2016 Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Final Report

" I Love You just the way you are."

HALLE FOUNDATION 2016 REPORT Thank you to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation 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 of The Diane and Bruce Halle

Foundation. This report reflects how the creative processes through the "Bridging Possibilities" and our Train the Trainer programs, enabling us to expand our reach to enlightened and enriched more youth. These results from 270 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

The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation OVERALL REPORT PERCENTAGES Train the Trainer Program 270 Students (14 PB Workshops) Male 63.3% Female 36.7% – Youth Ages 11-18 86.1% discovered something new about themselves 90.1% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 58.8% compared to Post 71.6% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 81.5% compared to Post 95.5% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

83.4% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

84.8% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. May 9-12, 2016 Quentin Elementary School 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.

2. May 10-12, 2016 Kennilworth Elementary School 30 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 43% Female 57% – Youth Ages 12-14 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 90% compared to Post 100% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 93% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

96% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

86% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

3. May 10-13, 2016 Hamilton Elementary School 20 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 45% Female 55% – Youth Ages 11-13 94% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

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

Pre 90% compared to Post 94% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

94% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

4. May 9-12, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 9 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 16-17 89% discovered something new about themselves 78% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

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

Pre 100% compared to Post 89% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

89% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

78% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

5. May 9-12, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 18 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 16-17 56% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 61% compared to Post 75% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 67% compared to Post 88% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

62% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

68% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

6. May 20-24 2016 Phoenix Collegiate Academy 31 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 55% Female 45% – Youth Ages 12-14 90% discovered something new about themselves 86% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 29% compared to Post 55% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 71% compared to Post 97% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

72% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

93% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied 7. May 20-24 2016 Phoenix Collegiate Academy 24 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 50% Female 50% – Youth Ages 12-14 96% discovered something new about themselves 96% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 33% compared to Post 38% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 75% compared to Post 96% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

92% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

8. October 3-5, 2016 Kennilworth Elementary 30 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 57% Female 43% – Youth Ages 10-11 96% discovered something new about themselves 96% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 50% compared to Post 75% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 90% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

87% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

96% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

9. November 15-17, 2016 Children’s First Academy 20 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 50% Female 50% – Youth Ages 12-14 75% discovered something new about themselves 70% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 75% compared to Post 90% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 55% compared to Post 90% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

80% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

10. November 28-30, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 14 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 93% Female 7% – Youth Ages 15-18 83% discovered something new about themselves 83% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 71% compared to Post 83% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 86% compared to Post 92% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

75% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

11. November 28-30, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 17 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 60% compared to Post 64% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

88% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

76% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

12. December 13-15, 2016 Durango 14 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 13-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 93% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 62% compared to Post 86% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 77% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

93% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

13. December 27-29, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 9 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 0% Female 100% – Youth Ages 16-17 67% discovered something new about themselves 78% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 78% compared to Post 78% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 89% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

67% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

78% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

14. December 27-29, 2016 Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility 12 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 14-17 64% discovered something new about themselves 82% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 38% compared to Post 36% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 69% compared to Post 91% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

64% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

55% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

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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 2016 - 2020 Program Budget: Train the Trainer workshops: $100,000 paid distributed over four years at $25,000 each year 2016- 2020 Budget Workshop 14 workshops Cost per year Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations: Pre/Post Inventories Final Report Supplies and Other Workshop Exp Art & Printed Supplies Recognition for Students, Postage, Marketing Internal Support, Workshop Preparation/ Coordination Insurance Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP

$680 $300

$9,520 $4,200

$150 $ 70

$2,100.00 $980.00

$ 80 $ 60

$1,120.00 $840.00

$300 $ 10 $ 50 $1,700

$4,200.00 $140 $700 $23,800

Quarterly Assessment / Best Practices meetings Assessment and Best Practices quarterly, 2 hour meetings for 11 facilitators (7 current & 4 new), and volunteers 11 X $30 X 4 quarterly meetings New manuals for 4 new facilitators $50 ea. and New research materials (printed) TOTAL COST LESS RTF unrestricted funds

1,320

250 $25,370 -$370

TOTAL ANNUAL GIFT

$25,000

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 The Diane and Bruce 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 the next day I had the whole day with no work. / We went to go and get pizza but it was closed so we went to go get tacos but I didn’t like tacos but when I tried it, it tasted so good.

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

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce 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 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.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 30 young lives from Kenilworth Elementary experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 10-12, 2016 - # 2 of 14 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? : Motivation, bravery, faith. Gets work done. Motivation can help you succeed if you’re a different color. Makes you a better leader. / Acceptance, respect, equality. Understand others. Less judgmental. Making new friends with others. / Acceptance and to trust. To be open. It’ll allow you to get to know someone before judging. Allow you to accept easily. / Smart, athletic, fun. You can ty your hardest and motivate to succeed. You could go beyond what is expected. That tool is a motivation because it can help me get stronger in life.

Creative story telling: Teamwork, trust, and respect. To respect others and use teamwork and trust with people around you. You can use teamwork to stop the bully. Learn about respect. By helping us understand life with teamwork, trust, and respect. / To accomplish a common goal together. To work together on things such as to have projects. To give you confidence that you have people to help you. / Being kind to others don’t be a bully.

Making new friends with others. Getting to know how the person getting bullied feels. Helps us be more kind, caring, and respectful to others. / Trust, teamwork, fairness, etc. Trust your classmates. Trust, friendships, and teachers. Be a trustworthy person.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Positivity. You think positive and later on, there is a positive outcome. You think positive about your own choices and do the right thing. Being positive will motivate you to do better in life. / Optimism, communicating. When you have a project instead of complaining about it you can be optimistic. You can help someone being pressured by being optimistic. It shows you there’s always a positive to a negative. / There can always be a positive found in a negative. You might not want study but it helps in the end. Helps you rationalize the bad out of the good. It makes you a more positive person. / Focusing on the positive effects.

Looking on the bright side. Stay calm figure out a good side. You could be a confident and positive person.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Good and happy. / It made me feel good and happy. I feel happy about myself. / Okay made me feel better about myself. / It makes me feel better about myself. / Good, happy, nice. / It doesn’t really change how I feel. / Good, strong, confident. / Happy, brave, mad, sad. / It makes me feel good. / That I love myself and I am strong. / Sincere, respectful, strong. / Strong, smart, funny. / Confident, nice, happy. / Confident, happy. / It makes me feel better about myself. / Happy, joyful, confident. / It made me feel confident and perhaps happy. / Awesome, a better person and more happy. / Great and cool. / Makes me feel good. / Makes me feel okay about myself. / It makes me feel happy. / Happy. / It makes me feel good about myself. / It makes me feel happy.

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. They have been there for me all my life. / Mom because she gave birth to me. / Mom. / Justin Bieber because he is emotionally strong. / Because he is cool. / It’s a squid. They show how majestic the world can be. / My dad he is funny but gets the job done. / Although she’s my band teacher I look up to her. She doesn’t teach for herself, instead her kids. She’s selfless and always willing to help. She’s truly an amazing person. They’re important because I’ve always looked up to them, and do good, and are selfless. / Friends and family. They are important because they inspire me, and they are always there for me. / Tyler, the creator because he’s confident. / Beyonce. She’s a mother and popping moves and her music and movie Lemonade is amazing. / My hero is Superman. They are important because he’s smart, funny, and was very nice to everyone and he wants to help everyone. / My aunt because she’s a big doctor because she can help other people that are sick. The good things that have the person at heart. / Heroic, kind. / My hero is Adrian Gonzalez because they inspired me to work harder. / Friends and family. They are always there for me. Respect and trust. / Grampa, just because. / Mom. They motivate me to achieve my goals. The ability to motivate. / I don’t have a hero. / My mom because she is always there when I need her. / My friends because they support me and make me feel better when I’m down. / Friends and family. They inspire to keep my dreams still going. / Mom. She made me be on earth. / He is my hero because he makes good music.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork, respect. Trust your classmates. Better understanding of people. Be a trustworthy person. / Teamwork, work together, trusting others. Working in groups. We learn how others feel, get to know them. Bonding, understanding each person. / Teamwork. You work together with your peers throughout different grades. A group of people can overcome a bully. You will be able to work with other people (career wise). / Teamwork. When you have a group project you can use teamwork. Have people stop the bully with teamwork. You can learn to work together with peers you like or don’t like.

Seeing Beyond: Trust, creativity, reasoning. Science trust, reasoning, because when you work together, you can trust your peers. Reading creativity, because you use your imagination and it gives you a better understanding of the book. You will trust peers, you can communicate with other people. / Creativity and trust. Physical education and art, and it gives you a mind set to creativity. It helps express your personality and when communicating with others. / To inference, clues, discover new things. Science because they use clues and information for data.

Makes you think more creative and outside the box. / Learn to trust our intuition. It can be any subject. When you don’t know an answer on a test you trust your gut feeling to make an answer. Helping you make hard decisions to be easier.

Reflective Take Away Assignment 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: My dad and I went to the mountain and we got stuck in the snow and I thought it was the end of me but it turned out fun because my cousin arrived and we had fun in the snow.

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

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Kenilworth Elementary School %Male 43

%Female 57

Date: May 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 90 %NO 7 %Other 3 Post %YES 100 %NO 0 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 23 % Sometimes 70 % All the Time 7 Post % Not at all 21 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 10 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 53 % All the Time 47 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 50 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 3 % Sometimes 70 % All the Time 27 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 46 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 7 % Equal 70 % Leader 23 Post % Follower 4 % Equal 60 % Leader 36 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 57 % No 43 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 73 % No 27 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 40 % No 43 % No Answer 20

% Other 17

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

Post % Yes 96 % No 4 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because we can help and change. / To speak up and tell an adult. / Finding the positive things. / I don’t get bullied. / We learned how to deal with things and know we have people to help us. / How to reach out to people. / I learned to don’t be so quick to judge someone. / Like I can now know what won’t to think outside the boxes. / I learned to be optimistic and I can count on others. / I learned how to be more accepting. / To speak out. / Telling them to stop. / I can be ready when it comes to these things. / Taught us to trust our teachers. / I learned to never be a bystander. / Stop bullying by telling someone or helping the person being bullied. / It gave me some ideas of how to stop bullying. / I learned to help deal with bullying. / To help others. / Yes you can tell a teacher or someone.

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

Post % Yes 86 % No 14 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would stop them and solve it. / Yes I will go tell a teacher or I will tell them if you are okay. / Tell a grown-up. / It showed me to help because it is a good thing. / I would stop it by telling

someone. / I would stop the situation. / Taught that saying something helps the victim. / It’s not right no one should get bullied. / Because it is not right. / I would help the victim. / I would help them because I learned most of us aren’t that different. / I would either help or tell somebody. / Work together. / I would tell them to stop and I would tell a teacher. / I would go and call a teacher. / I would step in myself. / Nobody deserves to feel bad about themselves and don’t need to be let down. / Yes. / Tell a teacher or a grown-up. / I would stop the bully. / Yes I would tell an adult. / We need to tell the teachers.

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: We can work together. / I will make my own decisions when I want. / People are the same as me. / Because we have to work together. / We learned that everybody is different and everybody deserves to be treated kindly. / To trust myself and others. / We can trust our instincts. / I could tell myself all calm words to help me. / Everyone is different. / I learned that I am responsible. / I’m always confident in my decisions. / To respect my decision that it is the right thing to do. / I should do what I believe is right not what others tell me. / Helped me believe in myself. / I learned to want I desire not someone else. / You can respect your decisions and you can have responsibility to stay in school for your dreams. / Yes it showed me to have hope in myself. / Respect and have a better life. / Yes you can have tryst and teamwork. / Yes to respect others the way you want to be respected.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 70% Post 82% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think we should be not biased and be kind. / We are all people but far from equal because of the color of our skin. / I don’t care about color as long as we are equal human beings. / There is nothing wrong with color. / Blue. / There’s nothing wrong with color because we’re all equal. / I just want them to be kind and funny. / I love color because it can express a feeling, like yellow is happy or red is angry. / Color should not matter. / Yes I love color. / No, the complexion of someone’s skin doesn’t bother me nor do I treat anyone different because of it. / When talking to people I don’t think color is a problem. / I don’t judge people by their appearance I don’t think it’s fair for people to be judged that way. / Color is mentally the way our brains perceive the world to be. / Color does not define who you are. / No, I have never thought about it because we are all human. / I don’t think color should matter because we’re all humans and have feelings and emotions. / I think that color is important in our life and the discriminations of the color we don’t care. / I believe everyone is the same. Equal whatever race or color they are. / I have no discrimination of color. I treat everyone as if they are all the same. / I think color isn’t an issue when making friends or meeting others. I do think that judgment or color is extremely disrespectful.

Post: It doesn’t matter what color you are we’re all equal. / You can express how you feel with color. / I have really never thought about the door. / No matter what color everyone is equal. / I learned that you can use color to express yourself. / I’ve always thought to treat everyone equally. / That all colors matter and shouldn’t be judged. / Color shouldn’t matter. / Color can change the way you look at something. / Color represents more than just something to look at and can help people be more expressive. / I learned that color is so much more, it can express everything especially personality. / I think we should all be equal. / That color can express how you are feeling. / Color isn’t just a color, it’s a meaning in my life. / It’s merely the way our eyes perceive the world to be. / I learned that color is just a pigment that groups leave out. It shouldn’t because we’re all humans. / I learned that some colors can be a sign of emotion. / We are all equal. / Color doesn’t define who you are. / The colors are pretty. / That your trust in color is rare. / Color shouldn’t matter to anyone. / That color is important because it reflects the way you want to express yourself. / I think that color is okay. / To know that people have in common. / That there is something positive. / I think that color is just a color nothing else.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 93% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My most important dream is to be happy and successful. / To become an actor. / To make better decisions that is most important. / My dream is to be successful. / Is to be a chiropractor. / Is to make a difference in the world. I want to be remembered as someone important. / To become a professional skateboarder. / Help people and become a great doctor. / My most important dream is to become successful and have a good paying job and having my very own family with Tyga. / My dream or hope is to do good in my career and reach it. / To succeed in life and be happy. / To be a successful chiropractor. / My dream is to get out in the country and live a simple life. / To be a model. / My dream is to be a basketball player and to always be with my best friend. / To become a doctor. / To be happy while doing what I desire the most. / I hope to be successful. / My hope is that my mom stays happy and my sister as well and for me that’s all my hope and dream come true. / Be happy. / Is to be in the NFL or get a job that gets paid a lot. / To make my family proud of me. / My dream is to play major league baseball. / To go to college. / To make my family proud of me. / To make my family proud.

Post: To become a pro-skater. / To make a difference. / To play baseball in Mexico. / That they will come true. / Being a doctor for people. / To be a model for a fashion designer. / To become a fashion designer. / To be in the NFL. / To be happy and have a successful life. / To become a nurse. / My dream is to be a paramedic and live happily ever after. / To become successful and having a big house with lots of money to help my family. / To be a chiropractor. / To become some type of doctor. / To be successful in life. / To be an actor. / My most important dream is to be happy and hopefully use art in my career. / To never give up and be happy when I’m older. / I want to be successful and have a good family. / To follow my dreams. / To be successful and make a popular cartoon. / Is to be successful in life, and truly enjoy my career. Make sure it’s something I really want to do. / My most important dream is to be successful in basketball. / Is to make my family proud. / To become a good person and be loyal. / The most important hope is doing what you love it is the most important thing in the world. / Becoming a basketball player. / Being successful.

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 positive. / To respect and trust. / One thing that I learned is don’t let anyone get in the way of your hopes or dreams. / To face my fears to be more confident. / One thing that can help me reach my dream is hope. / I learned that to stay in school to become successful. / I learned that nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream. I have to get up and get it. / Don’t give up. / Is that I can trust people around me because we might have similarities. / I learned to work hard and to accept everyone in the way of your dream. / To be open-minded and stay determined. / I learned to work hard and communicate with others to achieve my dream. / Be brave. / To reach out and speak to friends and family and others. / To always go to school and never let anyone change my mind. / To pursue other people with more experience. / I learned that we should never let anyone tell us we can’t do something and work hard and never give up. / One thing is that color can help you with goals in life. / Dealing with pressure. / To try my hardest is life. / Hard work gets you your dream. / You have to work for it. / It will help me with my goal. / Work together. / Is to teamwork and work with others. / It’s that communication with others and teamwork. / You have to choose a path. / I learned how to use teamwork and 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: It helped me for others what worked and how that can help me. / Friendship has made me more social. / It helped me by learning to do stuff with people. / That it helped me improve in life. / We can do it. / It helped me improve because I shouldn’t be afraid of anyone or anything. / It showed me how to work as a team. / They are all good. / My respect helped me show and learn respect to others. / Kindness. / It would help me by looking forward to my goal. / I want to work on respect it helped me learn that I need to have respect for everyone. / Citizenship by volunteering to help. /

Respect. It helped me because it showed me we have a lot of similarities. / Speak more look and believe in myself. / Caring, teamwork, help each other. / Responsibility. It helped me be more responsible. / I want to improve my optimism, this workshop helped me to see that we have a lot of similarities and to see the bright side of this. / Respectfulness. I learned to be less judgmental. / I want to improve trust because it would be more helpful. I learned to trust my peers. / Helped with speaking in front of others. / It helped me improve my confidence on speaking out. / I want to work on responsibility. I realized I’m getting older and I’m going to have more responsibility. / To speak out more, by being in groups and speaking out. / One character count would be to have more hope in myself. The workshop helped me to believe in myself more. / One thing that helped is trust and teamwork. / It helped me improve respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness. / To speak out more by being in groups and sharing.

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 we have a lot of things in common. / We all have the same fear. / I learned mostly everyone is the same no matter if you have a fear or anything. / That I have some things alike with other people. / I learned that mostly everybody has similarities. / I learned that a lot of my classmates have the same fears as me, and we are all going through the same thing. (in a way). / That we all have similar fears. / We have similarities. / I learned a classmate that I don’t normally talk to has the same fear as me. / None of us are as different as we first thought. / I learned I have similar fears as some people I didn’t expect to. / That many of us are similar. / We all work together. / That they can have the same fear and happiness. / That something tragic has happened to them and they got over it. / Many people are afraid of heights. / That we’re all in common at least one way and just all want the same thing. / I learned that teamwork can help you with life. / Have the same fear as me. / That many of my peers have the same fears. / To make new friends. / Everyone has problems. / To be you and no one else. / To teamwork, socialization, help and respect others. / I learned that teamwork is important. / To communicate and think. / That we have similar things in common. / I learned that friends and family are there when you need them.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 20 young lives from Hamilton Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 10-13th, 2016 - # 3 of 14 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? : I am a person who is honest to everyone. To try hard. To work something out. Always be who you are. / Share similarities. Participate. Help each other. Helping you in life. / ‘Cause I’m helping. / Letting all your fears out. Being brave, getting people to know you. By not doing it no more. Being more confident. / We learned a lot about people’s life. Meet new people. People want make fun of people how they look. You won’t get bullied. / Creative Storytelling: Math, participating, participation / Seeing it will help you learn it. Learning by example. Seeing it helps recognizing. Do something another by seeing. / In school you learn so you can be something. / By making interesting. By reading a lot of stories. People won’t be bullied. Using intelligent words. / Respecting the concrity. Say the plage. People who bully you, you don’t care you part of something cause you’re a respectful person.

Through the Hoops: Trust others. To do better. To work something out. To achieve your goals. / How to work together. Get stuff done faster. Find the solution. It applies in life as a tool. / You have to have trust and teamwork. You would stop thinking about it. Getting a job help you work in a group. / Teamwork, trustworthy.

Helping each other out. Not talking back and being nice. Good work in life. / To trust people. You would have more confident. You know them better and won’t get bully. You will sincere more people in life.

Mirror Work: Really good / It felt funny because I made a funny face / I love myself. I am pretty / It make be feel proud of myself / It makes me feel happy / I like the way I am because someone wanted me to be like I am so I am who I am / I love myself / I feel happy. It makes me feel. / It makes me feel happy / It feel so good / Happy, proud, smart / Makes me feel important / Good. / Good, smart, pretty / I do because it’s me, myself, and I. It makes me feel good because I like the way I am. / I like to work a lot because we help the family. I feel like to help people / Like I could do everything.

Hero: My brother. He always helps me and always loves me. He is cool, he is fun, he is funny, he is helpful, he is joyful. / My sister is my hero . / My hero is Kevin Durant, dad, mom, Jacob Satorius, Daniel Skye, and my brother. They are important because I look up to them when I don’t believe in myself / My hero is my mom / Because she takes care of me / My mom. She is always there when I need her. And she gives me very thing I need when I need it. / Stephan Cory / My hero is my family and friends. Because they take care of me. / My heroes are Jacob Satorius and Cameran Dallas and Jack and Daniel Sye and Magcon Boys, family, mom, dad, sister. Because I love them / Yes it is / My parents. They are important because they are with me in the bad times and the good times / Because they make me feel good / My mom and dad because they help me and they are there when I need them / My dad because he served in the Navy. / Mom and Dad because they are my parents and they’re always there for me. / My super hero is my mom and my dad. Because they always are there. / My heroes are my dad, mom, sister. They are always there for me. Because they made me and raised me.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Respect other people’s opinion. Being respectful. Being nice. Not being rude. / Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: To realize your fear. By talking to everyone. Being nice and not being a bully. / Participate.

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as negative, but through time or something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one: I went on a helicopter ride and at first I was scared. But I wasn’t it was great. / My mom got surgery and she got whatever she wanted. / One day I fall of my skooter and I got out then later on we went to get ice cream / One day I went to my friends house and I fall off the cement and I got cut then later we went to the pools. / One day it started of for me falling mx bikes then we went to the lake / The mean girl was bullying her. The other girl was mad told her to stop the next day. The mean girl turned into a nice girl an the other girl was happy. / There was two girls then one was bullying the other one so then she got super nice. / When my mom got kidnap. She was alive when she came back. / If I came to school I would got in trouble so good thing I did not come. / I got hurt / One day my grama got sick. I tod negative but then I change it to a positive.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Hamilton Elementary School %Male 45%

%Female 55

Date: May 10-13th 2016

Ages 11-13

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

Pre %YES 60 %NO 40 %Other 0 %No Answer 0 Post %YES 75 %NO 10 %Other 10 %No Answer 5 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 85 % All the Time 15 %No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 44 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 30 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Post %Not at all 10 % Sometimes 33 % All the Time 57 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 10 % Equal 45 % Leader 45 Post % Follower 10 % Equal 39 % Leader 51 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 25 % No 75 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 85 % No 15 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 50 % No 40

% 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: Stop it. / To not fight back / Don’t bully no one / Respect everyone / To not be mean / Because your supposed to treat others how you want to be treated / Because everybody is the same / Because is helpful / Yes because you could work something out / That whose I thing of my mind / Yes I can help people with bullying / Because I will make it stop.

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

Post % Yes 94 % No 0 % No Answer 6 Thoughts Shared: Because I don’t want others to feel bad about themselves / Yes I will defend / I would tell the bully nicely to stop / Yes Help them out of it / Stop it / Yes I would I would stop it / Because nobody needs to be bullied / Yes I would / Sometimes / Because everyone is nice to each other / Because you get to help them out / Yes because so bullying can stop / Stop 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 94 % No 0 % No Answer 6 Thoughts Shared: When everyone was being respectful / To each other / I don’t know / Sometimes / Confidence / We learned a lot / Not bullied. People and not be afraid / Because we learned new things / I learned that respect is a good thing / Yes I learn to be respectful / Because I can.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 85% Post 83% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think that it’s the same because everyone is a human and the same. / I makes everything have detail / Colorful / When I hear the word color I think about my favorite color is aqua / I have never thought about color but sometimes something just pop up / I thing it is responsibility / I think color is nice / I think is normal and everyone should be treated the same / I say color doesn’t matter because everyone and everything is the same. / When I hear the word color I think about something being colorful / I think color is something that can be bright sometimes I think about color / When I hear the word color I always think my favorite color red / Color is beautiful / It’s an indescribable thing color is cool but there is something about it no one can describe / To me I think color crazy because for me when I think of colors my mind goes crazy / Color is a bright thing it is beautiful / Gray is a nice color / Color is colorful. Color is cool but I can’t think of a way to say how I feel about it / I color on paper / White black or blue / It is beautiful.

Post: I make art. / Its still beautiful / I still don’t know about color / Black, pink, red, blue / Your favorite color is your fear and memory, and your dream is your dream / That when I think of it my mind goes crazy / Colorful / That we have to be nice to people / Pretty / That they bring more people / I think its equals and beautiful / That color does not matter, we’re all the same / Blue, pink / Color is beautiful and colorful. / A type of shade to know the definition. / My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90% Post 94% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Being a singer and actor but right know learn fast at gymnastics. / Is to own my own business / Is to graduate college / My dream is I want to be is police, sheriff, FBI, boxer. / My important hope and dream to go to college when I grow up and have a good career. / My dream is to go college / I don’t have one / My dream is to become a singer / My most hope and dream is to become a vet. / My hope and dreams are to become a pediatrician / My most important dream is to become a marine biologist / My dream is to be a doctor and have a good life / My hope is for me to be a successful person in life and in the future / I hope that I have a I-phone / My most important dream is to be a basketball player / My most important dream is to become a football player and earn millions of dollars and use that money to change things like donating to charity. / Well my dream is to do anything I can possibly do like crazy extreme sportings. / To be an architect / Father, singer, racer / I don’t have one. Just keep living life how it is / To be a rich man / I want to be a farmer / Is to become a soccer player and earn money.

Post: To won a sports equipment store / Soccer / To be an artist / Farmer / To be an architect / To graduate from college / Doing great thing for other / To graduate from college / Singer, actor / To be a singer / Being a vet / Being a pediatrician / Is to go to college and become a marine biologist / My dream is being a dentist / My dream is becoming a FBI / Is to follow that tasty cold. To graduate and be a doctor / Being a vet or artist.

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 stop from achieving my dreams / Help people / Trust others / Don’t follow others / Never give up / Is to follow their instructions / Is that to be respectful / Being responsible / Respect and not be afraid / Working together / Is to work hard / Always be helpful / To always be who you are / To reach my dream I have to go to school / They help my believe in myself and don’t give up / Is to always believe / To do my best / Listening to 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 94% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Yes / To be better / They taught me important life steps / Yes / Respect / Listening to them / By telling us things and not being afraid / Following directions / Being responsible / Be helping me / By listening and respect being nice / Caring / It help me talk out bad in front of the class / The character count help to real lies and be helpful / They help me try hard and believe what I could do / To speak in front of everybody, yes it did / I don’t know.

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 might have the same fear I have / They have thanks / Luis had a dog that died / Thus sometime we have the same feelings / A lot of new things / That they had lost ones / About their family and life / You have to be nice and respect others / That we always have to think positive / That we have something in common / That we know there faire and personality / The character traits / I learned that always be who you are / To work together and trust / I learned to not bully them to love them and to respect them / I learned facts about them / Is that it is fun / They had lost ones.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 12 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 9-11, 2016 - # 4 of 14 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 16-17.

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

Who am I? : Respect. Stay on task. If you respect someone you won’t do it or you will stop it. We would apply it in our job communities and with people we don’t like. / The only person to accomplish goals. Concentrating in school.

Intervene. Do what I need to do. / Helping and honesty. Help people who need it. Telling somebody. Be productive in the community.

Creative story telling: Fairness and citizenship. Be fair to everyone and not be rude. Help by being mutual with everyone. Be fair to everyone. / Be detailed. Be detailed on your assignments. Find out the real situation. Be detailed in your job and school to get a good reputation. / You’re able to do certain responsibilities. Overcome fears in school. Protecting people will help them make a community better. Be able to get things done in negative and positive situations.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Self-confidence. Be able to communicate easier, have more fun doing projects. Make you more confident in your decisions. It will help keep you out of jail and better your communication. / Self-confidence. Confidence with winning. You are able to say no. You can’t deny the past but you can change the future. / Use your hero as a role model. View people who are struggling as yourself. With selfconfidence you’re fearless and more outgoing. We can learn from other people’s mistakes and successes.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Proud. / Uncomfortable. / It makes me feel happy. / I like myself, it makes me feel good. / I feel disgusted in what I have become. / Like a liar. Irritated. Dislike myself more. / Like a dirty whore. / Good, confident. / Felt weird, feel that I can love myself. Tell myself I’m worth it.

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? Because it makes me tell myself that I can do it. No matter what happens or comes up to the problem. / Because I’m the only person that can keep myself going and give up, also I am the most important person in my life. / King Tut is my leader because he was a young and good leader. / Because he is my primo and he helps me. / Mom because she’s been there all my life and has comforted me when I was feeling some type of way. / My grandfather because he was always there when I needed him. / My mom. Because she’s always been there for me and picked me up off my feet. When times are hard she kept life going without giving up on it. / My dad because he tells me how it is. / Batman he protects us. / Mom she’s awesome.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork. School, sports, school clubs (chess etc.) People have your back. Teamwork helps to force a bully. You can’t do everything alone. You need a team to help fulfill a dream. / Teamwork. When playing sports. When someone needs help you need teamwork. When you’re at work or at home. / Teamwork, cooperation. Staying focused, keeping a positive mind set, and using teamwork and communication. Having self-confidence. It will make you more confident, happy, and courageous.

Seeing Beyond: Feeling. Touching. Science, art, playing charades, touching things you can’t see. / Using senses. Science because you need to have as much knowledge of the thing. When you eat. / You use touch. You can use touch to feel what you’re holding. You feel what you are describing.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Everyone has fears and good times in their lives. It makes it all equal. It would join us all. It will help you to make more friends and be made truthful. / How opportunities are always open. By getting a degree. Trying to help when you get a chance. When you get rejected there’s another fish in the sea. / Focusing on our dreams. Cope in bad environments. Focus on the good. Focus on the things we might need.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Optimism. Learn to see good. Radically accept negatives. / Look at the positive things in life. Not to give up. Feeling more successful.

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: Coming to Adobe sucked at first but then became positive and somewhat fun. / When I came to Adobe I thought it was bad but I became grateful because if I didn’t come here I would have died or overdosed on meth. / Me coming to Adobe is an outcome that will help me in the future that I never thought about until now. / Adobe. / When I went to Adobe I thought it was bad but over time it became good. / It felt good being home but I felt bad when I came to Adobe.

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

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Adobe Juvenile Detention Center %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: May 9-11, 2016

Ages 16-17

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

Pre %YES 56 %NO 44 %Other 0 Post %YES 56 %NO 44 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 22 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 11 Post % Not at all 22 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 22 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 33 Post % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 44 % All the Time 44 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 44 % All the Time 44 Post % Not at all 23 % Sometimes 33 % All the Time 44 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 11 % Equal 56 % Leader 33 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 56 % Leader 44 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 89 % No 11 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To speak up. / That bullying stops when you step up to the bully. / Everybody is equal. / To step up. / Look for opportunities to help the victim. / Ask them to stop. / Everyone has fears.

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

Post % Yes 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would go stop the bully. / Stop it. / I would try to get them to stop. / Tell someone. / Yes I would step up to the bully and tell him or explain to him what’s going to happen if you don’t stop bullying.

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

Post % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To be able to succeed in life you got to make your own decisions in life. / Go by my values. / We all have opinions. / I already have the skills. / I have always done my own thinking. / Don’t fall into it. / Because it can help me in life.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 89% Post 78% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Color is a very powerful meaning to a lot of people. / I don’t care about any color because it all means the same. / It is a figment of my imagination. / It could represent the emotions of us all. / I like colors it makes things nice. / It is nice. / A different shade. / We need color to tell things apart.

Post: Color has sound. Color has emotion. / Awesome. / It’s bright. / To describe life. / Color has a story. / Color means things to people. / I still like colors.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming a reality.

Pre 100% Post 89% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Get into the NBA is my main dream. / My hopes or dreams are about family. / To be a baller and clean up my neighborhood. / Becoming a chef. / Is to have a family with a good job. / Is to get my high school diploma. / To get to see my grandkids. / I want to jump out of a plane. / To be a barber.

Post: To become a tattoo artist. / Going home. / Going to college at ASU. / To leave earth. / To change my community. / Have kids. / To graduate. / Going home.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 89% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Never give up. / Don’t give up. / Be committed. / Never give up. / Color has meaning. / That you’ve got to overcome some fears in life to get to your goals in life. / Coping skills that help me deal with bullies. / To look to the future.

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: I don’t fear. / Caring, respect, responsibility, trustworthy. / Responsible has patience. / My anger and I can just focus on my goals. / Caring because I don’t like stress. / Honesty. / It helped me improve on teamwork. / Caring, it made me realize others are caring.

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

Post 78% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That we all need help in life. / They all have fears. / That he’s a rapper. / We all have goals. / They don’t know how to act. / We all have something in common. / People are different. / Nothing new.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 18 young lives from Adobe Juvenile Detention Center experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 9-11th, 2016 - # 5 of 14 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 16-17.

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

Who am I? : Some of us have things in common and to respect each other. To have certain expectations for myself and what I want and how I want to treat others. Because it shows that we all have thing in common and that we can help others. Even though we all come from different backgrounds we have things in common. / We are equal in some way. Practice fairness. We wouldn’t want to bully. It will make us kind hearted.

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

Write in a couple of words, how does it make you feel? Happy. Like I can do anything I want to do. / It makes me feel awkward. / It makes me feel like I can be a better person with better choices. / Happy, Myself. / It doesn’t make me feel any way except ridiculous cuz I’m talking to my refection. / I can’t tell myself this because I would be lying. / It makes me feel happy to be me. / It makes me feel great. / It makes me feel good. / feels great. / It makes me feel so happy that I am still alive and I’m here in this world for some good reason. / It makes me feel appreciative for myself that I’m still here in life. / Good Happy. / I feel good. / Proud like I can do anything I want.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? Mom and Dad, They lead me in the right direction. / Derick Rose because at his most baddest time in life he kept going. / Michael Jordan because he set a lot of records. / My brother because he sets good examples for me and supports me. / Daughter Yanitza. Cause she means the world to me she’s all I got and she my love of my life. She helps me out a lot if it was not for her I’ll be died no lie. / Mom. They help me out. / Revoke. They inspire me. / Family. Because they will never leave my side even when I am in the wrong. / I have no hero but if I did they would be rich and successful. I think my idea of a hero is important because that the way I want to be someday. / My grandmother because without her my life would have no purpose. / My sister. Because she raised me to be respectful to everyone. / Lil Durk. He is my favorite artist and he raps about the lifestyle of growing up in Chicago and that’s where I’m from. / Superman because some people are here to help you and lead you towards the right path. / My

brother. He is an important part of my life because he’s a strong willed determined guy whose a good role model. / Family because they are always there for me no matter what.

Through the Hoops: Cooperation, self awareness, responsibility. Helps with expectations. More aware of situations and warning signs if we’re in the wrong. Better coping skills to deal with situations in life. / We can work together. Get work done faster. Show them that were equal and there’s no need to bully. That we need each other.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Everyone’s a hero in their own way. Make us more fearless. We don’t need to follow anybody. Have a lot of self confidence. / self-esteem, confidence. Perseverance and helps to open up.

Being confident and not listening. Gets you able to get far in life, accomplishing your dreams.

Seeing Beyond: How to use other senses. Toon into other senses Help me use other ways in life. / New perspectives. See other peoples way of seeing things. It will allow you to be understanding.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Patience is stay motivated to do good. Stopping and think. Show whoever is nulling to notice my problems. / To assess your life. To look at others life compared to yours. To see empathy.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To listen to yourself. To be more successful in school. To listen to positive self talk and be successful. / Others perspectives on life and thinking. Learn more faster and easier. Be understanding or others.

Color: Skills or Tools Learned: To step back and think. What you want to do in school. To make positive 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 at school and I was tired and I put my head down but my inner voice told me be prepared. I guess well I was down the principle walked in. Listen to myself. / I didn’t think before I did something and got in trouble. Go with your gut feeling. / When I got out of here with great attitude but fell off and f’d up. To stay focused and not get mislead. / When I was asked to do something bed and my voice kept telling me no but I did it. Follow my inner voice. / When it was telling me to hide and when I did the cops passed by. To listen to the inner voice when I can or as much as I can. / I stopped and thinked bout what was gonna happen so I didn’t do what I was gonna do. / That doing something that I shouldn’t be doing is bad, wrong. / Yeah when my inner voice told me to do good on parole but I didn’t. What I can learn is to listen to your inner voice. / When everyone asked me to smoke I followed my intuition and it helped me out. That I need to follow my own intuition. / When I was inside my house something told me to go outside and when I went I found someone almost dying in front of my house so I called 911 so I can help them. I can learn about myself. / Not to rob this house and I didn’t but my friends did and it was a cops house. Don’t rob no more.

Give an example of when you did listen to you Intuition of Inner Voice. What was the result of listening and following that Intuition? What can you learn from this situation? It found that my inner voice motivates myself. When I did not want to go to school but, my inner voice told me to go. How to keep myself motivated. / When that voice was talking to me I was to worried about doing what I wanted, I had a gun pulled out on me. To follow your gut feeling when it is talk to you. / I was playing poker and had a snack on the line and something told me to go all in and I won. That you should listen to your inner voice because it can help you. / When I went on the run it was good because I stayed out longer but I could of just done good. Keep listening to it

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Adobe Juvenile Detention Center %Male 100%

%Female 0

Date: May 9-11th 2016

Ages 16-17

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

Pre %YES 61 %NO 39 %Other 0 %No Answer 0 Post %YES 75 %NO 25 %Other 0 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 22 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 11 %No Answer 5 Post % Not at all 31 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 0 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 72 % All the Time 28 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 31 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 39 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 31 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 33 % Leader 67 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 50 % Leader 50 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 61 % No 39 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 83 % No 11 % No Answer 5 Did you do anything? % Yes 44 % No 28

% No Answer 28

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

Post % Yes 62 % No 38 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: No bullying. / Have empathy for others. / Seeing myself in others shoes. / Teamwork and honesty. / To not bully at all. / I can be positive influence against it. / Bullying effects people mentally. / I will stop people from bullying. / To do something about it.

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

Post % Yes 68 % No 32 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would try and help. / I would tell them what I learned. / Ill tell staff. / I would stop it. / Ill have them to stop. / Stop it. / Help them out. / That can ruin lifes. / I would stop them. / I tell them to stop.

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: Independent. / Always make own decisions. / I learned to acknowledge my own decisions. / Too help out staff. / I can make my own decisions with being told. / A lot of respect. / Ignore negative peer pressure. / Don’t take peer pressure. / I already have those skills. / I will listen to my intuition. / Respect others thoughts and opinions.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 39% Post 69% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Color is a color. / There nice. / It has a lot of meaning to it. / I think it’s a emotion or feeling is color.

Post: Color is good. / It has sound to it. / That they have sound. / Emotions. / They have sound. / Nothing changes. / It has sound. / All colors have a meaning. / Its awesome and has sound. / Color has sound and I think about red. / That color speaks. / Its whatever because its all around.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 67% Post 88% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Being the father that I always wanted for myself to my son. / To be successful in life. / To be a father I can be once my daughter is born. / To become rich and successful. / Go to college. / To become a football player. / Graduate night school, live and none criminal life. / To be a rapper. / Being successful and happy. / To become someone in life. / To live a good, successful, fun life. / To finish high school.

Post: Success. / To become the best father for my daughter and become a barber. / To be a chef and successful. / To become something in life. / Have to many. / To go to college. / Being Happy. / Successful. / Family freedom. / To be rich and to be with my family. / Being successful and happy. / Going to college. / To make it as a rapper. / To be rich and successful. / To become a barber.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop Thoughts Shared: Success is good. / It to have goals and little steps to take. / To be successful. / I learned respect. / Be open. / Stay focused on myself. / Is never stop trying. / Communicate. / Keep trying. / To be successful. / I can do anything I want in life. / Respect. / Being positive. / To use my intuition. / To respect others.

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 56% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: It helped me by having 3 eye. / Mindfulness. / Talking open. / To stay focused. / A lot. / Responsibility I was a leader. / Sharing respect. / Patience it helped me them more understanding. / Trust worthiness.

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: Teamwork. / To work as a team. / Empathy and Sympathy. / Empathy and sympathy. / I learned more responsibility. / We are not that different. / He gots the same trust problems. / They never give up to. / A lot about what they liked. / He is open. / Teamwork together. / Be positive. / People are different. / Some are or have the same problems. / They relate to me. / Everyone has a dream and a goal.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 31 young lives from Phoenix Collegiate Academy experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 20-24th, 2016 - # 6 of 14 AM class 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? : Responsibility. Doing homework. You help that person. Makes you look better by showing them. / Study, persevere, price, velocity, equations. Pushes us to work hard, strive. You won’t back down, never give up.

College, get to your goal, you’ll succeed. / We learned more about people. We have to socialize. By speaking up with others. You can make new friends. / To be respectful and helpful. Listen to the teacher/teammates. Talk them out of it. Be respectful to others. / Being open, they’re consequences to everything. Being open-minded can express yourself in school. Telling how you feel about something. Noticing someone is in trouble. Being open could help so you won’t be isolated in life.

Creative Storytelling: Acting, reading, imagination, creativity. Opens up your mind, helps you feel happy. Lots of ideas to get them to stop bullying. Helps you make games, put creative plots in your mind. / Action, adventure. People go through things. They show respect. By people being alone people are there. / It’s nice to help people out. You would like the same way how you were. You need to stick up for people. Treat others the way you want to be treated. / To visualize the 6 pillars. To be kind to people. Help them out. Encourage them to be respectful. / Respect, fairness, caring. By tracking the speaker. Respect can help with bullying by telling the truth. Respect can help in life by not judging and understanding.

Through the Hoops: Trustness, teamwork, bravery. The teacher can trust you to tell what’s going on, cooperate.

Trust people to have your back, brave enough to stand up to the bully. Being brave enough to try to get that job. / Teamwork, trust, partner work. Give people your trust, trusting peers. People have your back. Ownership, you can’t always do it yourself. / Trustworthy. If something happens and the teacher ask you an important questions, he/she can. People can trust you to help with a life/death situation. Respect and integrity. / Teamwork. Work in groups. Teamwork to stop the bully. Teamwork to help solve problems. / Encouragement. When taking tests.

Take ownership. Encourage others to stand up for themselves and stop bullying. It show maturity and respect.

Mirror Work: It makes me feel satisfied. / It was wise and great. / It makes me feel proud of myself. / It made me feel happy because I see my own face in the mirror. / Great because I have never told myself that before. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel not insecure about myself. / It does not make me feel anything. / It makes me feel weird. / It makes me feel very happy. / Loved. / It made me feel more alive because I saw other people getting emotional while saying it. / It feels amazing and good to know who I really am.

Hero: I love my mom and dad because they’re always there for me and my sister because she is very very smart. They are important because they are always there for me and I am very grateful to have them. / Batman. They save the world. / Captain American because he saves not kill. They are important because they save a lot of people. / My hero is my parents because there is always there for me. They are important for me because they’re my family. / My hero is Mr. Brown. He was there for my family and when he died I felt heart broken. He always was there no matter the situation and I miss him so much. / Stickman. I think a stick man because without him I can’t draw. / My mother. They are important because she tells me that I can achieve anything if I put my mind to it. / My mom and dad are my heroes because they’re always there for me. Because they help me with the things I do. / My hero is my dad. He is important because he get me everything I need/want and helps me a lot. / Robert Downy Jr., my tata. Robert Downy did drugs but came back from it and became famous. My tata who I aspire to be as a person because he so caring and loving and selfless. / Grandpa. Because when I was born he took me to Mexico and took care of me. / Pixar. They created Cars. / Jasmin, Angel, Dunia, Leslie, George, Julissa. I think they are important to me because they hung out with me and I’ve shared what my heart thinks to them. They are all my family. / Mom, dad. My mom and dad are important because of them I am alive.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: How it feels to love ourselves, to love others. When we love ourselves, we build self-confidence. When you love yourself, it doesn’t matter what people say. Help with being persistent. / Confidence, empowerment, power, proud. Don’t be scared of what people may say. You won’t give in. Confident individual in life. / Optimism. To work harder and achieve your dreams. It shows that you will respect yourself. It will help you to know the true you. / Try again when mistakes made, never give up. Be successful in school, inspiration. Keep going when it’s hard. Be someone in life. / Trustworthiness. Prove what we need for the future. It will encourage you to nodo the wrong thin. Personal things.

Seeing Beyond: Trust, self-confidence. Math, ELA, Cause in ELA you need to think outside the box to write stories. When you have self-confidence, you can achieve your goals. / Teamwork, trust, questions. Science because it helps us in class and certain parts. It does because we can see what our fear and dream is. / That we can see not with just our eyes. Because we need to find things in the classroom. Because if someone is blind, you need to describe things to them. / Shows visualization and know what is coming. Math we need to visualize what to do next. See ourselves to be someone in life. / Optimism. You get engaged when imagining. Keeping yourself occupied. Just doing you.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: We learned people’s big hopes and things they want to accomplish. Learning what other people want to be and create friendships. You can apply this by know what other people want to be. / Nice big house, college ready, financial ready. Stay focused. Don’t let them affect you.

Keep your dreams in mind. / That they trust us to understand their fears. Because some people are afraid of public speaking. This can help with bullying because some people are afraid of bullying. Because some people will tell us important secrets that we have to need. / How people feel and what people think. Be inspired, work hard. By separating the fight and knowing what to do. Being successful and someone in life. / There are obstacles in life. You could get prepared for the future. Standing up for yourself. Ignoring what people think.

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Reflective Take Away Assignment: Trustworthy and caring. People don’t trust you, you have won’t the friendship you should have. If you lie, you won’t have the trust of teachers. / Trustworthy, independent, selfconfident. You won’t care what other people think. You won’t need to depend on anyone. / We learned that we have to be respectful. By listening and give full attention to the speaker. When we get a job, we have to be respectful to coworkers and the boss. / People are trustworthy and care for others. When someone cries, we ask them what happened to them. When someone tells you something, you stay quiet or keep it as a secret. / Kindness. When we have substitutes. It could help with low self-esteem.

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 dad need my help with the house chores in house and the experience to keep helping my family. / The day when I felt trustworthy is when I kept a secret for a long time. I still remember what it was. / When Angel was having a panic attack. I helped her and told her it was gonna be ok. It made me feel good like I did something extraordinary. / I had trustworthy when we were going to make a b-day party for my grandma and they told me to not tell her. It felt good. / I saw my mom stressed washing the dishes, so I decided to do them myself. I felt very proud of myself. / I helped my little sister do her homework. I felt happy after. / I was caring when my friend needed help cuz something happened. It felt nice. We got to bond more. / I was helping my brother when he was doing something and it was looking like he was struggling so I helped him and I felt good afterwards. / When my friends told me their secrets. It felt great since someone trust me. This experience is great since no one usually tells me things. / I cared for my dog because she ran off and I caught her. I felt proud. / I was protecting someone from bullying. / When one of my friends was sad because of the schoolyear is almost over. / I was caring when my cousin’s dad died ( and my dad’s brother) and I comforted them by having them think it off their mind. / It felt good to be trustful. / I kept a promise to my 5th grade class. / I will helped them and save him. Give him my faver. / My mom trustworthy that I can go to the store and get food for the family. / I felt like a caring person when I helped my friend stop crying because she was going to miss us on the last day of school. / One time a friend was crying about family problems and I told her you can trust me. I can help you. / I helped my friend Julissa when she was going through some hard times. It made me feel good because I was there for a friend. / I was caring for my tata.

It feel good to help. / I helped my mom clean the whole house. It felt like I should do it more often. My brother should help too.

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Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Phoenix Collegiate Academy %Male 55%

%Female 45

Date: May 20-24th 2016

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 29 %NO 61 %Other 16 %No Answer 0 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 16 % Sometimes 71 % All the Time 13 %No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 21 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 24 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 68 % All the Time 23 Post % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 41 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 35 %No Answer 0 Post %Not at all 3 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 41 %No Answer 3 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 19 % Equal 46 % Leader 35 %No Answer 0 Post % Follower 10 % Equal 41 % Leader 46 %No Answer 3 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 61 % No 39 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 75 % No 22 % No Answer 3 Did you do anything? % Yes 65 % No 19

% No Answer 16

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

Post % Yes 72 % No 28 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Always stop bullying. / Respect. / I learned how to stand up. / We stick up for each other. / We work together. / I never fight back. / I chose yes because I won’t be a victim. / Trust and other feelings. / How to see my problems. / To never be afraid. / To handle the situation better. / Not listening to them. / It showed me how to stick up for people. / By stopping them. / I could not figure it out. / Because I know how to deal with bullying.

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

Post % Yes 93 % No 7 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Stop it. / Stand up for them. / I would tell a teacher. / I would stick up. / I’ll encourage that person to ignore him. / Perfect that person. / I would tell the teacher. / I chose yes because they are a student in my community. / Help the person getting bullied. / I would take that person out of the situation. / Because now talking I would help. / Tell the teacher. / I would go and stop it. / I would stop them. / I will fight for them or something. / Help the person being bullied.

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

Post % Yes 79 % No 21 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Make good decisions. / I learned to understand people. / I learned how to be respectful. / I can help and respect people. / Kindness. / I learned to respect others. / Ignore them. / I chose yes because I will be more respectful. / I will respect my own decisions. / I respect. / I learned bravery. / Yes I have. / Not to follow what they do. / People do not tell me what to do. / To ignore other people. / I really don’t know. / Because I learn to respect others.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 52% Post 76% Thoughts Shared: Pre: No not really. / It’s cool. / No I think they’re the same as everybody. / None. / I like color. / I’m not racist. / No. / No. / Yes, red. / That they’re the same people only different color. / I think about color that helps you to learn about colors on the signs. / My color of red, black, and green. / Colors are cool. / Different people don’t affect me. I respect them like they do to me. / I think that it is normal. / It’s beautiful. / No. / I think color in life doesn’t matter. In life only the person who is in it matters. Colors are amazing. / I haven’t really thought about color. / No I haven’t. / I don’t think about color. / No I have never thought about color. I think everyone is equal. / No I think everyone is equal. / I think. / Color is just a skin tone. You have it doesn’t show who you are. How you act shows what you do and is capable of. / They should be treated equally. / Not really. / I never think about color. I just go up to people and if they’re nice I hang out with them. / No I believe we are all equal. / I think color doesn’t matter because we’re all the same color in the dark.

Post: You find things. / I like it because it explains the world. / I think nothing about it. / We are all equal. / I still don’t think about. / Color represents things in my life. / I have learned that colors are amazing. / Treated equally. / I think that it was very inspirational. / I like all the skin tones because it defines who you are. / No difference. / The good. / It makes me feel good inside. / I think color is the same as everybody. / Don’t understand. / Nothing. / Nothing. / The cold could make you feel weird. / I learned that color doesn’t matter. / I do not really care for color. / I think about colors help you. / They the same. / Colors are cool. / That red is my fave. / It is fun. / It’s beautiful.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 71% Post 97% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Going to the military. / Passing. / My most important dream is being a pilot. / None. / To not stop trying. / Finish high school. / Don’t have one. / Being a police officer. / Being a football player. / I don’t know. / I do not have a dream or hope. / My dream is being the best baker in the shop. / I don’t have one. / My dream is to make it to the NBA or NFL. / To be a professional soccer player. / To pass 7 th grade. / Is to have a car. / To be a marine biologist. / My most important hope or dream is to have a family and live happy if I don’t get to have one. / Is to go to college. / To have a big house and take care of my nana and tata and become president. / My most important dream is to be singer or in the Army. / To go to college or university and become a doctor or lawyer. / That I become a singer. / My most important dream is to be a doctor – pediatrician. / To be a veterinarian, go to college. / I don’t know yet. / Go to college. / My dream is to be a doctor. / Singing.

Post: Is to go to college and get a good education. / To become a basketball player. / Going to college and be successful. / To be a singer. / My dream is to go to college. / Go to college. / To not hurt someone. / To be a dancer and a FBI agent. / Veterinarian. / My hope or dream is to be a marine biologist. / To pass on to college

and beyond. / To be a doctor. / Banker. / To become a singer or a counselor. / My most important dream is to be a commercial pilot. / To play football and be a tracer. / Have a good career. / I go to the Army. / Is to pass college. / My dream is to become a genetic engineer. / To succeed in life. / My dream is to go to college. / None. / Pass school. / I think it is becoming a baker. / Being a filmmaker.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 93% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Is to never give up on my hope and dream. / To believe in yourself. / Stay focused, teamwork. / Is to never give up. / One thing is not to be upset about who I am as a person. / Teamwork. / To love myself and not care what people think. / Is to trust others and to dream big. / Be patient. / One thing is that I have to pay more attention. / Is I will respect myself and my own actions. / Is to accomplish and be thankful. / Be good. / To never give up and always persevere. / To never give up. / I will work harder to accomplish my dream. / Never give up. / To not bully. / Teamwork, respect, etc. / Is to be trustworthy. / Is teamwork. / To reach my dream is to work hard. / None. / Never give up and keep on going. / Is respect others. / Be yourself.

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 90% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I wanted to work on Respect and it helped me because I can respect now. / I let my fear. / Respect because it’s hard sometimes. / It helped me improve by telling myself I mean something. / They helped me with low self-esteem. They made me feel comfortable. / Respect. Sometimes I’m mean to people. / Most likely “express you” with the beach ball. / On trustworthiness, I will do this by trusting others. / To be helpful. / I want to work more on Fairness. It improved because they showed me more. / It helped me improve my listening skills and caring for others. / Yes help me. / Respect and self-confidence. / Because now I’m not as scared to talk in front of others. / I will accomplish what I need to. / They gave us work. / To not bully. / Teamwork. It helped because we did it with our class. / It helped me improve by trusting people. / I guess it helped with respect. / Help it. / To persevere at my work. / None. / Keep on working on it. / Because I’m nice. / I need in my shop so I can make it easy.

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

Post 86% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I got to know their Character Count. / To be trustful. / They have had hardships. / I learned some people are like me. / We should be afraid. / To show teamwork towards others. / I learned that I’m not by myself. / I learned their fears, dreams, and memories. / To be friendly. / I learned that my friends had fears like mine and I didn’t know. / I learned what my friends are scared of. / Move and how to get closer to my dream. / I good banker. / That they live with their grandparents. / I learned my classmates dreams and goals as well as their fear. / To work with friends and teamwork. / Nothing. / To not bully. / They all could help you when you need it. / I learned that I could trust them. / They worry for their family. / I learn about teamwork. / None. / I learned how people live and how some people out. / That they have fear. / Yes we learn about teamwork.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 24 young lives from Phoenix Collegiate Academy experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 20-24, 2016 - # 7 of 14 PM class 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 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 yourself. Don’t care about what people say. It wouldn’t affect you. It won’t affect your style. / Courage. Testing and presentation. Stand up and tell the teacher. Don’t give up. / Not to be a follower. Be yourself.

Don’t do what the bully tells you to do. You will be a stronger person. / Perseverance and trust. Respecting others.

Standing up telling the teacher. Respecting people we need to persevere. / How to be a leader not a follower. Set examples. People would follow your example. Role model.

Creative story telling: Citizenship. Helping out peers. Speak up to an adult. Help out your coworkers. / We learned that you should help your community because if you don’t who will. Get to know them better. Community. / To help people when they fall. Helping people when they fail. Helping the victim. Helps you be a better person. / Trust. Trust your friends to count on you. Trust friends to have your back. Trust your lawyer. / How to be fair. Share with others. You share your experiences. You share with other people.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To trust and help each other. We can help others in things they don’t know.

Everyone will help each other. When someone is in need you can help and they will help you back. / Confidence.

Speak up. Stay true to yourself. Job interview. / To love yourself. Do your best be confident. You know what’s right.

Follow your own decisions and be a leader. / We learned to persevere. Use it to get through school. Persevere through your own things. To take care of others. / Have to be a good role model and hero. If you’re in higher grades younger kids look up to you. If you’re a role model you don’t have it. Set good examples.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: It made me feel good. / It makes me feel conceited but it also makes me feel better about myself. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel like I’m lying to myself, and I don’t like lying. / It makes me feel so much better about myself. / Lonely and weird. / Confident, happy, mindful, and amazing. / It makes me feel happy and inspires me to do something great in my future. / It makes me feel assured. / Complete. Myself makes me feel happy and satisfied. / Kind, nice, and happy. / This makes me feel happy. / I feel better about myself. I feel wonderful. Feel confident. / This makes me feel better about myself and it makes me feel proud of the things I’ve accomplished.

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? Mom. Because she gave me life and is always there for me. / Dad because he works hard to take care of everybody and he helps me. / My parents because they’re always there for me. / Luisi. I think Luisi is important to me because he has the most personality than any other person. / My dad, he motivates me. Trustworthiness. I watched my brother and sister. I was trusted with a fragile boy. I was trusted with a computer. / My dad is important to me because he works hard for his family and doesn’t complain. He is honest and responsible and that’s why he’s my hero. / My hero is Jesus Christ because he’s always there for everyone no matter what and sets a good example for everyone. / My parents. They support me and love me. / My sisters. They are important because they help me get through many hard times. / Shriek is important because he was awkward and shy and didn’t like to talk about his feelings. / Salice Rose is my hero because she’s herself and doesn’t care what others say. / My hero is my mom because I learn things important. / My hero is Dylan O’Brien because one day I texted him telling he was my hero and was the reason I kept on going on my dream of acting and he answered back telling me to keep trying and to never give up. He still sometimes gives me advice. This person is important because he is a great actor and he is the reason I keep going and trying to make my dream come true.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Communication. We could help others in weak areas for help in return. You could communicate to an adult. Communication helps with relationships. / Citizenship. Trust people to help you. Helping each other. Helping others showing we care. /Trust and communication. Communicate and trust peers. Communicate with others to stop it. Communication. / Confidence and trust. You need to take tests. To speak up takes confidence. You need to be confident on fast food. / Actions are being watched. Do good to show others to do it as well. You can show bullies to not bully people. Do good things to show strangers to do good.

Seeing Beyond: We learned to see other people’s points of view. You can apply this in school because you get to see other people’s way of learning. You need to keep an open mind. / Observations and descriptions. Science because you need to make observations. Observe right from wrong. / To use your sense of imagination to think about what something is. Science because we could use our imagination in observations. To imagine the consequences of your actions. / Work together and fairness. Science to help make a hypothesis. You work with other people. / Imagination. Plan so we can be ahead for when something important will arrive. What your goals are and planning ahead.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: We learned about other’s dreams. School is setting up for future. Don’t let others ruin your dream. Because it’s you. / Persevere through the hard times. Persevere to set your goals. Leave bullies alone. Go through your fears. / Memories and fears can stop your dreams. Continue in school. Conquer your fears. Don’t let your fears stop you. / Confidence. To persevere through confidence. To speak up. You need confidence in jobs. / I learned that everyone has different dreams. Stop bullying. Goal to stop bullying. Keep dreaming.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Caring. Caring to stay on task. People need to trust you. / Trust. To trust your teachers. Work on trust. / To recognize when we were caring. To care for other people. To care and trust people that are sad. / Trustworthiness. Help your classmates. Help your coworkers in your job. / How to be more caring to people. We can help other people when they get bullied. We can become a better person so more people trust 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 helped my mom take care of my little brothers. / I once saw a person fall out of a tree and I helped him get up. I felt happy after helping the guy. / One time I helped a corn on the cob by giving the corn life. It felt satisfying that people could get corn when I was done. / I was trustworthy and caring when I had to baby sit my niece and nephew and it helped my cousin because she had time to work. It felt great and amazing because I chose to stand and did not refuse to do what asked. / A time when I was this was when my friend was sad and I helped her feel better. It felt great to see her smile. / I was trustworthy and caring when I took care of my brother and sister when my mom and dad were gone. / A time when I was trustworthy or caring is when my friend was going through a rough time and she needed someone to talk to. / Well when one of my heroes was having problems, and I decided to stand up for her and helped her get through. / I was trustworthy when my friend told me a secret and I was caring by listening to her.

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Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Phoenix Collegiate Academy %Male 50

%Female 50

Date: May 20-24, 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 58 %Other 9 Post %YES 38 %NO 58 %Other 4 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 25 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 8 Post % Not at all 21 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 13 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 17 % Sometimes 54 % All the Time 25 % No Answer 4 Post % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 29 % No answer 0 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 38 % No answer: 4 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 33 % All the Time 63 % No Answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 8 % Equal 58 % Leader 29 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 67 % Leader 29 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 33 % No 58 % No Answer 9 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 58 % No 33 % No Answer 9 Did you do anything? % Yes 54 % No 21 % No Answer 25 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Talk things out. / Communication. / Believing in your dreams no matter what. / I know how to deal with it. / You learned of other goals. / I learned to be nice. / I have courage. / Trust. / To tell staff and step up. / I learned to stand up for myself. / Yes trustworthy. / Tell an adult. / I can be a leader. / Do not let them stop you. / How to be confident. / To help others. / To show integrity and help others. / Violence isn’t the answer. / I learned respect.

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 stop it myself. / I wouldn’t let bad things happen if front of me. If I did what would that help. / Ask to stop and tell the teacher. / Go help. / I won’t be her pal. / I would tell a teacher. / I’ll help them. / I would defend them. / Tell an adult. / I would try to help. / Yes help. / It’s good. / I would tell a teacher. / Yes I wouldn’t like it if someone bullied me. / I would stand up to the bully. / I would step in. / Have courage to stand up. / I would tell them to stop. / Speak up.

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

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Not let others affect you. / I respect my decisions. / Always try no matter what. / Finish. / I learned to be respectful and respect other’s goals. / You have to be a leader. / I learned to take therapy. / It’s good. / I will not listen. / I learned to be courageous. / Follow your dreams and path. / Not fall for that. / I need to be a leader. / I learned that everyone can have the same fears. / I learned to be a leader. / Yes. / I will not follow others. / I’ve always known not to give in. / Make your own decisions.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 86% Post 83% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Blue is my favorite color. / I have not thought about color. / My favorite color is blue. / It’s blue. / I don’t think anything about it. / I think color is colorful. / My favorite color is blue. / I think blue. / I think about my favorite color green. / I think all colors are really pretty except brownish green. / Color adds happiness. / The color gave life to everybody but I think color is important. / My favorite color is mint but I also like peach. / Yes, I think about color as like a blessing because color makes things more peaceful. / Purple is cute. / I think it is a form of expression in a variety of colors. / Color is yourself from the inside. Yes I have thought about color. / I think my favorite color is blue. / My favorite color is blue. / I like it because I can see everything clear. / Yes, I wear black every day. Like black is the only color I wear.

Post: All color has definition. / Color has emotion. / Color can have sound. / Color is what you hear not your favorite. / Color has sound. / I like mint. / They express your feelings. / I think color can be used to describe everything. / That that’s what you think. / It’s cool. / It expresses itself in many forms. / People are all equal. / Well my color is blue and now it is important. / It has a deeper meaning. / Color is all around us. / It represents feelings. / I think color impacts on sound. / Purple and black. / Ten. / It can be manipulated by sound.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 75% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be happy. / Have a nice house, car, job. / To finish school. / To go to college. / I don’t have one. / To become a world leader. / Is to make a big difference in life. / To accomplish all my dreams. / My most important dream is my family. / To help animals. / To be independent. / To succeed in college (health care), to draw good and be crafty. / To be successful. / To accomplish my goals. / Is to live a good life. / My most important dream is to do what everyone else couldn’t. / My hope or dream is to be with pets as a job. / Is to be an animation artist.

Post: My dream is to go to college. / My most important dream is to die because no one loves me. / To have a happy and loving family. / Learn. / My family. / Is to be the best I can possibly be. / Courage. / To be successful. / To become a mother. / My dream is to have a nice car and good job. / Artist. / Be successful. / To work hard. / To make an impact on the world before I die. / Becoming a college student. / Becoming an architect. / Inspire others. / My hope or dream is to get money and start a You Tube channel. / To build a rocket. / Zombie apocalypse. / To pass school. / To graduate from college. / To just have my mom and brothers and grandpa as my family by myself. / To become a veterinarian and a great gamer.

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

Thoughts Shared: Always to try to cross that one bridge standing in your way. / Speaking out to others to give us space. / To conquer your fears. / To persevere through my work. / To be confident and find a disease. / To have courage. / I’ve learned I have to persevere. / I need to keep going. / Look beyond the picture. / Being caring. / I learned to care for others. / That I want to get my rock. / Trust. / Self-discipline. / To be nice. / Well I have to try hard. / Courage. / Respect and communication. / Is to be more respectful and mature. / I learned to respect. / Perseverance. / To keep trying even if your goal seems unobtainable. / I learned to have new skills.

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: It helped me because I don’t have any more fears. / Made me more confident. / Talking in front of the class. / I wanted to work on respect and I improved it by not yelling so much at students and teachers. / By respecting my decisions. / It taught me character change. / Helped me understand other people’s goals are important. / This helped me. / Optimism it helped by expressing my problems with others. / That you have to champion in the end. / I wanted to improve my responsibility and this helped me by giving me a reason to care about others. / Being trustworthy. / Helped me believe in myself. / Communication and by describing the things in the bag. / I wanted to persevere, I learned I have to forget the small things and go big. / I have more courage. / Respect. / Respect. / It taught me even though life can suck it can have a good outcome sometimes. / Respect. / They helped me get closer to achieving my dream.

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: I learned that we all make mistakes and should help each other. / I learned that I’m in a classroom full of people who can’t take things serious. / They can be respectful. / They have hopes and dreams. / Oscar wants to build a rocket. / Their worst fear. / I learned that Briana loves black. / Jesus wants me on top of his mansion. / Believe in myself. / Being honest. / More respect. / Aiden is not that confident. / They go through stuff. / I now know that I have new friends. / Daniel is afraid of losing me. / My friend likes his family. / I learned to help others. / They are animals but some are very observant. / I learned that everybody has fears. / I learned some actually have some of the same hobbies. / Dante is a very good friend who is helpful. / I learned that lots of my classmates fear death of their family members kinda like me.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 30 young lives from Kennilworth Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on October 3-5th, 2016 - # 8 of 14 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 10-11.

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 be honest and ignore peer pressure. To stay focused and reply correctly. Stopping the conflict. Helps you get a better scholarship and job. / People suffer from judgment, peer pressure. Speak out helps figure out who you are, don’t care what others think, confidence, determine how you act in school. Report, stop situations. Knowledge, open, treat others right. / How to be open and honest. To be friendly. It would help with being brave. We will be leaders. / Expressing self, knowing who you are. Not judging. Using charisma.

Having a good future. / Similar, not great to judge people. Feelings. Tell teacher. Making friends, changing personalities, be responsible for your action.

Creative Storytelling: How unfair people are. Not excluding anyone from a group. Know what to do to make

situation better. Equal or get along to coworkers. / Cooperate, teamwork. Discuss on subject. Break it up.

Football: work together to win. / How to be better people. Turns us into great leaders. They would help you stand up. Form us into better people. / Many ways to learn the 6 pillars. Encourage others. They won’t get to you as much. Help stay out of trouble. / Be responsible for your action. Be responsible for your action. Helping stop bullying. Doing stuff you were told.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork and support. To help peers through hard obstacles. Make it easier to stand up to bullies. Help accomplish life goals. / Teamwork, confidence, support. Support others when they’re not doing too good. Support the victim. Support family when they’re in a bad situation. / Teamwork and support helps us in life. Groups and cooperating with team/partners. You have a group with support. Gives you a support system. / Teamwork is important. Learn how to work together. You can trust your friends. Help you reach your goal. / Teamwork, patience, support. Helps with projects. Takes support to stop a bully. Challenges. Army because they need teamwork.

Mirror Work: Confident, good, important. / Confident, brave. / Important, confident, good, happy. / Awesome, amazing. / Just nothingness like usual. / It makes me feel like I can do anything, be anything. I can express my feelings. / Proud, confident, happy. / Uncomfortable but good. / It makes me feel important. / Good about myself. / It made me feel insecure because I feel like my telling myself that I’m important is me lying because no one perfect and I made me feel selfcentered and I don’t want to be. / Confident, fearless, and positive. / Funny, cool. / Happy, strong. / Good, positive. / Good, strong, and important. / Encouraged to keep loving myself. / Relaxed, refreshed. / It does not make me feel different. / Confident, happy, great, important. / Same, but different. / Brave, confident, happy, important. / I feel happy when I see myself in the mirror.

Hero: My mom. She would take care of me whenever, however. Nice, caring, trustworthy. / Martin Luther King Jr. This person stopped racism and did something about it. / Responsibility and caring. / Jason Witten. Jason Witten won the Walter Payton Good Person Award and is hard working. / Me. So you can learn off of them. Smart, awesome, hilarious. / My hero is Adam Sandler because I want to be like that when I grow up. He is one of the most talented actors of our time.

Someone I could see myself growing up to be. / My hero is Martin Luther King Jr. Marting Luther King Jr. is my hero because without him, right now will look like chaos. There would be people holding racist sings. People would be scared to go anywhere. Without him, we wouldn’t have had equal rights. He made the world a better place for everyone!! Martin Luther King Jr. is important because he created equal rights. In a hero, I see a leader or role model. Someone who doesn’t get into trouble, someone I can look up to and say, “I hope that’s me one day.” / I think she is important because she encourages everyone to follow their dreams and it doesn’t matter how rich you are. Caring, genuine, honest, awesome. So awesome you want to be them. / Nora! Nora helps the city from Grim. She is very energetic while her best friend Ren is not. She is very powerful and fights with a giant hammer. She made a big difference, even though she’s not real. She is important because she protects people from Grim while risking her life. I would look for humor, caring, strong, and a leader. / My mother is my hero because she cares about me, my family, and my friends. / My dad. Because he supports. Good spirit, humble, fun, amazing person. / My aunt was the most amazing person ever. She always put other people first. She never cared what other people thought. She was her own person, an unbelievable amazingly awesome person. She never cared if people didn’t like her. She never cared about what they did or will do. She only cared about how to make us or form us into better people. That’s why my aunt is my hero. They’re important. They made the world a good place from making the monsters go away to cheering me up when I was down. They’re important. They’re more caring, responsible, respectful, trustworthy than any of use will ever be. I look for: caring, loving, understandable, forgiving, trustworthy, and the fact they will always be there and never leave. / This is my Dad and he is the best father in the world. He loves sports and he is really strong. My dad is important because he helps me with anything. He also is there whenever I need him and he loves.

Trustworthiness, bravery, honesty, strength, intelligence. / Todd Howard. They made Fallout 4. Hard work, patience, teamwork. / Mexicans. Trying to take down Trump. Perseverence, hard-working. / Ray Lewis is a former football player.

He played for the Ravens. He was the best linebacker in the NFL. He is important because he was the best linebacker.

Strong, buff, huge, fast. / Steph Curry. He is my hero because I can learn a lot of basketball skills from him. He is really good at basketball. A leader, respectful, honest. / My mom is my hero. They are important because she’s been through a lot and still is going through a lot. I would look caring, trusting, and loving qualities in a hero. / Oli White. He is very creative and is not shy. Matthew. He is encouraging and is very funny and smart. Because they encouraged me to become a professor. Smart, funny, creative, curious. / My grandmother is a hero. Because she takes care of me. When she help and takes care of me. / Larry Fitzgerald. They are a football player. Respect, leader, cool, trustworthy. / MLK. MLK was a civil rights activist and allowed for major racism to stop. Gave the famous, “I have a dream” speech. Made equal. Independent, fair, did something great. / My mom is the best mom in the world. She is playful and helpful. She is the best to me – I love my mom! My mom is important because she helps me with everything, even my problems. Trust, respect, bravery, honesty.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To have self-confidence. Positive attitude towards peers, work. Believe yourself and ignore them. To be confident when meeting new people. / Positive attitude, think high of yourself, good things will happen. Positive attitude. Moral code try your best. Learn from mistakes. / How to tell yourself that you’re important. Have more confidence. It would give us more strategies. We would believe in ourselves and reach our goals. / Found a new way of myself. Being confident. It encourages you. It will deal with peer pressure. / Confidence, happiness, determined. Confidence will boost your grades. Say no to them. Quit your job.

Seeing Beyond: To use our 3rd eye. It would apply in science because you examine things better. It will help with creating better ideas. / How to tap into our mind’s eye. Making an inference, reading. So we can have an imagination. Help meditate and use 6th sense. / We have a 3rd eye. We need it for everything because we need to see what we’re doing or use our imagination. It would help us reach goals and be more innovative. / How to

use your imagination. It would help you in art and reading by helping you describe. Help you become an illustrator. / Difficult to use 3rd eye. Helps with creativity. Helps solve a problem without seeing it.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: That our dreams can be easily pursued. Keep focused, when we remember our dreams. Have something to look forward to, not hopeless. Help you conquer your dreams. / Your feelings change. Your attitude. You can feel confident. You’ll work hard. It will be easier. / You realize it only a word it’s not scary. To show that we can overcome anything. If you can overcome your fear, you can overcome anything. I can make you able to reach your goals. / I will come together more. Learn more of what you want. Getting through the fears. Helps accomplish your goals. / That other people have the same fears. Also speak in front of others. Helping each other reach other dreams. People can get over fears. You might not have the same fears, dreams, or memories.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Follow your intuition, how to express it. Make your own choices (not always friends). You don’t always have to follow the path given. / Can lead you into a bad situation. Helps you infer.

You can create things. / Listen to your inner voice. Help make good decisions. Can help make you into something. / To listen to our intuition and inner voice. Helps be safe, responsible. Pick the right things and not the bad. / It could help us in sticky situations. Help us when we work. Help us solve personal problems.

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 ate my older brother’s candy. I didn’t ride my broken bike. I learned that I should never eat anyone’s candy and that I shouldn’t ride broken bikes because it’s dangerous. / I switched Go-Karts with someone and their’s broke down. Thing happen for a reason. / That’s a hard one. Sometimes I have an urge to sometimes not follow rules, but my voice tells me too late but before it gave me a clue.

Sometimes I really should take time to think. / When my old friend tried to write on the wall of school, I gave her the marker.

She was going to say someone else wrote it. What I can learn is not be a follower. Be a leader. / When I pay for phone games. Can’t spend too much. / I hurt my knee in a football game. Tried to go in, but my intuition told me not to. Don’t push yourself too hard. / I followed it when I went on the biggest rollercoaster at Castles & Coasters. I learned to enjoy rollercoaster rides. / I followed my intuition when I told my mom about something important when I didn’t tell her. To follow your intuition. / I was going to scare my sister but something told me not to go. I didn’t do it then. To listen to my Jiminy Cricket sometimes. / I went to my friend’s house without permission. To ask permission to go to my friend’s house. / When I follow it I was at school and my bros said to walk home but I went on the bus. That even though something may seem right, sometimes it’s not. / My friends wanted me to go with them somewhere. I didn’t go and they got in trouble. Always do what’s right. / I don’t listen sometimes and got in trouble. Listen a lot more. / When I was doing a play/musical!

Sometimes you need to believe in yourself and get over yourself. / When I was about to cross the street and a car was coming. To always pay attention. / When I was playing a game of freeze tag on Doom. I didn’t know how to unfreeze so my inner voice told me to leave the game. To learn how to do stuff before you do it. / I followed my intuition by not shouting out, “Are we going to read Wonders?” to the teacher on the other side of the room. To not scream across the room. / The only time I didn’t listen to my inner voice is when I might have stole $60 from my parents. To always listen to my inner voice. / In the morning, I’m tired and I don’t feel like waking up, but my inner voice tells me to get up, but since I don’t get up, I arrive to school late. I learned that I have to go to sleep earlier. / I was going to jump in a river and my inner voice told me not to, but I did. Do not jump in rivers for money. / IDK. Listen to my inner voice. / I was forced to run down a hall and band on the doors, but I didn’t and I didn’t get in trouble. Always do what feels right to yourself even if your friends tell you to do something uncomfortable. / One time my neighbors asked me if I wanted to go to the store without adult permission. I just walked away. I learned to always listen to my intuition, not other peoples. / I did not listen when they said leave and I did not leave. When someone says to do it, do it. / When I was a little younger than I am now, I was about to make a bad decision, but my inner voice said I shouldn’t do it. So I ended up making the right decision and listened to my inner voice. I can learn to always make good decisions and listen to your intuition. / Once, I didn’t use the scissors and I didn’t get cut.

Trust yourself, make your own decisions. / I followed my intuition when I rode my bike. I learned to ride my bike.

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Kennilworth Elementary School %Male 57

%Female 43

Date: October 3-5th 2016

Ages 10-11

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 75 %NO 21 %Other 4 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 23 Post % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 42 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 57 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 21 % All the Time 79 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 3 % Sometimes 64 % All the Time 33 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 27 % Leader 3 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 25 % Leader 75 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 30 % No 70 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 23 % No 77 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 20 % No 40

% No Answer 40

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

Post % Yes 87 % No 13 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned to stand up for myself. / That you can overcome the bully. / I learn it’s important to speak up. / Just don’t pay attention to them. / Help others. / Stand up, listen to your intuition. / To always stand up to what’s right. / Drawing pictures helped being confident. / I learned to be more confident. / You can feel confident to tell the teacher. / I learned to have confidence. / Confidence. / I learned how to stand up. / I learned to speak up. / To stand up. / That you need love no fear. / Release your fear by stand up.

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

Post % Yes 96 % No 0 % No Answer 4 Thoughts Shared: I would support the victim. / I think it’s important to help. / Some people need motivation. / I’d tell an adult. / I would help them. / I would see what was going on and tell an adult. / I would tell them to stop! / It’s doing the right thing. / I would stop the bully. / Tell the bully to stop. / I would stand up. / No one deserves to be bullied. / I would tell an adult. / I would tell an adult. / It probably no reason to be bullied.

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: Possibly. / Just be reasonable. / Be yourself. / I learned to have trust in myself. / I would do a lot of things. / I learned all the 6 pillars. / To do whatever you think is right. / Don’t do it if you don’t want to. / To stay on track. / I learned to follow you intuition. / Responsibility. / Respect. / I can be my own choices. / Be treated the way you want to.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 83% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I have not thought about color. / No, I have never thought about color. / I’ve never really thought. / It is very important and allows us to see more than what we usually see. / I like it. / It is beautiful. / No, not really.

Sometimes not unless I’m doing social studies. / I think that we can see more color than we see. / I don’t care about color at all. / I think that colors are a fun way to express yourself and your feelings. / There is a lot of colors. / I think about painting my nails. / Not really because color is the least of my worries, but color is cool. / Color has different meaning, but I don’t have one. / I think color is to just change what some things look like. / It’s very colorful. / Rainbow. / I’ve never really thought about it. / I think color represents a person’s personality. / Color makes the world what it is. / Color is the music for our eyes. / I like blue. / I think it helps us live. / It’s colorful. / Color reminds me of everything. No, I have not thought about color. / I think that it’s a good thing to have in the world and I love it. / I think color is colorful. / Color is beautiful and magic! / Color is very cool. / At least it is not black and white.

Post: At least it isn’t black and white. / Color express feelings(sort of). / I think that color is a way to express yourself. / It helps people express themselves. / Amazing. / That they can help you. / Color is descriptive in many ways. / I think of colorful and I learned to use your imagination. / It is important. / I understand it better, all equal. / Color is important to life. / I think color symbolizes feelings. / It is colorful. / I think we need it. / I think color is awesome and that they express color. / Colors express your feelings. / It is beautiful. / I learned that color can show meaning. / It doesn’t matter what color it is. / Colors should be fair. / Color is the center of life. / Rainbow and earth. / Blue is my favorite.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Is to have peace on earth and be able to be equal as everyone else. / My most important dream is to do well and live a good life. / My hope is to become very successful in both of my future careers. / To become a popular YouTuber or archeologist. / To become a doctor. / I don’t have one. / I want to be a mathematical engineer. / My most important dream is to be in NFL. / To graduate college. / My most important dream is to succeed in life and be able to be happy. / To play football and design shoes. / To become rich. / Mine is to be a game developer and be rich. / I don’t have one. / Going to high school. / My dream is going to college. / High school. / I dream to be an actor. / My most important dream is to become an actor. / My most important dream is to always be a good person. / My dream is to become a very good English professor. / Play basketball for life. / Play a pro sport. / Play basketball. / My most important dream is to be a writer. / I don’t have one. / My most important dream is to play basketball. / Is to get dream job. / Joining NBA or NFL. / Still discovering it.

Post: Big house, big garden, and lots of pets. / Graduating college. / Is to have a family and job. / Play in a pro sport. / Became a good person. / To go to Paris. / Stay good in school and finish it. / My most important dream is being in the NFL. / Be a game developer, actor, and writer/author. / To become successful in life. / My

dream is to learn to play the guitar and drums. / To make it cross the bridge. / To become an actor. / To have a good life. / Is to go to Brophy. / Going to college and being a vet. / Being a doctor. / To go to Stanford. / To earn my dream job. / Is joining the NBA or NFL. / To join NBA and graduate college. / Is to become an English or math professor. / Continuing with music. / Being an actor.

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

Thoughts Shared: Keep on learning and imagining. / To believe. / Is to never stop believing. / Be yourself. / I will use citizenship. / To believe in yourself. / Stay positive. / Getting through obstacles. / Believe in myself no matter what. / To always follow your heart. / To always believe in yourself. / The obstacles will help me. / How to get through obstacles. / To be more confident. / Is that to stay on task. / Be a leader not a follower. / Is to have fun. / How to not be under peer pressure. / Is to be confident and don’t give up. / Always persevere. / Always be confident. / Is that there are obstacles. / Believing in myself. / Stand up and respectful.

What did you learn new in the workshop that you did not know before?

Post 96% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Nothing. Classmates support me. / That I can talk in front of people. / I learn that I love myself a lot. / We have a 3rd eye. / I am amazing person. / That I am different. / I learned I have a lot of courage. / I learned that I can do things. / I can be awesome. / I pretty much know myself. / How people are the same as me in different ways. / Listen to your inner voice. / Some people have same fears as others. / I learned I am more confident than I thought. / What my name means. / I’m a motivational speaker. / To cooperate. / I learned that I can do anything if I set my mind to it. / Not much. I used stuff I already know. / That I can’t really speak in front of others. / To be yourself. / I will deal with peer pressure. / 3 rd eye. / I’m really happy.

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: No. / Everyone wants to be an actor. / I learn that people are really supportive. / They were being honest. / They have the same fears as I do. / That some have done some things. / Everyone is different. / We all have some things in common. / They have the same fears as me. / I learned that very few people trust cops. / That we are similar. / They are trustworthy. / I don’t have same fears as them. / I learned that people like video games. / That Sal’s fear is Donald Trump. / Nobody’s perfect. / Classmates have the same fear as me. / I learned that people have the same fear and Rubis is afraid of lucky cats. / Once again, nothing new. / Everybody is different. / I learned someone is adopted. / That they have their own dreams. / That we can work together. / They’re like us.

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

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 20 young lives from Children First Leadership Academy experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 15-17th, 2016 #9 of 14 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? : Not judgmental. To think about how people feel. To help make friends and be trustful. Everyone would want to be friends. Having friends that don’t judge you, and you doing the same. / Comparing. Honesty.

Differences. Helps you in school by not getting in trouble. Being honest with them and getting help. Making your life better and reaching your goals. / Honesty, similarities, differences. Participating, learning about one another.

Help others not to bully. Honesty with others. / Honesty, similarities and differences. Easier to make friends. To help them stop bullying. To have good relationships.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Confidence. Being respectful to others and class participation. It helps you be confident. Stay out of jail and get a good job. / Honesty, open-minded, and confidence. To be a leader. Stand up for yourself. Be your own self. / Honesty open-minded, confident. If you are confident you can get good grades.

Being honest and telling them you don’t want to do it. Being open-minded about what you are going to do in life. / Always be aware that you are somebodies hero. Accomplish your academic goals to set an example for youngsters. Walk away from the problem and encourage others to do the same. Be true to yourself and reach forth with your goals to inspire others.

Creative Story Telling: Working together and respecting each other’s wishes. You have a successful life style. Kill them with kindness. Your job interview will be successful because you have confidence. / Teamwork, confidence, imagination, respect. Helping people with teamwork. Have confidence to tell a teacher. You should have respect in your future. / Teamwork, confidence, imagination, respectful. Work with others. Not being disrespectful. Stick up for yourself. To get a job. / Teamwork. To help each other. To help build confidence in the bully so he can stop.

Building a relationship with other people surrounded by us.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: A nice kid who cares. / Cool with it. It was fun. / Loved and special. / It feels okay. / I feel the same because I love myself. / It makes me feel good and happy. / Weird. / It makes me feel great or good. / It makes me feel powerful. / Very weird. / I did it and I’m not doing it again. I hate looking at myself in the mirror or anything in that matter.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a hero? Batman. He protects Gotham. Loyalty, responsibility. / Pepe the frog. He’ll make frogs great again. / My dad is my hero, so he can take care of me. Caring, respectful, kind safe. / My mom because she is my mom. My mom is my hero. / Deadpool because he is cool. / Ironman because they save people’s lives. Smart, sweet, funny, caring. / Donald Trump. Because he is going to make America great again. A leader. / My hero is my mom. She is the only one in my life that I trust. Bravery, fair, caring, trustworthy, honest. / My mom is my only hero because she’s there for me. My mom is important thing to me. Good awesome cool friendly. / My mom and Obama. Because she is there for me no matter what. Respect, loyal, bravery, honest. / My mom she is my hero because she is the one that took care of me. She did everything for me. She feed me, washed me and cares for me. She took care of me since I was born. I don’t have a father figure only a mom figure.

Someone who has my back. I get along with takes care of me who is nice and has a good personality.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Communication. To do group projects. To talk to the bully and see why he bullies. Communicate and makes friends. /Teamwork, trustworthy, communication, participation. Trusting your friends. Working with others. Talk your way out. Get help. Being successful, working with co-workers. / Teamwork, confidence, imagination, respect. Be trustworthy, with kids your age and with others. Communication with others to have confidence. We participate in the game to help others. / Your life can be full of obstacles but you have to overcome them. Be attentive and ecstatic about learning. Your friends, family could help you stand up to the bully. The more obstacles you overcome the more successful you will be.

Seeing Beyond: Communication, teamwork, third eye. Math and reading so that we can focus on imagining.

Helps you when you’re doing your job. / Teamwork, communication, participating, third eye. Math, science, art, because people are there if you need help they can help you. If you work with a team you could get things done faster. / Teamwork, communication, participation, third eye. We can use it in math to work together so we can solve the problem. Solve problems and releasing the fear. / Participation. Science because you can learn how to dissect a frog. Learn things you didn’t know.

Reflective Take Away Assignment 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: My cousin wanted me to go to the park with her, I didn’t go, when she got home she got into trouble. Never to go somewhere without asking adult supervision. / When I was in class I was doing my work and someone was looking at me and my inner voice told me not to yell but I didn’t. To listen to inner voice. / My intuition said to steal a soda can. Do not listen to your intuition. / When I did not listen to my mom so I got grounded. Always listen to your inner voice.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Skills or Tools Learned : Get over your fears and start to focus on your dreams. Get your work done, apply yourself. Talk to your bully and try to make amends.

Once you get over your fear start your many dreams and help others to do the same. / Don’t always judge people.

Believe in yourself getting a good education. Help others when bullied. Always help and be kind to others. / Brave.

To take a chance. To confront him or her (the bully). Your job interview goes well. / Similarities. Don’t be afraid.

Believe in yourself. Confidence. Brave, be heroic. That you can accomplish anything. Stick up for yourself, take matters in your own hands. Get a job and have confidence that you can do anything you set your mind to.

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Children First Leadership Academy %Male 50

%Female 50

Date: November 15-17th, 2016

Ages 12-14

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

Pre %YES 75 %NO 20 %Other 5 % No Answer 0 Post %YES 90 %NO 5 %Other 0 % No Answer 5 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 30 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 5 Post % Not at all 20 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 15 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Post % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 35 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 15 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 20 Post % Not at all 15 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 35 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 45 % Leader 50 Post % Follower 5 % Equal 35 % Leader 60 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 65 % No 35 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 55 % No 20

% No Answer 25

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

Post % Yes 80 % No 15 % No Answer 5 Thoughts Shared: Be friends with everyone. / Even if you are scared stick up for yourself. / When you see someone bullying do something. / I learned to confront the bully instead of being one. / Stop using violence. / Kind of. / To stick up for yourself. / Confront the bully. / Because I was bullied. / Tell them to stop or tell an adult and stand up to bullying.

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: I will help the person and make the bully stop. / Because it’s mean. / Confront him or her. / Because it is their problem. / Sometimes. / Help them. / Maybe. / I would get help. / Because they get hurt. / Tell them to stop or tell an adult.

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

Post % Yes 85 % No 15 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Do your own thing. / Sometimes. / Because I have confidence. / I was mad. /Have confidence, love yourself, make your goals happen.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 65% Post 80% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Rainbows and skittles. / Blue as calm. / No I have not thought about color. / It’s cute. / Cool. / Yes. / Yes. / Color is pretty. / Emotions. / I love colors they are beautiful. / Color means something to everybody but to me it is the way you feel or see. / Color is used for my emotions and or friends include with mood.

Post: I love colors. / Cool. / There are a lot of ways to say it but I would say beautiful. / Blue is calm. / Emotions. / Blue for the sky. / It’s cool. / Good. / Yes. / It’s cute. / Blue. / It is good. / Colors can be deceiving. / Color is amazing. / I think about how warm feelings is just looking at colors. / I still think that the same colors is a feeling.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 55% Post 90% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a professional dancer or actor. / Is to stay with my family and never leave. / Is to become what I want. / To be in the NFL. / I want to be a teacher. / Playing football. / Finish school. / To go to the Navy. / To be happy. / I want to be a singer. /Is to be a taco man.

Post: Is to go to London and be a photographer. / I hope to become a helper at Release the Fear. / Be in the NFL. / To be a photographer. / Football. / Is to be a taco man. / Dreams. / Is to be in the NFL. / Get a job. / No important ones. / To get a house. / Do tricks on an ATV. / Is to become a singer. / Being a teacher or a designer. / Love my mom and help kids be a doctor. / To be in the NFL. / Is to become a chef. / To become a video game designer. / To become a veterinarian.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 90% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Never give up and keep going. / To have confidence. / That people have the same fear. / Teamwork. / Confidence believe in yourself. / To work hard. / Believe in myself. / To be a leader. / By being a leader and helping others. / Follow your heart. / To keep on trying. / Always keep dreaming about it. / To not give in. / No matter what happens the more toils and sharks I go through try harder. / I learned to be confident then stay to reach my goal. / Always be fair with people and to have fun doing it.

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 75% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: Drawing. / Nothing I know myself well. / That I am confident. / To love yourself and your personality. /That I can do it. / I learned that I can be nice and not a bully and I’m not going to jail. / I have more dreams than I ever had. / Some people like the same things. / Trustful. / I’m a leader. / People have the same fear as I do. / Work together. / Having fears.

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

Post 70% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That they are nice and not mean. / Their fears. / The same thing about other people. / Sometimes they are there for you. / They all have a fear. / Be trustful. / They like the same things. / Be a good friend. / Nothing but we have the same fears. / That we have the same fears. / That you are like the same. / That sometimes we can have the same fears. / That they are scared of the dark. / I learned that I have a lot in common with my classmates or peers. / That we all have the same fears, hopes, and dreams.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 14 young lives from Adobe Juvenile Center experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 28-30, 2016 #10 of 14 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 15-18.

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? : Honesty, judging, peer pressure. Being honest in school. By standing up and being honest with yourself. Peer pressure is always in life so you can react to it positively. / Judgement, patience, communicating.

Practice having patience. Step up no judgement. Not judging people, having patience and respect. / Courage, honesty, similarity. Taking responsibility for your actions. To stand up for yourself. Understanding other people. / Similarities, courage, honesty. / Same backgrounds. Walk away. Tell a teacher. By calling the cops, having integrity.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Self-confidence. Be independent, ask for help. Being confident. By asking for help when needed. Not afraid to stand up for ourselves. Because asking for other opinions on how to deal with the problem. By being able to support yourself and having confidence while doing it and when you don’t know how to do something, you can ask for help. / The truth about ourselves. Learn from others. Have someone help us. Stay strong. Observe your surroundings. / Honesty, fearless, and self-confidence. You are confident in going to a new school. You’re not scared to stand up for yourself. Your confident to make your own decisions in life.

Creative Story Telling: Honest and courage. By standing up for yourself. By standing up for others. By standing up for what you believe in and being honest with yourself. / Teamwork and responsibility. Work together and take responsibility. Work together to end it. Use it daily and always take responsibility for your actions. / Teamwork, confidence. Helping each other, working together. By helping someone when they are being bullied. By having confidence to do things when someone needs help, we can help them. / Sharing, confidence, being a good role model. Work towards customers and community. Modeling respect. Towards family and ourselves.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: I’m sexy and I know it. My eyes are blue. / I love myself it makes me feel cute. / I feel cute, amazing, loveable. / Handsome, respected, honest strong. / Made me feel alright. / The butterfly guts. / Like I am lying to myself. / It makes me feel like I love myself and made me happy. / All I see is a criminal and I feel like I am lying to myself. / Good, cute eyes, and fearless. / Motivated and good. / Good, cute, motivated. / It makes me feel good. I’m proud of who I am and who I will become.

Who Is Your Hero: Someone World-Famous or Someone You Know or anyone in between? First do a drawing of Your Hero on the Back then wright about them: My mother is my hero. She is a hard working person and believes in what is good and is willing to stand up for it. She has been through the tough times and good times. My hero is my mom. She plays an important role in my life. / Machine Gun Kelly because he is awesome. He likes to help people. / My cousin because he died serving for the war. / My mom because she went through a lot for me. / My mom because she was always there and she never gave up on me and I don’t think she will. / My mom because she raised me. / Fredo Santana he motivates me. / Mom. She’s always there for me even though I’m on her bad side. / Because she’s done things and still takes care of her kids and is working to get her GED to get a good job. / The Joker from Batman only because everything he does is for a certain reason. / My uncle because he is a fire fighter and helps people. / My dad because he helped me become the man I was before drugs and raised me and taught me what I know. They are important because they give you hope. / My dad because he always did stuff by himself and made sure everything was always okay. Because I have always looked up to my dad and he is my hero.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork, self-confidence, being trustworthy. Ask for help and help back. Ask for help. Motivation. / To work together. During projects and life. Work together to stop it. Being able to do more than one thing at once. / Balance, listening, teamwork, and motivation. Listen and multi-tasking.

Teamwork, multi-tasking, dealing with others and dealing with your own. Multitasking in life. / Fearless. Anxiety, honesty, courage. By doing what you need to do and be honest. By standing up for others. By doing what is needed and even know what is right.

Seeing Beyond: Teamwork, visualize, language. Every subject because you can work together with class mates.

Open up your mind to the bigger picture and work together with others. / How to use your observation skills. Know how to work together to figure out hard situations. Know how to use your mind’s eye. / Using third eye, and our imagination. All subjects because they all require the six senses most of the time. By using your six senses. / Teamwork. Work together. Teamwork for you can help do homework. Teamwork makes the dream work.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Honest, integrity and responsibility. When you’re doing something you are not supposed to do and you tell them you didn’t. Being responsible for making your decisions in life. / Use honesty finding the positive in a negative situation. Be responsible in school. Find the positive in your negative situation. / That there is positive even in a negative situation. By having responsibility doing your own thing even if it’s boring. / Honest, responsibility. Responsible for your actions. By maintaining focus.

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: When I got locked up I was mad and thought it was the worst but when I think about it now it saved my life and when I get out I’ll be stronger. / Go to school every day was negative for me but over time had a positive because I was getting my grades and my family was happy. / Wanting to fight but then I thought about it. / One time I went to jail and was very sad because I was going to do a lot of things when I got out. When I got out I was very happy. / When I wasn’t getting along with staff, I went up to him and talked to him to see what we can do so we can get along and we ended up talking it out. / Robbing a house, it went to a positive because now I’m getting my shit together. / When me and my friends stole from someone but gave the item to someone that needed it. / When I started going to school because it was boring but after all it’s kind of cool and makes knowledge for your brain / It was bad because I got laughed at but it turned into a positive because it got me out of my house.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Skills or Tools Learned: Courage, honesty, fear. The courage to be open and honest with teachers. The courage to stand up for yourself. To realize everyone has fears. / Being mindful of our dreams. To work hard to reach our goals. To stand up for yourself. Work hard play hard. / We all have dreams. Dream big use school to your advantage. Conquer your fears. Use your dreams and go big. / Honesty, courage, and similarities. It can be the same. Because to have the courage to stand up and help. Being honest with yourself will get your hopes.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: ADJC %Male 93

%Female 7

Date: November 28-30th, 2016

Ages 15-18

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

Pre %YES 71 %NO 39 %Other 0 Post %YES 83 %NO 17 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 21 % Sometimes 72 % All the Time 7 Post % Not at all 17 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 25 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 14 % Sometimes 86 % All the Time 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 33 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 50 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 50 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 14 % Equal 57 % Leader 21 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 58 % Leader 42 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 36 % No 64 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 86 % No 14 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 29 % No 57

% No Answer 14

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

Post % Yes 75 % No 25 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Help out a lot. / To have courage to prevent. / Stand up for others. / I didn’t have problems with bullying. / Be honest. / I don’t bully. / Everyone should get treated the same. / We all have something in common. / I would stop it.

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

Post % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would tell him to stop. / Having responsibility. / Tell a staff. / Tell the other people to back off. / I would stick up for the victim. / I would help. / Because I would. / Go up to them. / Stop them. / Tell them to stop.

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: Be honest show respect. / I’ve done this before. / Respect, responsibility. / I will stand up for myself. / I make my own ideas. / Yes it is your decision. / I learned to have integrity and be respectful.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 79% Post 75% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It shows someone’s personality. / Red, blue, yellow, green, purple, pink, brown. / I didn’t really put much thought to color because why take the time of day to hate or like a color. / That it is beautiful. / It’s fresh. / That it’s irrelevant not to judge by color of skin but by character. / Only for the color of my head wig. / Yes. / It’s cool. / Something that you see. / Yes I think different colors can express different feelings and emotions.

Post: That color has meaning. / It can mean different things. / We have good colors. / It’s what describes you. / Rainbow. / It’s cool. / Color has meaning. / I still don’t have a favorite color. / It tells people’s personality. / To radically accept it and it doesn’t matter.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 86% Post 92% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Me getting my GED. / Get out of here. / To be able to take care of my family. / My dream is to help my family like how they helped me. / Is to have a good family and to get out of Adobe. / It is to travel the world. / To be with my daughter soon. / Get money. / Yes. / Be the biggest drug dealer. / To become a business owner and have things I always wanted and buy my mom a house. / To get my act together and be able to take care of my daughter. / To make it off parole and be independent. To be able to support myself and my family.

Post: To become successful and make my mom proud. / To make money have a big house and a beautiful family. / To take care of my son. / To reach my goals. / To own my own house. / To have money. / Have a family. / Making money. / To help my family like how they helped me. / Going to college. / My family. / To get a good job and have a good future. / Make it off parole, help my family.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 83% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Be responsible, honest and don’t give up. / Is to dream big and help others. / Not to give up. / To never give up. / Work hard. / Take one step at a time. / Be honest with myself. / To be respectful. / Stop giving up. / To take it step by step. / Do things that matter to me.

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 83% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: Trustworthy, because I don’t trust people that easily no more. / I want to improve my trust. / Participate and work in teams and help others out. / Become more involved. / To use it more. / By being better. / Caring. / Leadership. I was able to help in helping other people do good. / To trust others. / Responsibility by giving me homework and me practicing responsibility to complete it.

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

Post 83% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: A lot of us have things in common. / That they all have the same fears. / More caring. / That we have each other. / That they are scared of fears. / That everyone is alike. / They can help. / About their fears. / They have things in common with me. / We can relate a lot. / They have some things that are like mine, so I’m not alone.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 17 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Center experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 28-30th, 2016 #11 of 14 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 15-17.

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

Who am I? : Workers respectable. Yes. Helping without making fun of. / Honesty, difference, influence others, peer pressure. Motivation, talking/honesty, helpful. Confidence. You’re not alone. / To relate. Communication.

Coping skills.

Creative Story Telling: Visualizing. Better reading. Be able to stop it out. Better point of view. / Demonstrating being a good character. Being focused. People have a different way of perceiving things. Waking up and going to work and handling business. / Real life scenarios. Positivity, self-confidence. Have good person to look up to.

Help kids to find the right idol.

Mirror Work: Sonriente, feliz, seguro de mi mismo. / Se siente muy suave y muy agusto nunca lo habia hecha y aparte del todo uno se siente muy bien. / Bien los ojos mas omenos. / Feliz, contento. / I love myself. Good, excellent. / Feels good. / Feels good. / Me siento bien me siento agusto con desir so. / Proud, happy, leader, responsible. / Makes me feel happy. Makes me see someone others don’t. / Good, cool. / Good. / I don’t like it.

Hero: Mi padre. Porque es mi padre, porque el me ace sentir major, porque el tiene el poder de acerme sentir major. / The Avengers. / Trabaja por mi y me cuida! Porque es la que me dio la vida y me cuida. / Mi madre. Porque ella me da fuerzas y me ayuda en todo. / Mom. She helps me. / Mom. They help me. / Mi madre. Porque es una mujer fuerte siempre me da fuersas siempre me da siempre medir consejos Buenos y es una mujer unica consejos. / My mom and my dad. Because they took me in for adoption. / Martin Luther King Jr. Because he helped my future today well at least tried. / Mom. Because she’s my mom. / Cause she’s my mom.

Through the Hoops: Working together. Tutoring. Stand up as a team. Getting along with others. / Teamwork.

Sports. Stand up together. Projects. / Flexibility. Working with others. Making a difference together. Teamwork makes dream work.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Look up to mom’s self-confidence, learn new things, doing or doing.

Exams, help in lots of ways, get good grades. Fine now friends, move up in life. Smarter healthier lifestyle. / Their role models in the world. Doing positive things so we can feel better in school. You won’t get it a lot. Help you with success in life and learning from others. / Saw good in heroes. Better grades, bigger success. Find a good person to look up to. Search for a good idol positive role model.

Seeing Beyond: Teamwork, open-minded, multi-tasking. Help you with test, help you pass classes, reading, writing, math, science. Getting a job, phone calls to family, reaching dreams and goals. / Trabajo en equipo.

Ciencias. Ayudar a los demas. / Everything is possible. Math – money – artists – engineering. Reaching goals.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Think about others, differences. Be more aware of others. You would be thinking about others (victims) getting bullying by someone bigger. Having a plan. / Different people relate. / Similarities – art to express. Push through uncomfortable feeling. Finding similarities.

Reaching and maintaining your dream.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Think about others, be different. Won’t stick out, stay out of trouble. Better career paths, appreciative. / Todos podemos cambiar hechandole ganas. Ponernos las pilas echandole ganas.

Cambiar para cambiar al mundo. / Think outside the box other solutions. In case altercation happens and turn it to a positive. Get around negative and make it positive.

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: ADJC %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: November 28-30th, 2016

Ages 15-17

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

Pre %YES 60 %NO 27 %Other 13 Post %YES 64 %NO 30 %Other 6 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 53 Post % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 30 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 13 % All the Time 80 % No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 18 % All the Time 76 % No Answer 6 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Post % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 24 % All the Time 70 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 7 % Equal 60 % Leader 33 Post % Follower 6 % Equal 47 % Leader 47 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 20 % No 80 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 60 % No 33

% No Answer 7

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

Post % Yes 88 % No 6 % No Answer 6 Thoughts Shared: Speak up, stick up / Stick up / Step up to bullies / Yes, do what you gotta do / Help / To be a bigger person / Yes, work with stop bullying / Decircle que no le agar dano que no le gustarios deuselo sieranes.

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

Post % Yes 76 % No 24 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Stop it now / Pays off / Whoop a^&& / Smuck ‘em up / Help / Yes I would / Ayudarle / Parar el bullied / Don’t wanna get in trouble.

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

Post % Yes 88 % No 12 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Say no / My own decision / Make your “own” choices, Be a leader / I’m the leader / Strength / I can stop it / Que soy mas fuerte de mi mente / Respeto / Que hay que levantarse mas temprano para aser mas cosas / Respect also demas / Ayudarle que no le agan bulling / Self -respect.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 80% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Es Bonito / Red / Color makes things better looking / It’s just color / Gangs / No / Rainbow / Yes its colorful / Blue / It makes things look better / No se / Estan bonitos y suaves.

Post: I loved it, it’s colorful / Gangs / Think you can express your feelings in it / It’s colorful / Color expresses your feeling / Red / I think it makes things look nice / Rainbows / It explains stories / Nothing bad / It’s fun / El verde es vida y el blanco paz / Que es muy bonito mis estudios y pera tener es muy bonito y son alegres y exprear mis sentimital / It show expression.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 97% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Terminar mis estudios y tener un trabajo Bueno y estar con mi familia otravez. / To get big / Move to Florida / I don’t have any / Get released / Happy family / To become a motorcross racer and mechanic / Rapper,Barber / Owning my own business / To make my mom proud of me / Is to graduate high school / Un Bues Trabajo. Terminar mi escuela y conceger una Carrera.

Post: Barbering and rapper / Get released / To become a street artist / Own MGM Building / Become a “great” father. Become successful / Not have to worry about anything what I want / To be a mechanic and go to college but not get my GED and graduate high school with a diploma / Is my success / To be with my family / Do my time and get out and go finish school. / Terminar mis estudios y ser alguien importante ayudar a mi madre y no selarme de ella / Terminar la escuela para tener una meta / Que deba terminar mis estudios y para tener un buen trabajo / To get my GED. One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Don’t stop, keep going / Stay positive / Is that to communicate / Keep going / Speaking in front of people / Faith / Strength / Is to never give up on yourself / Family first / Change / Is to work everything / Respeto responsabilidada que sal mas responsible / Is to have responsibility.

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: Express myself in better ways / Respect / By showing people and myself about / Caring is something I wanna work on / Express my mind, speak about what I think / Patience / Strength / I’m caring and loving / Caring / Doing it couple more times / Is being responsible / Respecto para ser major persona / Confiensa, y me ayudo / Carino y me hayudo a varias cosas / Respect y no ser respectoso / Que soy mas responsible / Is to have more 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: Look up to my mom / A lot / Their feelings / Differences / Similarities / They all talk / Strength / That they have the same fears I have / We have same fears / They say what they need / That he has the same fears as me / Si que quiere estar en la carcel y que todos somas muy deviles / Si que yo muchos y no en lo de lsa demas / Si aprendi que las cosas no son tan faciles de lo que pensaban otros / Pues dirles cosas co el / Que debemas terminar mis estudios / That we have similarity.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 14 young lives from Durango experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on December 13-15th, 2016 #12 of 14 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 13-17.

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

Who am I? : Confidence, courage, trust. Trust responsible courage confidence. Step up be a bigger person.

Courage hope. Communication, responsibility, integrity, fair. / Helpful, responsibility, courage, trust. Grades, be on time. Stand up. Try your hardest, family, work, education. / Nervous to show. Explaining. Presentation. Speak up.

Job interview. / Trust, responsibility, caring, social skills. Personal space. Help others, friendship. Sticking up for others. Caring. Try to talk through the problem.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Respect, confidence, responsibility. Earn teacher respect, confidence with tests. Knowing that you are better than that. Knowing you could succeed, learn, inspiring youth. / Having support, motivation, courage. Supporting you and others having effort, trust, and dedication. Having social skills, effort and encouraging others. Social skills, effort, responsibility, courage.

Creative Story Telling: Body language, teamwork, confidence. Listening, self-confidence, courage, motivation.

Inspiring, helpful, caring, encouraging. Jobs, having goals. Responsible for your own actions. Trust, courtesy. / Motivation, effort, courage, communication. Sports, auditions, presentations, assessments. Standing up for yourself. Work, gym, job, apply rules and expectations. / Fairness, being creative. School projects. Teamwork.

Support. Education, projects, hobbies. / Teamwork, courage. Help find answers or whys. Take more than one person to stop the bully.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Makes me feel good. / Sometimes I think negative about myself but looking in the mirror makes me feel happy. / I do love myself the way I am. / Good.

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? Helps me stay motivated and continue to set goals in my lifetime. Encourage, respect, love. / Superman because they save people. Smart, cool strong. / I think my hero is myself because I was self-taught. / My mom and myself.

She always has been there for me.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork. Communication. Trust, responsible. Stand up, make a change. Jobs. Athletic position. / Stress control, trust, courage, respect. Not getting in fights, to get skills. Not giving the bully power. / Teamwork, trust, courtesy, responsibility. Learning how to communicate with others and putting the effort. Helping encourage others. Social skills putting in the effort. / Teamwork, courage, dedication.

Helping others. Being ready. Build courage to stand up. Healthy relationships, dedicate your life.

Seeing Beyond: Senses, deep thinking. Math, English. Math because you have to really think to get answers.

You have to use your senses to come to a conclusion. / Senses, instinct. Science, math, English. Make positive decisions. Communication, decisions, responsibility. / Listen, cooperate, patience, think. Reading, to picture what you read, writing to be more descriptive. Knowledge, directions, decisions, goals. / Concentrate. Math, reading, science because it will help us on many tests.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Communication, goals, positive behavior. Trying to graduate. Completing career goals or being a role model. / Trustworthy, caring, support, confidence, emotion. Help with the bully, help cooperate, help support classmates. Honesty, self-respect, respectful. / Trust, heart, social skills, communication.

Active listening. Perseverance, body language. Participation, positive choices, no judging, encouragement. / Public speaking, bring up the past. You have to project your work while solving problems. You have to think before you act.

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: My little sister with her homework next day she came up and told me that she got a good grade. The feeling of her telling me that she got a good grade was heartwarming. / My close friend needed help with a task. I showed him how to do it and he learned a new task. It was a great feeling. / Tonight I was honest with the points between air and water it made me feel good. / In sixth grade when I witnessed bullying at school. It felt pretty good to help out someone. / I remember when my friend was having problems with his family. I talked to him and told him I was going through the same thing. Afterwards she felt better and it felt good. / I helped this kid put his engine back to get him in class at Vo Tech when he got confused in how to do it. It made me feel really good knowing that I could help someone. / When I was in school and someone was getting bullied and I told the person that it was not right to do that and it made me feel great for helping someone. / I’ve really never trusted people I was rolling by myself. This is the first time I’ve trusted people since I’ve been in Durango. This is the first time I’ve worked with people.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Dedication, education, motivation, goals. Effort, responsibility, courage, knowledge. Trust, social skills, no judging. / Other people’s goals. Accomplishing dreams.

Talking about positive situations. Learning how to deal with other people. / Courage, respect, trustworthy. Good grades, graduate. Don’t be afraid to express yourself when bullied. To see what you want, accomplish goals. Face your fears.

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

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: Durango %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: December 13-15th, 2016

Ages 13-17

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 86 %NO 14 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 77 % All the Time 15 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 43 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 54 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 36 % All the Time 64 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 62 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 43 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 15 % Leader 85 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 7 % Leader 93 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 69 % No 31 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 77 % No 15

% No Answer 8

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

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To stand up. / Stand up. / I learned to no matter what stand up. / Standing up for one and another. / Because I can help the kid. / Positive behavior. / Having courage to step up. / Stand up and make a change. / I know to never be quiet and to speak up. / Help the cause I’ve been bullied so I should help. / I will help him. / Help the bully out. He is probably going through some stuff.

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

Post % Yes 93 % No 7 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Help out with the situation. / I would go up to the person and tell him off. / Say something to them. / I’d rush the guy bullying to help the other guy if necessary. / Because I’ve been bullied so I should help. / I will help him. / Try to stop the situation. / Tell them to back off my friend. / Say something. / I was bullied nobody did anything for me. / I would stand up and sit by. / Because it’s wrong.

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

Post % Yes 93 % No 7 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To stand up. Good traits. / Respect. / Control. / Learning responsibility and courage. / Teamwork and communication. / I learned to make responsible decisions and make my own decisions. / I learned to be self-efficient. / Gained feedbacks. / Trust and respect. / Always respect each other’s opinions.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 77% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think color should not be judged by their color as we are all equal. / It has its own uniqueness. / I say color should be good things. / I think it’s a good thing to have. / No I’ve never thought about color. I’m not racist. / Yes I have and it tells a story about certain stuff. / Black. / I think color makes people happy. / Color is or can be anything. / Black the world could be cruel and dark while you are trying to see the bright yellow of the sun. / I think it defines the object or person on how they are or what they are.

Post: Color means everything. / All colors have different meanings. / It has meaning. / Things and your dreams could come true. / That every person cares. / Color is amazing. / Color is amazing. / I think we are all equal. / A lot. / Color is in everything. / I don’t mind. / It is man things. / I think that everyone is a different color and everything changes its color.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 77% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Is to become a veterinarian. / To become a baseball player. / Is to go home and play basketball for the NBA. / To be in the NBA and or be a barber. / Become better. / To become an auto mechanic and marry my girl. / To be a doctor. Neuro-surgeon. / I want to become a basketball player. / Get my GED or high school diploma. / Is to own a house and a car and have kids. / Be successful, and make it to heaven. / Most important dream is to be a mechanical engineer Post: Is to become a veterinarian and living with my girlfriend. / To believe. / College. / To be a barber or NBA player. / Mechanical engineer. / To get out and play baseball. / Money. / Is to go home and play ball. / To marry my girl. / Is to go to college. / To help people. / To graduate high school.

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

Thoughts Shared: Always stay positive thanks to Richard and Robert. / To be truthful to people. / Never give up. / Never give up. / Is to have goals and responsibility and courage. / One thing I learned is teamwork is everything. / Dedication. / Be your own leader. / To wait and it will help. / Planning goals. / Not get locked up again. / Respect and responsibility. / Believe. / Is to face your fears by finding ways they relate and overcome it.

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: Being responsible. It helped me see how to be responsible and find ways to practice it. / Yes by communicating. / Responsibility, because I finished the task. / Trust. / Caring. / Respect because I had to respect the others. / Fairness. We all had a turn to speak. / Respect. / Trustworthiness. / To step up my game on my characteristics. / Respect, yes I did respect my fellow peers. / I wanted to improve on communication and now I can speak in front of everyone. / Citizenship helped me know how to communicate with others.

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

Post 93% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: He started trusting people and he never spoke to no one until Release the Fear Program. / Everyone has a similar or same fear. / That a lot are afraid of clowns. / To always motivate others and encourage my friends and family. / How people can relate. / Single parent. / Teamwork. / We all have the same characters. / That everyone has different stories from everyone. / How to trust people. / That people are scared of clowns. / They are friends. / I learned most people all have different perspectives on things.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 9 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on December 27-29th, 2016 #13 of 14 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 16-17.

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

Who am I? : Social skills, courage, responsibility. To knowing who you’re surrounding yourself with. To help out others, be a leader. Being able to be yourself. / To get to know each other. Socialize. Stand up for ourselves and others. Communication skills. / Respect, stereo-typing. Get along with people. Not judge. Make peace.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: That we took the time to look at ourselves. It helps you with our work. To say no to bullies. Get a good job and have a great life. / Have a lot of self-confidence. To appear confident while doing different activities. Too confident. Open minded to a lot and knowing that you’re very confident in all areas./To see our true inner beauty, help gain confidence. Apply yourself more. Because when you have confidence, you can be more of a leader. Being yourself, not worrying about anything else.

Creative Story Telling: What you look like doesn’t define who you are. Know how to treat others. Being a good role model. Stand up in what you believe in. / Shows your creativeness. Be open to new ideas. Makes you think twice. Helping others out by giving them feedback. / How to work together. At school you have to work as one.

Everyone can intervene. No matter what you have to work together.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Strong and confident. / I love me. It’s weird. / Happy, satisfied, better, beautiful on inside. / Hopeful, reminiscent / I feel beautiful, great, pretty. / I felt weird. I didn’t better myself. / Awkward, weird. / Makes me feel happy and in love with myself. I feel I am super pretty. / I like I hear it from everyone is and by me saying that to myself, it makes no difference.

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 friend because he has tried to get me out of my drug use but I don’t want to. Honesty, loyalty, friendship. / Respect, loyalty, funny, outgoing, a safe place, reliable, forgiving. / Shayna Henson because she’s always here for me. She understands me, she keeps me out of trouble. She loves me. Respect, trustworthy, caring, responsibility. Thank

you for always being there for me and showing me love that I never really had. Thank you for loving me for me. I couldn’t ask for anyone better because you’re perfect just the way you are. I love you. / My mom and Chris Brown. My mom and Chris Brown because he makes me want to be like him. Loving and brave. / Faith. She is my A18 my little sis. Respect, love and all the rest. / My dad because my dad gives me guidance, support, and affection, absence of protection. Trust, understanding, caring, loving, supportive, helpful, being involved . / Because they’re understanding. We’re in common isn’t fake, has love is beautiful inside and out. Makes me happy when I’m sad. Loyalty, honesty, outgoing, hard- working, well dressed, fun, positive, empathetic. / Grandma. Always brings me up. Happiness. / Brianna because she came into my life and made me a better person. Trust, honesty, caring. She is very funny. She can make me laugh, smile whenever she wants to. I can be mad and just want to stay mad but she won’t let me. She never once told any of my secrets or business to anyone else. Nothing is awkward around her. I can actually be myself and not feel weird. She is my best friend.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork is everything. Working together to get one task done.

Instead of one person standing up to the bully it’s two. Learn more about team effort. / New responsibility. To never give up. Try hard. Someone else’s weakness can be your strength and you can be helpful. You don’t have to be alone through life struggles. How to get through the obstacles of life. / You have to work together. To work with some. Stop them with our numbers. Be as one in a calming way.

Seeing Beyond: You have to trust one another. Art because we have to be creative. You have to trust another. / Trust in yourself, honesty, patience. English, using your imagination. Try new things something you wouldn’t do. / Being mindful. Art because you have to focus on the kind of brush and materials you are using. To get the right shape and being mindful at all times. Being thoughtful.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: The group gets to know you better. Able to present in class. Your confidence grows. / Changing a negative into a positive. Not putting yourself down, having faith, courage to do things. Not dwell on negative. Positive Mental Attitude. / That you can turn a negative into a positive. If you have bad grades just work on them. Focus on the here and now because tomorrow brings its own struggles.

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: When I got my GED in Adobe. / When I can back to Adobe I felt like it was the end of my world and I just needed to leave because I can’t catch my next high in here. / Being here in Adobe and then I changed for the better. / When I had to stay here for a month before my birthday and what I got out of it is that I learned more about myself and got a lot of help for myself. / There was a time when I thought that I will never leave but I am leaving in eleven days. / When I got locked up but it was a good thing because it stopped me from a lot of things. / Me, being at Adobe and how I changed positively through time was my attitude towards things. / Meeting my sister and her mom. I thought it was a negative because I wasn’t use to having a sister, especially a younger one. But as time went by I’ve realized that Zoe isn’t just my family, she’s my pride and joy.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Everyone has common fears. Be open and honest, because everyone has similar fears. Stand up even a bully has fears. See everyone as equal. / Be open and honest about fears. To never give up, being confident. To keep your head up. Keep a positive attitude. / How to conquer your fears. To be able to speak in front of the class. To be aware and nice. Getting over my fears and anxiety.

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: ADJC %Male 0

%Female 100

Date: December 27-29th, 2016

Ages 16-17

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

Pre %YES 78 %NO 22 %Other 0 Post %YES 78 %NO 22 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 56 % Sometimes 44 % All the Time 0 Post % Not at all 44 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 11 Post % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 11 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 11 Post % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 33 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 11 % Equal 78 % Leader 11 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 44 % Leader 56 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 89 % No 11

% No Answer 0

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

Post % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To stand up for myself and others. / We really didn’t talk about bullying. / Everyone is equall / Everyone is equal. / Getting together. / That we are equal. / I learned that speaking up can help. / I’ve always known how to deal with bullying.

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

Post % Yes 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Yes, because I always do. / I’ve been bullied. I don’t like it. / I would stand up for them. / I stay to myself. / Yes, I would stand up for them. / Others wouldn’t help me. / I would try to stop it. / Because that’s the kind of person I am. / Yes because it is 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 78 % No 22 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I’m still the same. / To have confidence and make the right choice. / I wasn’t paying attention. / Yes because I do things myself. / I learned respect. / I’ve always had that quality to make my own decisions. / I learned how to keep my own respect.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 100% Post 89% Thoughts Shared: Pre: It makes me happy, no. / Yes because I love red. / It tells about your mood. / I love it. / Race. / It’s pretty. / Colors. / It speaks for people. / I think color is a good thing to set guidelines for people.

Post: Everyone has different favorite colors. / They could represent you. / Expresses who we are. / That is beautiful. / To stand out, be different, be helpful, be you.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 89% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be happy and have my own family (be a mother). / To become an ultrasound technician and to marry my girlfriend. / To be a model. / To be successful and become a nurse. / Is to be a singer. / To be out of this place forever. / Go to college. / I hope I don’t end up dead of an overdose when I am eighteen.

Post: Is to be a singer. / Model or doctor. / To get my high school diploma. / To be successful and happy. / To become an ultrasound technologist and to get married and have a family. / To be successful and become a nurse. / Being open to opportunities. / To be a lawyer and be successful. / Going to UCLA and becoming a really great FBI profiler.

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 get along with everyone. / I don’t know. Having a positive attitude. / Never give up. / To reach for my goals. To never give up. / Patience and peace./ Not to give up on myself no matter what. / To keep pushing no matter how hard the struggle.

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 67% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: To love myself no matter what. / About fairness. / My sister is my strength and weakness. / To get along with everyone. / I can change my attitude with the help of good influences. / I’m more confident than others when speaking in front of others.

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

Post 78% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: She is super shy. / Nothing. People around me can be genuinely caring. / We all have different fears. / A sense and to see what and how others are different. / They have the same fears as me.

Thanks to The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, 13 young lives from Adobe Juvenile Detention Facility experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on December 27-29th, 2016 - # 14 of 14 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 14-17.

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

Who am I? : Communication, leader. Accomplish you work, lead your group. Talk instead of beating them up.

Talking in the real world. / Know themselves. Know your strengths. Understanding. To do things better. / No judgment, being equal. Meeting new people – fair. Don’t let it get to you. Stay positive or open.

Creative Storytelling: Responsibility. Finish schoolwork on time. Saying it’s not OK. Careers. / Trustworthiness.

Trusting in yourself and who to trust. Understanding by talking. Not trusting everybody. / Being fair. Being creative.

Create a story with morals about bullying. Make a good future and community.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork, patience. Accomplish work. You would have patience with the kid. You have obtained these tools for you use in life. / Teamwork. Get stuff done. Talk it out instead of bullying. Help other to reach goals. / Teamwork, trust. Trust the faculty. Trust a friend or teacher. Trust employer or employee.

Mirror Work: I like that I’m determined and responsible. / Makes me feel good about myself. / I like myself just how I am.

I am me nobody can change me. / It made me feel special. / It makes me feel like I’m myself. / It makes me feel relaxed.

Hero: My dad. He is being always there for me helping me and supporting me in a positive way. Because he is someone who never leaved me alone. Responsibility being helpness and don’t leave anybody alone. / My dad. Because he shows me that it’s okay to have ups and downs. It’s what you do with them. How they carry themselves. / I think my mom is my hero because she is my mom and my mom gave me life to this world. To show me how to do things I don’t already know how to do. / DJ Khaled because me makes a lot of money and he does what he loves. He is a good role model because he is responsible and positive. Positivity, respect, trustworthiness. / My tio. They set a good example to me. / My mom.

Because she’s there when nobody is. Loyalty – honesty. / Responsible. Respect, loyalty.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: What you think of yourself. Be confident with other youth. You’re confident so no pressure. Ignore the ignorance. / Motivation, know who you are. To keep yourself going. To know that’s not you. Motivation to keep you going. / Self-esteem, self-integrity. Self-control. Ignore negative peer (haters).

Motivation to success.

Seeing Beyond: Open-minded, mentally observant. You’re prepared. You’re prepared. / All shapes and sizes.

Planning. Prepared. / Open-minded. Writing, social studies. Preparation, dream big.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Plan for future. Work hard. Talk it out. Live out dreams. / Focus on strengths. Open-minded. The bully could see it’s wrong. View situations from a different view. / Open-mindedness, helps you think what you want to do. It can help you reach what you want to do if it’s school related. Going hard, and can make something good depending on what path you take.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Memorization. Don’t look like a dummy. Don’t lose anything. / Fixing the bridge. To help you keepin goin. To get good results. / Logic, common sense. Waking up early and being here, getting an education. Negative, positive. If you don’t agree with your boss.

Yes/No: Confidence. Speak in front of kids. No pressure when you have the confidence. To help you succeed.

= Inspiring and empowering individuals with the tools to make better life choices. . .

Funded By: The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Location: ADJC %Male 100%

%Female 0

Date: December 27-29, 2016

Ages 13-17

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

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

Pre % Not at all 24 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 38 Post % Not at all 36 % Sometimes 27 % All the Time 36 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 15 % All the Time 77 Post % Not at all 27 % Sometimes 27 % All the Time 46 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 15 % All the Time 77 Post %Not at all 9 % Sometimes 27 % All the Time 73 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 8 % Equal 30 % Leader 62 Post % Follower 9 % Equal 27 % Leader 64 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 23 % No 77 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 70 % No 15 % No Answer 15 Did you do anything? % Yes 38 % No 47

% No Answer 15

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

Post % Yes 64 % No 36 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I don’t get bullied / Didn’t want to / Stand up for the person being bullied / Fight or talk / The pillars / Step up / Trustworthiness.

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

Post % Yes 55 % No 45 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because they might not be able to do something / Stop it, speak up / Do something about it / Everyone chose their own outcomes / Stop it / Step up / No, it’s not me.

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

Post % Yes 73 % No 27 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned how to be trustworthy / Do you, f&*$ everyone else / Cuz I didn’t want to / Talk and being respectful / You’re your own person / Step up / I know what’s right.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 62% Post 82% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Colorful / No not really / Blue / Emotions / My favorite color is red / It’s colorful / It brings out emotions / Nope.

Post: It’s real bright / It can bring out emotion or life/different ways of thinking / That is colorful / Expressions / Its colorful / Red / Colorful / Race / Nothing I didn’t already know / My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 69% Post 91% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Not to worry / Get my mom out the hood / To get my own tattoo shop / Don’t have one / To be a computer programmer / Go to college for construction or welding / Is to go home / To be a welder / To be what I want / Become a professional athlete / IDK .

Post: To get out of Adobe / Become a professional athlete / To become a good worker / To be a welder / Be me always / Own barber/tattoo shop / Not to worry / Tattoo / barber shop / Be a computer/video game programmer / Glass blower.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 91% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: How to cope better / Stay out of trouble / Never give up / Being confident / To be responsible / Respect / Everything / Teamwork / I already know what I want / To never give up.

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 64% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I have more energy / I can make my dream come true / I’m more confident that I was expecting / I can be in total self control / Responsibility / I think differently then others / Confidence / Nothing new.

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: They’re whack and good people / Still thinking dumb s%$# / That everyone is different / They (most) think they have to be the hardest / They like to show off / Insecurity / They act funny / Some of them have given up / They eat tortillas more than bread.

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

Thank you Diane and Bruce Halle and their Foundation for this opportunity and for believing in our mission and vision.

For your understanding that each and every child is deserving to be inspired and empower with the tools to make better life choices. Today because of your support,, they are that much closer to finding their gifts that they have to share with the world around them.

Most sincerely,

Robert J Miley CEO and Founder

Office- 302 W. Monroe- in Downtown Phoenix Mailing-332 W. Lynwood Phoenix, AZ 85003 info@release the fear.org www.releasethefear.org