 $ 60.00

$1080.00 $720.00

$300.00 $ 50.00

$3,600.00 $600.00

$1,700.00

$22,100.00

Character Education Matching Funds $10,200 Title 1 Funding $10,200 Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation $1,700 Cost Breakdown per workshop with average of 15 youth each: Average cost per daily session: $566.67 Average cost per youth per session $37.78 Per Capita cost per youth workshop:$113.33 TM

In-Kind Staff -6 hours X 3 staff = 36 hour at adv. $30 per = $1,080.00

Release the Fear’s mission, since 1996, is to counter the effects of violence in our communities by turning fear, anger, and hate into acceptance, hope, and self empowerment, bridging endless possibilities through the creative process.

Thanks to Character Education, 12 young lives from Estrella Vista School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 10-12, 2015 - # 1 of 12 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:

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Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-15.

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? : People are bullied, but no one knows their problems and they might have things in common in life.

By helping others and communicate with them. By helping them, talking to them, tell the person who is judging. / Decision and how it affects others. Bullying can make people unfocus. Keep people away from stereotypes. Be a leader. / I learned how to self reflect. I would know when I do something wrong. I would know I’m not perfect as well.

Creative story telling: What I learned is that being respectful can help teachers and parents. So we can be respectful to our teachers, not give attitude. It can help bullies be respectful to teachers and his peers. It can help because when you can work you can to respect your boss and your peers. / Caring. Help a kid out when they don’t understand. Report it to the office. Helping people out I see in need. / How to work together. Being better at teamwork. We could get others to help with the situation. It would help us how to get along with others.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: How to build confidence, help others build their confidence, it help them to teach them not do anything harmful and to teach them they are important, you will always know that you will fit in or standout. / We learned that we can build confidence, if someone is having problem in school we can help them, when we look in the mirror we remember who we are, it an build character. / Trust, teamwork, you have to work together, a teammate can help you, you need to trust in your life so you can believe in people.

Mirror Work: I don’t like looking at myself because I think my life sucks and when I see myself as a liar. / It makes feel happy. / I like myself. This makes me feel good and confident about my choices. / Good. / Good, loved. / Telling myself what I like makes me feel confident and happy. / Confident.

Hero: I don’t know who’s important to me? / My mom makes me smile every day. / My hero is Larry Fitzgerald and mom. / My brother JR. JR fought in Iraq, Afghanistan. / Batman. He help people. / The Flash. I think he is important because he saves people even though it’s just in cartoons. / My mother is my hero because she does everything for me and my family. All she loves and cares about us and she’s always there when I need her the most. Because she loves me and she always does what’s best for me and my family. / Juan.

Through the Hoops: Tools that we use is help and teamwork. Teamwork will help when you working together in a project. It can help by getting together and helping him. It will help in life because helping people to connect and help others in life. / Teamwork. To bond. To teach them not to bully. Earn a job for someone because the person will have to bond with the worker. / Teamwork helped us. If someone needs help, you can help them. If someone is bullying another person, teamwork can help. If you ever need help, your friends can help you and that’s working together.

Seeing Beyond: To be good spokespoken, math, ela because you will be able to speak well, it will make you good at speeches. / Using you third eye, imagining. / In your life so you can believe in people, faith and third eye, this skill will apply in ela because you have to look over and give clues, trust and faith.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: How to admit we have fears. To overcome these fears, you can stand-up to the bully, you can do more things when you overcome your fears. / Everybody has dreams, fear, memory, for us not to judge people, everyone is equal, don’t judge a book by its cover. / To face your fears and become your dreams, to reach your dreams, it will help with bullying because you are scared and you can overcome, it will help because keep you reaching your dreams.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Bravery, have leadership and be brave and overcome fear, when your fear is gone you can be free. / You can share and care at the same time, you can tell the truth and care for people, you can help people that can’t help themselves. / It someone you have trouble.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? I help a homeless man by giving him food and I felt good about it. It felt amazing helping the homeless. / I remember a time when I was caring and I gave a homeless man money to go buy food. And it didn’t feel awkward at all. I felt like I helped someone. / Someone was beating my friend up and I helped him. / My friend was having trouble in ELA.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Estrella Vista %Male 75

%Female 25

Date: November 10-12, 2015

Ages 11-15

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

Pre %YES 34 %NO 58 %Other 8 Post %YES 89 %NO 0 %Other 11 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 25 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 33 Post % Not at all 23 % Sometimes 44 % All the Time 33 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 50 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 33 % All the Time 67 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 42 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 44 % All the Time 56 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 17 % Leader 83 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 33 % Leader 67 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 24 % No 76 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 84 % No 8 % No Answer 8 Did you do anything? % Yes 67 % No 8 % No Answer 25 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Speak up when I want to be heard. / People feel the same as me. / To speak up when you see it. / We can use our coping skills. / Expressing myself. / Because it made me understand what can stop. / By facing you fears. / Be a leader.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 89 % No 11 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Tell them to stop. / Yes, help him. / Because they might have something in common with me. / Tell an adult. / I would stop it. / I would stand up to the bully.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 89 % No 0 % No Answer 11 Thoughts Shared: I don’t know how. / Help people. / Everyone’s equal. / Do not do what your told, your decision. / Yes.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 92% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It’s something that makes things more fun and with life. / I think that they control anger. / My favorite color. / I think we’re all the same. / My favorite is blue. / Bright, beautiful. / My favorite color is light blue. / I have different kind color of someone happy, sad, their feelings can be represented as color or the other kind were we use to decorate our house. / I have no problem with color. / My favorite color is red. / Blue. / Purple.

Post: Color is feelings. / Color can be expressed differently. / Bright. / Red. / Expression. / I see pink for sharing and caring. / Blue. / Purple. / It’s just a color to me. / My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 83% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My biggest dream is to become a successful man in the future. / To be respectful. / To be in the NFL. / Going to Stanford University. / I want to become a video game designer. / I want to be discover. / To support my family and go to college and get a education. / My hope and dreams are I don’t know. / Don’t have one. / To be a police. / To become a football player. / To become confident instead of egotistical.

Post: Supporting my family. / Is to become a singer and graduate college. / Go to college. / To be a police. / Graduating college. / To be in the military. / Is to be a game designer. / Detective. / Be successful in life.

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

Thoughts Shared: Being true to myself. / Is don’t give up face your dream. / Is that sometimes you need teamwork. / Responsibility. / Bully. / Is to be respectful. / Always be confidant / Hope. / The character counts.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 89% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count.

Thoughts Shared: Being true to myself. / With trust being nice. / Public speaking. / Expression and they helped. / Bully. / To be respectful to my elders and peers. / Citizenship. / IDK / Responsibility.

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: They are just like me. / That I been through the same things that others has. / We have the same fear. / They’re kind like me. / Help each other. / We all have something’s in common. / That not everyone is the same. / Same fear. / Their fears and dreams.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org

Thanks to Character Education, 21 young lives from Littleton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 18-19, 2015 - # 2 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 12-14.

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? : People are different and similar. Helps people focus. We already understand that people are similar and different. One person is not the only one that has issues. / Confidence. Talking to Ms. Iverson. Stand up for yourself. Standing up for yourself. / Participation. Answering questions. It doesn’t. It doesn’t. / Most people showed respect. To be more respectful to our teacher. To respect people’s choices. It’ll help me be more positive.

Creative story telling: Participation. To participate in events. To help speak up. Gain more confidence. / Knowing your role. Knowing expectations. Know when to interfere. Build confidence. / Caring. Caring about people. You would help and you wouldn’t bully. Take care of the homeless. / A skill learned is that we all can express our feelings through these behaviors. People in school act different with each other. Bullies can express their feelings and stop bullying in its tracks.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: We all have heroes and we can also be heroes. We can lead little kids to success. You can lead them but not by peer pressure. Make you feel more confident. / To be a leader. Teachers depending on us. Creating your own crowd. Be honest to yourself. / Participation. Answering questions. It doesn’t.

Helps me participate. / Confidence. To not be afraid to be ourselves. It’ll help us say no to the wrong things. Do more things with confidence.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Weird. / It feels awesome. / When I look at myself I feel happy because I know that I’m going to be successful in life and that I’ll be happy. / Ok. / It feels weird. / Happy, good, crazy, friendly. / Decent and good. / Normal. / Good, self-motivation, great. / Normal.

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 mom and dad. They took care of me my whole life. They know what is best for me. / They motivate me and help me reach my goals. Motivation and make a better person. / Batman. Because he is cool. / Batman. Because he doesn’t need anybody he is independent and he uses his abilities to help. / My parents and they are important because they do everything for me. / Superman. I don’t know. / My mom is really important because she encourages me and pushes me to be the best that I can be. / Moms. Feed me and take care of me. / Mom. Because she helps me get good grades and puts a roof over myself.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Trust. To trust your peers. To tell someone you trust about it. So you can learn how to trust. / Teamwork. Group work, ask questions. Stop bullying. Working with other people. / Teamwork. Helping one another. Team up with the person getting bullied. Learning to work to work with each other. / Hopes and goals work together. To get work done. For people to stand up for people. So you can get achievements done.

Seeing Beyond: To work together. It’s going to help you to be descriptive, and illusive thinking. It can help us solve difficult situations. / Descriptive, listen. Help with your learning and describing the thing you are learning. By helping us pay attention. / Being descriptive. To know what you are talking about. / To be descriptive. It’ll help us be more descriptive with our answers. It’ll help me describe things in a way people can understand.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: To be open. More help. Open to opportunities. / To be open, learning more about yourself. Not shy, more help. Tell them what’s right. Open to our opportunities. / Learn more about myself. Figure out what subjects you like. Knowing if you would be brave to stand up. Learning what you like. / To be open, know yourself. More help. Telling the bully to stop. To be open to our opportunities.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Littleton Elementary School %Male 77

%Female 23

Date: November 18-19, 2015

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 50 %NO 36 %Other 4 % No Answer 8 Post %YES 55 %NO 45 %Other 0 % No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 18 % Sometimes 59 % All the Time 23 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 68 % All the Time 27 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 41 % All the Time 55 % No Answer 4 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 45 % No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 41 % All the Time 55 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 18 % Sometimes 32 % All the Time 50 % No answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 14 % Equal 45 % Leader 41 Post % Follower 9 % Equal 32 % Leader 59 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 23 % No 73 % No Answer 4 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 59 % No 36 % No Answer 5 Did you do anything? % Yes 36 % No 55 % No Answer 9 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 64 % No 36 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: By not using violence and just talk about it. Let it loose. / Not really. / To not be afraid to speak up. / I will fight them. / To help. / No because I already knew this. / To tell on other bullies see how they bully someone. / Because violence is never the answer. / To not be afraid. / I know I have to speak up. / I don’t get bullied but if I do I will be quick to lay them out.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would help the person being bullied. / I’ll be a bigger person. / Yes and no I might get in trouble. / Not my business. / I would speak up and try to help. / I would tell the teacher. / It’s not right. / Just yes. / Yea I would do something. / Because it’s never right. / Yes because it isn’t fair. / Tell a teacher. / I don’t care. / It will help that person. / I would try to but it might create a problem for me because if the kid bullying tries to bully me he is going to get laid out.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 82 % No18 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I make my own decisions. / I learned to trust yourself and everything you do. / Me. / To be myself and be polite. / By just going with the flow. / Just yes. / Yes I would. / Because you always have to do something. / To not fall for peer pressure. / Yes. / It doesn’t matter what others say. / I already have so much respect and I understand that I have to be responsible for my actions.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 96% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It is a unique way to show different things. / Black. / It’s cool. / Green is my favorite color. / I don’t care about my color. / Purple because it is my favorite color. / I like black because it is my favorite color. / No not really. / My favorite color is red. / It’s colorful. / No my favorite color is teal. / I don’t really know, no not really. / Color is awesome. / It can express a lot of emotions. / Nice I guess. / My favorite color is purple. / My favorite color is black. / I don’t care about color. It’s just color. / I have never thought about color.

Post: I don’t feel anyway about color. / Yellow. / That thinking about that color could calm you down. / It is still colorful. / Not much. / Means nothing wrong it’s color. / Nothing still. / I love black. / Color is all equal. / Color is your opinion. / It means a lot. / It’s something you see. / Color is based on you and your moods. / That it represents you. / It’s cool. / Choose what you want be free. / Nothing still. / I don’t care about our color. / If you are a different color you should be treated the same. / Yes, I do. / Your favorite color can guide you to your favorite goals.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 92% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a DEA agent or NFL player. / My dream is to be an accordion. / My most important dream is to be a music artist. / To be a person who plays football. / To play soccer good. / To fly. / Have a good job. / I don’t have dreams. / Basketball player. / Is to be a singer. / To get it in class. / To make it to the WNBA and be successful. / To make it to the NBA. / Football and skateboarding. / Football because I practice a lot. / My most important dream is to become a pediatrician. / My dream is to be a soccer player. / Being a soccer player. / Soccer football player. / That my dream could come true for at least one day.

Post: To be an NFL player. / Get a good job. / Is to be a basketball player, singer, a bouncer. / Work for DEA or NFL. / Be a soccer player or basketball player. / To go to college. / Being rich and helping my parents. / Getting a great career. / To be a basketball player. / To make my parents proud and give back to them. / Pokemon trainer. / To provide for my family. / To become a cook/baker. / To become a pediatrician and make my parents proud. / To play soccer. / Get a master’s degree. / To be a soccer player. / Having my dad come home for at least one day. / To be a soccer player. / Having a good career and a lot of money. / My most important dream is to help all my brothers when I get older.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 96% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I can reach my dream by myself I didn’t learn anything in the workshop that will help me reach my dream. / Staying calm when something bad happens. / To believe in yourself. / To not fear telling. / Great ideas. / Learn how to play. / I got help. / That to be confident in your dream. / To persevere. / School. / Perseverance. / Confidence in myself. Express it. / Nothing because it is a waste of time. / Self -motivation. / To be

kind. / Education. / Be respectful and help others. / To work together. / College will help my dream. / To be confident. / Grade up, be active. / Follow them.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 92% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count.

Thoughts Shared: I’m a good person. / To be confident. Not fight. / I don’t know. / Yes. / I’m nice. / That I am not afraid to show my feelings. / Teamwork. / My volume. / How I’m going to reach my goals. / That I’m a good kid. / Love yourself. / I am who I want to be. / That I’m a good leader. / Ok to be confident. / Nothing. / I am respectful. / I have some of the same fears. / Some people have the same fears. / Nothing I already know myself well. / That I am not the only one that has those problems.

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

Post 96% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: Not everybody is nice. / I learned the workshop met a classmate. / Be nice, friendly. / Their dreams. / We all have different feelings and stuff. / They struggle. / They are you. / Their goals and fears./ Nothing a waste of time. / That they aren’t afraid to be themselves. / Some of them have the same fears. / Izel wants to be a soccer player. / My friends are not who I thought they were. / That everyone is confident. / We are different but similar. / That they are nice. / That some of them are not afraid to be afraid. / They are nice. / We are all different. / That he is different from me. / They have your same fear and you are not alone.

Thanks to Character Education, 18 young lives from Littleton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on February 9-11, 2016 - # 3 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 12-14.

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? : Things we didn’t know about people. We can understand each other better in class. Help people to understand the bullied. Learn to understand people. / We can express our feelings. Don’t drop out of school.

You can have people support you. We can help them with bullies or anything. / Equal. Learning in school. Tell them to man up. Stay in school. / To be yourself, express who you are. To be respectful. Stand up, do something. Be a better person.

Creative storytelling: The 6 pillars of character. To be respectful in school to teachers like Annalisa. This because you can teach bullies to be respectful. To be respectful in life. / You can care about others and be fair.

Your friends can care. Some drop a wallet. It respectful to give the money back. / Work together. Study hard.

Ask for help if you need it. Tell a teacher. Stay in school. / Caring about others. Don’t steal from others, return it to them. Show that you care and stand up. Help and care about others. Show them that you care.

Mirror Work: Happy, funny. / Sad, thinking, happy. / Cool, good, happy. / Happy because it makes me happy. / Uncomfortable. / Cool, nice. / I feel good I guess. And awkward. / I love you just the way you are. / Delicious. / Feels nice, makes you feel good. / Sad, happy, good. / Makes me happy. / I’m gonna say I love myself because I can be me and it doesn’t matter what other people think about me. / Proud, happy, lucky, successful, encouraging. / It makes me feel comfortable with myself and appreciate my culture. It’s not easy trying to learn English. / I feel nothing.

Hero: Mom. / To make my mom happy. / My hero is my mom and dad!!! Because they took care of me my mom and my dad!!! / Batman. / Paul Rodriguez Jr. Because they inspire me to be better. / Me. They are important cause it’s me. I’m important. / My dad. / Paul Rodriguez is a famous skateboarder that owns 2 companies Primitive and Andale. Because I wear their clothes and shoes. / Vanoss gaming. He has like 16 million subscribers and his videos put you in a good mood even make you laugh or put a smile in your face. / Justin. My hero is my grandma and Justin Bieber and my friends Kyla, Kaylee, Kamil, Stephanie etc. / I am my own hero because I am responsible and trustworthy. / Dad, mom. My mom and

dad are my hero because I love them and they mean the world to me. / My family in general because even though they go through some hard stuff, they’re always managing to be together. / My mother is my hero. She’s been through a lot and she’s struggling. She still makes her way to buy us food and support us. I think she’s important because she works hard and goes to college. / Harry Styles. I think Harry Styles is important cause his voice sounds like he swallowed seven angels.

Through the Hoops: Help each other. Help make things get easier. Ask for help. Help people to ask for help or support from one another. / It’s better to do it with a partner. You can ask a partner for help. You can ask for help. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. / Work together. Learn ask for help if you needed it. Tell a teacher are somebody. Stay in school. / Teamwork. Help others even if you may not like that person. Standing up for others and work together. Work with others and help them out.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To tell yourself you love/like yourself. To feel confident while at school.

This would help by making you feel better? To feel loved and to be confidence in what you do. / You can look up to someone. You can look up to your teacher/staff member. You can go to a teacher. Ask someone for advice. / Believe in yourself. Learn stay in school. Stay in school. / Have confidence in yourself. Don’t worry about what others think about you. Have faith. Love yourself.

Seeing Beyond: Work as a team. Use other senses. Art. Everything. / Pay attention to details. Reading because you need the details and facts about the story. Details and listen and ask questions. / Respect and work as a team. Learning in school work together. / Using your brain and pay attention to detail. Pay attention to detail, focus what the detail. You’re not always using your eyes. You have to pay attention to detail and use your brain.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: To share common fears, dreams, and hopes. To work forward to your dreams. Share common dreams with bullies. May help you to reach your dreams/hopes. / To draw it colors. You can color whatever you want. Change bullying to red to yellow. Yellow calm people down. / Sharing and know we can go for it. Doing it. Express your feelings. Knowing it’s OK. / Be committed to your dreams. Never give up your dreams. Fight for your dreams. Be who you are and work hard.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To care for people and be trustworthy. To be caring and trustworthy to your classmates. Learn that in life to be caring and trustworthy. / How to express your emotions. You express your feelings to your teacher. You can show your feelings. / Knowing we can make it in life. Knowing you have help if you need it. Just letting it happen. / Your sometimes caring and you don’t realize it. Help others. Don’t have to be paid to be caring.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? Sometimes my parent trust me to take care of my little brother when mom or dad are out. / When my mom tells me to watch my sisters that means she is trusting. When I go to my friend Khamil for help. / Taking care of my brother. / When my mom wanted me to be nice to her boyfriend so I will not be mean to him. So now I am caring to him. / When I cleaned my teacher’s room and outside and when my friend’s needed my help I was there for them. / When I babysit my nephew. It makes me happy. / I have to help my mom out because she has something wrong with her legs. / I had helped volunteer for the big sister and big brother program. I was helping this younger girl Amaya feel loved. It felt good because I felt happy that little feel loved. / With Kayla, whenever she has issues I let her come to me and I always give her good advice. / I was caring when I took care of my brother. / Taking care of my dad when he needs me to do something for him. / I was watching my mom’s friend’s sons while they were away. / Everyday when I babysit my two brothers so my pregnant mom can rest. / Taking care of my younger sibling. / I gave someone a pencil. / I was trustworthy when my brother left the house at 12 and I didn’t tell. / When I was watching my brother and sister when my parent was gone. It makes me felt like my parent can trust me with something.

Funded By: Character Education Location: Littleton Elementary School %Male 61

%Female 39

Date: February 9-11, 2016

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 33 %NO 67 %Other 0 Post %YES 55 %NO 39 %Other 6 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 22 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 39 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 89 % All the Time 11 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 55 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 83 % All the Time 17 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 72 % All the Time 28 % No answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 6 % Equal 39 % Leader 49 % No answer: 6 Post % Follower 6 % Equal 39 % Leader 55 % No answer: 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 45 % No 49 % No Answer 6 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 55 % No 39 % No Answer 6 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Always speak up. / Stand up. / To stick up for people. / How not to be bullied. / Now I will do things. / Bullies can have the same dreams and hopes. / To stop bullying. / All the stuff I learned I knew. / Yes tell someone. / I am caring and I’ll always tell someone. / Yes stand up and help. / To stand up for yourself. / You can ask for help. / Because if I’m a leader I can do something about bullying. / Because I already know. / I knew all this stuff already.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 83 % No 11 % No Answer 6 Thoughts Shared: I would stop them with or without violence. / I will jump in. / Always stand up. / I would get an adult. / Tell them to stop. / Because bullying isn’t cool. / I would stop them and ask them why are they bullying. / Stopped. / Yes I would. / It’s not ok to bully someone. / Yes I would help because it’s not nice. / Even though you don’t know them try helping. / I wouldn’t do nothing because I need to worry about myself. / Because I know it’s wrong and I need to be more caring. / Yes because if they need help, I am there.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I knew that you have to be respectful and responsible. / I know how to make my decisions. / Always stay yourself. / Peer pressure or not, I need to have respect and be responsible. / How to express yourself. / Be nicer. / I learned how to deal with peer pressure. / To think. / I learned to care. / Yes I have. / I always have respect and responsibility for one another. / Do what you believe and have confidence. / It’s all on you. / Because I need to think for myself. / Because I can make a change. / I usually never give into peer pressure.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 67% Post 89% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Color is cool. / No I don’t think about color. / Nothing. / No. / I think colors are cool. / Blue. / I like red. / I think color is just color. / Color is an expression. / I don’t really know. / I think it’s cool. / I think the color of my skin I love and I love the color blue. / Sometimes I really enjoy it but most of the time it can get annoying but I love the fact it separates things. / I think the color of your skin doesn’t matter. We’re all human. / I think about color relaxes your mind because it can be a release of some type of thing. / Art. Post: I learned that you express emotion in color. / Don’t think about color. / An expression of emotion. / Color can mean different things. / That color can express feelings. / Color helps. / I think color can represent feelings. / Color is important. / That it is boring. / Color doesn’t matter. / Color is something inspires emotions and feelings. / Colors calm you down. / I think color is beautiful. / I think color can define or express something or someone. / That it can express feelings. / I think color is annoying.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 83% Post 94% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a professional skateboarder. / Have a big dream. / Nothing. / To grow up and make money. / Be rich. / None. / Game designer or YouTuber. / My most important dream is going back home with mom and dad. / To play football. / Is to be in the NFL. / To the NFL. / My dream and hope is to marry Justin Bieber and my other dream is to be a model. / Be successful, live a fun life with the people I want. / I think about hope sometimes because we all think about hope. / My dream is to accomplish all my goals to make my mom proud. / Is to do hair. / To become a successful person in life.

Post: To raise a family and make money for my family and be a good father and grandfather and son. / Play in the NFL. / To be an actor. / To be a pro BMX rider. / To do good in school so I can play football. / To become a good person. / Is to go back home. / To be successful. / To be in football. / To help animals or people. / My most important dream is to be able to help save animals. / Being a doctor or a business person and making money. / My most important dream and hope is to marry Justin Bieber and be a model. / To be a professional basketball player. / Is to make it happen. / To be happy with the people I want to be with.

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

Thoughts Shared: Never quit. / Teamwork. / Always stay with it. / To have confidence in myself. / Never give up, keep trying. / To keep trying. / To never give up. / Work hard I guess. / Never give up. / Work together. / We can all work together in life. / Have confidence, work hard, and respect others. / To never give up even though you’re going through a lot. / Never give up, ask for help. / To follow the six pillars of character and to follow my dreams. / Is to be positive. / Stay true to my dreams and never give up.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did now know before?

Post 72% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I have no fears. / Nothing. / I know I really am. / That I should help people more. / I like to speak in front of people. / Nothing. / That a lot of people have the same fear. / To express my feelings. / I’m capable. / That I am equal. / I can make it in life no matter what. / That I have some similarities with others. / That I am capable of reaching my dreams. / I didn’t know that other people life is not easy to. / Nothing. / Nothing. / That I’m actually not as scared to talk out loud.

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

Post 89% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That they have a lot of fears. / Everything. / Afraid of class. / People that you wouldn’t expect to be afraid of something they are. / Stuff about them. / They are all good people. / That they can feel the same way I feel about things. / I learned what their dreams and fears are. / They’re funny. / That some people are shy. / We all didn’t know something about each other. / They been through the same thing that I’ve been through. / That they’re similar to me. / I learned that about friends that everybody is not your friend and you can’t trust everyone. / That some of them have the same fears as me. / I do not know. / That people trust me.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org

Thanks Character Education, 20 young lives from Estrella Vista Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on February 16-18, 2016 - # 4 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-14.

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? : How to speak to other people for information. Helping people going through a tough time. Being more open minded and being kind. Don’t judge someone by how they look. / Stereotypes. Judge people. Not to roast someone. Judge people every day. / Working with each other, participation. Work with classmates, pay attention. Work with others to stop it. Work with people in a work environment. / Don’t jump to conclusions or judge a book by its cover. You can find similarities between your peers. You can understand people and get along better. You could help people you don’t know.

Creative storytelling: Help to communicate. Need help ask for teacher. Speak up and talk to the bully.

Learning how to speak up in the future. / Citizenship. Because we do it in the morning, kick at hope. Tell them STOP!! / Volunteer in Army. / People are different. Standing up for people. / Care for each other, gives a visual feature about caring. Makes others feel self-confident. You can help people and stand up to the bully. Get along with others and care about our environment.

Mirror Work: Confident. / I love myself. It makes me feel weird. / My hair awesome. It makes me feel. / It makes me feel that I’m important to someone. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel good about myself. / It makes me feel nothing. / Uncomfortable, good.

Hero: .My parents. Because they raised me and help everyday. / My hero is Derick Rose because he is the best in the NBA. He is important because he won a lot of rewards / Jesus. He died on the cross for us. / My hero is my parents mom and dad. Because they’re always there in need of anything. They care for others and have respect. Personality, trustworthy. / My mom is awesome. She helps me make good choices. She is my mom. / My mom and dad. Because when I’m sad they cheer me up. / No-one is my hero. / Ms. Clarey. She always wants me to do good things. She pushes me to be the best I can be. / My sister Bianca. She is so cool but I know I can do better. She’s my sister she loves me. She expects so much from me.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork. Working together on classwork/projects. You can help someone who’s vulnerable. Helping each other out. / Teamwork. School projects. Help stand up to the bully. Nothin in going to come easy in life. / Work together, trust each other. Working with others. Work together to stop it. Working with each other. / Teamwork, trust and problem solving. Get along with other people and open-minded. Help the kid or the bully cause they’re vulnerable. Help us reach goals and to get along.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: How to support others. Helping someone with schoolwork. Helping someone who is being pressured. Help someone not fall into peer pressure. / How to give you self confidence. It will help you be successful. Builds confidence. You’re going to have to deal with peer pressure during job interview. / There are different types of heroes. Self-confident about schoolwork. Confident to make good decisions. Confident to get a job. / Respect for yourself and others. Would give you self-confidence in your work.

Gives you self-confidence that you can do something. Won’t let anyone bring you down.

Seeing Beyond: Creativity. All of them because being creative help you. Getting a better job and life. / Your 3 rd eye. Math and science because it takes a creative thinker. College. / To use your 3 rd eye. Math you have to use your 3rd eye. You have to see if they’re lying in interviews. / We learned about the 3 rd eye and clues to figure out what was in the box. Science. You can see the experience work before it happens. If you’re doing something you can see it happen right before it happens.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: How to express yourself. Be yourself. You can feel more open to speaking out. Be who you want to be. / Listening. It will help us be successful. It will stand each other up. You need something to follow. / Some people have the same fears. Don’t be afraid to share goals.

Cause bully can have same fears. Share with others to reach goals. / People have the same fears as you. It prevents bullying because you have similarities with each other. Help get along with people. Get to know your coworkers.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Trust your instinct. Help not fall into peer pressure. Make better decisions. / The 3rd eye. Help you do the right thing. To tell yourself you’re doing the right thing. / It can help you get through life. Help with work in school. Help make right decisions for your future. / That we all have a mind eye.

It helps on test. Gives you great decisions.

We all can remember a time when we did not listen to our Intuition or Inner Voice. We would like you to think of an example when you did follow your Intuition. What can you learn from this situation? I was going to race my friend down a hill but felt like I shouldn’t, then he crashed. Intuition is important. / When I was at a football game, when I did my own route I caught a long pass. Use my inner voice more. / Always trust your gut. / One time I did follow my intuition was when I did my homework. Always to do my homework.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Estrella Vista Elementary School %Male 45

%Female 55

Date: February 16-18, 2016

Ages 11-14

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

Pre %YES 60 %NO 20 %Other 20 Post %YES 75 %NO 20 %Other 5 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 30 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 15 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 75 % All the Time 20 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 65 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 45 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 25 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 35 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 40 % No answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 55 % Leader 40 % No answer: 0 Post % Follower 5 % Equal 40 % Leader 55 % No answer: 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 30 % No 60 % No Answer 10 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 65 % No 35 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 45 % No 25 % No Answer 30 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 85 % No 15 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Like working together you can stop bullying and help others. / It helped to get to know people. / Standing up to bullies. / Yes, I learned to speak up. / Everyone needs help. / Speak up help each other. / I wasn’t here the whole 3 days. / Stand up. / To tell them to stop/tell an teacher. / Stand up for one another. / Yes, because we get to help people. / I will now stand up to bullies. / Yes, I did and it was to stop bullying altogether. / Yes, because we can use our fears. / Stand up to the bully. / Knowing what someone else feels. / I don’t think it will. / Speak up. / I didn’t learn stuff.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would help them tell the bully that does bullying make them a better person. / Because the person should be bullied. / I will try because it isn’t fair. / I wouldn’t want to see someone get hurt. / It’s ok to stand up to people. / Yes to help them. / I wouldn’t be a bystander. / I would speak out. / Yes, I will help them and tell the bully to stop. / Because I wouldn’t want to be bullied and not have someone to help. / Yea, I never wanna see someone being depressed. / Yes, because I wouldn’t want to be treated the same. / Help them. /

Yes because I want to help. / I would help the dude. / I wouldn’t want it done to me. / It’s not cool to be a bully. / Tell him to stop. / It’s not right.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 75 % No 25 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Yes and no because I always made my own decisions by myself. / I am easily pressured. / I learned to trust my instinct. / Take responsibility for your actions. / Yes, ask someone to help you. / Because I already know what to do. / My skill was one eye. / Having respect and responsibility will help you in real life. / Yes, I can now respect myself peer pressure. / That was to have confidence. / I learned responsibility to do things on time. / Using our third eye. / I learned to respected. / I feel the same.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 60% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: No I haven’t thought about color. / Color give you excitement and spirit. / It has emotion. / To make money. / My blue could look like your red. / It expresses yourself. / No. / Red because I like it. / I think color is nice because you can enjoy it. / No, I see each other as an equal community. / Color is nice. / Beautiful colors bright. / Black is a beautiful color. / No because who cares about color if you take of your skin, our the same color we’re all people. / I like it…. It’s happy. / No, I’ve never really thought about color. / Expressing your feelings. / Not sure. / I never thought about it.

Post: Color can come from music, feeling, skin color. / Any color can have meaning. / Color represents who you are. / Color expresses emotion. / I learn the colors are beautiful. / Yes, color has feelings. / Express feelings. / I still think it’s the same as in nice. / Everything has color. / I think color is in music sometimes. / Color is expressed in many different ways. / Color is passion. / You can see. / Color has emotion. / We learned color represents feeling. / It’s important / Color is powerful. / Nothing much it’s just color. / Everything has color. / Color means many things. / My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 95% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Being a football player. / Is to play in the NBA. / My goal is to take care of my family. / Going to Stanford. / To make money and have my own house. / To help others. / Be in the NBA. / To be a game designer. / To own my dream cars. / To get free scholarships and maybe join the army. / Graduate college and hopefully get a good career. / My dream is to be an dancer. / My dream is to be a doctor. / To achieve my goals. / To be a very good person and help other people. / To become a professional artist of lawyer. / Is being happy with everything I do. / To become something. / To be rich. / That I can make enough money to help my family. / Be successful. / To be someone known in life.

Post: To see my mom again. / Is to achieve my goals. / That I will be happy with my future self. / To be happy. / Is be happy everyday. / To become something. / Is to be successful / To either serve for the country or help elderly. / To be rich. / My dream is to be an basketball player and play for the Ohio State girls. / Make my parents proud and be the first to graduate college. / To make money the hard way. / To take care of my family and friends. / Is to be in the NBA / My most important dream is to be a football player. / Having my own rubicks cube shop. / Be in the NFL. / Is to become in the Navy. / To own all my dream cars and graduate at UTI.

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

Thoughts Shared: If you open up then you WILL get your dreams. / Is to communicate. / Never give up. / Be confident. / Is work hard. / Trust others. / Confident. / Never give up. / Be social. / The 6 pillars character. / Always take responsibility for your actions. / Focusing. / That I have confidence to do anything I want to do. / Is to find another way to reach it. / I learned to not give up. / Not feeling scared. / Don’t let anyone take you down. / Speech out. / Never give up. / To talk.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did now know before?

Post 65% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: To open up and express yourself I learned everything to express to open up and to believe myself. / That others have emotions. / The third eye. / I think nothing. / Some people have the same fear. / Colors. / Nothing really. / Nothing because I felt like I already know myself. I feel like the same as when I walked in. / The 6 pillars character count. / I learned to be more confident in me and in my work. / That I can always be focused. / I learned about myself was I have confidence. / I learned I can speak out loud. / IDK because I knew everything about myself. / My third eye. / Be myself. / Never be scared to do something. / I don’t know.

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

Post 85% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: I met new people. I seen people open up. / They have emotions. / Some people are scared. / People go through the same thing I do. / I can have a friend no matter if is not like me. / Most people are scared to loose family. / Same fears. / IDK / Nothing because no one really shared much. / One of them is scared about spiders. / They all have some of the same fears I do. / That we all have a passion. / Someone to serve the Government. / Someone is afraid of spider. / I learned that they have the same fear as me. / Some of them have the same fear as me. / Some of them have the same fears as I do. / Be nice to others and friends. / Some have the same fears as me. / I don’t know.

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Thank you for making a difference!

Thanks to Character Education, 19 young lives from Littleton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on March 9-11, 2016 - # 5 of 12 Littleton 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-12.

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? : Social skills, communication. By using communication to ask questions. Making inferences. It can help you make plans in social life. / Being honest and socializing. Not cheating and talk with people. You can talk to someone stereotyping. Help you to become a better person. / Inferences, communication, and social. ELA, writing, make friends. Speak up and be brave. Make friends out of school and learn more about people. / Communication, socialize. By helping you learn and make new friends. Get to know people. Use knowledge to get jobs.

Creative story telling: Drawing and creativity. Scholarship. You can think of a creative way to get out of it. If you become an artist. / Imagination and sensitivity. Learn more about students. Write a story about how you have been bullied. Could help you stick up for yourself. / Imagination. In art. You can draw a picture to a teacher. Imagination your future clam yourself down. / Creativity and imagination. By thinking out of the box. To answer questions and to be an artist. When being creative and imagination to think of program to stop bullying. By being an artist or game makers or coaches to think of play outside the box.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Responsibility, respect, and courage. By being respectful and having courage to raise your hand and to have responsibility. By being calm and respectful to others. By showing other people respect and to learn responsibility in life. / Confidence. When presenting. Speaking up. By being you. / Don’t think of yourself as someone ugly. Don’t think what other people say just think about what you think. Don’t give up. It can apply in your career. / Self-confidence. Feel better during tests. Stay calm. Job interview.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: I don’t like mirrors. / Very good. / God, funny. / It makes me feel good, happy, good looking, and amazed. / Cool, good looking, respectful, friendly. / Respect myself. / Happy, respectful. / It makes me feel proud of myself. / Cool, respectful, funny, brave.

/ Beautiful and presentable. / Good looking, respectful, and confident. / I look good. / It makes me feel confident. / Happy, awesome. / Happy and I like who I am.

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 mom is my hero. She makes sure I have a roof over my head and gives me food and something to drink. / My sister is my hero because she is awesome. Because she takes care of me. / My mom is my hero because she loves me and protects me and is always by my side. I love her very much. / Because my mom is the one who takes care of me. / My mom and dad. They’re important because I need them to survive and without them I wouldn’t be in sixth grade. I choose them because they motivate me to be the best in school and life. / My mom is important because she supports my every day choices. My mom is my hero because she encourages me every day to work harder. / My family is my hero because I love them and they make me feel proud. My family is my hero because they are my life. / My aunt she protects me. / My mom. She gave me support from day one. / Mom and dad and myself. Because they are the best thing that happened to me./ My aunt. She died January 19, 2016. Every single day the face I knew made this world a better place. They made my life better. / Dad, mom, and me. I choose them because my dad helps us and mom cooks for us and me because I get to choose what I want to do. Because they take care of me and keep moving forward and don’t care what others think of them. / My hero would be my mother because she has always been there and I love her very much. Yes, because she gave birth to me and loves me. / My mom and dad. They are important to me because they help me get stuff that I need and brought me here.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork. When trying out for sports. Standing up for a friend.

When you are owning a company you need a team. / Choose your direction and make choices. To make friends.

Working together. Work with others and career. / Teamwork. Working with friends, solving problems. By solving problem to speak up. By working together at your job or school. / Friendship, teamwork, and communication. By having teamwork for a win or presentation in projects and communicating in games to maybe get a scholarship. By having friends by your side and communicating to teachers to tell them to stop and teamwork in stopping it. When getting a yes you must learn to communicate with team mates and to workers and to be good friends with them.

Seeing Beyond: Imagination, creativity, and inferences. Reading and ELA because when you’re inferring you’re taking an educated guess. Yes, because I infere things about people if they’re good or bad and I use my imagination in art. / Clues. English language arts because you can make inference. It will help problem solving. / Team, senses, and description. Science because you use a lot of texture. Educational guess. / Imagination, senses, creativity. Makes you think harder about the clue without knowing it. It can help if you’re an artist.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Creativity, overcoming fear, selfless. Overcoming fear by trying new things that you are afraid of. By overcoming fear to stand up to a bully. By overcoming the fears I have to have a better life. / Creativity. In art class. We can create something to prevent it. If your career is to be an artist. / Learn how to cooperate with others. Learn how to not be shy. Stick up for yourself. You could help people that are in danger. / Face your fear. When you present. You can tell him to back off. You can be confident.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Responsibility, empathy, honesty. To get good grades and behavior. Helps their job. / Responsibility and caring. Stop bullying and take care of others. Take care of your little siblings. / Honesty, prove to yourself that you’re trustworthy. Being honest can help with responsibility. When you’re honest you’re honorable. / Responsibility, confidence, being selfless, and trustworthy, respect. Being respectful and responsible by being respectful and responsible to others property. By being respectful to others and trustworthy.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? Describe the experience below: A time was trustworthy was when I asked someone for something and promised to give it back and I did. / I helped my little sister because she was sad her crush got stolen by somebody so I told her there are many fish in the sea. / One time when I was caring for my nephew when he was little. It was an honor to take my mom’s spot as a babysitter. / I helped my mom clean the house because she didn’t feel good so I had to take care of her just how she takes care of me when I am sick and I felt proud of myself. / One time my friend needed advice so I helped her with her problem. / When my mom told me to take care of my cousin when she went to the store to get food. / When this person was hungry I gave them some chips. / My grandma was sick so I did everything for her. / When my best friend told me and I still know the big secret to this day and I will take it to my grave. / When I help my mom around and clean

house together it made me feel like I as the man of the house and also respectful. / I was trustworthy for helping my baby cousin. I had to help her do her homework. / I helped someone when they were being bullied and I came to tell him to stop and he did because he was afraid of me and he said thank you. / A time I helped someone was the time I helped a friend because someone passed away and I was caring. It felt good because I helped them think of them in a good way. / A time when I was trustworthy is when my aunty told me to get my jacket out of the car and she gave me the keys I was shocked. / When we went to Disney Land a kid was lost and we told him when was the last time he saw his mom he said at the picnic places and we went there and his mom was looking for him and we were caring.

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Funded By: Character Education Location: Littleton Elementary School %Male 53

%Female 47

Date: March 9-11, 2016

Ages 11-12

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

Pre %YES 47 %NO 47 %Other 6 Post %YES 84 %NO 11 %Other 5 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 32 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 37 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 37 % All the Time 58 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 37 % All the Time 58 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 32 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 26 % All the Time 68 % No answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 11 % Leader 84 % No Answer 0 Post % Follower 10 % Equal 16 % Leader 74 % No Answer 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 53 % No 47 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 74 % No 26 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 53 % No 36 % No Answer 11

% Other 0

Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: There are different ways to help me stop bullying. / By overcoming your fear and standing up for yourself. / Always speak up to the bullies. / Because I was nice to others and they were nice back. / I don’t bully. / Always stand up and be brave. / With my mom and groups. / I learned to respect and not bully. / We have to stand up to it. / I learned to back away and tell a teacher. / Stop bullying and be yourself. / I learned how to be respectful.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 95 % No 0 % No Answer 5 Thoughts Shared: I would help that person. / Tell them to pick on someone their own age. / Yes, I would get a teacher and break it up. / Tell him or her to back off. / If I saw one getting bullied I would tell a teacher and if I can’t find one I’ll defend her or him. / Go get help. / Because I have been told tons of time to stand up. / I’ve been bullied. / Because I would feel really bad for them. / I will help the person out. / Because it is not right for someone to get picked on.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I will go and tell a teacher so they can stop it. / By being calm and dealing with it. / Because I help my brother out with his homework. / Because I respect others and I’m responsible. / I don’t know. / Respect because without peer pressure I can believe that I’m respected. / Working together. / Yes by just having fun and be yourself. / I learned to respect others. / Yes I should calm down and talk it out. / Be yourself and help others. / I learned how to be responsible and have respect.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 95% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It can be your future and it can be bright. / I love color and how it expresses my personality. / I love colors because they are creative. / I like a lot of colors but I like bright colors mostly but colors are great. / I don’t get this. / Everyone is themselves, but it doesn’t matter about race. / I love color because they are very pretty. / I think color is just amazing. I love being a colorful person and I just love colors. / Nothing right now. / Some colors bring out my color of my eyes just some times. / About clothes, rainbows. / It could be nice on some people. / I feel without color the world would be dull. / I think color is awesome and creative. / Colors let you express, think and make you do things you wouldn’t do. / That I can help people know more about yourself by color. / Color makes you think about worth because of all of the colorful trees yours and others. / It makes me think about rainbows. / With colors it makes everything colorful and it makes me think about the earth.

Post: When it comes to color I think about my dream. / Color makes everything much better. / I learned that color is beautiful. / It can say lots about you. / Well color could make people happy. / That it is a part of your dreams. / In songs it changes colors. / Any color does it. / They are part of the world and they can be color of emotions. / What I think about color now is my best favorite color also can be my dream. / That we will overcome it one day. / I still think the same thing about color. / It makes me think about rainbows. / Colors are strong and they have a meaning. / Rainbows. / Color is very pretty and most of them are beautiful. / Clothes, rainbows, all colors. / I think color is beautiful and creative.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 100% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Getting an awesome job so my life could be perfect. / To have a job and have a house and money. / One of the dreams is to become professional soccer player but only if I work hard and to have anything I want. / To be successful and a football player. / Is to become a lawyer or a teacher because I love helping people. / I hope to be a basketball or football player. / I would like to start my own company or store. / To go to college and get a degree and a job. / To be able to help the poor. / I don’t have a dream yet. / Is to be the president of the United States of America. And to be Justin Bieber’s wife. / To be in the NFL. / Is to become a veterinarian. / My most important dream for my future is live a safe life and better life. / My most important hope or dream is to become a veterinarian. / Get a good job. / Get a good job and have a good house and doing my future how I want it. / To go to college and go into forensics. / To get a good job and help my family.

Post: It would have to be being a doctor and getting a diploma. / College, high school. / Is to be a veterinarian or a doctor. / To be a football player. / To get a house and car. / Dream to be a football player. My hope is the same thing. / My hope and dream is have a job. / Is to be president of the USA and win the Olympics for gymnastics. / To become a football player for Green Bay. / To become a football player and help the poor people. / That I become a veterinarian and have lots of pets. / Having a family. / To be successful in life and school. / Is to become a football

player and live with my family forever. / Is getting good job and having money so I could give my mom and dad money. / Is to become a singer. / My most important dream is to become a lawyer and earn money to give to people who need it. / My dream is to be a baseball player in New York. / My most important dream is becoming a professional soccer player.

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

Thoughts Shared: Is to never give up and to follow my dream. / They make you believe in yourself and never give up. / By facing my fear and reaching my dream. / To never give up. / Is to never give up and be creative with your dream. / Don’t give up and work together. / Is life challenges are like hoops. / Teamwork. / To not be scared to speak up and stick up for myself and other people. / By getting good grades and being respectful. / Never, never, never give up on my dreams. / Is being really nice and respectful. / To be competent. / Stick to what you are doing. / Respect, believe, be myself. / Is to be respectful and caring. / Share. / Communication.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 100% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count: I learned about people I never knew. / Be respectful. / That I am pretty and caring. / I’m respectful. / That I am strong and I have talent. / I did not learn anything new about myself. / That I don’t always have to be mean to everyone. / That I can handle peer pressure and I’m good at guessing clues. / I can be really creative and funny. / That I was creative and smart. / I can work with others. / That we are like a foundation. / I like who I am. / Well I like the things they taught us is like use your imagination. / I’m not so tuff as I thought./ I learned how to speak up in front of people and face my fears. / Be yourself and help others. / I learned to be respectful.

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: I learned to be friendly with my friends and respectful. / Don’t be scared to present to others. / About a friend I did learn was that my friend is not shy and I learned her fear. / They have the same fear as me. / To be respectful and be yourself and treat a friend with kind and respect. /If you help them they will help back. / They are people that can help in life. / I didn’t learn about anything. / That we have the same fear. / Some of them can be anything and some of them can be nothing. / We are all equal and deserve a chance to speak and participate. / That everyone has something new to learn about themselves. / To respect them and be nice. / That my friend suffers the same problems as me. / Chris’s sister and brother died. / Fear and hope, and personality. / That they have multiple fears. / That we are safe. / That Audryella is annoying.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org

Thanks to Character Education, 24 young lives from Littleton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on March 14-16, 2016 - # 6 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-13.

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? : Help figure out their, your problem. Figure out your future, work hard. By speaking up. Help you have a better life, by studying. / Honesty. Helps with trouble, make more friends. Telling them how you feel, choose friends. Jobs, helps a relationship. / Being honest. Honest, brave, responsible. Making you feel confident. Relation. / Honesty and you’re not alone. Comfortable and won’t be alone. Stand up for them.

Community.

Creative story telling: Expression, imagination. Creative thinking for example in art. It helps you express yourself and speak up. Become an author. / Confidence. Sharing out/speaking. Standing up for yourself.

Career ex: firefighter. / What it meant. Helps you in a meaningful. Standing up for others. Helping people in need. / Everyone has their own opinion. Sharing your stuff. Make them feel better. Care about someone can make them feel better.

Mirror Work: I love myself because I’m glad of what I have. Safe, confident, caring. / It makes me feel good and

makes me worry about my future. / Confident, responsible, and a leader. / That I care about what I like about me. Caring, respectful, amazing, trustworthy. / Beautiful, confident, and smart. / Confident in myself. / It makes me feel confident in myself. / Like I’m lying to myself. / It makes me feel proud. / It makes me feel good cause I know it’s true. / It makes me feel good to be true to myself. / Safe and secure. / It does not make me feel nothing. / It makes me feel confident of who I am. / Happy, shy, mad, glad. / Special and brave. / Leader. / It makes me feel good about myself. It also makes me feel confident in myself. / Happy, special, confident. / Respectful, special, leader, caring. / It makes me feel like I am important for something.

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? Dad. He tells me to never give up. He tells me the world doesn’t revolve around me. He cares for me and respects me and he is very caring to me and others. / Tyrann Mathieu. No matter how small you are, you can still be beast. Because he is my role model. / My nana is my hero cause she took care of me and respected me. Cause she’s my family and hero. / Kobe Bryant. Mom and dad. Because they believe in me that I can do anything. / Katina Delgado. She is a beautiful girl who has inspired me a lot. These last few days I’ve spoken with her, she has been so nice. She’s told me over and over how much she loves me and I really appreciate her a lot. I think she is very important because she is so nice and caring. / Superman. He is important because he saves lives. My family because they are there for me. / My hero. My hero is important because she leads me into my directions and ways I should go. / My mom. She’s the only one that truly cares about me as a parent and as myself a child. / My hero is my father. Cause I live with him and he helps me with whatever. / My hero is my brother that died. Cause they take good care of me. / My dad. He’s a marine and he looks out for the family. / My dad. Because he has stayed with me for my whole life and he takes care of me. / My parents because they take care of me. Because they take care of me. / My parents because they help me. I think my parents are important because they feed me. / My friends because they’re always there. They are always there for me when I need them. / My hero is my parents and my family. Because they love me. / Dad because he taught me what I know. / Dad, mom. I think they are my heroes because they are the ones that bring money into the house, that feed us and love us. / My hero is my brother Gabriel Rodriguez because he is protecting everyone and my family. He is my hero. My brother is my hero. They’re important because he is in the army and he is important to everyone. / I have a few heroes. Mine are Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein. Encouraged people. I think all these people help me everyday in my life like if it were a test. Their quotes and courage helps me because it makes me feel that I can be a leader. / Pewdie. I think because he makes me laugh and he is funny in YouTube.

Through the Hoops: How to trust and work together with others. By making friends. Have a friend understand and help you. Being social. / Teamwork. Reliability and communication. Friends and asking/offering help.

Careers, achieve your goals in life. / We need to communicate with each other. We need to be able to trust our closest friends and teachers. Trust each other and to communicate. / Teamwork and trust. Teamwork, sportsmanship. Trust yourself. This can help us with jobs because we need to work together.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: You think about the thing in the past. Makes you be a better person. It makes you think of the person you are. Plan your future. / Brave, confident. Express your feelings, being a leader. Believe others are confident in you. More opportunities and reliability. / Be true to yourself. To encourage each other to be successful. Helping you relieve each other’s stress. To not be scared to say your opinion and expressing each other. / Everybody is different. Makes you stand out. Make you confident to stand up. Perfect in your own way.

Seeing Beyond: Use imagination, helps you visualize. You use it in social studies because you see the past and the present. Plan your future. / Trust your teammates and peers. Science, because you have to use your senses. To trust your employees and friends and teammates. / We used our senses and intuitions. To be honest. Using your dreams into your intuitions. / Trust in your friends and trust them. Creative because you could think about and poetry and art. Unique and stand out from other people, good at writing recipes.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Reach your goal. To help be confident when talk out loud. Stand up for yourself and others. Becoming the person you dream. / Anything is possible. Motivation.

Encourage others to be successful. Future/career. / Expressing your fears and emotions. Expressing how you feel. Having a voice and to speak up. To be successful in life. / People aren’t going to give up. It applies in school because you support people achieve their goals. You can tell people that there are more things in life. It applies in life because you reach your dreams and goals.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Helping others buy yourself. Make friends. Being a better person. / When you care for someone, it brightens their day. In case of a bullying situation, you can ask the victim, you can be.

Choose the right friends. / To be true to yourself. Trustworthy and caring to others around you. Others can trust/count on you to do things for them as a favor. / Trustworthy and caring to others. Feeling sad you care about them and make them feel better. Jobs so they trust in you that you’re going to get the job done.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? I was trustworthy when my friend trust me to keep her secret. / A time I was trustworthy and caring was when I was babysitting and I felt responsible after I was done. / When my best friend was sad I cheered her up. I felt good and proud of myself because I made her feel better. I helped my stepdad out by cleaning the grout in our kitchen or trusted of giving my dog water and food every day. / I was trustworthy when my friend had a family problem and she trusted me to keep the secret and she never told anyone. After that, I felt happy that she trusted me. / I felt caring when my parents gave me a good amount of money for my birthday. So later on I donated that money for the kids that are in the world that need food. / One day when I was trustworthy and caring is when a kid lost his dog. / I was trustworthy when my mom told me a secret recipe and she said not to tell anyone. / I helped someone find their passion. I felt very happy and so glad for her. / Hi, I am Amayah and the first time I was trustworthy was at basketball practice last year. / I was walking my grandma to the house from school. Afterwards I felt happy that I helped my grandma to the house . / I trusted my friend to bring back a game that I let him borrow and he brought it back. One day when me and my dad were driving, I saw a dog and I asked if we could bring it to a pet shelter. / When I had the job to watch my 2 baby cousins they thought I was trustworthy and it made me feel responsible. / When my mom gave me a one hundred dollar bill to get a 25 dollar gift card and I actually gave her all of the change and didn’t keep any. / I was trustworthy and caring when I help my mom watch my baby sister and my little sibling and that’s why she says I’m her big helper. / I needed my brother when he needed my help with coloring his picture and I felt good and I felt like Spiderman!! / I was trustworthy and caring for my grandma before she died cause she couldn’t walk, so I would go to the store for her, get her walker, wash the dishes, and clean the house. / I helped an old lady tell her the directions on a map. It made me feel proud and good. / I was trustworthy when I had to watch by baby cousin. / I was caring and trustworthy when Sarah was sad this morning. I made sure she was happy and did a birthday shout out.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Littleton Elementary %Male 46

%Female 54

Date: March 14-16, 2016

Ages 11-13

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

Pre %YES 34 %NO 54 %Other 8 %No Answer 4 Post %YES 65 %NO 31 %Other 4 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 70 % All the Time 17 %No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 38 %No Answer 4 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 58 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 62 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 62 % All the Time 38 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 61 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 8 % Equal 13 % Leader 79 Post % Follower 8 % Equal 8 % Leader 84 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 58 % No 42 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 79 % No 21 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 62 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 87 % No 13 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: No, all I do is ignore them. But I could just tell an adult so yeah. / I learned how to communicate with a victim of bullying. / I will stand up for a kid getting bullied. / To help with bullying. / That it’s ok to express feeling. / All people are equal. / Do something about it. / To stand up to the bully. / It makes me feel strong and confident of who I am. / It will help me stand up and speak. / Stand up for people. / I know to just think that I know I have better things coming. / It’s not a problem. No one bullies me. / Because I have many new friends that I support. / It can help me be confident and stand up to myself. / Speaking up and being brave. / Because it showed me to back someone up. / Encourage others to be successful. / Don’t stand up, tell a teacher. / That I could stand up and say something. / Standing up for yourself. / Everything else I’ve already known. / To encourage others to stop bullying.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: No, because I don’t want to get involved. / I would know how to talk to the victim and interact. / Yes I would. / Yes cause I’m helping out. / Because I’ll get bullied. / Because it’s not right. / Because it isn’t right to let someone to get bullied. / I will talk to the bully and say what if someone did that to you. / Because if I

was being bullied I would like someone to help me. / It will help a lot if you speak up. / Because they are being put down and being called stuff that are hurtful. / I would because that person is amazing in their own way. / It’s just what I’d do. / I learned something new because I’d stand up for them. / I would stand up for them and tell the bully to stop. / Tell a teacher. / Because you be awarded of them. / I would tell someone like an adult or staff. / I would tell the teacher. / Because I help people in need. / Tell a teacher. / It’s never okay to bully someone whether you’re having problems or not. / The same thing encourage others.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 96 % No 4 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned how to respect and improve. / Because I can actually talk about my feelings. / I had to respect my answers for my team. / Yes cause people are responsible. / Responsibility. / Because we make our own decisions. / Because we make our own decisions. / I learn to respect others. / Because at the workshop it showed me I have a voice. / I will be responsible for myself. / Because I have an opinion and if I say no, it’s no. / Because I know that I can make my own decisions. / I already don’t do it (peer pressure). / Yes, because I have many responsibilities. / I can be more respectful and responsible. / How I’m going to react in life. / So you make correct choices. / My decisions are worth it. / You have to stay calm and be respectful. / Because it showed me that to be responsible. / Anything is possible. / Just because other people want you to do something doesn’t mean you have to do it. / To take responsibility.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 75% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Color is a story. It is telling you something. / Color brings out your personality. / I think that color shows a sign of an artist. / I think about color is it can be of light color that is pretty or dull. / I’ve thought about Mexican people and the color red. / Blue because when I look at the sky it all bright and you can see clearly even in the dark. / Just a figment of your imagination. / When I think of color, I think of green and what it would be like without color. / I think color is a beautiful thing. / Pink. / Who thought to invent colors? / I don’t care about color. I don’t base or judge anybody on the color of their skin. I love all colors. / I think about art cuz art uses many colors. / Colors are what show our personality and feelings. / No matter what color everyone is the same. / I thought about the color teal. / I think of color like your signature. I think it’s what makes you special. / When I hear color I think about the color. / Nothing. / Tiffany blue. / Blue. / Sky. Post: About my dream, fear, and memory. / I like color because it shows me how to interact with others. / I think of the social problems in the world. / About fear, dreams, and hopes. / That it does not matter what color cause everyone is the same. / I think of imagination. / I think of imagination. / That it is important to be good. / I learned that your least favorite color I don’t use on time and it’s kind like my dream. / It will explain it a lot more. / That everybody’s different and your least favorite color is gonna become your favorite like reaching your goal. / That the colors represent your feeling. / Color is an illusion. / That color doesn’t matter. It’s our feelings and dreams that matter. / Colors give you ideas. / Yes. / That it can be pretty or not. / Color is meaningful in different ways. / Color still says words and ideas. / Yes. / It is important. / You shouldn’t base someone off of their race color. / It’s based on you.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 79% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To become a pediatric pulmonary nurse. / Be a vet to save animals. / To have a nice life with no negative reaction and action. / I do not have one please and I believe I can hope and dream. / I will be able to see my dad. / I don’t have one. / My most important dream is to go to college and NFL. / To grow up, go to college, and

My dream is to become an engineer/baseball player with a good wife and kids. / A dance teacher. / Going into the NBA. / It to become a teacher. / My most important dream is to be successful and happy. / I don’t have one. / I want to make games and help my family and the world. / I don’t. / I want to become a volleyball player. / My most important dream is that I go to high school, having a good IQ, and pass and go to college. / My most important dream and hope is to be a dog. / My dream is to become a professional soccer player or a engineer. / Become a lawyer. / To be a football player, make good money, have a nice home Post: To become a pro soccer player. / Is to get married, have 3 kids, and become a respiratory therapist like my stepfather. / To play baseball or become an engineer with my master degree. / To play in the NFL. / To graduate college and reach all my goals. / To go to the NBA. / To have money, wife, kids, nice house, and most importantly family. / To go to Grand Canyon University. / To go to NAU college, graduate, and become a pediatrician. / Making to the NFL. / To go to NAU and take criminal justice classes, then be in the FBI. / To help out my family and to get into a good college. / To do what I love as a job. / Is to go to Harvard Medical School and to become a surgeon. / To graduate college. / To go to college. / To have a great future and have a happy family and life. / To become a veterinarian and stand out from others. / To become a pediatric pulmonary nurse. / Is that I will be in the military. / Graduate from GCU and become an actor/actress. / To be happy and successful in life. / To become an art teacher.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 96% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I learned to not give up. / Is to never bully at school, life or at work. / To not give up, keep going in life. / Is always believe in myself. / That all you have to do is keep trying. / Everybody is equal. / To do the right thing. / So I can encourage myself. / To have perseverance and everything is possible. / Respect yourself and others. / Is to never give up. / Is to never stop believing. / Nothing. / Is that I have people next to me that support me. / Is to be trustworthy and honest. / Be brave and standing up. / Is to believe in myself and never give up. / To follow the right path. / Don’t give up and believe in yourself. / When we played the game where we had to step up. / Be a leader and only have positive thoughts. / To not give up easily. / Is to be responsible and loud.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 96% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count.

Thoughts Shared: I can improve my responsibility. / The workshop helped me improve it by paying attention in the workshop. / I can improve my responsibility. / Cause I will always believe in myself. / Cause you don’t stop. / It helped me improve by being trustworthy. / It helped me improve by being trustworthy. / By learning to do good. / Being more caring because it teaches me to care for others. / It showed me to not be quiet and to help others. / I believed in myself more. / It didn’t. / Improve because I love myself but I don’t want to change. / By making me feel confident. / Being a better person. / That it taught me to respect others and my peers. / By interacting with my hopes and dreams. / It helped me improve by telling me to make good choices. / Because they showed me that I’m not alone. / I learned how to be confident in myself. / To have my own opinion and voice.

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: About what they want to be in the future. / I learned that many of my friends have passionate dreams in their futures. / A lot of them lost a family member. / That never feel bad for them. / That they get nervous really easy. / No people have the same fears as me. / Most people have the same fear as me. / By being nice to people. / I learned some of each others fears and dreams. / I learned their dreams and fears. / That they are scared of getting into drugs. / That we’re all the same in a way. / Enrique is strong. / I know many things about all these people and how I go to know about them better. / I learned about their memories, fears, and dreams. / More about my friends I didn’t know. / That they have the same dreams and fears as I do. / That they’re almost the same as me so they’re taking the right path. / Not everybody has the same idea or brain. / That you’re not alone. / That we have the same fears but we are still different. / That everyone has a voice. / They have the same fear as me.

Thanks to Character Education, 21 young lives from Estrella Vista Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on March 14-17, 2016 - # 7 of 12 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:

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Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 10-12.

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? : Social skills, communication. By using communication to ask questions. Making inferences. It can help you make plans in social life. / Being honest and socializing. Not cheating and talk with people. You can talk to someone stereotyping. Help you to become a better person. / Inferences, communication, and social. ELA, writing, make friends. Speak up and be brave. Make friends out of school -learn more about people.

Communication, socialize. By helping you learn -make new friends. Get to know people.Use knowledge to get jobs.

Creative story telling: Drawing and creativity. Scholarship. You can think of a creative way to get out of it. If you become an artist. / Imagination and sensitivity. Learn more about students. Write a story about how you have been bullied. Could help you stick up for yourself. / Imagination. In art. You can draw a picture to a teacher. Imagination your future clam yourself down. / Creativity and imagination. By thinking out of the box. To answer questions and to be an artist. When being creative and imagination to think of program to stop bullying. By being an artist or game makers or coaches to think of play outside the box.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Responsibility, respect, and courage. By being respectful and having courage to raise your hand and to have responsibility. By being calm and respectful to others. By showing other people respect and to learn responsibility in life. / Confidence. When presenting. Speaking up. By being you. / Don’t think of yourself as someone ugly. Don’t think what other people say just think about what you think. Don’t give up. It can apply in your career. / Self-confidence. Feel better during tests. Stay calm. Job interview.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: I don’t like mirrors. / Very good. / God, funny. / It makes me feel good, happy, good looking, and amazed. / Cool, good looking, respectful, friendly. / Respect myself. / Happy, respectful. / It makes me feel proud of myself. / Cool, respectful, funny, brave.

Beautiful and presentable. / Good looking, respectful, and confident. / I look good. / It makes me feel confident. / Happy, awesome. / Happy and I like who I am.

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 mom is my hero. She makes sure I have a roof over my head and gives me food and something to drink. / My sister is my hero because she is awesome. Because she takes care of me. / My mom is my hero because she loves me and protects me and is always by my side. I love her very much. / Because my mom is the one who takes care of me. / My mom and dad. They’re important because I need them to survive and without them I wouldn’t be in sixth grade. I choose them because they motivate me to be the best in school and life. / My mom is important because she supports my every day choices. My mom is my hero because she encourages me every day to work harder. / My family is my hero because I love them and they make me feel proud. My family is my hero because they are my life. / My aunt she protects me. / My mom. She gave me support from day one. / Mom and dad and myself. Because they are the best thing that happened to me./ My aunt. She died January 19, 2016. Every single day the face I knew made this world a better place. They made my life better. / Dad, mom, and me. I choose them because my dad helps us and mom cooks for us and me because I get to choose what I want to do. Because they take care of me and keep moving forward and don’t care what others think of them. / My hero would be my mother because she has always been there and I love her very much. Yes, because she gave birth to me and loves me. / My mom and dad. They are important to me because they help me get stuff that I need ,brought me here.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork. When trying out for sports. Standing up for a friend.

When you are owning a company you need a team. / Choose your direction and make choices. To make friends.

Working together. Work with others and career. / Teamwork. Working with friends, solving problems. By solving problem to speak up. By working together at your job or school. / Friendship, teamwork, and communication. By having teamwork for a win or presentation in projects and communicating in games to maybe get a scholarship. By having friends by your side and communicating to teachers to tell them to stop and teamwork in stopping it. When getting a yes you must learn to communicate with team mates and to workers and to be good friends with them.

Seeing Beyond: Imagination, creativity, and inferences. Reading and ELA because when you’re inferring you’re taking an educated guess. Yes, because I infer things about people if they’re good or bad and I use my imagination in art. / Clues. English language arts because you can make inference. It will help problem solving. / Team, senses, and description. Science because you use a lot of texture. Educational guess. / Imagination, senses, creativity. Makes you think harder about the clue without knowing it. It can help if you’re an artist.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Creativity, overcoming fear, selfless. Overcoming fear by trying new things that you are afraid of. By overcoming fear to stand up to a bully. By overcoming the fears I have to have a better life. / Creativity. In art class. We can create something to prevent it. If your career is to be an artist. / Learn how to cooperate with others. Learn how to not be shy. Stick up for yourself. You could help people that are in danger. / Face your fear. When you present. You can tell him to back off. You can be confident.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Responsibility, empathy, honesty. To get good grades and behavior. Helps their job. / Responsibility and caring. Stop bullying and take care of others. Take care of your little siblings. / Honesty, prove to yourself that you’re trustworthy. Being honest can help with responsibility. When you’re honest you’re honorable. / Responsibility, confidence, being selfless, and trustworthy, respect. Being respectful and responsible by being respectful and responsible to others property. By being respectful to others and trustworthy.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? Describe the experience below: A time was trustworthy was when I asked someone for something and promised to give it back and I did. / I helped my little sister because she was sad her crush got stolen by somebody so I told her there are many fish in the sea. / One time when I was caring for my nephew when he was little. It was an honor to take my mom’s spot as a babysitter. / I helped my mom clean the house because she didn’t feel good so I had to take care of her just how she takes care of me when I am sick and I felt proud of myself. / One time my friend needed advice so I helped her with her problem. / When my mom told me to take care of my cousin when she went to the store to get food. / When this person was hungry I gave them some chips. / My grandma was sick so I did everything for her. / When my best friend told me and I still know the big secret to this day and I will take it to my grave. / When I help my mom around and clean house together it made me feel like I as the man of the house and also respectful. / I was trustworthy for helping my baby cousin. I had to help her do her homework. / I helped someone when they were being bullied and I came to tell him to stop and he did because he was afraid of me and he said thank you. / A time I helped someone was the time I helped a friend because someone passed away and I was caring. It felt good because I helped them think of them in a good w

Funded By: Character Education Location: Estrella Vista Elementary School %Male 53

%Female 47

Date: March 14-17, 2016

Ages 11-12

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

Pre %YES 47 %NO 47 %Other 6 Post %YES 84 %NO 11 %Other 5 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 32 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 37 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 37 % All the Time 58 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 37 % All the Time 58 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 32 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 26 % All the Time 68 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 11 % Leader 84 Post % Follower 10 % Equal 16 % Leader 74 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 53 % No 47 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 74 % No 26 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 53 % No 36 % No Answer 11 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: There are different ways to help me stop bullying. / By overcoming your fear and standing up for yourself. / Always speak up to the bullies. / Because I was nice to others and they were nice back. / I don’t bully. / Always stand up and be brave. / With my mom and groups. / I learned to respect and not bully. / We have to stand up to it. / I learned to back away and tell a teacher. / Stop bullying and be yourself. / I learned how to be respectful.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 95 % No 0 % No Answer 5 Thoughts Shared: I would help that person. / Tell them to pick on someone their own age. / Yes, I would get a teacher and break it up. / Tell him or her to back off. / If I saw one getting bullied I would tell a teacher and if I can’t find one I’ll defend her or him. / Go get help. / Because I have been told tons of time to stand up. / I’ve been bullied. / Because I would feel really bad for them. / I will help the person out. / Because it is not right for someone to get picked on.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I will go and tell a teacher so they can stop it. / By being calm and dealing with it. / Because I help my brother out with his homework. / Because I respect others and I’m responsible. / I don’t know. / Respect because without peer pressure I can believe that I’m respected. / Working together. / Yes by just having fun and be yourself. / I learned to respect others. / Yes I should calm down and talk it out. / Be yourself and help others. / I learned how to be responsible and have respect.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 95% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It can be your future and it can be bright. / I love color and how it expresses my personality. / I love colors because they are creative. / I like a lot of colors but I like bright colors mostly but colors are great. / I don’t get this. / Everyone is themselves, but it doesn’t matter about race. / I love color because they are very pretty. / I think color is just amazing. I love being a colorful person and I just love colors. / Nothing right now. / Some colors bring out my color of my eyes just some times. / About clothes, rainbows. / It could be nice on some people. / I feel without color the world would be dull. / I think color is awesome and creative. / Colors let you express, think and make you do things you wouldn’t do. / That I can help people know more about yourself by color. / Color makes you think about worth because of all of the colorful trees yours and others. / It makes me think about rainbows. / With colors it makes everything colorful and it makes me think about the earth.

Post: When it comes to color I think about my dream. / Color makes everything much better. / I learned that color is beautiful. / It can say lots about you. / Well color could make people happy. / That it is a part of your dreams. / In songs it changes colors. / Any color does it. / They are part of the world and they can be color of emotions. / What I think about color now is my best favorite color also can be my dream. / That we will overcome it one day. / I still think the same thing about color. / It makes me think about rainbows. / Colors are strong and they have a meaning. / Rainbows. / Color is very pretty and most of them are beautiful. / Clothes, rainbows, all colors. / I think color is beautiful and creative.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 100% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Getting an awesome job so my life could be perfect. / To have a job and have a house and money. / One of the dreams is to become professional soccer player but only if I work hard and to have anything I want. / To be successful and a football player. / Is to become a lawyer or a teacher because I love helping people. / I hope to be a basketball or football player. / I would like to start my own company or store. / To go to college and get a degree and a job. / To be able to help the poor. / I don’t have a dream yet. / Is to be the president of the United States of America. And to be Justin Bieber’s wife. / To be in the NFL. / Is to become a veterinarian. / My most important dream for my future is live a safe life and better life. / My most important hope or dream is to become a veterinarian. / Get a good job. / Get a good job and have a good house and doing my future how I want it. / To go to college and go into forensics. / To get a good job and help my family.

Post: It would have to be being a doctor and getting a diploma. / College, high school. / Is to be a veterinarian or a doctor. / To be a football player. / To get a house and car. / Dream to be a football player. My hope is the same thing. / My hope and dream is have a job. / Is to be president of the USA and win the Olympics for gymnastics. / To become a football player for Green Bay. / To become a football player and help the poor people. / That I become a veterinarian and have lots of pets. / Having a family. / To be successful in life and school. / Is to become a football player and live with my family forever. / Is getting good job and having money so I could give my mom and dad money. / Is to become a singer. / My most important dream is to become a lawyer and earn money to give to people who need it. / My dream is to be a baseball player in New York. / My most important dream is becoming a professional soccer player.

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

Thoughts Shared: Is to never give up and to follow my dream. / They make you believe in yourself and never give up. / By facing my fear and reaching my dream. / To never give up. / Is to never give up and be creative with your dream. / Don’t give up and work together. / Is life challenges are like hoops. / Teamwork. / To not be scared to speak up and stick up for myself and other people. / By getting good grades and being respectful. / Never, never, never give up on my dreams. / Is being really nice and respectful. / To be competent. / Stick to what you are doing. / Respect, believe, be myself. / Is to be respectful and caring. / Share. / Communication.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 100% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count: I learned about people I never knew. / Be respectful. / That I am pretty and caring. / I’m respectful. / That I am strong and I have talent. / I did not learn anything new about myself. / That I don’t always have to be mean to everyone. / That I can handle peer pressure and I’m good at guessing clues. / I can be really creative and funny. / That I was creative and smart. / I can work with others. / That we are like a foundation. / I like who I am. / Well I like the things they taught us is like use your imagination. / I’m not so tuff as I thought./ I learned how to speak up in front of people and face my fears. / Be yourself and help others. / I learned to be respectful.

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: I learned to be friendly with my friends and respectful. / Don’t be scared to present to others. / About a friend I did learn was that my friend is not shy and I learned her fear. / They have the same fear as me. / To be respectful and be yourself and treat a friend with kind and respect. /If you help them they will help back. / They are people that can help in life. / I didn’t learn about anything. / That we have the same fear. / Some of them can be anything and some of them can be nothing. / We are all equal and deserve a chance to speak and participate. / That everyone has something new to learn about themselves. / To respect them and be nice. / That my friend suffers the same problems as me. / Chris’s sister and brother died. / Fear and hope, and personality. / That they have multiple fears. / That we are safe. / That Audryella is annoying.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Thanks to Character Education, 13 young lives from Littleton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 3-6, 2016 - # 8 of 12 Littleton 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 12-13.

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? : Love yourself, trust. Trust yourself and teachers. Don’t judge. Be caring, respect. / Respect, listening. Respect others, listen in class. Respect everyone. Being respectful. / About people are the same.

Know about others. Be friends. Be friendly. / Self-confidence. Do homework. Not judge. Believe in self.

Creative Storytelling: Trust others, respect. Respect everyone. Help someone who get bullied. Respect at work. / Caring, respect. Care about others. Care. Make new friends. / Trust. Trust people. Stick together. In sports and work. / Respect. Respect teachers. Stand up for self. Be a good person.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork. To work with people, help each other out. Trust in each other. Teamwork can help you win soccer games. / Teamwork, trust. Connect, focus on work, trust teachers, fairness. Respect the bullying, they feel unwanted. Focus on goals, fair to people. / We could use teamwork. Help each other out.

Raise awareness to stop bullying. When you get a job. / Respect teamwork. Help us when we get older. By calling an adult. By getting respect.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: You learn to be confident with you are. You can be confident in speaking up. Being confident helps you stand up in front of everyone. When you give a speech or present something. / Hard to accept yourself. Believe in yourself. Can be brave, close your eyes. / It will help us know who cares for us. The teachers and friends would help us. Making good decisions. Be successful. / Trust in yourself. Get good grades. By worrying about yourself. Believing in yourself.

Mirror Work: When I say I love myself I mean it and make me feel confident. / When I say I love myself, it makes me feel confident. / It makes me feel confident and like who I am. / I felt weird because it been a long time since I did that. / It makes me feel like me. / It makes me feel good about myself. / Good. / It makes me feel a better person because I know what I’m doing. I’ll not doing anything dumb. / When I say I love myself it makes me feel good about myself and who I am. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel good about myself. / Wired.

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 family. They have help me. I love them. / My family. Because my family helped me in my hardest times. / My family are my heroes. They helped me get where I am and helped me do what I do. / El Chapo because he saved Mexico from a war and he has a lot of money. He is important because he does mostly everything over there. / Because he takes care of me. / They are important because they control my life. / My family because they help me when everything. Yes. / Because they will probably help me in my life. / My parents are my heroes. My parents have guided me to the right path in life and have raised me since I was young. / My parents because they do anything about us. Because if we didn’t have no parents, everything will be impossible. / My mom is my hero because she’s been there for me. / El Chapo. Yes he is. / My mom because she put clothes on my back.

Seeing Beyond: We learned who to use our imagination and experience also 5 senses. Art because feeling the texture is similar to art also when you communicate how the object is it’s like talking to others. Talking to others and having a better imagination. / Use your imagination. Art plan out what you are going to do. Imagine your goals and your skills in action. / To think what it is or use your brain. It will help you think. Help you know when something will happen for life.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Littleton Elementary School %Male 77

%Female 23

Date: May 3-6, 2016

Ages 12-13

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

Pre %YES 62 %NO 38 %Other 0 Post %YES 64 %NO 36 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 15 % Sometimes 77 % All the Time 8 Post % Not at all 9 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 36 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 31 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 55 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 31 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 64 % All the Time 36 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 62 % Leader 38 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 82 % Leader 18 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 38 % No 62 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Never that / Because I defend myself.

Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 77 % No 23 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 54 % No 23 % No Answer 23 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 82 % No 18 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Yes because I will stop it next time I see it. / Because if someone was being bullied I would help him or stop the bully / Yes because is eye communication. / Yes I learn to deal with bullies using no violence / Do not just started / I learn how to deal with it / We have to respect the bullies / Yes because it helped me to be respectful / Because I learned stuff.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I don’t think it is okay to bully / Help him or stop the bully because I wouldn’t want him hurt. / Because I’m not a bully and I don’t kids being bullied. / I would defend them and tell the bully to stop. / I would help them / Yes, because I was bullied before / I’ll stick ‘em or help / I would do something because I would not want it happening to me / Yes because I wouldn’t like seeing people bullied / I will help them Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0

Thoughts Shared: I learned to have more respect / Yes because of this class / I learned to be responsible and make good choices / Yes, because we did things talking about respect / To try my hardest / Yes, I learn both because it starts with me. / Yes, because I don’t have to pay attention to what people say.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 77% Post 91% Thoughts Shared: Pre: What I think about color is red. / No I don’t think I ever have. / No I never think of color at all. / I don’t think anything about color. / I think that it is mostly respect that people have. / No, because I consider everyone equal. / I think it is racist. / When I hear the word color, I think about different colors I like. / Like race, different religions. / Color helps me to sometimes express myself. / Soccer. / I think color is the way you express yourself and color doesn’t make things plain. / I think it’s cool. No. Post: What I think about color and what I learned about the workshop was closing my eyes. / Red / I learned about closing my eyes and seeing color. / I learned that music can give a color to it / I don’t think about it / I think that color is very important / That color is important / I think color is very important / They express anything / Color expresses things / That there are mean colors.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 92% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My hopes and dreams is to go to the Navy. / To become a football player. / To be a soccer player! / I don’t think I have one. / Both is to have a better future for my family. / I want to be a football player. / My dream is to become a basketball player / My dream is to be a veterinarian. / My most important dream is to reach my goals. / Is to help my mom.

Post: My dream is to be in a professional soccer team and play for Real Madrid. / To go to the Marines / Becoming a football player / To become a professional soccer player / Be El Chapo Jr. / Dream because you can see you goal. / To be an NBA player or NFL player / My most important hope or dream is to be a singer / To go to college / To be a soccer player or a veterinarian.

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

Thoughts Shared: Follow all expectations and focus in school / Is to be respectful / Being confident in myself / To make good decisions and try my best at what I do. / To have teamwork / Is that you can always see your goal / That I am capable of everything / They taught me to try / Is to be respectful and responsible / Is to speak in front of others more / Is to learn more stuff about the workshop.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 91% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: It helped improve it because it helped us a lot. And learning about responsibility. / To have more respect and responsibility / I need to be more respectful and I learned to respect everyone’s beliefs / Be teamwork / By seeing my goal / By teaching to respect / Help me reach my goal / Respect and trustworthy is going to help me respect and trust people / Trustworthy. It helped me trust people more / What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 82% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: No because everyone I know. / They have high dreams / I learned that someone in the class wants to be a soccer player too. / That they also have goal / No not really / Honesty and trustworthy / They were

Thanks to Character Education, 10 young lives from Estrella Vista Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 3-6, 2016 - # 9 of 12 Littleton 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 10-13.

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? : To get to know people. Make friends. To be open mind. To be a good friend. / We learned to not judge. Shouldn’t judge people at school. Not to judge people. Don’t judge others. / That we are all equal. It will help us answer question. Maybe they are sad or mad. Getting a job, your friends give opinions.

Through the Hoops: How to get out of it. Teamwork. Talk it out. By getting to know people. / To work together. To work with other students. You would have to work together to stop it. Work together in times in struggles in times in life. / It would make you learn more. It wouldn’t make you sad. It would make you a happier person.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To trust people. Trust people to help you. Don’t give up. Help people not feel bad about people. / To reflect on yourself. To feel good about your self. To not give in when others tell you differently. To be confident in yourself.

Mirror Work: Pretty smart, cool. It makes me feel good. / Yes because when I look at myself, I feel there is more to life than I thought. It makes me feel good about myself and that I can be anything I want to be. / That to see myself and how to see yourself and what you’ve become. / It makes me feel happy and confident. / Happy, funny. / Love because nobody can change how I love myself. It makes me feel like I am respectful.

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? They are extremely important to me because she helps me with everything. / She is the person that I see every morning. The one who takes care of me every day. She never left me alone. Because she is the person that I see every day. She makes me feel that there is more opportunities out there. / I don’t have a hero yet. / My tio Eric because he teaches me things. Because he cares about me. / My mom. She is always there for me. / My dad is my hero because he

is always there for me no matter what. Because they are there for me and will never let me down. / My dad. He takes care of me.

Seeing Beyond: ELA because you have to know some words. To talk and make friends. / To use your 3 rd eye.

ELA because you have to use your prior knowledge. To work together to find something out. / To use our 3 rd eye. Science because you have to use your prior knowledge. It will help us more better in life.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: To be prepared in life. To help you feel your fear. To not be scared. To get to know people. / About fear and our dreams. To achieve your dreams. Just face it like your fears. To achieve your dreams and get prepared for them. / Reflect in the past. To stop bullying. To face the bullies. It can help you more better.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? Describe the experience below: When I saved my brother from being bullied so I stand up for him. / There was a time when my little brother was in the hospital and I tried as much as I could. / I was being trustworthy when my sister told me to get her when she was going to fall and I did. / When my friend fell in the soccer game and I helped him up. / One time I was caring I let my sister borrow my phone when she got it taken. / I was caring when I fouled my opponent when I had my soccer game and I asked if they were okay and then I picked them up.

Release the Fear, Inc. ÂŽ PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Estrella Vista Elementary School %Male 40

%Female 60

Date: May 3-6, 2016

Ages 10-13

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

Pre %YES 50 %NO 40 %Other 10 Post %YES 63 %NO 37 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 30 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 10 Post % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 63 % 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 90 % All the Time 10 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 37 % All the Time 63 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 70 % All the Time 20 % No answer: 10 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 63 % All the Time 37 % No answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 40 % Leader 50 % No Answer 0 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 25 % Leader 75 % No Answer 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 60 % No 40 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Not anymore because I don’t let everyone mess with me.

Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 60 % No 40 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 40 % No 50 % No Answer 10 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 75 % No 13 % No Answer 12 Thoughts Shared: Think what they do. / Because I really think we talked about bullying. / You should not judge. / I don’t let people mess with me. / To just release the fear. / To not be a bully to be yourself.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 87 % No 0 % No Answer 13 Thoughts Shared: Tell the nearest teacher. / Yes because it’s caring. / I would help as much as I can. / I would do is to stop. / To stand up for them.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Try to help others. / Yes because it’s good to stand up for yourself. / You just need to believe. / I respond well on peer pressure. / I learned how to get along with people. / Yes 100%.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 50% Post 50% Thoughts Shared: Pre: What I think about color is what makes stuff come to life. Yes I have thought about color before. / I think about color is any color. / Colors make me feel happy. / I think having color is good. / No because color doesn’t matter to me / There is nothing wrong with color everyone is the same. / No I haven’t thought about color. / No I’ve never thought about it but the color in the sky is beautiful.

Post: I think color now was fun. I learned about color design. / That it could help you less your fear. / Color has different feelings. / I don’t think about color that much. / I don’t really care about color. / I think about the color is blue. / That color is awesome.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 70% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I don’t think I have a dream right now. / My important dream is to make my dreams come true. / My dream is to be a doctor and my hope is to get through college. / Don’t have one. / To get a good job and get a college degree and move out when out of high school. / My dream is to get a good job and get good grades. / I don’t / My most important dream is to become a soccer player. / I hope I can successful and amazed in science so I can see stuff that I never discovered before. / I want to be a football player.

Post: To get straight A’s and go into a good college. / To make it to the NFL. / Being a professional soccer player. / To be a soccer player and play for MUFC or RMA. / Is to get good grades. / To get Principal List. / My hope is to get my college degree. My dream is to go to college. / To travel and be myself.

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

Thoughts Shared: I learned how to conquer my fears. / To not be scared. / Practice every day. / I learned to be trustworthy. / That to never give up. / To release my fear. / By releasing the fear. / To be yourself and not be something that you’re not.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 87% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: It helped me improve it by helping me build character. / I could not be scared. / To think before you do. / It helped me improve on trustworthiness. / To be more responsible. / To help other people and be respectful. / Yes 100%.

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: I learned about my classmate’s fear, memory, and dream. / That they have different people. / To help others. / That they are nice and friendly. / To get along. / That we all have the same fears. / That they can be nice. / To share and be prepared.

Thanks to Thanks Character Education, 21 young lives from Quentin Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 3-5, 2016 - # 10 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 12-14.

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? : Be responsible. Teamwork. Learn about people. Don’t judge by the way they look. / Body language, opinions. Relationships to help. Stand up for yourself. Education, fools. / Trustworthiness, having fun, bravery. Knowledge, achieve stuff. Decrease chance of it happening. Know what’s right and wrong. / People are shy. Education. Judging. It will help to speak up.

Creative storytelling: Creativity, confident. To help us and grow stronger. Stand up for self and people. Be a better person. / Respect, fairness. Everyday expectations. Respect for others. Be prepared. / Confidence, courage. Presentations, sharing. Stand up for self. Job interviews. / Character counts make a good person.

Responsible for education. Tell the teacher. Tell the truth.

Through the Hoops: Be responsible. Teamwork. Learn about people. Don’t judge by the way they look. / Communication, teamwork, friendship. Trust and teamwork in school sports. To stand up to the bullies. To make your life easier and better. / Work together, trust, fairness. Group work, school sports. Trust an adult, sticking together. Work with people around you, trust that person, sports and work. / Trustworthy and fairness. By trusting people. With respect and caring. By encourage people’s lives.

Reflective Take Assignment: We learned to love ourself. Give us confidence, pride in ourself. To stand up for ourself, not bring us down. Not to be shy, not let people walk over us. / Confidence, courage, loving. Help have confidence at school. It’ll help you relax and be confident. It’ll help you with future careers and job interview. / Confidence, loving yourself, self worth. Confidence in an answer, trust yourself. You would have to be confident, trust yourself to make the right choice. Trust yourself to make the right choice. Have confidence in what you’re doing. / To appreciate the hero. To appreciate teachers. Having self-confidence. Having courage and have positive people around you.

Mirror Work: Weird. / It makes me feel more confident in myself. / It makes me feel better about myself.

Hero: Rocky. / My mom. She is important because she buys me food and put a roof over my head. / My mom because she always helps me with my homework and she tries her best to make me a good life.

Seeing Beyond: Communicate with each other (eye contact). Think out of the box. Science because if we have a project, we need to communicate with partner. We need to communicate with friends and family around us. / Imagination, perspiration, knowledge. Science because of experiments and hypothesis. Helps us find results and compose an experiment and problem solves. / Imagination, perspiration, knowledge, trust. Reading because you need to imagine stories. Mostly every subject. Dreams and goals, imagine to pursue. / Citizenship to help others. ELA because it helps you learn grammar and objectives. To encourage others to succeed and help them meet their goals.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Express our self. Wanna meet your goal. To help you build confidence. To succeed in life. / Become fearless, share dreams, confidence. Be less shy, be confident in answers. Help you stand up to bully, be brave. Speaking in front of crowds, apply for jobs, share ideas. / Planning, imagination, perspiration. Planning essays/work. Plan to deal with the problem. Hard work, plan for the future. / Accomplishing your goals, building confidence to reach them. It can help you grow as a person. Stand up to the bully and help others. It would change someone’s mindset.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To build confidence and not by shy. Be you, be caring, don’t care what other people think. Think positive, help others. / Trustworthiness, careness. Teamwork, group work, trusting friends. Trust partners, friends, and family. / Trustworthy, responsible, caring. Homework, trust others, care for others. Responsible with work. / Respect and responsibility. To share out and help others. Earn other people’s trust.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education Location: Quentin Elementary School %Male 48

%Female 52

Date: May 3-5, 2016

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 53 %NO 33 %Other 14 Post %YES 95 %NO 5 %Other 0 Thoughts Shared: They may have the same fears as I do.

Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 80 % All the Time 10 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 68 % All the Time 32 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 48 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 32 % All the Time 63 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 48 % All the Time 48 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 63 % All the Time 37 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 48 % Leader 48 Post % Follower 5 % Equal 37 % Leader 58 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 57 % No 38 % No Answer 5 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 71 % No 29 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 61 % No 29 % No Answer 10 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: By helping me understand what to do. / To stand up for yourself and other people / I learned to respect people. / Be yourself / Respect, caring. / I learned to be more confident. / People have been through downs like I had. / To be more confident. / To stand up to the bully. / To stay confident in myself. / I learned my opinion matters. / To be more confident. / Have confident. / having a voice for others.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I will stick up to the bully and make sure it won’t happen again / I would stick up for them / I would call an adult. / I would say stop. / Stand up for them. / I would stand up to the bully. / Yeah because I’ve been through that person shows before. / Help them / stand by them if they need help. / I would go call a adult and help the kid. / I would help stand up themselves be their friend / ‘Cause bullying is wrong. / No one should be bullied so I’d tell an adult. / I would help that someone. / I would help him/her. / I would stand up for the victim.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: That you should believe in yourself. / I learned to be respectful to everyone / I will respect people way more. / Be who you are. / I learned respect. / I need to be more brave and have confidence. / I learned to do my own and help others / To make right decision no matter what others think. / Cause it up to me not them. / I can trust myself to do what I think is right. / I learned responsibility.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 71% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I like every color and it does not make me rude to them. / I think its crazy we’re incapable of imaginary a new color. I love color. / No, I don’t think about color I don’t think it matters and that it a want of time to think that anyone’s different. / I think dark colors are nice and white and pastel / Yes I have thought about color. I think color is the way your emotions are and how they feel. Which mean your true colors is what makes you you! / I think color doesn’t define a person and that colors used to discriminate and hurt people. / I think color is what makes things look beautiful / I have never thought about color. / Pues que algunos son bonitos y otros son fuertes. / Color is just something added to distract people from what’s really there. / I think it is amazing. Color gives the world more meaning. / That it doesn’t matter what color they are all that matters is that they are all equal. / I don’t really think about color. / That everyone is treated equal and not should have people separated. / Color is a unique thing in life and is very helpful to tell the difference between things. / No, I have not. I think that every color is unique in it’s own way. / I respect all races. / Color doesn’t really matter to me and it doesn’t bother me too much / Color doesn’t matter / I don’t really care / Their beautiful.

Post: Color is amazing. It is funny to draw with. / I learn that color has music in it / Color is unique thing and tell the difference between things and emotions / Explains feelings, sound has color / I think color is in everything / I learn that songs can show specific color emotionally. / Color can also be an emotions / That color is the feelings you have inside of you. / Color is in everything. / Color should shine bright and you should show it. / I think that color is feelings. / That color is just on the inside. / Sound. / Color is everywhere and it has emotion. / Just as before, I respect all. / That all people should be equal to each other. / I think color is everywhere. / That you can see color in music.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 95% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a vet. / I want to go into the Airforce but due to certain political reasons I do not have a dream. / To become a better person and to become a doctor. / I want my own dance. / I dream is to become a leader and to become someone who inspires people. / To be a person that people look up to (a wrestler) / My dream would be caring for pets. / My hope or dream is to become a pediatrician when I grow up. / Mi sueno es que yo pueda dieglar pepeles a mis papas para tener mi famila con miga. / I don’t have one. / My hope is that people stop being so judgmental and see that others have feelings / I am not sure what my most important dream/hope is. / My most important hope is finishing school. / To finish school and become a football player. / I dream to become a pro soccer player but I need more practice. / To succeed in my school. / To get straight A’s. / My career path and family career path. / My most important dream is to be in the NFL / Help the world, be in the military or be a chief / Play for the NFL.

Post: To be an NBA player / My most important dream is to become a soccer player. / To become a soccer pro. / To become a Bake / To become a doctor and go to college / To finish school / My important hope is to not cause chaos for my mom and dad ‘cause I’m can be aggressive sometimes and be disrespectful. / To become a vet. / To be a vet and go to NAU / Being an animator and web designer / Going to Harvard University / Is to be successful / To graduate college and go into the military. / Playing for NFL / To be a professional photographer. / To make it to the NFL. / To be a football player. / To be a wrestler. / Attending college.

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

Thoughts Shared: To believe in myself. / To reach your goal and never give up / Be yourself / If there’s something in your way go around it / Confidence. / I learned to be confident and to be respectful. / This will help me to try harder in my hopes and dreams. / That I can reach my dream if I work hard. / Respect to volunteer to do anything to have to, to reach your goal. / To get people involved. / I learned to cast away demon that bring negatively in my livelihood. / I learned to talk to others about my dream. / Is to never give up. / Bravery, presentation, courage. / Stay positive. / I can do anything as long as I believe in myself. / Confidence. / To be more confident. / Confidence in my goal.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did now know before?

Post 89% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: My anger so I can be more positive. / It’s good and fun. Be make a improve the dream to followed. / My attitude / It help me improve it by helping me practice it. / Responsible being responsible. / Respectfulness because I learned I can be a better person / I will work on my anger by being calm. / It helped me realize I’m not alone with fear and not to be scared to speak up. / It helped me because it made me improve my citizenship. / Responsibility be I have a tendency to lose important things. / To be more responsible because I don’t always do my work. / By showing me the character counts. / The workshop make me comfortable speaking in front of others. / I learned to be more trustworthy. / Citizenship. I learned what it is. / Citizenship by helping people. / Caring. I care about others feelings.

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

Post 95% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That I am not alone in this. / That fear is forever thing and to lose fear. / We are all different in are own way / They go through the same thing as me / They have the same fear as me / Lots of people have been bullied or have something related to bullying. / They should be all treated the same and respected. / That they have the same fear and there not aloud. / I learned that I could trust people I didn’t realize I could trust. / I learned I that Karina is really shy and maybe that people have don’t over power her. / I’ve learned that some people I know have gotten bullied before. / That most classmates are shy. / She loves she’s a big sister. / They know things that I don’t. / People have fears the same as me. / To be nice and caring. / That they are more trustworthy. / To give confidence to them.

Thanks to Character Education, 19 young lives from Quentin Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 3-6 2016 - # 11 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 12-14.

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? : People are shy. Education. Judging. It will help to speak up. / Body language, opinions.

Relationships (friendship) to help. Stand up for yourself and others. Education, tools. / Trustworthiness, having fun, bravery. Knowledge achieve stuff. Decrease the chance of it happening. Know what’s right or wrong, care about others. / To be responsible, bravery courage. Teamwork, to know what you are going to be in the future.

To learn about those people. Don’t judge by the way they look.

Creative story telling: These characteristics make up a good person. Responsibility for education for the work that you in effort. Tell the teacher to help out the bully. Be trustworthy by telling the truth. We learned to cooperate and trust each other. We can help each other or team up. Help other people. Is by helping others and also teamwork. / Respect, caring, fairness. every day, expectations. Respect for people. To be prepared. / Confidence, to express, courage, creativity. Writing essays, present/share, preparation. Stand up for yourself, be yourself. Job interviews, open a business, talk to your boss. / Creativity, confident, courage. To help us and grow stronger. For there to be less bulling. To be a better person.

Mirror Work: Akward, nervous, special. / It feels good and nice. / It makes me feel like I should believe in

myself and trust and be confident to myself right or wrong. / I feel loved. / It makes me feel good and positive. / Calm, Confident. / Brave, Confident, Driven to success, to love yourself, believe in yourself, don’t let people tell you who you are. / Better than I used to fell about myself. / It makes me happy, confident. / Happy. / Happy, weird. / Pretty weird. / Good, special, unlike. / Special. / Me guta mi personalidad. / Nice. / Makes me feel good about myself. / It feels good. / It made me feel good and happy. / Comfortable and more secure. / It makes me feel good, confident, and it helps me to believe in myself more. Also makes me think more positive. / It makes me feel good and proud. / It makes me feel happy and

special. / It makes me feel weird and embarrassed at first but I get used to it as I do it daily. / Nutral, plain. / It makes me feel beautiful. / It made me feel good and boosted my confidence. / It made me feel courage. / At first it was weird but the second time was okay and I liked it. / Akward.

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? Myself. I’m important because I help people and myself. / My dad. Protects me. / Family. They make a change. / Karen Vejar. There important because they been there for me and they have been a person I can talk to when I don’t know to do certain things or when I need a friend to talk to they will be there. / My mom. She helps me and makes me successful, she always does her best to help me. / Mom. She cooks for me and helps me and my sister when we need it. / Mr Taylor. He showed me that anything is possible and think I can be anything that I dream of. / My dad.

Taught me all the things that make me who I am. / Calum Hood. They make me feel loved. / My dad. Helped me in the important times. / My family. They help me. / My dad. He’s my hero and protects me and is a marine. / My sister.

Because she’s been with me through a lot and she gives me stuff. / My dad. He supports me. / Mi family. Por como es supersona no es como todos los demas es respetoso. / Kurt Cobain. He helps through hard times. / My dad. He protects me. / Helps me with my life and grades. / My parents. They are important because they make me feel important. / My mom. She taught me right from wrong. She’s wonderful and smart. She’s my hero, my best friend, and she my survivor. / Dad. He will pay my hospital bills. / Mom. Because they’re there for me all the time. / Eyeless Jack. People think he’s sad but unclear that mask he’s happy and excited for something next something cool to him. / My mom. She always supports me. / Patrick is a retired football player. He played linebacker for the 49ers. He got me into football which is big part of my life now. / Nikki Bella. He teaches me to be myself. / Ms Perkins taught me that learning is fun. / Me. I like how I am a good friend and how much I like to help people. I think I’m important because I matter to my family. / My mom. Without my mom I wouldn’t be smart because she is the one that brings me to school. / My mom. She takes care of me and hopes for the best for me. Encourage me to do my best.

Through the Hoops: We learned to corporate, and trust each other. We can help each other or team. Help other people. Is by helping others and also teamwork. / Cooperation teamwork. Doing a group project or group work. Help others deal with bullying. When you work with a team at work or a job. / We need team work.

Teamwork to help other. Team up against bulling teamwork to create something beautiful. / Cooperation, teamwork, trustworthiness. Group projects. To stand up to bullies, tell the teacher. Family, relationships, work or jobs.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: We learned how to trust each other. It would help with teamwork. To stand up for yourself. To fix yourself. / Confidence, acceptance. When people try to bring you down. You get your own opinion. It applies in life when you’re in a stage in front of a huge audience. / To be caring and confident. To be confident in your answers and to never doubt yours. Be confident in what you want to do. Confident in job interview. / Confidence. Raising your hand. Keeping your clam and stable. Make you stronger, and brave.

Seeing Beyond: To visualize and describe things in your mind. Math and reading the way you are going to work because you visualize. I will help to encourage yourself. / Responsibility. It applies in school because it can help you visualize finishing tests or getting good grades. / Getting something you always wanted by imaging of having it. / The three eye. Reading to visulalize the setting and the character. It lets you imagine how your life will be. / To see beyond our imagination. Creative writing, art class and P.E. We have to imagine to make those things happen. It would give us confidence. Make us believe in our selfs.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: People have the same fears. It would help by some people arcams have to go to school. People will learn not to judge. How it would help me in life is by facing your fears. / People have different goals and fears. When you need a topic to talk about. People will know how you feel. You’ll know how people feel. / Fears come from memories. To make good memories in school. To tell them that bulling is not right and make a good memory of that. To always follow your dreams. / Bravery, Public speaking, Fearlessness. Sharing projects, offering answers. Standing up for yourself and others. Help us get stronger in life.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: You can trust other people. You can trust your teachers. Talking to people caring for others. / Trustworthiness and caring. It applies in school because when a teacher needs you to tell the truth if someone stole something. When you get pulled over and a cop tells you, that you were speeding. / To always be caring an trustworthy. To always be caring to are teachers. To be caring and respectful to people that you work with. / To always care for one another. Not to make people sad. Teach us to be better and caring.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? There was a time when my brother fell and I helped up. / I was caring when I helped a friend when she was sad. It made me feel happy because they were happy. / Helped some one get threw a tragic death and I made the person laugh and when the person was sad I made the person happy and we became friends. / When my mom left and my dad too. I cleaned the house and helping my little brother and cleaning the whole house with my siblings. / When my brother got a cut. It felt good because I helped him feel better. / When my brother asked me to come to his class room and hold his hand because it was his first day at school. It felt amazing and felt that I was awesome older sister to saved his day. / I was taking care of my puppies. / Helping my sister when she was sick. / I was caring when my little brother got pneumonia. / I told my mom the truth it felt good. / A time I felt caring was when I helped my sister. It felt good because I helped someone. / When I helped a person getting bullied then I told them to stop and then they walked away finerre in there steps. / When my brother was sick and I was scared. / I helped Mr. Smith take off the posters. I felt good afterward. / I helped my brother find his phone when he lost it and when we found I felt happy and proud. / When I was told to help with buying food and I bought them. / After helping someone I felt useful. I felt this way because the person was happy and grateful for what I did.

That made me happy. / When my mom told us she had cancer. I was caring because if she needed anything I’ll get it. If she wanted to talk I was there. I showed her that I cared a lot. / Cuando alludo a mis ermanos a acers la tarea. / I became friends with someone who was being bullied. / When my friend need help on a video game an I helped him and revived him. / I helped pick up trash in my last period and I stack all the chairs afterward. That experience felt kewl because I helped keeping the classroom looking sharp. / When my dad was in a bad place. / A time I was caring was when a elderly lady was walking inside a store and I held the door open for her. / When my cousin was getting bullyed cause I made feel better and gave her advise I felt better about myself. / When I made my best friend everything will be ok because she was going through. / I helped my cousin play WBAZKLB and beat me. He looked happy. Also helping my mom with work. / When I helped my friend go to the nurse when she was hurt. / I gave my friend a pencil when no one else would. It felt good to do this because It showed to my friend that I am here for them. / My mom got out of surgery I drew her a bath and made her room clean and small like lavender. / When I revived my in BO2 it’s a video game that we play every day he was proud of me and we lasted a long time. I felt like a pro afterward. / My friend was sad so I helped her be happier by siting with her. / Me and my dad finish doing work then old man comes and he was homeless and was about a veteran. When he asked for change me and dad gave him old clothes and 200 dollar for a hotel. / Helping my mom and dad after there surgery. / I stood up to a girl that was bullying my little sister. I did that because I love my sister and I want her to feel safe. / To my best friends. I was there for them when they were having a rough day. / My friend was feeling sad about something and I stayed with her and we talked about it and afterwards it made me feel happy because she was happy.

Funded By: Character Education Location: Quentin Elementary %Male 39%

%Female 61%

Date: May 3- 6, 2016

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 72 %NO 11 %Other 11 %No Answer 5 Post %YES 84 %NO 11 %Other 5 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 17 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 5 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 84 % All the Time 16 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 28 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 58 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 17 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 58 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 39 % Leader 61 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 26 % Leader 74 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 56 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Speaking up. / To stand up for others. / I learned to speak my opinion. / To help and to stand up for others. / Helped me stand up for myself. / Fears. / The teach me to help one another. / You can stand up to bullies. / Confidence. / It helps me feel better. / You can stand up.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Make them feel comfortable. / I would help them. / I would speak up for the person being bullied. / I will stand up to the bully. / Its gonna reflect on who you are. / I will help them. / I would tell them to stop. / Stand up for them. / I would help them. / I will stand up for someone.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Don’t let it get to you. / To respect others decision. / I learned to respect others./ Respect because you give someone respect they’ll give it back. / Self Confidence. / My choice counts. / Trust myself. / To be respectful. / I must respect my own decisions. /

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 61% Post 79% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I like pastel colors, and the army green, black. / My favorite color is blue and when I think about it’s very clear. / Makes me happy there’s so many of them, the fact that you can try a make a new color with the old ones, they just make me happy. / It is very important for our site. / Colors are something people use to express emotions or how they feel about something. / Colors are in everyday life and it gives detail. / Color are great to drawing in stuff and beautiful. / It represents what you are. / My favorite color is grey so when I see it, I say to myself that that’s my favorite color. / I think color describes the characteristics about someone. / Color can tell us the characteristics of someone and how they feel.

Post: Color is great. / Color is the way you see things. / I think all color is equal. / Color can define the type of person you are. / It has feelings. / It makes you who you are. / Color is how you feel. / Represents who you are. / Its creative. / Its to express yourself. / pues ami me gusta tener muchos, colores en mi cuarto. / Color is kind of like rhythm. / Color expresses people. / It’s emotions. / It makes everything brighter. / I think it shows my feelings.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 79% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a scientist. / To be a actor and nascar driver and made a pro skateboarder. / To be an NBA hall of fame champion. / To be a musician. / To get better at drawing. My hope is that I can lead others to do the right thing. / Being a part of the army. / To be famous. / Meet my dad in person. / Go to college and make my mom proud. / To be an animator and or web designer. / To be successful in life. / To finish school and move on to college and a good career. / To be in a grunge punk rock band. / To become a soccer player.

Post: To become a CIA and go to Harvard and make something of myself. / To be a scientist. / To be able to speak up and be confident. / My most important dream at the moment is to go to college. / To join the army. / Having a life I want. / To join the K9 unit. / To be a mother. / Be a musician. / To go to Stanford or ASU and become a pediatrician. / Join the army. / Trak star. / Yo quiero ser pediatra. / To sing or become a marine biologist. / To be an actor. / To graduate college. / Make it to the NFL. / Join the marines. / Be a nascar driver, actor, be in the Navy.

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

Thoughts Shared: Is to care and to work hard. / To be confident and everyone or most people have your fear you are not alone. / To speak up and be confident. / Trust worthiness. / Be respectful. / Believing in myself. / To be confident. / Confidence. / Always believe in yourself. / Work Hard. / You can be everything you want in life. / Pues aprena a sacar mis mieaos y que puedo ira una acurea paa realisar mis duenes. / To always believe in your self. / Don’t let fears stop you. / Do my best. / Not be afraid to speak up. / Hard work and to keep going. / Be trustworthy, responsible, respectful and caring.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 100% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count.

Thoughts Shared: It helped me see better things in life. / Citizenship. / Ask questions about it. / I want to improve on caring. I learned to help people. /By being respectful. / It made me feel good. / Responsibility, I’ll

need it in the future. / Made me stronger. / It improved me to respect people. / Now I have a little more confidence to speak to others. / Helped me talk in public with out fear. / Encouragement. / Respecto. / I have lots of respect for people no matter who it is. / Responsible, start caring. / I wanted to improve caring and the workshop helped by letting me realize that I have done caring things. / To not be afraid to speak in front of a crowd. / It helped me improve my talking skills. / To help people which is citizenship.

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: That they go threw a lot of things that I never imagined. / To always be a friend. / Some are confident in themselves. / That many people are bullied in my school. / That not all people are not bullies. / Everyone has similar fears. / To be nice. / One is really nice. / They’re all honest and trustworthy. / That you are not alone with fears you have and some people have there own. / We all have something that makes us the same. / We go threw the same stuff. / Yo aprendi que no debo andar dicrendo cesas que no and siertas. / That everyone is the same with some things I learned more about my peers. / They have been bullied before. / A lot of people have been bullied. / That there a lot of people that were bullied. / Most people have the same feeling like you. / They’ve been bullied.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org

Thanks to Character Education, 24 young lives from Quentin Elementary experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 9-10 and 12, 2016 - # 12 of 12 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 Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-12.

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? : Getting to know each other. Help someone out. Support for each other. Give advice. / Respect.

Students. Tell a teacher or adult. Athlete. Nurse. Police. / Leaders. Participate in class. Stand up for others. You know right from wrong. / Now to open up. Participation. Stick up for yourself and others. Be more confident.

Creative story telling: To share and be fair. You will learn how to work with others by acting it out. To help get along with other people. Be fair to other people. / Don’t talk while others are talking. Talking is a distraction. You could respectfully stop the bully. People will respect you more. / Trustworthiness. Being trusted to do things for teachers. Someone that is being bullied can trust you to stand up for them. People can trust you to do things for them. / How to be caring. Look out for others. Helping people in time of need. If you see someone fall or get hurt you help them.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Confidence. To be able to speak in class. To not give into it. To speak in front of large groups. / Make better decisions and being inspired. Able to learn peacefully. Ignoring people that make you feel bad. Inspiring yourself and loving yourself when you feel bad. / Be proud of yourself. You won’t be scared to do or say the wrong thing. You’ll know whether or not it’s good for you. Your self -esteem is higher and you’re proud of yourself and you believe in your decisions. / We learned to be confident. We could be ourselves.

With confidence you could do whatever you need to do. Where ever you go you’ll be confident.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Telling myself the things in the mirror was empowering. I feel like it will help me to be myself. It was an amazing feeling. / I felt proud and felt like I can do anything. / It makes me feel good. / Cool, smart, and tall. / It makes me feel nice and happy. / It makes me feel happy because you love yourself. / It makes me feel confident about myself. / Good, awesome, fair. / Calm and happy. / Exciting, happy, bored, tired. / I felt open, I felt happy and not sad for the day. / It makes me feel weird because I’m just talking to myself in the mirror, and good. / When I look in the mirror it makes me feel that I shouldn’t change. / It made

me feel no difference. / It makes me feel good. / It made me feel good. / Okay and fine. / Open and happy. / I love myself because I’ve been blessed for whom I am. I would love myself because I’ll follow my dreams and want it bad enough it would happen. / That made me feel happy and special because some people change their way of being because they are afraid of being themselves.

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 mom is my hero because she cares for me, loves me and is my best friend. She is important because she helps me, gives me advice and she is always there for me. / My mom. I think my mom is important because she worked hard and made sacrifices to make my life better. She’s the one that supports my dream. If it wasn’t for my mom I wouldn’t be alive right now. / Ms. Smith (6th grade teacher). This person is a very good person to be around with. Very helpful always trying to help. / Ms. Smith (6th grade teacher). She is the one to help me and supports not just me but everyone that she is around. / My mom is my hero because she is a single mom. We never see our dad so she does everything by herself. I wouldn’t be able to do what she does. / My hero is Sergio Ramos. He inspires me and by his skills. He plays in any favorite team. / My mom is my hero because she is always there for me. / My brother. I look at him and that’s it / Alex Morgan is the best woman soccer player. She is really cool. She showed girls around the world that if you keep practicing you can be anything man or woman. / My hero is Lionel Messi because he inspired me to play soccer also Bravo a goalkeeper inspires me to be a goalie. / Martin Luther King, Jr. Michael Jordan. Because if it wasn’t for MLK, African Americans wouldn’t be here.

Michael Jordan because he changed the game of basketball. / My sister is my hero because she teaches me to take responsibility like if she needs to clean or make us food. / My hero is my mom. She always helps me when I’m sad. She always helps me with my problems. / My dad. He is important because he supports me and buys me what I want but most importantly, what I need. / My mom. She is my hero because she is nice, helpful, and always supports me all the time. / My mom. My mom is important because she takes care of me and feeds me. / I think my mom is important because she never gives up. / My dad is important because he helps my family get where we are now. This is why I feel my dad is important. My dad is my hero because he is always there for me. He is always supporting me and he has been my biggest inspiration. / My hero is my mom. She has always made me feel good. She has taken care of me my whole life. She takes care of me when I’m sad or sick. I love spending time with her. She is just amazing. / My hero is my mom because she helps me with homework and she buys me stuff that I need. They are important because they love you and care about you and buy you stuff that you need, also she is there for me.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: We learned about teamwork, trust, and communication. We can help others reach their goals. We can have confidence to stand up and talk to the bully. If you’re in a job, you have to have teamwork to get where you are. / With a little help, you can get through anything. You can ask your classmates or teacher for help. You can have friends stand up for you. It can help you get through hard times. / Teamwork and trust the people around you. Work with classmates trust friends to help you. Trusting your friends and helping you while being bullied or trusting them to stand up for you. / Teamwork. Work together. Help somebody with problems. Help people through struggles.

Seeing Beyond: How to work together and compromise. This would apply in science because we would need to work together to finish science projects. This would help you communicate with each other and get you where you want to be in the future. / You have to be able to talk stuff over before taking a risk. All subjects because they all ask questions. You can talk about the answer with your classmates. You won’t always make decisions by yourself.

You may need help deciding what to do in a bad situation. / Take risks, trust, teamwork, and communication. In science, when you are doing experiments, you have to communicate, use teamwork, trust, and take risks. In jobs you have to communicate and do teamwork, taking risks by not burning buildings. / Teamwork, compromise, and trust. In all subjects when you need to ask questions. If someone needs help.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Skills or tools learned: Determination, happiness, and memories. So you’re determined to be better in school. Be determined to stick up for yourself. Determined to reach your goals. / Determination. School helps reach dreams. Consequences if you were a bully. Your dreams, you succeed in life. / Determination and hope. Determination and hope can get thru work and tough times in school. It would help you to stop the bullying. If you’re determined, then you would reach your goals and what you want to do in life. / Determination, happy, thinking memories. When you have an assignment to do with dreams helps you reach your goals Thinking of what to do to the bully (not fighting or being mean).

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Having an open mind, hope and being positive. Trying to make new friends.

Negative things can turn to positive things. / Hope, possibilities. If you believe in yourself, you can be a better student and you can have a better future. The more hope you have the more successful you’ll be. / How a negative situation can turn positive. When you get extra assignment people have it but it actually helps you with your learning. You might want to go to work but you end up getting money so you can go do something fun. / Positivity, hope, open mind. When you’re in a group you don’t want to be in you have to stay positive. Have open mind because people don’t have the same feelings as you.

We can remember a time when we did not listen to our intuition or inner voice. We would like you to think of an example when you did follow your intuition: I moved when I was five to Arizona from California. I was sad but now I’m here I’m happy. / When I moved to Quentin for first grade and had to leave my friends. / At first I felt lonely when I got here, but it changed everything. / When my dog died I thought it was so bad but then I realized it was good because it was time for him to go. / When I was being bullied then my friend cheered me up with jokes and stood up to the bully. / When I helped a kid up. / A negative experience that I had that turned positive was none. I have had positive to negative experience but never a negative to a positive. / One time we went camping and it was boring, but then it was fun when we played games and went hiking. / When my sister went to Oklahoma but then we talked every day. / I moved schools but remembered I could go and visit my friends. / My grandma moved out but it turned out to be good. / My Ta moved away but still comes to visit. / When my cousin went to North Dakota but then he came back and I was happy. / I moved from my old house but I’m glad I moved because I have good friends at Quentin. / A negative experience was when my baby brother was born because my mom wasn’t home but it became positive when I actually got to see him. / I was sad when my grandpa passed away but then I knew he was still in my heart which made me happy. / When I wasn’t getting a soccer ball and I was sad then later that day I got a soccer ball I am excited. / When I wasn’t going to get a ball I was sad then later that day I actually got a new ball. / A challenge was when I didn’t want to see my dad for a year and it turned into a positive thing because I don’t depend on people to do things I need anymore. I am more independent. / When I switched schools I was really upset. Then I moved and got used to Quentin it turned out to be really fun. / When I moved from my house I was sad. Later on I was happy because I now had my family has a bigger space to run and play on the trampoline. / Me and my friend used to always work in partners every time we can but one day she went with other girls when I was thinking she didn’t like me anymore but then she explained to me that she only wanted to work with others but she did like me. / One time when I felt negative was when my dog got ran over but my mom told me to cheer up that sometimes you have to let go of people or pets. / When I first lived in my old house I never wanted to leave but we had to because bad things were happening. But when I saw my new house, I liked it and it was a safe place to live. / My dad didn’t want a dog because he thought we wouldn’t take care of it but me and my sisters did. We begged my dad and after school the dog was in our house and we give him food and took care of him.

Release the Fear, Inc. ® PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear.org 602-818 6959

Funded By: Character Education - Littleton Location: Quentin Elementary School %Male 29

%Female 71

Date: May 9-10-12, 2016

Ages 11-12

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

Pre %YES 71 %NO 25 %Other 4 Post %YES 92 %NO 8 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 83 % All the Time 4 % No answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 77 % All the Time 23 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 38 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 31 % All the Time 69 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 46 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 3 % Sometimes 31 % All the Time 66 % No Answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 8 % Equal 63 % Leader 29 Post % Follower 3 % Equal 35 % Leader 62 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 54 % No 46 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 58 % No 42 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 50 % No 38 % No Answer 12 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned to stand up to the bully and to be confident. / Positively. / Believing you can stand up to others. / I learned how I should stand up for myself and others. / To tell an adult and not give in to peer pressure. / You can stand up for others and yourself. / I learned the people need to speak up. / Respect. / Stand up for others. / I learned to use my characteristics to stop the bully like trustworthy. / Speak up. / I learned to stand up for others. / I learned not to bully. / You have to tell the teacher if you or someone is being bullied. / Yes to not respond with violence. / To stand up for myself and others. / Tell a teacher or adult and be honest. / To stand up for them. / Because I can stand up. / Being trustworthy. / I learned to be brave and be helpful. / I found that you look yourself in the mirror and say that anyway you are still beautiful. / If your friend is getting bullied you can stand up for them.If you’re getting bullied tell someone, just don’t care what they say about you because you’re amazing.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because bullying is bad and can affect a lot of people in a lot of ways. / I would stand up for them because if I got bullied I would want someone to stand up. / Yes, I would do something. / I would stand up for them and help them feel better. / I would tell an adult. / Yes I learned this. / I would do something to prevent any bullying. / I would because they are hurting him or her. / Talk to the bully and tell him it’s not okay. / Yes because nobody deserves being bullied. / Because they get hurt in many ways. / I would help them. / I would do something because they don’t deserve being bullied. / Tell them to leave them alone. / I would stand up for them. / I think would even though I’ve never seen anyone being bullied. / I would stand up for them and cheer them up. /

Because it’s wrong. / I would go to a trustworthy adult. / I wouldn’t want anyone to be bullied. / I would tell an adult and help the kid. / I would tell the bully to stop then I would talk to the person being bullied. / I would call a teacher right away. / Yes because I want to help other people I care about.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned respect so that I can be more respectful to classmates. / I can make any decision. / I learned how to be determined to follow my dreams. / I learned all three of those very well. / People can’t force to make decisions if you don’t want that. / People have to respect their own decisions even if they are under peer pressure. / It showed me not to be a follower. / I learned both and they will help me. / Yes because we saw what respect and responsibility looks like. / I learned to make my own decisions. / Stay true to myself. / I learned to look at myself in the mirror and say that I like myself. / I would stand up and read what I had to say. / I learned to be trustworthy and I learned about fairness. / Yes I did learn respect with peers. / To do what makes me happy, make my own decisions. / I learned how to be trustworthy and open. / To respect others. / Yes I learned to be respectful. / Don’t be forced to do things. / I learned to trust. / Yes if people are testing you to do something you’re not to do just think for yourself and do what is right. / I learned that everyone has different ideas and dreams.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 71% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think about emotions. / Yes some people of different colors don’t respect my color. / I think emotion of colors. / Colors make everything interesting. / I believe everyone is equal and anyone can be or do anything. / I don’t think about it everyone is equal. / I think that even if you are a different skin color doesn’t mean we have to have bathrooms for black or white people. / Color makes me happy. / We are all the same and should be treated equal. / Color does not matter for me because we are all human beings. We are all the same by that. / I think colors can tell how you feel. / I believe color doesn’t matter, and everyone is equal. / I think that all colors are cool. Every color is unique in their own way. / It really doesn’t matter even if people are dark skinned it doesn’t mean they have to get treated differently. / No but whenever I do I wonder why people only like some colors not all.

Post: When we heard the music we learned about color. / I think of emotions and music. / Color is different for everyone even music has color. / That it can tell how you feel. / Color is used everywhere. / I learned that music has color. / Many things about color. / Exciting. / Color is a very important thing. / That color is in everything. / Everything has color. / I learned that no one should be treated differently just because of their color. / Music can have color when you close your eyes. / All I know is that color is in everything like music, etc. / Express myself. / I learned that everything has color and everyone and everything is unique. / That color is based on emotion. / To respect different colors. / Different colors make me feel a specific way. / Everything has color even music. / You can do anything no matter the color. / I love color. It really can help you express yourself. / Color makes something stand out. / I still think that all colors are amazing and unique in their own way.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 96% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I can hope to be a better student and just be better. And my dream is to play soccer. / Is to become a business operations manager. / My dream is to be a normal teenager that respects responsibility. / My most important dream is to achieve my academic goal. / I want to be successful in life. / I always see stray dogs in my neighborhood so my dream is to help them. / I don’t have any. / I hope to be a barber. / My dream is to get through college and get a job. / I really want to be a teacher or make a difference in hunger. / My most important goal is to finish college. / I want a good future with a great education. / To go to a good college and finish it. / I hope I get good grades. / My most important hope or dream is to help people and be a nurse. / My most important hope or

dream is to become a professional women’s soccer player. / My hope is to have a good life. / Basketball player. / That racist stop. / To be respectful and trustworthy. / To respect others. / I really want to go to UCLA and succeed in life. I want to make my parents proud.

Post: Is to have a good educational career and to help others feel like they matter. / Become a famous professional soccer player. / I want to attend UCLA and make my mom proud. / My most important hope or dream is to become a pro soccer player. / My dream is to graduate from college and become a famous You Tuber. / To become a teacher and help her get money. / Basketball player. / Be a professional soccer player. / To go to the University of Florida and be a nurse. / To go to college. / Become a business operations manager. / My dream is to attend Grand Canyon University. / Is to be an artist. / To have a pet grooming salon business. / To go to college and use the skills and be a paramedic. / To become a successful medical assistant after studying at NAU. / To go to college to become a doctor or a teacher. / To become a professional soccer player. / Going to college. / To become a student at The University of Oregon. / To obtain my goals. / Go to college. / Become a soccer player. / To be either a science teacher or be in animal rescue I love animals. / Is to have a happy life. / One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Is to hope. / I can work with people because of teamwork and trust. / What I learned is to respect and communicate with others. / Honesty is it. / Never give up. / Never give up and take risks. / I know to trust others. / Is to keep going to reach my dream. / To be confident and get help and help others. / To talk to others and see if they want that too. / Never give up mistakes are okay. / To never give up until I reach my goals. / I have to use teamwork if I want to get things done. / Show more effort. / To open up, have hope, and compassion. / I learned to be true to myself even if others don’t agree. / To be positive and determined. / How to be responsible.

To never give up and follow your dream. / Determination. / Determination is where you work hard and stick to your goal. / Open up. Let others hear you speak. / You have to jump through hoops and there will be a challenge. / Never give up. After a tough day, the next day will be better. / Hope and never give up. / Is to help others when they need a boost in their day.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 100% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count: Respect. The workshop helped me to learn to respect my peers. / By talking in front of others. / The workshop helped me understand how to make my own decisions. / It helped me with responsibility and public speaking too. / The workshop helped me to be helpful and give respect. / Responsibility because I need it. / Trustworthiness. / Talking in front of large groups by me speaking in front of everybody. / It helped me realize that I need to be careful of what I say. / I want to improve on being respectful. / It helped me learn about teamwork because of the exciting activities. / It helped me trust others that I am not the only one dealing with that. / It helped me by listening and paying attention, hearing what others say. / The workshop showed me that responsibility is important. / It helped me to improve because I need to not be shy. / It helped me improve in school. / Helping others is good. / It is important to be respectful. / Yes, it was to be kind. Citizenship. / By opening up. / It helped me with citizenship by teaching me how to respect. / I could trust anyone that I work with. / Is to hope./ My character count I want to work on was responsibility and when we were in a group, the group helped me.

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: I learned that we are not alone and I learned this in the walking activity. That people are dealing with the same stuff as we are. / That others have been through the same problems. / People can have the same problems as me. I learned how to open up. / I learned that there is a lot of kids that had the same problem as me. / That they are more trusting then I thought. / I learned how to open up. / Everyone isn’t alone and we are a team. / One of the classmates has seen a person get shot. / They have been through the same things as me. / I learned that I’m not the only one who passes through bad experiences. / That some people stole from their mom. / We are not scared any more to tell our fear. / I learned that they might be dealing the same things as me. / I’m not the only one going through stuff. / I learned that a lot of classmates have had the same problems as me. / I learned

Thanks to The Halle Foundation, 22 young lives from Quentin Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 9-12, 2016 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:

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Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into 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 11-12.

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? : Character traits. Try your best. Caring. Responsibility and citizenship. / Being responsible.

Turning in work. Bully can take responsibility and say it was them. Be responsible at work. / To be fair or it is going to haunt you. You need to be fair so you won’t get beat up. Nothing will be fair if you don’t start anything.

Successful. The color of our skin. / Opening up and expressing yourself. When someone is emotional you can accompany them. Ask a person what is happening. To care for those in need.

Creative storytelling: Caring for others. Not to be so judgmental. Standing up for each other. To be fairness. / Trustworthiness. We need to trust our peers and teachers. Trust people to respect your decision when you tell them to stop. Trust people that deserves and earned it. / To not judge people cause you don’t know what is going on. It won’t make people feel bad. How will it help there will be less people that don’t stand up for themselves. People go up since it due and shy can. / What people are going through. Why we should not judge others on how they look. Will help them out more because we know what they been through. Not being judgmental.

Through the Hoops: Friendship and working together. It helps us in teamwork and being trustworthy in other students around us. It would help us have citizenship and respect in other. / Teamwork, trust. We are able to trust people to do things in our school projects. We are able to trust people to help us with our bullying problems.

To work with people to build our teamworking skills. / Teamwork, trust people. With teamwork, we can accomplish our goals and work. If we all stand together, we can make a change. Use have to work together. 2 wrongs don’t make a right. / Trust, teamwork, confidence, cooperation. Teamwork to work with us. You can trust your friend that they will be there for you. It helps you trust others around you.

Reflective Take Assignment: Self-confidence. Speaking up. Having confidence in yourself. Public speaking and express your opinion. / Confidence. Confident enough to say the answers to questions in class. Confident in your decisions. Have confidence in yourself to become successful. / We talked about confidence and who’s our hero. Because sometimes when we think of our hero it could help us in school to do better. Because when we are mad or something we could think of our hero. Because we might wanna be just like our perfect heroes when we grow up. / Learned to believe in ourselves and to influence others. Encourage yourself and others to do better. It will let you have confidence. To believe in ourselves.

Mirror Work: Fab. / I feel happy and confident. / It make me have courage in myself. / It makes me feel happy and feel confident. / It makes me unique, happy. / Joyful, happy, fun. / I feel like I can do anything. / It made me feel pretty because I slay all the way. / Feel good because I already know I’m cute and no one has to tell me because but love life. / That makes me feel happy and good. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel wrong because it’s not true. / It makes me feel strong and it makes me feel like no one can bring me down. / It made me feel special because of what I said. / I feel amazing how I told myself that. It also makes me feel special. / It makes me feel more self-confidence. It encourages me to do more. / It makes me feel nice, happy, and joy. / It makes me feel confident about myself. / It makes me feel that I’m different from everyone and what today is going to be like.

Hero: Jacob Sartorius. Because they are a part of me. / Cesar Chavez is my leader. Cesar Chavez fought for his rights and he inspire many Hispanics. / Mom. She helps me with stuff. She’s there for me. / Bryson Triller. Because he makes me feel more happy and alive. / Alex Morgan. Because she really good soccer player and she has a career that I always wanted. She is a professional soccer player. / My mom and dad are my heroes. They are always there for me and supportive. / I am helpful to myself. Because I try my hardest. / Dad. Because he takes care of me, makes me laugh. / My mamma. My hero is my mom because she’s the only reason am here. / My mom and dad! My hero is my mom and dad because they always put clothes on my back and a roof over my head. / My hero is Aileen because she is brave and she support me. She is important because when I got bully and she was there for me even when the teacher talked to me about the bully she was there. / I pick my mom because she always feed me. And always have clothes on my back. Good. / My dad is awesome. My dad is my hero because he pays for my food. / Tyler Joseph. Tyler does a lot for people. He writes all the songs for Twenty One Pilots. They write songs about depression, anxiety, and other problems. They’ve helped me and lots of other people. / St. Vincent Du Paul. My hero is my older sister. She is 22 and she went to volunteer at St. Vincent Du Paul and it inspires me to go out and volunteer, help out other people, and just help around. / Oscar Torres. He has inspired me because he is really successful and awesome. / My mom and dad are my heroes because they help me through the hardest time. They are important because they have been with me my whole life. / My hero is Michael Jordan.

He encourages me to play basketball and has sportsmanship. / Because he is a ninja and I always wanted to be a ninja. / I chose my mom because she is a single mother and she could support a family of three and herself. They are important because she gives me what I need to survive. / Because I take care of myself and think about my actions before I do it.

Seeing Beyond: Ask good questions and express our opinions and take risks. By thinking and using your brain and having more self-courage in ourself and others. Public speaking and taking risk in thing. / Take risks, intelligent decisions. Sometimes you have to take risks but make sure it is smart. We have to always make smart choices. / Ask questions, make wise choices. All subjects and you need to ask questions to clarify the assignment. It can apply to everything to make wise decisions on how your future like school, work, family. / Teamwork, trust. When doing assignments or projects all subjects. Whenever you have to depend on each other.

Whenever you’re helping in pairs or groups.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: We learned not to give up and believe in yourself that you can accomplish your dream. Public speaking and sharing with other. To be fearless and not caring for other.

Public speaking and to have a dream and a plan. / Persistence. Work towards our dream. If you are being bullied, don’t let the bully control you. Persistence will help you achieve the higher. / We learned about each other’s fears, hopes, and dreams. First we need to go to school to get to our dream first. You can face your fear by standing up to the bullying. When your days are dark, so you would have to find the light. / Imagination. To have a plan in life. You can have a plan to go into college. If someone is bullying you, don’t give up your dreams, hopes, and fears. Knowing dreams, hopes, fears helps plan out your life cause you know what they are.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Learned how to change negative to a positive, public speaking. Public speaking, classwork, confident. Public speaking, changing negative to a positive. / Positivity. Being positive in whatever you do. (work, projects, etc.) When you’re positive, you’re happy aka positivity = happiness. / Changing a negative to a positive. If we fail like a test a project, we can remember to get back up and try again. When you have a negative situation, you have to see the positive in it so nothing can stop you don’t let the haters bring.

Keep going. Never give up. / To take something positive out of a negative. When you do your work in class, you don’t have homework. You have to go to work so you can get paid.

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. On Friday I wanted to go see Civil War, but instead I celebrated my little sister’s birthday and at the end I ended up going to see the movie anyway. / I went to the movies but I wanted Starbucks but I got to pick the movie. / I lost a football game in the championships and I was sad but now I look at it as that you can’t win them all. / Yesterday I had to call home to change my pants, but at the end she was not mad at me. She took me to the movies. / I was at my Nana’s for 5 days then on December 15th, 2008, we went to a hospital and I ask why are we here and she said we are going to see a friend and I was like hhhh cause I thought it would be boring. We went into this room and I saw my mom and dad. My mom was holding a baby. I was surprised, then my mom said, “Say hi to your little brother.” / One time my brother tackled me then I told my other brother that he tackled me. Then he punched him in the face. / When I was thinking about food and had to decide Panda or Burger King and when I had decide t was so hard. So I chose Panda and it was good. / The first time I went to Castles and Coasters, I was scared to go on any rides. / The first time I went to Castles and Coasters, I was kind of scared to do the ride that goes down fast. / I wanted cereal but I did not want to get it. Then my mom calls me to go eat a big breakfast. / I don’t know when but I stayed home and had to go to Taco Bell but instead we got In and Out. / When I stayed home with no TV, but my mom brought me a lot of food. / I wanted to play soccer but then I play football. / I wanted to eat cereal but I didn’t want get fat. So I got waffles. / I wanted to go the movies, but I went to spend a night at my cousin’s house. / I was losing a soccer game, then the good kid on the other team got hurt, we ended up winning. / I once broke a vase by dropping it on purpose. I was scared at first. I might be in trouble but my mom said she hated that vase and she will give it up anyway and I felt like I am relieved. / My phone was dead but I had fun with my cousin. / I missed hanging out with my friends for the day, but that

other people have the same problems as me.

Funded By: The Halle Foundation Location: Quentin Elementary School %Male 45

%Female 55

Date: May 9-12, 2016

Ages 11-12

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

Pre %YES 60 %NO 32 %Other 0 Post %YES 91 %NO 9 %Other 0 Thoughts Shared: They haven’t learned or they don’t how to control it.

Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 77 % All the Time 10 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 82 % All the Time 14 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 36 % All the Time 64 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 24 % All the Time 76 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 51 % All the Time 45 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 29 % All the Time 71 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 18 % Equal 23 % Leader 59 Post % Follower 4 % Equal 19 % Leader 72 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 18 % No 82 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 50 % No 50 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 50 % No 32 % No Answer 18 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Stand up for yourself. / To speak up / To let others have your respect / I learned that my own decisions matter / Even though it keeps happening you can tell a teacher / To help them / Don’t judge and stand up for yourself / Tell a teacher what is happening / That no matter what your dreams are not crushed you can still achieve them. / I learned to stand up or to speak up to bullies. / To stand up and can make anything come true. / Because I did not remember/or pay attention. / I learned that every dream can come true / To not give up on yourself / To help them and say stop / They taught us that we are all strong and that we can take control of our problem / I learned that you have to stand up yourself and others. / Do not stop believing in your dreams / To stand up in the crowd / To stand up instead of not doing anything / Because you learn leadership and responsibility.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because I feel like it’s unfair. / Because they don’t / Yes, because how do they feel / Everyone deserves to be treated equally. / I will not like the way they are being treated so I will help. / ‘Cause they probably didn’t do nothing. / I would stand up for them / To help them if they are in trouble / Because if someone bullied you, you would want someone to help you. Yes because I learned to stand up and not stand by. /

Yes because I learned not to stand by. / Because I could change something I think / I would help him / I would ask them to be my friend to make them feel good / Yes I would do something / Because I know that its wrong and help the person / I would tell the bully to stop and tell an adult / I will tell an adult about it / I would stand up for the person who is being bullied. / I would stand up and tell them stop I will tell them would you like it.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Yes you need to respect people. / To be kind. / Yes ‘cause it’s mine. / I learned to respect my decisions more often / I learned responsibility / So you can understand how what / Don’t judge / Because I learned not to talk over others / Because if I don’t get something. I want I get something good out of it. / I learned to not pay attention to what others say and only what I think. / Respect, that other people go through things and to respect. / Because I did not listen at sometimes / I learned to do the right thing / To believe in your own decision / To not have anger / I learned that taking responsibility and respect as a leader is important and always have their skills / I learned to be respectful to others / I learned not to feel bad talking in public / Self respect / Respect more to people / I learn a lot of respect and responsibility.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 71% Post 95% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think about red. / Don’t understand the question. / No. / Yes, but I started thinking more and thinking everyone is the I am colored because I am Mexican. / I think that color describes the world that we live in. / It makes the world interesting. / I think blue. / No I don’t care about color. / I think of earth. / I think pink, purple, blue, red. / I think of colors and all different shades. / I think that its colorful. / I don’t care / Color is a wonderful thing because we see everything in beautiful bright colors. / I think purple, blue, brown, yellow, etc. / It is awesome. / I never thought about it. But color shouldn’t matter. / No. / Yes. I wanted to know who/how someone found color. / I don’t know. I never worried about it or thought about it. / I think color is a way to express yourself. Color can say a lot to some. I have thought about color.

Post: Purple, pink, blue, red / Bring feelings / Color is a wat to express yourself / They can give you different emotions / If we have no colr then the world will be black and white / bring us or give us feeling. / That you can find color in music / Having different emotions about sounds / I think it represents if your sad, happy (etc.), yellow has sound / I think about emotions, that color can express feelings. / That songs have color from emotion / Blue like it been real and fun / It makes the world interesting / That color is all around you and describes the world / Purple / That every color has a different emotions / I think of color as joy / Feeling because everyone has feelings / It express feelings / Red / Feeling and thought.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 86% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I do not have a hope or dream. / I want to be a music producer. To make sounds and songs. / To be a youtuber that is my dream. / Is to achieve my dream job but helping others in my path to my dream. / To make all of my goals come true. / To go to college / My hope is to be successful. / Is to become a lawyer and to succeed my dreams. / My most important hope or dream is to become a doctor. / I want to be successful, to be a vet. / No / To get A’s and B’s. / Being a lawyer or professional soccer player. / My dream is to be a very successful person. / I don’t have a most important one. / To meet Jacob Sartorius. And to be a good backer. / To get into the college I want. / To own a bake shop. / To be a doctor and to I hope that I can make a different. /

My most important dream is to achieve my goal in life. / I want to do something in music, preferably drums. But from other people’s experiences I’m not sure it can happen so I am not sure.

Post: To go to college and become a vet / To go to Mexico and meet my grandpa / Is to go to college / Making music / Becoming a professional adult doctor / Being a doctor / To be a baker / To be a professional soccer player / To make my own bakery with my best friend / To accomplish school and college with good grades / To go to college and succeed / To become a lawyer a go to college / Going to college / To be able to go to college / To attempt college / To become a professional chef and cook for other people to make people happy / My dream is to go to college and become a doctor / Being a you tuber / To be a football player / To be a professional football player / To be a football player, going to college and helping my family out.

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

Thoughts Shared: Is when your day dark you need to find the light / To have a plan / Is to take risks / Confidence / Keep going and don’t give up / To help others / Have hope and confidence / Public speaking / Responsibility / I learned how to make my own decisions and to not pay attention on what others think of my opinion / To not be scared to public speak. / Everything because that’s why we even wanted to come here / Respect my decisions / To have a plan to go to college / To make a plan / Is that we need a plan to reach everything / To make a plan / Don’t give up / Never give up / Believe in yourself / Is respect.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did now know before?

Post 95% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: It helped me improve on my dream and have a plan and never give up / Have a plan / By showing respect to others and doing skits / Responsibility is a major key to achieving your dream / It will help me understand how to respect other people / Talking to people, because we do it over and over / team work / I want to be relied on / trustworthy bringing home work in / Public speaking talking out loud to others / Responsibility. I can take responsibility for my own actions / The character count is responsibility. I help me on how to step up / Not to be scared to public speak in front of others. Caring, respect / I don’t know / Responsibility. Get more respectability / I wanted fairness and the work shop helped because it taught me to be nice / To pass school / It help me become more responsible and learn to take responsibility / I want to work on responsibility. Yes it did. / It helped me achieve my goals / Consequences come with actions / The workshop helped me improve to respect. / Caring. It made me be more caring.

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: That people think they are going to prison / That we know about them / That they have a lot in common with me / That we are all dealing with similar things / Not everyone is the same and we all have different experiences / Who and what is going on in their life / That they have many hopes and dreams / That lots of people thing they will go to adult jail / Respect. To respect their own decisions / I learned that Ashlynn is afraid to lose a best friend / I learned Aileen’s fear is to fail college / A lot of things that I never knew about my best friends. / My friends are all very different / That a lot of people are scared of the same thing / To be nice / That always respect everyone no matter what / I learned that a class mate likes menudo / They have special things / Others don’t have the same feelings / They have been better than before / They’re scared of heights.

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Thank you Character Education and Littleton Elementary School District for this

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Today because of your support,, they are that much closer to finding their gifts that they have to share with the world around them.

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