2016 Final Report Watts Long

" I Love You just the way you are."

2016 REPORT Thank you to Cindy and Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation for helping Arizona's youth and adults realize their hopes, fears and most of all, their Dreams...

RELEASE THE FEAR'S BRIDGING POSSIBILITIES =

Thanks to the foresight of Cindy and Mike Watts and

John F. Long Foundation. This report reflects how the creative processes through the "Bridging Possibilities" enabling us to expand our reach to enlightened and enriched more youth. These results from 201young and young at heart 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’re 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. . . Y E A R S

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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 campuses 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

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

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

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60% 43% 50% 32%

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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 Self and Others through the creative process. . .

RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results

Cindy and Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation OVERALL PERCENTAGES 201 Participants (8 "Bridging Possibilities" Character Education Workshops) Male 35% and Female 65% – Youth and Adults Ages 11 - 52 81.5% discovered something new about themselves 97.8% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 60.5% compared to Post 74.3% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 84% compared to Post 97.8% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

83.5% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

85.8% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. May 28, 2016, 2016 Terros Cope Coalition 38 Participants 1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 30% Female 70% – Youth Ages 13-15 and Parents 2. October 4-6, 2016 Children’s First Academy 13 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 45% Female 55% – Youth Ages 13-15 73% discovered something new about themselves 91% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 36% compared to Post 27% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 82% 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.

3. October 18-21, 2016 Hamilton Elementary School 25 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 48% Female 52% – Youth Ages 11-13 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 83% compared to Post 92% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 91% compared to Post 100% 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.

4. October 22, 2016, 2016 After School Workshop 39 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 35% Female 65% – Adults (College Students, Teachers and Parents)

5. October 24-26th, 2016, 2016 Career Success High School 12 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 80% Female 20% – Youth Ages 15-17 57% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 40% compared to Post 86% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 80% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

86% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

6. October 29, 2016, Terros Community Workshop 11 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 10% Female 90% – Youth Ages 8-47 7. November 2-4, 2016, Quentin Elementary School 27 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 41% Female 59% – Youth Ages 12-13 96% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 83% compared to Post 92% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

92% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

8. November 19, 2016, Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family 36 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 45% Female 55% – Youth Ages 15-18 .

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 Mike and Cindy Watts and John F Long Foundation Collaborative Program Budget: A Arizona Department of Education approved Character Education program; Release the Fear's "Bridging Possibilities",

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, Mktng Internal Coordination, Support & Workshop Presentation Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL

One Workshop

Eight Workshops

$680.00 $300.00

$5,440.00 $2,400.00

$150.00 $ 70.00

$1,200.00 $560.00

$ 80.00 $ 60.00

$640.00 $480.00

$300.00 $ 60.00

$2,400.00 $480.00

$1,700.00

$13,600.00

Contributions: Mike and Cindy Watts

$ 10,000.00 John F. Long Foundation $ 3,000.00 Release the Fear $ 600.00

Workshop Participants Cost with average for these eight workshops was 25 participants per: (Our average normal per 15)

Average cost per each of 3 daily session: $567.00 Average cost 25 persons, per session : $ 23.00 Capita cost per person per workshop: $ 68.00

Inspiring & empowering kids and adults with the tools to make better life choices www.releasethefear.org 602-818-6959 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

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Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, 38 young and parents from Terro’s Summer Kickoff experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 28, 2016 at the Maryvale Community Center- # 1 of 8 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

There are hundreds of languages in the world, Release the Fear came together with Terro’s Cope Coalition to kick off their summer program at Maryvale's community center. Over 50 people, parents and children to break language barriers, cultural barriers, and many other barriers to speak one universal language; happiness –Love!

“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 and parents 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 14-18.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question:

Creative story telling Apply in School: Poiendo ejemplo/ aprendimos a perder el miedo y tener contianza, respecto, ante un public/ To work in teams, have fun with others, know your peers/ We learned to respect our elderly, work together, respecting teachers, students/ Apprendimos. Seguridad, onestidad, tener decicion, humanidad, respect, responsabilidad, puntuales.

How would this help with bullying: Ayudando a los demas- aceptando a todos/ Ser amable en la escusala respecto/ Not to judge are by how they look/ Communication, involving in the situation/Aplica en no ser diferentes con.

Apply in life: Somos una comunidad y necesitamos eluno del otno/ Tener respeto y confianza, es importante (aprender de confianza)/ Respecting people that we don’t know we are all the same/ Las personas que estan al rededor de nosatres.

Through the Hoops Apply in School: Work as a team- unity. Trabajar en equipo- unidos unameta/ By thinking for ones self, more unity. Pensar por uno mismo/ team work- to relive you from stress, relaxation, work with others get you motivated/ Teamwork, get to know, communication, confidence between people/ Interactuar, compartir mas, de tu vida, buenas ensenasas.

How would this help with bullying: Equal to eachother- somos lguales/ Develop communication & confidence.

Commuicacion y confianza/ To be socialized, to work with people you don’t know/ Interaction, Communication/ El desertresarte y convivir mas.

Apply in life: Overcome struggles- Sobrepasar obstaclos/ More unity, be better people, participate with children and others, participation/ to work on a team, to an ice breaker, be joyful/ Getting out on your own people don’t know, union/ Con otros personas que no conoses.

Funded By: Cindy - Mike Watts and John F Long Foundation Location: Terro’s Co- Coalition- Maryvale Community Center

Date: May 28th 2016

Post Surveys from 38 parents and youth Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

POST YES: 23 NO: 13 Other: 2 Some are confident others aren’t/ Maybe because maybe they grow out of it.

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

POST Not at all: 1 Sometimes: 24 All the Time: 13 Rate this statement: This workshop helped me to see my hopes and/or dreams are possible POST Not at all: 2 Sometimes: 5 All the Time: 31 My Most important hope or dream: Post: To be successful in life/ Aprender ingles y con buen trabajo/ My most important dream is to become a professional FBI agent/ Mi sueno es ir ala univerisdad y graduaime y fiabsoil en lo que me gusta/ Being a doctor/ Speak with other, to be confident of who I am/ to become a lawyer/ is to succeed my grades/ My most important hope or dream I have is to become a doctor that helps with medicine/ I hope to finish my college degree in one year and to help share information for our youths future/ Chef/ Que mi hija liege a la universidaa/ Superareme/ Ter mingr mies cuela/ To encourage myself and my children to get an education and to be successful and happy with ourselves/ Is going to university and being in the army or be a soccer player/ Que pieyda tvon/ Es que mis hijos se realicen como personas, como profecionacales/ Ver a mi hijo aruoluolo/ Que lograran todo lo que sepropogun will nues tros hijos/ Mr sueno es = ser ciudadano Americano/ Is to be rich/ Is being an engineer/ De mi mi sueno es qlos hijos vayan ala Universidad/ Mi sueno mas importante, es ayundar mis hijos alograr susmetos/ Is that I want to play for real madrid and be a soccer player and my number will be 7 or be a soccer player and play for Barcelona then be number 10/ Be a sheriff/ To go to college/ Is to become a mechanic/ Get my GED certificate and then be a social worker/ seeing my children succeed/ Is to succeed in life/ being successful/ is that help poor people/ My most important hope is to become a doctor/ Alludar a miss hijos, que ellos vallan ala Universidad/ Is to become a singer/ Being Successful

One thing I learned in the workshop that will help me reach my dream: Post: Believe/ Is to look in the mirror/ Ser Constante y mucha diciplina para logralo/ One thing I learned was to look into a mirror and say I love myself/ Sometimes it will but not/ Teamwork/ Think of what is the best for myself/ Confidence, teamwork, respect/ Teamwork/ Working with others and sharing experiences make your dream become easier/ To be confident/ Never give up/ That to say to myself then I love myself then it might reach my dream/ Si me va ayudar alkansar mis suenos/ Como organizer en groupo/ Believe in your dreams and it will happen/ Never give up/ Asistiendo a los talleres siempre/ Persebernero y asistiedo/ Comunicerme, perdrmiledo/ Existen organizations que nos apoyan/ Que mis hisas aprendan mas/ Being respectful to all others all the time/ To be more confident/ Con porter con las personas/ La confianza/ A trabajar mucho para lograrto/ Is to be comfortable with my dream/ All dreams are possible we just have to believe in them/ Nothing is impossible, I CAN DO IT!!/ To believe/ Communication and never give up/ Be yourself, don’t let anyone judge for who you are/ They showed me what I have to do to accomplish that/ A socializer, y prider el miedo al hablar en publico/ They said anything can happen if you think it/ Mas conomiento, mas confianza/ To trust others and use teamwork/ What did you learn new about yourself that you did not know before: Post: I learned not to judge others/ Puedo hacer to gue me proponga/ That the man created the statue and that I did teamwork with others/ Aprendi que puedo ayudar aco comunidad a for mar un grupo para apoyar al vecindorio/ That you can still work with people you don’t know in other words strangers/ Look at other and be confident like them/ That I can be a leader/ Yes it inside me but I don’t think it/ I learned that I need to work on communication with one and this/I can help others by reaching out to them/ To talk in front of others/ Actuar ante las albersidacres/ confianza participar/ A predi a participar/ To work as a team/ Having integrity all the time/ Aprendi a partis par y ser mas segura/ Pude compartir la clase I taller con midhijos/ El desestres interactive mas con nuestoas hijos/ A tener conrianza en mi misma/ I love myself/ Nothing/ Como hablar y expresar en grupo, y tener iniciatira propia/ A preudi quro misninos participalar conotros ninos/ That we play with kids older and younger kids and adults/ Dreams will happen/ That I am very confident on stage/ Acting in front others helps demonstrate your confidence/ Nada, Nothing/ Think of my future/ Happy/ Helping others/ I learned that I am the responsible for the actions I make/ Que se sepuede lo grar lo gue uno se proponga/ I look very pretty/ Nothing/ What did you learn new in the workshop about a classmate or friend: Post: Geraldo is a junior/ They’re nice/ Que si podemos legralos con las espenenuias vi vidas/ They are nice, friendly and care/ Working together/ To have confidence in people/ Value friendship honesty/ All People can friendly and kind/ Marko is a freshman going to be a 10 th grader/ People I don’t know are a lot like me/ Have responsibility/ That we work with others and that it could help in school/ A preudia imbolocrarme ron los jovemes me senti que yo erala persona mayor paraellos/ Es on taller q podemos tener heiramientos para constur suenos/ Nothing/ That they are happy/ A saber como podomos a yudar a buestro hjos/ Conocep nuevas personas y enthusiasm a muertos hjjos/ Que son solitaries/ Que mish jo necesitan mas seguridad apoyo/ Aprendi que nos gusta partisipar/ To be fair with them to be respectful and to care about them/ Its hard to trust others but its helpful to do so/ a predi que nos gusta conpartir con las personas/ Participar/ La coinoni cacion/ They are different/ We have the same aspirations; to encourage our children/ That Francisco is a resident and that he his ocean/ Yes I did/ That they are shy not talkative/ Be yourself, we are all the same/ That they are very helpful/ Aprendi nueno que uno traba jo con mo’s personas sin conocerlo y divertirnos juntes y granols cosas para el bienda todos/ That they had teamwork with others and met new people/ Trabarfar en equipo/ That everyone has a dream

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

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, 13 young lives from Children’s First Academy experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on October 4-6th, 2016 - # 2 of 8 Opening up possibilities for the All 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 13-15.

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

Who am I? : Teamwork, communication, getting to know each other. Working in a group. Telling the teacher.

Communication with people you don’t like. / Teamwork, communication, learning. Work together, talking, listening. Tell a teacher, help people. Get a diploma to get a job to not be on the streets. / Getting to know each other, working as a team. Being social, group working, introducing yourself. By stopping them and tell them that what they are doing isn’t right. Being the leader that you want and need to be.

Creative Storytelling: Work together, communicate, responsible. Get education, pay attention, participate. Anti-

bullying group. Start an organization with family/friends. / Leadership, communication, releasing fear, teamwork, participation. Presenting, leader to little kids. Snitch (get help), telling adults. If you run a business, you need to take control and be a leader. / Responsibility. Doing what is right at all times. Taking responsibility for your actions. Doing what you need to do first (important things).

Through the Hoops: Learn to get past obstacles together. We have to get through difficult times. We can be brave and stand up to the bully. We can be confident and get through obstacles. / Teamwork, clearing obstacles, hard thinking. When you have tests, tough assignments, good grades. Tell a teacher, talk to the bully. Use teamwork to build a house or architecture. / Teamwork! Goals and obstacles. Completing your work. Not letting people stop you. Social situations.

Mirror Work: Happy, glad. / It makes me feel happy being myself. / It makes me feel normal. / It makes me feel okay. / Good, relieved. / It makes me feel positivity. / It makes me feel like Vin Diesel and awesome. / It makes me feel normal. / Nothing. / Good, confused, loved. / Good, great.

Hero: Hulk. He a super hero. / My hero is my mom and myself. For many reasons. / My mom. She’s always helping someone. Because she loves me, does want I need, not want. She’s the most humble person I know. / My aunt. Because she’s cool / Batman. They’re awesome. / Leo from Ninja Turtles. Because Turtles are life. / Raph, Leo, Mikey. I think they are important because they kick Shredders butt! / My hero is Doodle Bob. Because he is important. / Batman.

Because Batman does not have powers and he still fights crime. / My mom. She is important because she takes care of me. / My dad and mom. Because he taught me everything I need to know in life. So did my mom..

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Self-confident, setting a good example. Be a leader and follow expectations. Walk away from the situation. Can help you get a job and an education. / Self-respect, passive talking, confidence. Listening to teacher, sharing to class. You can be confident with your decisions. You don’t say you can’t on the job, you aren’t afraid to talk in front of people, you are confident about doing something. / Confidence, setting an example, think win-win. Public speaking, role model, not letting people talk over you! Make you realize who you are. Applying for jobs, right path, to be and who equality.

Seeing Beyond: Using our 3rd eye. Social studies because you’re using your senses and forming a hypothesis.

Talk on the phone and go to school. / How to use our 3rd eye, 5 senses, imagination. Social studies we can experiment, you can imagine what you’re doing for the day. You can imagine you completing your goals. You can imagine a wonderful world. You can also use your 5 senses. You can describe something to find it. / Making your mind, imagine. To seek first to understand, them to be understood, be proactive. Using the 7 habits.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: 3rd eye, opening up, agreeing with others. Telling your fears, court works. Asking why they bully and asking for them to open up to each other. If you share the same goals, counselor. / How to be confident and other similarities. Being a better leader. To stand up to a bully.

To respect yourself and others.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Getting to know each other, make your own choices. Choose to do your work. Make your own path. / Critical thinking, peer pressure, listening. Listening to your intuition in writing, listen to yourself not bad kids, drugs. Who you get married to, listening to boss. / Trust in you, define your mission and goals in life. When your teacher assigns work, you do it, so you don’t get bad grades. Making good decisions, achieving your goal.

Yes/No: People can have the same fears as you. Help your classmates overcome the fears you once had.

Letting them know you can do it. Being able to do thing in/out of school.

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 can you learn from this situation? When I think before I speak.

Not to talk weird aloud. / I decided to go to the store but then I didn’t because instead I went to the gym. I learned a little about the basketball court. / One time something told me not to hang out with a certain person. To always trust your inner voice. / I thought I should do something and I did it and got in trouble. Don’t steal. / Never listened to my inner voice.

Nothing. / Not going to school. I had to clean. / Crossing the street, walking home from store, unwanted house guest.

Some ways are good and some are bad. / When I was about to fight but I didn’t. I didn’t learn anything. / My inner voice told me to talk to my dad before I enlist. Always talk to family and see if they’re okay with your decision.

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

Funded By: Watts-Long and John F. Long Foundation Date: October 4-6th 2016 Location: Children’s First Academy (school for the homeless) %Male 55

%Female 45

Ages 13-15

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

Pre %YES 36 %NO 36 %Other 28 Post %YES 27 %NO 73 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 28 % Sometimes 64 % All the Time 9 Post % Not at all 18 % Sometimes 64 % All the Time 18 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 55 Post % Not at all 9 % Sometimes 36 % All the Time 55 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 36 % All the Time 64 Post %Not at all 9 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 45 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 27 % Leader 64 % No Answer 9 Post % Follower 18 % Equal 18 % Leader 55 % No Answer 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 55 % No 45 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 82 % No 18

% No Answer 10

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

Post % Yes 64 % No 36 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because you could tell teachers on groups. / Because I will stand up to the bully. / Telling an adult. / Teamwork. / Yes I learned to stand up to a bully. / No I didn’t. We didn’t talk about it. / Talk to someone.

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: Tell the teacher. / It’s not my problem. / It depends. / Tell a teacher (snitch). / I would tell them that’s not cool. / Of course I would. / I would tell a teacher.

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: Because it’s not wrong to be yourself. / Confidence. / A lot. / Doing it on my own. / I know how to be myself. / Participate, teamwork.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 45% Post 73% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I’ve never thought about color. / Purple. / Marine color. / I like black and white. / No. / Um, no? / Nothing. / I don’t think about color. / Color is different. / Purple, it’s pretty. / Red, black just my color.

Post: Color is just a word. / Cool. / Colors are pretty. / It’s a powerful thing. / I still think about the same colors. / It is the same. / Color is everything. / Beautiful. / No. / Blah. / Foundation.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 82% Post 91% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Become someone big. / IDK. / Is to go to the Marine Corps. / Lawyer, tattoo artist, teacher. / Yeah. / To become a singer/dancer. / Getting straight A’s on my report card. / Is to complete my goal. / Bringing something to life. / Being a model. / Go to high school and graduate and go to college and just live my life.

Post: To become the best. / Go to UofA. / Is to become a model. / Is to be somebody. / Finish school and college. / Like in Tokyo. / Is to accomplish all my goals. / To be me. / Being the best. / Blah. / To get a job.

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

Thoughts Shared: Self-respect. / Make my own path. / Have a respectful attitude. / Be yourself. / I learned about confidence and being yourself. / Teamwork. / To trust yourself. / To be me. / Self-control. / Blah.

Creativity, imagine.

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

Post 73% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I’m still not afraid of anything. / No. / Nothing. / None, it helped because I don’t want to change anything. / Nothing much. / Teamwork. / That I’m a leader. / To be me. / I have the power. / Blah.

That I have more confidence then I think I do.

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

Post 91% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That some people have no fears like I do. / The line. / Teamwork. / They just like me. / That some people have done the same deeds I have. / Fears. / To respect them. / They can be themselves. I learned that Adrian wants to graduate. / Blah. / People have dreams, fears, and memories.

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

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, 25 young lives from Hamilton School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on October 18-21th, 2016 #3 of 8 “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? : Being honest, responsible, loyal, trustworthy. Be kind to others, having confidence, be positive, respect. Encourage, telling a grown up. Making smart choices, skills. / We have learned how to cooperate.

Confidence to cooperate together. Try to communicate with the bully. Confident to be positive in life. / Being honest about yourself. Talking to people. Stop people. Be confident about yourself. / We were positive. Smart choices. Pay attention, not disrupting the class. By going to tell a grown up. Making a better environment. / Respect, people’s feelings, don’t be a bully, responsibility. Following directions, making smart choices. You don’t hold feelings. Stop violence. You don’t with cops or any problems.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Believe in yourself. Be responsible. It can be positive. Be fair to others. / Don’t let nobody judge you. If the bully bullied you, you won’t care because you believe in yourself. Stay true to yourself. You won’t do bad with stuff. / To be confident about yourself. Achieving your goals. Don’t be afraid. Never stop believing in yourself. / We learned how to work together. By working with each other. By being able to make our own choices. Work better in teamwork and understand each other. / Being honest and caring. Being honest to the teacher. Being honest how you feel. Being nice and telling the truth.

Creative Story Telling: Have respect and be trustworthy. Respecting the teacher. Being positive and have courage. Having smart choices. / How to be respectful with others. Not getting out of hand and disrespecting someone. By being honest so they won’t do that. By being a leader for others. / Talking in front of others. To not be shy to talk to others. Won’t be afraid to talk to people. Meeting new people. / Share our emotions. It helps making friends easier. Encourage to stop. You live a peaceful life. / Have characteristics. Can help others. Be an example to the bully. People won’t get killed and we will have a better world.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: It makes me feel good. / Good. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel good. / Happy, joyful, nice, loving, good, great, weird. / Respect, confident, skills, smart, responsible, teamwork. / Good. / I live myself it makes me happy. / Weird. / It makes me feel confident. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel 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? Brother, mom, dad. They are important to me because I look up to them. Respectful, kind, responsible, and trustworthy. / Batman. / My dad because he is inspiring. They have to be a role model and inspire you. / They help me. / My mom because she takes care of me. Because I know she loves me. Someone who can understand you and make you happy. / They are for us. Responsible, supportive, caring. / My super hero is soccer because it is life. / Mom and dad. I think because they are role models. Respectful and trustworthy. / Bianca and Gabby my sisters. They both are my heroes because they all have the good qualities I see in my hero. Because they are good role models. Trustworthy, kindness, a good leader. / I pick my dad because he served in the Navy so he should be everyone’s hero. I pick my mom because she pays for the house, our food and everything. Because they have a roof over my head and food in my mouth and clothes on my back.

Kindness.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork. Achieve the same goals. Stand up for others.

Communicate to work with others. / Trust other people. You will trust your friends. Your friends will help you. Be trustworthy. / Teamwork and trusting others. To cooperate together. Making smart choices. By trusting others and working together. / How to work effectively with others. Improve teamwork and communication together. Work with the bully and understand them. Strengthen bonds and increase compatibility with other people. / Teamwork, helping each other out. Working with groups. Standing up to the bully. Be respectful and honest.

Seeing Beyond: Imagination and teamwork. Writing because you need to be creative to make stories. Visualize your life, future. / Brain-storming ideas with clues given. Together in a group. In math cooperating together and sharing ideas and guesses to find the answer. Increase memory and combine teams thoughts for a strong answer. / Using your imagination. Using your mind and being creative. Seeing yourself in the future. / Imagine stuff.

Reading, writing, math problems. When you can imagine stuff. / Teamwork with others. Math, reading, and writing.

Working on same goals.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Having intuition and listening. Helps you not get peer pressured. It can save your life and helps you make the right decisions. / Intuition brings coincidences and saves lives. Improve working ability and helps on tests. Follow your intuition for a better outcome. / Listening to your intuition. Making smart choices. Understand ourselves. / Listen to the people that give you the best path. Don’t listen to your friends that tell you to do something bad. You need to have hope and be safe.

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: I followed my intuition when I thought how to go home bus or walking. I can learn that the inner voice is helpful. / When our friend told me to run across the street. To not listen to your friends what they told you to do something that you shouldn’t do. / When I was deciding to go or stay.

A lot like to do the right and best thing. / When I decided what high school I would go to. That it was a good thing I did because then I signed up early. / My football. I learned a lot of plays in football. / That I can stay from my friends. / When I decided what high school I am going to. That I would know what school. / I laughed at my brother when he slipped when we were arguing. In addition, he broke my 3DS in two. Don’t be stupid with my brother.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Skills or Tools learned: Learned other people’s dreams. Support each other. You’ll know what they are scared of. Make smart choices. / Knowing your dreams and fears. Going to school. Don’t listen to them and follow your dreams. Follow your dreams don’t let them get to you. / Sharing your dreams, fears, memories. Achieving your goals. Don’t be afraid. Understanding others. / Opening up to others and understanding one another. Share thoughts with teammates and work effectively.

Communicate, cooperate and understand the bully to convince them to stop. Open up with others to feel and understand one another as a fellow human. / To respect and understand others. Respecting other when they are going through a hard time. Understanding their feelings and help them.

Funded By: Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation Date: October 18-21st, 2016 Location: Hamilton School %Male 48

%Female 52

Ages 11-13

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

Pre %YES 83 %NO 17 %Other 0 Post %YES 92 %NO 8 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 39 % Sometimes 68 % All the Time 16 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 22 % All the Time 78 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 22 % All the Time 78 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 76 % All the Time 20 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 40 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 40 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 10 % Equal 43 % Leader 47 Post % Follower 4 % Equal 56 % Leader 40 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 43 % No 57 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 87 % No 13 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 74 % No 13

% No Answer 13

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

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: That they can believe in themselves. / Stay true to yourself. / I would tell the person that gets bullied to not listen to them. / Don’t be afraid to stand up. / Helping others and being trustworthy. / I stop the bullying in school. / I learned new methods to stop it. / Because war is life. / Stand up for yourself. / You can stop the bully by standing up. / It’s teamwork. / Deal with the bully. / How to relate. / Being trustworthy. / Do something about it. / It helped by treating others how you want to be treated. / You relate to the bully so you can get him to stop.

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: Yes I would say to stop it if I can’t I’ll get in it. / I would stop walk and talk. / Tell an adult. / Because helping is a good thing and making smart choices. / To explain in team. / Because it would be nice. / I know how it feels to be bullied. I don’t want someone to feel the same way. / Yes I would tell someone. / Because he might get hurt. / Using the new skills would help. / Stop the bullying. / To show they are not alone. / I would tell the person to stop. / I will tell a grownup. / Yes, because it’s not fair to be bullied based on how you look. / Because it isn’t pleasant 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 88 % No 8 % No Answer 4 Thoughts Shared: Take a deep breath and do what’s right. / Respecting my own decisions. / That you can believe in yourself. / I learned to listen to yourself. / You don’t have to do bad to look cool. / Yes I do. / I learned not to stress about daily life. / Because I could be respectful to others. / I would listen to my inner voice. / Yes I learned respect. / To have more respect. / Not to pay attention. / Yes listening to your intuition. / I learned that I can be okay while talking in front of others. / I learned how to be respectful and being all the character traits.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 91% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think that it is pretty. / Cool, beautiful. / I think it makes things pop and pretty. / It can have different meanings. / Color is strange. You can’t think of a new color. / Yes because without color we will only see black and gray. / It’s beautiful. / I think about color is what makes the color. / No I just see an equal. / I say that we are all the same and it doesn’t matter what color. / No why worry about color. / That without it we would see only black and gray. / I think that a color is about the sun or the blue. / Color can mean emotions. / They’re beautiful. / I think it is pretty. / I think about what makes color and I also think about colors. / Yes, it’s strange I don’t know what to think about it. / Black is ball or cool when I think of color. / What I think about color is that it is the most beautiful thing because without color it feels sad. / When I think of color I think each color has a meaning or something.

Post: That color is bright. / I learned that color describes emotions. / What I think about color is that it is really beautiful. / The same way because why would I think about color. / That it’s so pretty and beautiful. / We are still equal. / That it’s pretty. / My favorite color is blue. / Beautiful. / My favorite color is still yellow. / It helps you learn about life. / I am still in thought of color. / It’s beautiful. / That it has different meanings. / That it’s pretty. / That color can be pretty. / It is nice and pretty. / My answer is still the same. / It’s beautiful. / It is important. / The same. / My favorite color is blue. / Beautiful. / I think it’s pretty. / I think each color has a meaning.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 91% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Soccer player. / My hope and dream is to graduate college and become a successful person in life. / Hope. / Be a doctor. / It’s about to help older people and respect. / My dream is to be a forensic psychologists and psychiatrist. / To become a basketball player. / My most important hope or dream is being a doctor. / To become a football player. / My most important dream is to go to college. / A football player. / To finish my education and become a pediatrician. / My hope or dream is to be an artist or a veterinarian that takes care of animals. / Becoming a scientist or soccer player. / Be a lawyer or counselor. / I dream that I can be a vet when I’m older and I hope for best days in life. / Soccer player. / Hope. / What I want to do most is to become a professional sports player and that’s it. / My most important dream or hope is to be a doctor or a policeman. / My most important dream is to have my family in good hands and for me to be a successful player at sports. / My most important dream is to be someone better in life and enjoy every single second of life.

Post: Dress designer. / Is to have lots of money to help my mom. / My dream is to go to the NBA. / To pro football. / To have a good job that can make me happy. / To make a good video game. / To be with my family. / To be a veterinarian. / To keep doing what I love the most. Drawing, art, muscles, writing. / I go to Harvard. / My dream is to be a doctor. / To be a child doctor. / Being a scientist. / Going to college. / To share with animal friends. / Being a singer. / To become a pediatrician. / I hope to be with the people I love forever. / My most important dream is to have a good life and that no one that I love as my family won’t ever leave me. / Is to be a forensic psychologist and forensic psychiatrist and go to college at MTSU. / My most important hope or dream is being a doctor. / My dream is to be a famous YouTuber (games). / Having a great family and health care and them going to heaven. / To become a veterinarian because I love animals. / I dream to graduate college and become a doctor.

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

Thoughts Shared: Never give up on them. / One thing is to study and go to school. / To believe in myself and be and stay motivated. / By being how Robert and them behave. / I should be doing more important things in my life. / To respect others. / To help old people. / Being trustworthy. / Being respectful. / Is to go to school. / Believe in yourself. / To believe. / Believe in myself. / Fears can be overcome. / To keep going. / Is that I should start being good. / Go to school. / Confidence in myself. / To be respectful for others and also be responsible. / I learned to believe in myself and that will help me. / Respect, to work and all that stuff. / That my dreams can come true.

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: A lot of stuff. / I did not know that I could speak because before I was shy to speak in front of people. / It improved my teamwork. I always work individually, independently. In the workshop we did teamwork activities. / Teamwork. / To keep going. / New fears. / I’m not the only one with my fears. / To believe. / My fears. / Yes it did because I listen to myself. / Listening more to my teacher. / Be respectful. / I can reach my dreams. / I think I can be nice. / To work for your dreams and to not lose your hope or dream and fight for them. / Share everything. / To come out and show your inner you. / Yes I improved responsibility. / Yes it helped me improve. / Responsibility and I did improve it. / Being kind and that helped me by having me be kind. / I wanted to work on my citizenship and the workshop made me realize I have to do something for the community. / Responsibility because I lose my things a lot by being caring and respectful.

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

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That Heidi is scared of any of her family member getting lost. / My friend tells the tales to the classmates. / I learned about their dreams, fears, and memories. / I learned about my friend that is new. / Some have the same fears as me. / Yes. / I learned their fears, memories, and dreams. / We all have fears. / About their fears. / Classmates because they shared their stuff. / I did not know that my friends had almost the same fears as me. / That they have the same fear as me. / Their dreams. / We have similar fears. / My teacher loves her dog. / To lose the fear. / More smart choices. / That a lot of them have things happen that I wasn’t aware of. / I learned some people’s dreams and fears. / I learned the feelings and what they are trying to be. / To use my third eye. / That they fear the same things I do. / I learned that my friend gets so depressed that she can’t get out of bed. / Marcus has been a lot in his life and I respect that.

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

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, October 22, 2016 39 Adults lives (college students, teachers and parents) from After School experienced their Possibilities. # 4 of 8 Opening up possibilities for the minds of Arizona’s youth and adults 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 And Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses and him Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students and parents 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 19-29 The students are asked to reflect on the following question:

Creative story telling Apply in School: Communication, conflict resolution. Build self confidence, expands creativity. / Details, sensory, unique/thought provoking. Creative writing, reading, vocab, visual / Imagination, multiple sensory, imagery, descriptive mystery, surprise. Teach children to be descriptive, writing – journey, deeper think, engaging.

How would this help with bullying: Role playing, dif pov, sympathy. / Self-confidence, express self/stand up. / Empower with words. / How to stop them by helping.

Apply in life: Problem solving, communication. / Self-confidence, express self. / Express.

21 years of opening up the possibilities for all participants for a brighter tomorrow...

Funded By: Cindy - Mike Watts and John F Long Foundation Date: October 22nd 2016 Location: Terro’s Community Center Post Surveys from 39 young adults Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

POST Not at all: 3 Sometimes: 22 All the Time: 14 Rate this statement: Did you learn anything that would help you improve your communication or life skills?

POST Not at all: 1 Maybe: 8 Yes: 30 Thoughts Shared: Creo que me gustaron todas porque fueron importantes / Valorame mentalmente en mi reflejo / The word caring has reminded me that the love and care we had for others has to be expressed because saying something is different / I can do whatever I want to do in life to accomplish my goals / Taking some therapy to love myself / Be prepared. / By looking at yourself in the eye.

Rate this statement: Did you learn anything that you will be able to use in your work and/or everyday life?

POST Disagree: 1 Neutral: 1 Agree: 14 Strongly Agree: 23 Thoughts Shared: Activity Ideas / To try acting with the kids, story telling. / Communication / Help kids express themselves more / Have confidence in my choices and abilities / Your third eye / I learned that we have the ability to change the mindsets of children who fear and turn it in to a mindset of a world changers. / Description words and acting / Express yourself, be confident / How to further build youth’s self-esteem with new hands on activities / The skit and the different activities to help the kids / Use your inner voice. Be creative. / Don’t be scared to try things. / To express myself / Pursue your dreams – don’t give up / Try to engage more with my youth / Working together a a group / Communication / Use my third eye, better communication ideas. / Listen to everyone’s ideas and brainstorm / Everyone is creative in their own way when they use their minds to imagination / Being able to see things in other perspectives / Encouraging quiet ones to speak out / I can do it all / You can make a difference / Help empower students with storytelling / Remembering that I can be the difference between negative and positive attitudes / Build self-confidence in kids through interactive engaging activities.

21 years of opening up the possibilities for all participants for a brighter tomorrow...

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, October 24-26th, 2016 12 young lives from an Career Success High School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on #5 of 8 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 participants 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? : Honesty, bravery. The first day of school. Fight him. It helps one another, it makes you trustworthy. / Acceptance, honesty, courage. Help you to be yourself. Stand up to the offender. Can help you lead yourself. / Responsibility, responsible. Attendance, behavior, grades. Stand up and report it. Getting to work on time.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Self-respect, confidence, motivation. Getting good grades. Self-respect for what you stand for. / Confidence, motivation. Get good grades and do good. With confidence you would know yourself. Helps you get through obstacles. / Confidence and motivation. Knowing you’re going to make it. Because you don’t tell me what to do. Helps with school and job interviews.

Creative Story Telling: Trustworthy, bravery. Leadership. Stick up for something. Making yourself trustworthy. / Displaying six characters. Avoid negative situations, stay on track. Skills allow you to speak up and respect your own wellbeing. Provides background to be successful. / Trustworthy. Group projects like this one. Trusting an adult. Trust yourself into doing the right thing.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: The way it makes me feel is like if I’m important in my family. / Damn who dat? / important. / I like myself/ damn who dat? / Like I’m lying to myself flawed. / Special. / Good normal.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a hero? Because they taught me something. / My mom because she’s been with me since day one. Because they are the best thing that has happened. Larry Fitzgerald. / Kim K. She’s bad, they are cute. / Khloe Kardashian. She is a strong independent woman. Strong, independent, cares less of other’s thoughts. / My mom is my hero because she’s always been in my life ever since she gave birth to me. They are important because I am the third oldest out of my family and they are depending on me. The characteristics or qualities I would look for in my hero is trustworthy, caring, responsible. / I am my own hero. I pulled myself through battles even when it seemed impossible to win. I stood my ground and progressed at my own pace while being doubted by others. Strength, support, knowledge, power.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Trustworthy, teamwork. You trust your teachers. To trust someone to help. To trust someone. / Teamwork, support. Get tasks done faster. Rely on a friend. It’s a good characteristic to have. / Teamwork and trust. When we have battle at school we could still try to get out the world. Bullying is an obstacle we could get out of. It applies in life because that’s where we have more battles which is the world.

Seeing Beyond: The mind and common sense. Because high school math when we learn something back then and there we know. Applies in life because we could use our mind to figure out problems. / Determination, patience. Getting through it, working harder, not giving up. Going towards goals, gaining skills. / Common sense, motivation. You expected to know the rules. Use patience in real life because of dreams don’t happen overnight.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Never give up and clear future. You never give up in school. It will give you a better future. / Handle stress, change in perspective. Handling stress would help have a clear mind. A change in perspective would help you analyze difficult obstacles and learn to get through them. / Perspective, stress.

Changes your way of thinking. Changes your opinion of people.

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: I learned to accept my name because that name is a part of me. / This one team I didn’t know how to play football so I ended up being captain of the football team. / When I was grounded I planned on going to a party but my mom didn’t let me. The party ended up with bullets flying. I probably wouldn’t have been helped. / Got hospitalized do to traumatic past and its effects and it ended up saving my life. / An experience I’ve had was when I thought I was going to be bad at playing the clarinet but it turned out that I was the leader of all the clarinets in school.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Skills or Tools learned: Determination, making your goals. Determination. Determine to stop it. Determine to accomplish, guts. / Determination. It will help get through hard assignments. Determination would help fight back. Getting through hard tasks. / Handle stress. Change negatives to positives. Keep your head up. Ignore the bully. Because you deal with both in life.

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

Funded By: Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation Location: Career Success High School %Male 80

%Female 20

Date: October 24-26th 2016

Ages 15-17

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

Pre %YES 40 %NO 40 %Other 0 % No Answer 20 Post %YES 86 %NO 14 %Other 0 % No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 90 % All the Time 10 % No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 14 % Sometimes 14 % All the Time 72 % No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 70 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 57 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 40 % No Answer 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 43 % No Answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 50 % Leader 50 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 0 % Leader 100 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 70 % No 30 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 70 % No 20

% No Answer 10

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

Post % Yes 86 % No 14 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To help kids who need it. / To ignore it and tell an adult. / Standing up is the best option. / To stand up for yourself. / Go tell the teacher. / Tell on him. / Anything is possible.

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: Beat the bully up. / Tell him to stop before I beat his butt. / Yes I would help the people bullied. / To stop it and report it. / You need to help someone out.

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

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To be responsible for myself. / I learned more about prospected. / Responsibility. / Don’t let no one boss you.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 90% Post 71% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I don’t think about nothing about color. / I feel wonderful. / Work as a team with one another. / I think color is beautiful. / I like color. / Having fun. / I feel wonderful. / Red. / I like color.

Post: I think color represents expression. / That true color comes out. / Color represents everything. / It describes who you are. / That it is important.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 80% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Go to college, stay on adult path, be successful. / My dream is to be a football player. / Is to be a policeman. / My most important dream is to graduate and go to law school. / My most important dream is to be established and need nothing. / To become a Professional NFL player or take my family on vacations. / I don’t have one yet. / Is to be successful in life. / Not sure yet.

Post: To be a good father to my kids. / My most important dream is to be a policeman. / Graduating law school. / To be a football player. /To be happy. / My most important hope and dream is to be happy. / To graduate high school and to get my diploma and getting my mom her own house.

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

Thoughts Shared: I learned you must take steps and change your mindset. / To never give up. / Determination. / Anything is possible. / Never give up keep moving. / Acceptance. / To make my hopes and dreams come true.

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 51% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: Nothing at the moment. / My dreams. / Confidence. / I didn’t really learn anything new about myself. / To believe in myself and not to be shy to talk in front of people. / 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 all have a different dream. / I learned that we’ve all had similar experiences. /We’ve all been through problems and that we can motivate each other. / That everybody goes through the same things you have. / We’ve all been through struggles. / That they have been through a lot. / Juan puts himself down and needs to stop.

21 years of opening up the possibilities for all participants for a brighter tomorrow...

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, 11 youth and parents lives from Terro’s Community Workshop experienced their Possibilities at Maryvale Community Center. In an and This workshop took place on October 29, 2016 # 6 of 8 “Bridging Possibility” workshops and.

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 and parents 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 8-47.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question:

Creative story telling

Apply in School: Know new people / respectos trabajo convivicon con personas no conocomos. Respetando comonicando. / Communicate and respect and express feelings. Better relationships. / Caring for one another, citizenship. Picking up the trash, helping out teachers.

How would this help with bullying: How to stop them by helping. / Tell someone. / Tell the teacher, tell parents.

Apply in life: Poniendo el ejemplo y actuando, no dicrendo. / Motivating, to be there for each other. / With the community/friends/family.

Through the Hoops

Apply in School: Using intuition, don’t assume. Not judging others on the dress code, the way they act. / No asumir, riticar. (Trabajo) aclarar lo estas asumiendo.

How would this help with bullying: Don’t assume things. / Aceptar y conocer y evitaremos josyer / Talking about it, 0 tolerance.

Apply in life: Ver lo positive enter la vida y lo gente. / Obstacles / Poniendome en el lugar de las otras paso nos.

Funded By: Cindy - Mike Watts and John F Long Foundation Date: October 29th 2016 Location: Terro’s Community Center Post Surveys from 11 youth Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

POST Not at all: 2 Sometimes: 3 All the Time: 3 Rate this statement: Did you learn anything that would help you improve your communication or life skills?

POST Not at all: 1 Maybe: 2 Yes: 5 Thoughts Shared: Creo que me gustaron todas porque fueron importantes / Valorame mentalmente en mi reflejo / The word caring has reminded me that the love and care we had for others has to be expressed because saying something is different.

One thing I learned in the workshop that will help me reach my dream: Post: That we could know new people. / Communication / Communication – believing in yourself / Always believe in myself / Confident.

In the workshop, which Character Count did you learn most about to help to obtain that goal?: Post: I learned about good citizenship, by being a good person doesn’t mean only being good is so means to help others to pass it forward / Me gusto que no debo lo asuner.

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Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation 27 young lives from Quentin Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 2-4th, 2016 - #7 of 8 “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:

     

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

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

The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 12-13.

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

Who am I? : Similarities, differences, afraid. Answering questions, opening up. You know what to say. Not to be afraid of things. / Similarities, differences. Relationships, trust. To know they’re not alone. Relationships, trust, unique. / Everyone has the same problems, you’re not alone. We don’t know why people act out. You know people have been bullied. You’re not alone in your problems, makes you more confident. / We’re all not alone.

Some of us are going through the same thing. Because everyone’s different. You wouldn’t be afraid of rejection. / Similarities, differences, afraid of rejection. The people around us can have the same problems as one another.

The person that is bullying might’ve had the same problem. You’re not by yourself.

Creative Storytelling: 6 Pillars, how to use them, what they look like. Teaches you to respect others. Helps you

stand up for one and other. Respect elders. / Teamwork. Respect, confidence. To respect each other.

Respect, confidence, responsibility. / 6 Pillars. Following all 6 Pillars can make you successful. Caring for others can solve bullying. You use the 6 pillars every day. / We learned the 6 Pillars/traits. You need those traits to become a good person. Because you can have one of these traits when you’re getting bullied. We need this to become the best we can be. / Talking out loud. Talking in front of the whole class. Stand up for yourself. Public speaking.

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

Through the Hoops: Teamwork, cooperation, 5 senses, communication. When you’re doing a group project you have teamwork. When you’re being bullied, you can have teamwork to help stop the bullying. If you own a business, you need a team to help you build and represent your company. / Teamwork, cooperation, trust, problem solving. Teach you how to work with other students. Help you stand up for each other. It can teach us how to work together. / Teamwork helps you with things you thought you couldn’t do. We need to trust each other to complete our obstacle. Being a team can stop bullying. Life is not an easy road. To succeed, you have to work for it. / We learned teamwork and problem solving. You need to cooperation with your classmates. You trust your friends to be there with you. This help with working with other to accomplish your goal. / Teamwork, problem solving, trust. You can trust your classmates. You can communicate with the bully. You can cooperate with others and problem solving.

Mirror Work: Meh, I never really had a problem with my appearance, but I guess it kind of made me feel uncomfortable with my more feminine appearance. / It makes me feel happy that I am alive. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel weird. / Inspired, happy. / Powerful, happy, proud. / I feel really tired. / It makes me feel confident. / It felt good. / It was weird saying that to myself. / Good. / It makes me feel good about myself. / It made me feel weird. / It makes me feel special inside. / It makes me feel good about myself. / It made me feel weird. / I feel exactly the same. / When I look in the mirror, I see a person who’s capable of doing a whole lot of things and making the world a better place. / It makes me feel like I’m going to have a good day. / It makes me feel good.And Jade Harley. She is a hero of mine because of her optimism. She keeps high spirits even though she knows the world is doomed. She still risks her life to save her friends and the world. Because of her optimism and courage. How true they are to themselves, knowing they don’t wear a plastic mask and to pretend to be someone they’re not. / Todd Gurley. He’s a good football player and a good teammate. Because in football he is telling me not to stop and always try your hardest. Respect. / Dad. He is important because he supports me in anything. A hero should support you. / Mom. She’s always telling me what I did wrong. Because she’s always there for me. Someone who has patience. / Batman. Because they fight bad guys. Nice and he or she would fight crime and save people. / Mom. She cares and feeds me and doesn’t give up. Hard-working, confident. / KSI. KSI is a YouTuber and he made me to become a YouTuber in the future. Characteristics of qualities I look for in a hero is to make kids happy and the same to me when I become a YouTuber. / My hero is my mom because she is always there for me and she buys me the stuff I need. They are important because they buy the stuff you need and they care for you. / Cesar Chavez. He fought for his rights. I would want them to be responsible. / Marilen Monko. I love her confidence and looks. Mostly confidence and acting. Also acting like they are a normal person just like us. / MacKenzie. Because, she my bff. Someone who is brave. / My dad. This is because my dad is always by my side and helps me a lot. A caring person who’s always there for you. / Jacob Santoriver. Because they sing and they are awesome. Awesome, leader, sportsmanship. / Mom. She is caring and makes food for me. Without my mom, I wouldn’t have nothing. Inspirational, role model, and caring. / My mom is very caring and nice. My mom because she cares for me. Caring, happy, nice. / Naruto. Naruto is important because he’s always on your side and always believes in you. What I look for in a hero is that he never gives up. / My dad. They are important because he’s a valuable asset to my family and he takes care of us. They should be nice, caring, responsible, and trusting. / My hero is my mom and dad because they took care of me since I was a baby. I would expect the superhero to save the world and be nice. And do all the 6 trials. / Cause she is helpful. Being helpful, respectful, trustworthy. / My mom because she cooks for me. You would look for the 6 Pillars. Kindness, respect, caring. .

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Confidence, positivity. Help you gain confidence to do stuff in front of the class. You’re more confident to make your own decisions. To help you with a job interview. / Confidence, being positive. Confidence. You can stand up for someone. It could stop you from being pressured. When you’re in a job interview, you can be confident. / Loving you for you. It doesn’t matter what people think about you. It’s about what you think about yourself. You are your own person. You can accomplish more by doing what’s best for you. / We learn confidence, being positive. You gotta be positive about going to school. Having confidence in yourself. You have to have self-confidence in making life choices. / Confidence, being positive, and building selfesteem. You can be confident when doing presentation. If you have self-esteem it will be easier. Being positive can help with certain things like job interviews, public speaking, presentations.

Seeing Beyond: Patience, using your 3rd eye. All subjects, mostly reading (using context clues). Coming up with company ideas. / Creativity, imagination. It can help us be more creative and be more detailed. It can give us more helpful ideas. / 3rd eye and imagination. Science because science is about guessing and making hypothesis. You have to imagine yourself doing your goals. / Using your 3rd eye. Reading because you can picture yourself in the story. Trust people. / 3rd eye. Science, there might be certain things in science and you won’t know what they are all the time. It can help you with job interviews, etc.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Follow your dreams, ask people to help with your dreams. Think about your dreams now and have better future choices. Confidence you gain will help you block out the negative. Gives you more confidence to follow through. / Not memories, no fears will stop from achieving your dream. Letting your teachers/friends know your dream. They can help. Someone’s dream could be to stop bullying. Don’t let your mistakes define who you are. You can still accomplish your goals/dreams. / To follow your dreams. Asking for help. Getting over your fears. Reaching your goals. / You can talk to the bully and accomplish with their dream. Forgetting about your fears and putting your dreams.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Stay true to you, listen to your intuition. Not making bad choices. Helps you stay or go to jail. / Intuition, self trust, true to self. Trust yourself when answering when you think you’re wrong. Can get you out of potentially bad situations. / Trust your intuition. Listening to your intuition. Can prevent problems at school. Listening to our intuition can get you in and out of situations. / To listen to yourself.

When you make good choices. Staying true who you are. / Stay true to who you are. Have to be who you are.

People need to know you.

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? When I was small and there was one more juice box and I took it and didn’t want to but my brother never got one. To be fair and think before you do. / My gut told me to do something I should of never done. It was being mean to my brother. Not to do it and I learned my lesson.

One time was in the kitchen and there was 1 cookie left, but not for me. I was going to eat it, then I didn’t. Be kind. / I was late out at night and my intuition told me my dad was coming home. I ran home. That to follow my intuition. / When I didn’t do my homework. Follow my gut. / I was telling myself to listen to my mom. That respect and trust is needed in a family. / When I didn’t listen to my mom. That you should always listen to adults. / When I did not listen to my big brother. Then I got a whoopin from my big brother. To listen to my brother. Sike. / When I did not listen to my mom. That I can do better job and listen. / Yes, a time when I did was when I was falling asleep in the car and decided to put the shoulder strap on, and luckily I did because I woke up in a car crash. To trust my intuition. / When I was told to clean my room but didn’t clean my room. To clean my room and I wouldn’t get my phone taken away. / When I play soccer sometimes I get the ball and keep the ball for a little bit. That it’s a good choice because it makes me confident. / I was telling myself to not do it but I did it anyways. Do the right thing. / I followed my intuition by making right choice when I had to go to the store with my mom, walking, instead of staying home. Make the right decisions. / I use my inner voice most of the time. I use it for random things like finding which way is forward for me. You can use your inner voice for weird stuff too. / When my dad told me to go take out the trash and I didn’t take the trash out so I got in trouble. To take the trash out. / I didn’t follow my gut when it told me not to go to school. I should follow my gut more often. / To help a person who was getting bullied. That I can help make bullying stop. / When I decided to turn in the paper for this class. Had a good time and learned to have confidence. / When I had the chance to study but I did it, so the next day I almost failed the test. To listen when I get an opportunity and listen to myself. / When I was peer pressured to do things I didn’t want to. Don’t let peer pressure get to you, follow your guts. / When I said I was going to do my homework but I never did it. I can learn that if you do your homework, good things come from it. / When I didn’t listen to my inner voice, I would get in trouble with my mom and dad because I wouldn’t listen to them. When I didn’t listen to them, I would get hit with a belt. And learn respect to others, also do the right thing.

Funded By: Cindy-Mike Watts & John F. Long Location: Quentin Elementary School %Male 45%

%Female 55

Date: November 2-4, 2016

Ages 11-13

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

Pre %YES 83 %NO 4 %Other 13 Post %YES 92 %NO 0 %Other 8 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 25 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 17 Post % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 62 % All the Time 25 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 54 %No Answer 4 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 25 % All the Time 71 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 63 % All the Time 29 Post %Not at all 4 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 38 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 13 % Equal 45 % Leader 42 Post % Follower 13 % Equal 37 % Leader 50 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 50 % No 50 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 58 % No 42 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 46 % No 33

% No Answer 21

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

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would help them. / I learned the 6 Pillars. / There’s different ways to prevent bullying. / Telling someone. / Don’t let the things they say get to me. / Being positive. / Be confident. / I learned to respect and be yourself. / Teamwork. / I was never really bullied but yeah. / To trust others and believe in myself. / When you see somebody getting bullied, stand up. / To talk to them why they are doing this. / I learned that you put the fears in the past and face the bully. / Because I am not a bully. / I learned you can stand up to bullies.

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: Stop the person. / Because it’s not right and we need to stand up for each other. / Tell someone. / I would tell someone. / I would stand up for them and tell them it’s not right. / I will talk to them. / I’d talk to them about it. / I would try to make the person that’s bullied happy. / Because I will love someone to help me out as well. / It’s wrong to bully and be bullied. / No one deserves to be teased for being themselves. /

No one deserves to be bullied. / I would help them. / Depends if it’s really bad. / I would go to the bully and tell him to stop or tell a teacher/guard. / Because that other person needs help. / I would help them.

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

Post % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Communication. / Now I know what it means to respect someone. / I still have trouble making decisions. / Yes, don’t let other people tell me what to do. / I learn responsibility. / Follow through with who you are. / I learn to stay true to who you are. / That color doesn’t matter. / To respect others cause we can have the same problems. / Peer pressure is people trying to take control. That’s not right. / I would never give in to peer pressure. / I learned lots of skills and tools. / I learn confidence. / I learn to put my fears in the past and dreams in the future. / I learned respect. / I learned responsibility. / I learned about the 6 Pillars.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 79% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: The first thought in my head was a rainbow. / I think that it is beautiful but for some colors like purple think they’re bad / Color is something that can be divided / I think color as the rainbow or I don’t know I’ve never thought about color. / I like green / I love color all colors in the rainbow / Never thought about it / I like black / I think people aren’t treated well due to color / Color is nice some times but I don’t care for it as much as others, I don’t remember thinking about color. / Has no meaning / Color doesn’t matter, everyone should be treated equally / I think color is amazing and yes / Yes and I like it in sometime. / I think color is important, I love it mostly because I love art but some color. / My favorite color is black / I’m respectful for all colors / Color is colorful and its cool / I think that colors are awesome / My favorite color is pink because of cancer, because one of my friend’s grandma had cancer / I think color is a beautiful thing. I like every color the same .

Post: It’s beautiful. / I think color is the color that makes you most happy. / Fear is your least favorite color.

Memory and dream was your favorite color. / It’s beautiful. / Color is still the same. / Other people share similar taste in color. / The color speaks out to me. / Still has no meaning. / That color shows how you feel. / Color isn’t just color. It’s respect, responsibility, and teamwork. / Color explains you. / Different colors give you different feelings. / Always follow your dream. / Color is what brings things to life. / Responsibility, respect, trustworthy. / That color represents things. / Respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness. / That any color is nice. / That any color is nice. / I learned to focus on my dreams and forget about my fears.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 83% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My most important dream is to actually do something with my life and not just sit around / To be a professional soccer player or basketball and go to college / To succeed in life / To be an NFL player / I don’t have an important hope or dream / My dream is to be a professional photographer / To get a good college degree and become president of the USA / Is become a doctor / My dream is to go to Paris and to see my great grandma again / To own a bakery and adopt my cousin / Is to become a science teacher / My most important dream is to be someone in life / To make my mom & dad proud of me / To be a video game maker / I guess to let people know they are not alone / My dream is that I want to be a football player / To become successful, confident, and follow my dreams / I want to be a famous YOUTUBER! / My dream is to be in the NFL which is football / My most important dream is to become a professional soccer player / My dream is to get a scholarship and go to a good college for free and pay anything.

Post: Having a family. / To be a professional photographer. / To become a vet. / To become President of the USA. / Become a doctor. / To go to Japan, China, Korea, and to meet BTS. / I don’t have many, I like singing though. / To finish school/college and become a doctor. / To travel the world. / To become a teacher To have a happy family and to be a professional basketball player. / To help others. / Being a video game designer. / To let others know they are worth it and they are special. / Becoming an NBA player. / Go to college. / To become a famous soccer or football player. / Being a famous YouTuber to entertain kids. / To always be happy. / Playing in the NFL which is football. / To become a pro soccer player. / To become a football player. / Going to college.

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

Thoughts Shared: To help others and communicate. / To always share your dreams. / Respect. / To ask people for help to reach my goal. / Is to stay in school. / To work together. / Kindness. / Not to be ashamed of what I dream. / I’m not alone. I will always have someone by my side. / Have confidence. / Is to never give up hope. / You can reach your dreams if you keep on working hard and to never give up. / Nothing really…but I can be confident! / To trust myself. / Is always follow your dream. / Is never give up and always try your best. / Citizenship because I want them to take time off of their life to watch me. / Is put fears in the past and dreams in the future. / Is work hard. / I learned about 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 96% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: It helped me with communication. / Responsibility because we had to be responsible of our homework. / Teamwork because we worked in teams. / Have more respect of people. / It went good. / Responsibility. It showed me to be caring. / I don’t understand this question. / I can now be nicer and respect myself and others. / By being positive. / Yes, I can speak better in front of people. / I want to improve in Citizenship and I improved by getting to know others. / That I can always keep trying no matter what. / By showing me a different path. / Teamwork, we had to work together. / I know how to be more respectful. / I felt like I was a better person. / By sharing my thought. / It help me improve my hopes and dreams. / I wanted to work on teamwork and we worked in teams for most of the time. / My mom wants me to improve and I learned to improve in the workshop by respecting others around you. / It helped by doing different activities. / Help me improve on not bullying. / I learned about 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: Express yourself. / That some people have the same fears as me. / You are not alone. / Their hopes, dreams, fears, and a memory. / Respect. / That they have similarities. / We have the same fear. / They have gone through the same things as me. / Everyone’s going through the same things as you. You’re not alone. / Many people have lost a family member. / That others are going through the same thing. / A fear. / That we have more similarities than I thought. / I learned nothing new about my friends. / I learned the dreams, fears, memories, etc. / Lots of them had lots of confidence to share things and they’re trustworthy. / That most of the students are the same. / I learn to never judge somebody for what they want or what they want to do. / That Angel is scared of spiders. / I learned that a lot of people like menudo.

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

Thanks to Cindy-Mike Watts and John F. Long Foundation, 36 young lives from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family- Governor’s Youth Commission, Teen leaders from throughout Arizona experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took on November 11, 2016 from Governor’s Youth Commission- # 8 of 8 I “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 and parents 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:

Creative story telling Apply in School: How to act, communication, to demonstrate how to act / Communication, teamwork, dedication, group projects, working with others / Working together, respect people, not assume, group projects, no judgement / Public Speaking, confidence / Creativity, entertainment, teamwork. To create a more positive environment.

How would this help with bullying: Teaching to respect each other / Appreciate other people’s talents / People are misunderstood / Not be a bystander / Helps with self-confidence and bravery.

Apply in life: Teaching to respect each other / Can’t do things by yourself / Flexible / Create new goals / Allows you to build a positive, influential character.

Through the Hoops Apply in School: Teamwork, trust, flexibility, learning from other’s patience, tutoring. / Teamwork, caution, influence, cooperating / Don’t knee someone in the face, trust people, learn from those people around you, be willing to ask for help and to work with people / Teamwork, tutoring / Teamwork, trust, flexibility, helping others through academic challenges.

How would this help with bullying: Having someone to help / Working with different people and learning their differences / You can learn from everyone / See someone for strength / Respecting others through creating trust.

Apply in life: Life is an obstacle and friends can help, constantly changing, learning from others / So when life gives you lemons, jump through a hoop / Working well together with others / Life will throw obstacles your way you just need to jump through. / We should depend on others to overcome obstacles.

Seeing Beyond Apply in School: Trust your senses, don’t assume, listening, observe, critical thinking, process of elimination, English, Math, Science. / Patience, reasoning skills, integration techniques, ask questions, science, English. / Communication, visibility, English: Translation / Process of elimination, woodshop-creativity / Reasoning, description, contemplation. All of them: Writing, Math, Science, game theory.

Apply in life: Don’t assume and don’t jump to conclusions / Ask questions in anytime in life / We need to ask tough questions / Getting your correct answer. / Its why you are alive, why you are here.

Funded By: Cindy - Mike Watts and John F Long FoundationDate: November 19th 2016 Location: Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family – Governor’s Youth Commission Post Surveys from 36 youth 6 adults Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

POST YES: 27 NO: 10 Other: 4 Some are confident others aren’t/ Maybe because maybe they grow out of it.

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

POST Not at all: 3 Sometimes: 14 All the Time: 25 Rate this statement: This workshop helped me to see my hopes and/or dreams are possible POST Not at all: 3 Sometimes: 13 All the Time: 26 My Most important hope or dream: Post: Being successful, happy, & healthy. / To be successful / To be happy with my life and what I’ve done, but minimal stress is my ultimate goal / I hope to one day run for President / My dream is to become a lawyer / Going to college and becoming successful. Also, being a great person, like my mom & dad are. / To help others / To not be uneducated or to have less opportunities then others / As of now, to find what I want to do in life / To be successful & achieve my goals / Be able to go to a good college / To be successful and make the people around me proud / Be happy / To be able to help others / To attend college / Be happy … learn that everything happens for a reason / Help others / Don’t know yet / To be successful in my goals and be able to provide a comfortable life for me and my family / Become a Supreme Court Justice / Always be happy / To be successful and happy / To help the world become a better place in whatever they may be / To live life to its fullest and help others / Becoming successful / Military – Law Enforcement / College / Go to college / To be successful in what I do / To be a pro swimmer for USA Swimming / To help in any form I can / I don’t really know at this point / To help people realize the possibility in their lives / To be successful, to be an Actress, to Glorify God with my life / Have a good family / Go to college and run track or xc in college and to not have to pay for anything.

One thing I learned in the workshop that will help me reach my dream: Post: Commitment / Be yourself / Nothing; however, it gave me faith in the possibility of solving major issue in the youth of society / Communication is key / Learn to communicate / Nobody can hold me back / To ask people question / I need to listen / That we should ask others to see what they think / To communicate and work with others / Teamwork and being considerate of others / It’s okay to be independent but also work with others / I am confident and knew myself before the workshop / Don’t jump to conclusions & get others opinions / Team leadership / The workshop helped me feel more confident with public speaking / Seeing beyond / To use the help of everyone around me / Reflecting and caring / Be me / Be confident / Determination / It helped me breathe confidence / Leadership/teamwork / Be myself / Confidence / Teamwork, to work with others / To trust people / Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Nothing is absolute / It reminded me that life is not a solo act / Don’t judge a book by it’s cover / Dedicate myself even to the simple things.

What did you learn new about yourself that you did not know before: Post: I am persistent and collaborative / Trust others / I learned that I’m not always right, but more so. / I am a good public speaker / That I’m beautiful or handsome / I’m comfortable being me. And I already know I was awesome / That I’m shorter than I think / I have great hair / Honestly I did not learn anything new. But It did reinforce what I knew about myself / That I am a good listener / I learn that there are other kids who have the exact same fears that I do and that I am really worth something / That I can always use a hand. I’m very independent / That I can’t trust others and know we can be friends / That I can communicate with others / That I can do hard things / I like to reason a lot / I can be very analytical in short time periods / If you confident, it’s more fun, more caring / That I’m determined / I’m seeing more extroverted / Everyone is supporting and has the same team / Analytic process / To love myself / I am not afraid of talking as much as I thought / That I am open / That I should talk to more people / That I may be compatible with some in the GYC Program / I’m very extroverted / I enjoy meeting and working with new people.

What did you learn new in the workshop about a classmate or friend: Post: Their interests / My friends are really about me / I learned from others some ways I don’t want to act like / We are all different but have more commonalities then differences / That I’m not the only one with a certain problem, there are others with that same problem / Everyone has fears & everyone can overcome them / People are all different / They are so smart / How some people connect with others / That everyone has different viewpoints / Everyone is different and everyone will have different feelings and opinions / Everyone is different yet the same / Some people need positive reinforcement to feel good about themselves / That my ideas aren’t so different from others / They all are very welcoming / Everyone has similar fears to me / Others will always be willing to help towards a common goal / Creative and open-minded / I made 3 new friends that I wouldn’t of me / People work hard to achieve goals / How smart. Gifted, and helpful they are / Some one more can’t idea then others / Becoming successful together / A lot of love English over Math / The way they think / We are all different / Everyone focus things different / That they are more open / That you learn something new from everyone. / That my friend overcame his fear / Evan is really good at answering questions without giving away the answer / Who likes math / My partner was so funny.

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

Thank you Mike and Cindy Watts and John F. Long Foundation for this opportunity and for believing in our mission and vision. Because you understand that each and every child and adult deserves to be inspired and empowered with the tools to make better life choices. Today because of your support, they know their Can-Do spirit, and are more open to realizing they have unique gifts to share with the world around them.

Most sincerely,

Robert J Miley CEO and Founder

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