2016 2017 Margaret T Morris Final Report

MARGARET T. MORRIS 2016-2017 REPORT Thank you for helping us realize we can Release our Fears and see that anything is Possible...

RELEASE THE FEAR'S BRIDGING POSSIBILITIES =

Thanks to the foresight of The Margaret T. Morris Foundation. This report reflects how the creative

processes through the "Bridging Possibilities" program and our highly trained facilitators, enabling us to expand our reach to enlightened and enriched more youth. These results from 109 young lives and what they experienced together through the "Bridging Possibilities" A Character Education program.

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

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

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

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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.

"In the Bridging Possibilities workshop we realize that you have to go .through a few hoops to achieve your dreams. . ." John D.

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

57%

60% 43% 50% 32%

40%

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

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For ten years, Release the Fear has had the opportunity to interact with over 9,500 disadvantage and at-risk 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 2016, Release the 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 2016,

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.

RTF-Youth/Yr. # of Students

2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

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(2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011) (2010) (2009) (2008)

Female:

921

697

452

256

295

185

170

221

259

Male:

1054

791

764

560

495

398

370

394

229

RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 - 2017 RTF Pre/Post Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Results The Margaret T. Morris Foundation OVERALL PERCENTAGES 109 Students (6 BP Workshops) Male 77.6% Female 22.4% – Youth Ages 10-18 81.9% discovered something new about themselves 90.3% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 57.1% compared to Post 86.3% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 80.4% compared to Post 90.8% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

84.7% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

97.5% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. May 8-10, 2017 Peralta Elementary 25 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 60% Female 40% – Youth Ages 10-12 92% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 50% compared to Post 84% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 33% compared to Post 60% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

2. June 6-8, 2017 Franklin Fire and Police High School 42 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 13-15 89.5% discovered something new about themselves 92.5% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 47.5% compared to Post 82% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 90.5% compared to Post 95% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

84.5% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

3. June 10-11, 2017 Streetlight USA 10 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 0% Female 100% – Youth Ages 14-17 90% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

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

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

80% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

90% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

4. June 12-14, 2017 Florence Crittenton Girls Ranch 6 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 0% Female 100% – Youth Ages 15-18 83% discovered something new about themselves 83% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 67% compared to Post 100% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

100% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

5. June 12-14, 2017 Durango Juvenile Facility 11 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 13-17 80% discovered something new about themselves 80% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 50% compared to Post 90% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 75% compared to Post 90% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

80% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

6. June 19-21, 2017 SEF Juvenile Facility 15 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 13-17 57% discovered something new about themselves 76% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 38% compared to Post 72% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

64% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

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The Margaret T. Morris Foundation RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 -2017 Program Budget: RTF Character Education, Bridging Possibilities programs Proposed Budget Per Workshop Actual Budget for 6 Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations: Pre/Post Inventories Final Report Supplies and Other Workshop Exp Art & Printed Supplies / Snacks Recognition for Students, Postage, Mktng Internal Coordination, Support & Workshop Preparation Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP

$680.00 $300.00

$4,080.00 $1,800.00

$150.00 $ 70.00

$900.00 $420.00

$ 90.00 $ 60.00

$560.00 $360.00

$300.00 $ 50.00

$1,800.00 $300.00

$1,700.00

The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Release the Fear from unrestricted funds

$10,220.00 $10,000.00 220.00

Cost Breakdown per workshop with average of 18 youth each: Average cost per daily session: : $566.66 Per Capita cost per youth per workshop:$94.45 TM

In-Kind: Location Staff: Avg. 2 @ $30 per hr. = $60. X 6 hour = $360 X 6 workshops = $2160.

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

Thanks to The Margaret T. Morris Foundation, 25 young lives from Peralta Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on May 8-10, 2017 - #1 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 10-12.

How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Creative story telling: To be fair or you can get caught. You will get more respect. Fairness can even out bullying. When you have children you have to be fair with them or they will get jealous. / Citizenship. Knowing there are nice people at Peralta. It can change their minds. It’s going to make their lives change. / Responsibility. People will trust you more.

Maybe they will stop and trust you. People will trust you with their things. / The skills of caring and trustworthy. When a teacher gives you a pencil she is expecting you will return it. Stand up for bullying. You care about your family.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: We learned to build self confidence in many ways. It will help you learn to be proud of your choices. Confidence will help you escape peer pressure. Confidence will help you make better choices and your life will be more open. / Proud, build confidence. We are not scored to presentation in class. Stay true to yourself. If

you feel good about yourself you can achieve your goals in life. / To have self confidence. By believing in yourself. It gives you the confidence to say no because you know what’s right and wrong. Make good decisions and exceed because you will work hard to follow your dreams. / Building confidence. Helps with presentations.

Ignore them. Helps you get a good job.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Write in a couple of words, how does it make you feel? More confident. / Weird. / Happiness, fly, citizenship, kindness, grateful. / Weird. / Happy, grateful. / Made me feel confident. / Good. / Strange. / Weird. I feel shy. / Makes me feel good about myself. / Happy, weird. / Silly. / Makes me feel good. / Weird, amazing and the best. / Weird, smart, awesome. It makes me feel confident. / It would make me feel proud of myself.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a Hero? My god brother. They have always been there for me. / Mom. / Superheroes. They can help me. / Me. Strong. / My mom and sister. I think they are important because you will need it in life and people will love you more. / Fast speed, laser eyes, flying skills. Because they have always been there for me. / Strong, Fast. / Fastness Strongness. / Dad. Caring, helpful, kindness. Makes me feel good about myself. / My dad. Likes all sports, is tall, he is very smart. He likes to fix cars and drive them. They took care of me and gave me things. / Klalio. I would make him have super strength. / My mum. She gave me life. / My dad. He is kind to me. / My family. They are my family. / My mom. She is important because it was just her in most of my life. / My family. / My superhero would give respect to other people. He would have a lot of responsibility. They are important because they would be a good person. / Me. / They are going to call me Jordan boy. / Dad. He is important to me because he takes care of me. / Trees. They give oxygen. / Mind readers, visualize, fast speed, fly. / Respect, super strength, super speed, smart and responsible. They would be my super hero. But my real one is my family mostly my dad. They are awesome and great. / Virtues, ability to fly, and the ability to read minds. Me. Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: To turn into positive. So you never give up and so you can get good grades. This can help with bullying so you never feel left down. This can apply in life so you can keep following your dreams. / Focus on your dreams. Focusing on your dreams will help you apply in school. So you can try harder to achieve them. This will help deal with bullying by telling people your dreams and they might focus on theirs too. It could help in life by helping other people focus on their dreams. / To believe in your dreams. Overcome your fears such as presenting.

Stand up for what you believe in. Being successful by following your dreams. / Sharing with others. Will help us by learning more about it. To step away from it. to get further in life to make your dreams come true.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Learn to except advice from others and to learn from your mistakes. It will

apply in school by listening to your teacher or you will get a consequence. It will apply in life listening to bosses/ managers so you won’t repeat your mistakes. / I learned is that you could follow directions from other people.

This will help me listen to my teacher more. It could help in life for following other people’s directions. / Listen to intuition. Make the right decisions. To ignore people that tell you to do something bad. / To listen to your intuition. Helps be respectful and responsible because you are following school rules. You will be better person such as not stealing, texting and driving.

Seeing Beyond: We learned to use our third eye for out imagination. So you can get better grades. It will help you in reading, art, writing it involves visualizing things. It will help with creativity. / Teamwork, imagination, third eye. Math, art, writing, all subjects involves teamwork. When you get a job you need to communicate. / Visualize reading to see what the picture is showing you. Writing helps reader see details. Math helps with models.

Visualize your future. / We can see imagination. When you are in art because you could imagine how it will come out. Dreams, helps us visualize our dreams and goals.

Reflective Take-Away Questions: We can all 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?: That when you look at a haunted house and you want to go in but your inner voice said to not go but you went inside and I got very scared. I learned that the next time you should listen to your inner voice. / I told myself not to put my hand in boiling water. My skin was not burned off. / If you don’t trust your inner voice bad things will happen. To listen to your inner voice. / My friend and I want to pick up a dog. So my friends went to get the dog and the dog bite my friend. When your mind is telling you don’t do it, don’t listen to your friend listen to what your mind is telling you. / To help the teacher. / I learned that I am kind. / I wanted to jump off the roof into a pool. / To always go the right way that is correct. / I wanted to take some chocolate but I didn’t want to ask. My intuition said to ask so I did. To always go the right way. / I needed to clean my room and my cousin said to not do it. My mind was telling me to clean my room and don’t listen to my cousin.

When I went to the lake and the water was cold and my intuition said that I should not go. I should go in the summer. / When I was 8 I did not listen to my intuition and I got hurt and went to the hospital. To listen to my intuition. / When I decided to either go outside or not in summer but I did. You could learn to trust my mind. / When I was doing my grammar my intuition told me to finish my grammar early cause I was going to help the kindergarten class. Finish your grammar early. / When my sister told me not to use the table to dunk on the basket and I did it anyway and I busted my ear open. / I thought weaker when I did not listen to my intuition. / When I was riding my bike and did not go through a pack of dogs. / When I jumped off the roof and broke a leg.

You can learn to follow directions. / When I wanted to play on my tablet but I needed to take a shower before I got in trouble. So I took a shower and then I played on my tablet. I can learn to listen to my inner voice. / When I went to sleep late and was tired in the morning. To listen to our intuition or inner voice. / My intuition told me to do my homework. I did it and then I got a good grade. Always do your work so you can get rewarded. / One day at the pool they told me the pool was cold. I jumped in and even my inner voice said not to. I learned to listen to my inner voice. / Someone was messing with me, I was getting mad and I wanted to hit him but I didn’t.

Sometimes you need to listen to your inner voice. / When I locked my room because I was mad. Listen to your intuition so you can have more benefits.

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

Funded By: The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: Peralta Elementary School %Male 60

%Female 40

Date: May 8-10, 2017

Ages 10-12

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

Pre %YES 50 %NO 46 %Other 04 Post %YES 84 %NO 12 %Other 04 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 33 % Sometimes 42 % All the Time 25 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 32 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 58 % All the Time 33 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 33 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 32 % All the Time 60 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 4 % Equal 25 % Leader 67 Post % Follower 8 % Equal 24 % Leader 68 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 33 % No 63 % No Answer 4 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 54 % No 33

% 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: You can stick up for people. / To help people if they are getting bullied. / Take care of one another. / Tell am adult if there is bullying. / I will stand up for others. / To help someone out. / To help people and calm the bully down. / I would help the person being bullied. / By standing up. / To not bully others. / The intuition could stand up for bullying. / It helped me to not be afraid.

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

Post % Yes 96 % No 4 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Tell them to stop. / So they can be confident. / I would do something because people probably have strong emotions. / It is very mean to be doing that. / I am too scared. / Tell the teacher. / I would stand up for them. / I would say hey stop. / Yes I do not think it is fair. / I used to be bullied than I became a bully than stopped. / I was bullied. / I will try to help who is getting bullied. / I would help that person. / I would tell an adult and save the person.

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

Post % Yes 84 % No 16 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Responsibility. / I can choose what I want to choose. / I respect what people say. / I learned how to be caring. / I can get beat up. / Sharing with each other. / I learn to always include others so they will not be left out. / To go with what I think is best. / I learned to listen to my intuition to make good choices. / I learned that respect so I could help people that are bullied. / To be equal and not judge.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness 0 %Responsibility 04 %Citizenship 24 %Trustworthiness 12 %Caring 28 %Respect 24 What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 67% Post 72% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I love color. / Beautiful. / I think of a green apple. / Pink, red, blue. / I like them. / I think they are all colorful. / Pretty. / Rainbow. / I think of white. / Red. / I think about objects in the world. / Blue=sky, white=paper. / Rainbow. / People’s skin color is unique and beautiful in many ways. / I think about the color red. / All color is beautiful. / The color of my shoe.

Post: We should be nice and not be mean. / To think out of the box. / Colors have their own secrets. / The color black, gray and white. / Pink, red, blues. / Color is unique. / All color is beautiful. / That they are different. / They look beautiful. / That it will always be there. / Color could be your memory, fear, and dreams. / Color is almost all the same. / Color treat someone different. / Red. / You can turn negative into positive. / The color that I think is in my car.

What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

What % gave more thought to making the world a better place.

Pre 88% Thoughts shared: Pre: To be President. / I would pick up trash. / Become President. / Stop littering. / I would clean the environment and make everyone feel safe. / Respect. / More food for homeless. / Helping people that are sick. / One thing is to get a different President. / Help educate. / Help the homeless and kids that don’t have homes. / To treat everyone the same. / Stop bullying. / To change equality. / Clean up trash. / Try to stop bullies. / Be helpful, make smart choices. / To not let people cut the trees.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 83% Post 96% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Army. / FBI. / To be in football. / President. / FBI. / To get my dream job. / To be who I want to be. / To become President of the USA. / Basketball player. / Football player. / Be in the NFL. / To have an endless amount of chips. / To be an ER Physician. / Military. / Pediatrician. / Basketball player. / Successful in life. / Doctor. / Getting my dream car. / Buying my dream car.

Post: Be in FBI. / Be an ER physician. / Don’t worry about the past and worry about the future. / Military person to help the community. / To not be an outcast. / To be in the FBI. / Be a pediatrician. / To be President of the U.S. A. / My Dream. / To become successful. / To become a pediatrician. / To be a sports player. / To be successful. / To become in the military. / My dream. / To become a doctor. / Going to college and playing basketball. / Go to college. / Play football and go to college. / NFL or work on cars. / Getting my dream job. / To become a basketball player. / One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I should be. / To try harder. / Express my feelings with others. / To be caring for others. / To not be afraid of myself. / Do the right thing and go to college. / Be confident. / To believe in yourself. / Yes. / Focusing. / To believe in myself. / To always believe in yourself. / Respect, Confidence. / Is to believe in yourself. / To be confident. / To be kind and full of imagination. / You could follow directions. / What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself, that you did not know before?

Post 92% discovered something new in the workshop about yourself: Thoughts Shared: Be fair. / That we can stick up for ourselves. / Other people are similar. / To be more out coming. / I am special. / To tell who is getting bullied. / I am unique in many ways. / That we can improve anything. / People have the same stuff as me. / I should care what I think about myself instead of what people think. / I can be a leader. / Confidence. / That you have to tell the truth. / It is ok to have a fear. Peoples dreams and fears. / I could make right choices. / I didn’t know that I had confidence in myself. / Stand up to someone. / I wasn’t respecting others as well. / To share and be respectful.

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

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: We should not make fun of them. / We have similarities. / They have bad things in their life like me. / Learned not all people have the same experience and maybe been through things. / They are not the same on the inside. / What had happened to them. / Caring. / Some of us have the same fears. / What are similarities are. / To not judge them because I don’t want to get judged. / I learned that she is a good leader. / That they have been bullied. / That what happened in their life and now more about them. / That they care. / They have the same things. / Treat them the same. / They are part of life. / That all of them have a fear. / I learned that some of them has same feelings as me. / To be nice to them. / Their past and present. / I learned we are all the same. / To not judge them cause we all have our own problems.

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

Thanks to The Margaret T. Morris, 42 young lives from Franklin Police and Fire High School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on June 6-8, 2017 - #2 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 13-15.

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? : Honest with self, won’t cheat self, Be responsible not ruling alone, social life, respect / Responsible, respectful, accountable, integrity. Tell a teacher. These rules will help us stay in line and help other people. / How to be responsible and respectful. Be respectful to your teachers. To see your not the only one with the same problem. You have to respect your peers. You’re not alone. People see you struggling so you help. Someone can help you. People support you in life. / Being responsible. Be responsible to speak up. Be responsible to help if someone is being bullied. Responsible can help with school and work.

Creative Storytelling: Communication, meeting new people, telling them to stop, communicate with peers / Team work, cooperating with others, You can sit with your team into two one goes gets a teacher one goes and stops the bully. If you have a project at work you can accomplish it faster with team work / Listening. You listen to the teacher, listen to their problems. You could understand expectations & rules. Participating. Participating would help you let go grudges. Participating to defend the person being bullied. Participating to achieve your goals. / Trustworthy. Try to trust teachers and teachers will trust you. Trust someone to be there for you. Trust people in your life.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Learn from your mistakes. Keep on going even if it hurts. Stay positive so you don’t go into peer pressure. If you make mistakes in life you can fix it. / Never give up. It can increase your grades. You will have the momentum not to give up. Never give up in life. / Being open. Being open with your teachers. Being open with your gut. People get to know you better./ Separation. You could inspire someone who was bullied. Try to inspire someone to not be so stuffy. Inspire someone to become better. When you mess up you will try to not do it again. Trustworthy. Students can be trusted to do their work. You can trust your peers. People can trust you. / Hero. Be a good role model to the rest of the people. You could be a good role model to everyone that is afraid of you. / Trying to make an effort. You have to try in school. You’ll try not to be as pressured. You have to make an effort in life or you won’t make it. Being trustworthy with an assignment. Being

able to make the right choice, expressing yourself. Caring for the people we love like giving a opinion. / Trustworthy. Students can be trusted to do their work. You can trust your peers. People can trust you. / Hero.

Be a good role model to the rest of the people. You could be a good role model to everyone that is afraid of you. / Trying to make an effort. You have to try in school. You’ll try not to be as pressured. You have to make an effort in life or you won’t make it.

Through the Hoops: Don’t be afraid to speak. Don’t be afraid to share in class. Don’t be afraid to tell someone and speak out. Ask questions in order to learn. / You are not alone. You don’t have to be alone, you can find friends. You can make friends with the bully and relate. You can make friends with people and your connections.

To speak up. To get over your fear of public speaking. To speak up and defend the person that’s getting bullied. It could help for preparation and to get a job.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Not alone. There are people similar or go through the same thing as you do too. You can explain to a bully have you been. You’re not alone. Being open about your fears and dreams. You could be open with friends and teachers. Being able to become confident or face your fears. To be open with family members, friends, others facing your fears or accomplishing your dreams.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward? Describe the experience: My friend is going through a divorce and I am helping her and keep her secrets. / One time I was in the street and I saw a kid in a bike and he fell off. So me and my friend went running to help him. I feel good because we help somebody but bad because the kid was hurt. / One time my friend had fallen down the stairs really hard. She broke her arm and was in the hospital for months so I help her around her house and chores. I felt really happy about helping her. / The time I was trustworthy and caring is when my mom trust of taking care of my little sister / When I finished my independent reading assignments. / One time when I was trustworthy is this time in 2nd grade. /There one of my old friends was having a hard day cause he was being bullied and I just told him hey don’t worry about it if it gets out of hand then tells someone then he was all better and we just parted ways. / I was trustworthy when my friend let me borrow his ball and for no one else to use it. / One time I did something caring was when I gave money back to a person who dropped it / I was trustworthy to watch over my dad’s business I am active. / I was trustworthy and caring when I helped an old guy cross the street. / I was caring to my grandmom by helping her clean around. It felt good. / Once they told me their problem and I helped solve then without no one knowing. I felt good because I was able to help someone in need. / A friend of mine was really sad and I cheered him up with jokes. Afterwards I felt really good about it. / Well I remember one day that this kid at my old school was getting picked on so then I jumped in and a friend as well and stopped it because I remember getting picked on at that school. Well after that I felt good for helping that kid. / A time when I was trustworthy and helped someone else in a positive way was when I was ten years old waiting for my brother to get out of work at a restaurant I was visiting. and called things like “thank you” and “that’s very kind of you” which made me feel good about myself and gave me courage to keep helping others. / The time I was caring and trustworthy was when I moved someone. It does not make me feel any type of way because I feel in everyday life you should help anyone in need no matter what. That’s what I think. / A time when I was trustworthy was when my parents wanted me to stay home and take care of my younger siblings while they had dinner. This helped both my parents in a positive way because they could go somewhere while having someone they trust looking after everything. It felt good afterwards because I got more trust from my parents. The experience was kind of scary because you have no one to guide in what you do. .

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as a negative, but through time or something you did, perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one: When I hit my brother on head for running on the road but now I realize how helpful it helped him. / Watch my dad leave. But watching that made me a better person / I fell off my bike and it was good. I fell off cause I tried more to learn and got the hang of it. / I had went to the wrong bus on the way to the house after school but ended up still arriving 1 block away from home get to go somewhere I don’t usually pass and experiences how things that has been changed / I had to go to work and I thought I was going to get all dirty but I stayed clean and got paid so it was positive / One time I broke my arm I was in so much pain but I meet so many nice doctors that helped me that I thought do good is I feel off my bike and learned how to ride it / I helped someone because I picked up someone’s phone for them / A time I perceived something as negative was when I didn’t give up so I kept on pushing even if it hurt me / I remember falling once on my bike as a little kid from there I started to learn and get better / Someone asked me to work for them, I didn’t feel like doing it but I did and was paid for doing the work and was glad

Funded By: The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: Franklin Police and Fire High School %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: June 6-8th 2017

Ages 13-15

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

Pre %YES 47 %NO 53 %Other 0 Post %YES 90 %NO 10 %Other o Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 19 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 14 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 35 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 57 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 32 % All the Time 68 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 48 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 47 % All the Time 53 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 5 % Equal 52 % Leader 43 Post % Follower 11 % Equal 42 % Leader 47 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 57 % No 43 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 62 % No 38 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 43 % No 29

% No Answer 27

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

Post % Yes 84 % No 16 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Stand up for yourself and others / Always help someone who is getting bullied / Stand up, report it / I learned that everyone is different to don’t bully / You’re never alone / Stand up for people / That I’m not alone and that I need to be confident. / To try and stop when I see it happening. Will help me and know what to do. / To speak up when needed. / Tell a teacher. / To stick up for yourself. / Stand up for people. / Because I already know how to stop bullies. / Talk it out.

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

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: No-one deserves to be bullied / I would stand-up for that person / I would stop it / I will because not everyone is equal / I would defend them / Everyone should get along / I would get them out of here and let someone know. It’s not right for people to bully. Will help me and know what to do. / To speak up when needed. / Tell a teacher. / To stick up for yourself. / Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 79 % No 16 % No Answer 5

Thoughts Shared: I learned responsibility / Always do the right choice / Not to go on peer pressure If you could control yourself it is better / I learned to never give up / Try not to change under pressure./ Help them out. / Caring for all people. / Helps me respect people better. / Do what you know is right. / I learned people go through the same stuff.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness Pre 14 %Responsibility Pre 24 %Citizenship Pre 19 Post: 5 Post: 26 Post: 21 %Trustworthiness Pre 14 %Caring Pre 24 %Respect Pre 5 Post: 11 Post: 26 Post: 5 What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 62% Post 81% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think color is based who we are as a person / I never thought about it / I don’t really care about color / It wouldn’t matter the color as long as the objective is completed / Emotions / No I haven’t / I think color is cool / I don’t know because I never thought color as anything that a shade of something to make them look better / I like nice cool colors, my favorite is navy blue / I think color explains yourself or your emotions / I think color represents expression / Some colors I feel something and some I don’t feel anything / It’s different but were all the same / I think they are good / Do not understand the question / No color is just a shade of something / Everyone is the same / Nope / I think color is just the way something looks. I believe color is an expression of what we feel and see. / I think color has an emotion like black is lonely. / I think all color is equal. / They all look good. / It looks good. / Not that often. / Blue. / I really like color. / What I think about color is, color can sometimes show how a person is and how they are. / I think color is something that helps people. / What I think about color is I don’t really think of anything. / Being emotion and resembles a person. / I think color is mood for one’s being.

Post: I feel it represent different emotions / It doesn’t matter / It’s just a color / Different colors mean different things / That color could mean feeling / Color can explain feeling emotion / It can be more than a least favorite color / That everyone work together to make color / Color has personality and character / It doesn’t matter what color you are / That when you look at color it could describe a person / Color resembles emotion / I feel the same / I don’t know / Everyone works together I liked it /It makes somethings. / I think that color doesn’t matter at all as long as the object is complete. / It means something. / That color can express feeling and help you think. / Same thing. / Color is a big thing to people. / They have a meaning behind them. / I like blue. / Color is good. / I learned that all colors are for something. / They add meaning. / Color is good. / Each of them has a different emotion. / It’s how something looks. / Brings emotions.

What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

What % gave more thought to making the world a better place.

Pre 95% Thoughts shared: Pre: By stopping bullying to make a better place / Try to make everyone have equal rights / One thing I would do to make the world a better place is to be an equal at the end / What I would do to make the world a better place is caring / Helping my family and city / Take away drugs / Help in force law in future / Try to get rid of smoke and liquor shops / End the separation of Korea / Have tougher authority / Find peace in the world / I would try to help and world hunger and cure cancer / To serve in creating a safe place / Try to get everyone to get along / Open the door for someone / I want to separate all criminals from society and put them away in a prison where they can be rehabilitated.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90.5% Post 95% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To be a undercover cop / To become a police / My most important dream is to finish education in Franklin and continue to more college and part of the law enforcement / Career / Air Force / To be a police officer / Is to be a police officer / Being a police officer / My most important dream is to play pro football / My dream is to get into the US Federal Marshall / To be the first to have a career in my family / My most important dream is to become a FBI special agent / To become an officer or military. / To successful in life / I want to become an FBI agent / To serve in the Navy Seals or Marine Corps. / To finish high school and go to college / To make it out of Franklin / I want to become a police officer and have my own family/ Serving. / I always wanted to be a botanist. / To become a soccer player. / To graduate so I can be a Marine. / My dream is going to a good college. / My most important dream is to be an aerospace engineer. / To go to college. / Dedicate my life to help people. / Play pro soccer and become a police officer. / More to another country (maybe Japan) and start a new chapter. / Become a firefighter. / Is to become a police officer. / Is to become a firefighter and not disappoint my family. / I want to be a police officer. / Being a pro boxer and being in the FBI. / An officer of the law and make my own video game.

Post: Being a botanist / C-bot / Be successful / To become a firefighter / Becoming what I want in life / Is to be in the military / To become a firefighter / Is to be pro baseball player / Being in the Air Force / Is to be under cover cop / Travel the world / To become a police officer / To accomplishing into the Marines / Becoming FBI / Is going to the military of police / FBI special agent / Is to become in officer./ Good grades. / Boxer. / Become a police officer. / Boxer and to graduate college. / Helping people. / Is for me to become a police officer. / Is to be a police officer. / Being a police officer or pro player for soccer. / My most important dream is to help people in anything. / To become pro football player. / To play pro soccer. / To make my dad proud. / My most important hope or dream is to get good grades and become a doctor. / To be a firefighter, military, and mechanic. / Having Google setup. / Is to join the US Navy. / My dream is being a fireman. / To not let my family down. / Create my own game and creating a You tube Channel.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 95% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: To face your fears head on / Be positive / Respect / Never give up / Speaking / Is be a leader for my family / Always believe in yourself / Is to always to express yourself / To never give up / Is that if you get over your fear you could reach your dreams / Never be afraid /That I can be open on what I want to achieve / Always believe / Don’t be scared / Never give up /It feels uncomfortable but you can reach it.Confidence Confidence, quality. / To respect others. / What I learned in the workshop is everyone worked together. / Speak out. / Never give up on anything and speak up. / To show respect. / To never give up. / Believe in yourself. / You’re not alone. / Respect. / Be confident in myself. / Is responsible. / Fairness. / Be confident. / Keep going./Good grades./ Work hard and to push forward no matter how hard. /To work together and you can’t do everything yourself.

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

Post 89.5% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I could express my feelings / Responsibility / How respectful I can be / I can be more than I expected / I can speak loudly / That other classmate have the same fears / To stand out / No not really That some family members look up to me / That there are just like you / I’m not alone / I don’t know / That many people can have the same fear / I can do anything / We are not all different / I did not learn something new about me / Be modest / Some people have the same problems as me.That I am more willing. / Kindness. / I can speak in front of others. / Citizenship. / I learned that I have to listen. / I can change. / I can achieve. / That I see the world in a different way. / I can do anything. / I have the same fears. / I can trust more and I care about everyone. / I can help others without knowing it. / I learned about people’s fears. / That I’m a leader and a good example. / That I have different skills. / Speaking up which I thought would have been embarrassing but it was actually okay.

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

Post 92.5% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I learn all their names / Their scared / How respect they are / Same fears as me / Speaking loudly / They have the same fear / They are afraid of clowns / Some want to be close with their family That some have sad story / That some of my friends are afraid of public speaking / They share the same fears They seen their friend die / That they have the same fear and are open / I made new friends / What new thing I learn is their hopes and dreams / We have the same problems. We all have something we want to do. / That we have a lot of things and dreams in common. / I learned their fears. / What I learned of how classmates and friends are all trustworthy. / That they are just like me. / A lot of stuff. / They have the same fear. / One person is scared of talking out and fear the same as me. / We all have a lot in common. / A lot of things have happened in their life. / I’m not alone. / They have fears as well. / I learned that I am not alone. / Same as I am. / They have the courage to stand up./ They have the many things in common with me. / Some of the classmates went through many tough times and are striving to be here.

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

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Thanks to The Margaret T. Morris Foundation, 12 young lives from Streetlight USA experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on June 10-11 2017 - #3 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 14-17.

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, not alone, understanding others. Connecting with others. Inspire others not to bully. When out in the real world, remember you’re not alone, there are others that understand what you’re going through. / You’re not alone. Look at others differently. Stop, getting to know them. Making new friends. / Honesty. Making friends. Telling an adult. Don’t lie to police. No tax fraud.

Creative story telling: Teamwork. Group projects. Protect one another. Making the world a better place. Putting out fires. / Teamwork. Sports (working together). Not as one but together. Jobs, family (brings along other character counts). / Teamwork, patience. When doing group activities, dealing with other kids. You and friends work together to talk to adults, patience. Driving, road rage, work with co-workers.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Communication and trust. Communicating with others and teachers.

Trusting friends and teachers. Communicating that it’s not what you want. Trusting others to be there and authority. Communicating about things through everyday life. / Communication and patience. You have to let people know (encouragement) they can do it. You can compare the good and bad in others, express your feelings to others. Choices you make in life maybe first you want to communicate with someone about it. / Patience. Not getting into fights. Easier to say no. No assault charges, children.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Write in a couple of words, how does it make you feel? My eyes are green. Blond. Wired. / Giggly, happy, proud. / Strong, caring. / Okay I guess. / Different. / Good, happy. / Beautiful, strong, gorgeous.

Hero: Someone World- Famous or Someone You Know, or Anyone in between: The doctor. He saves the world.

Kind, cool, funny, and makes me laugh. / Pink. There struggles, strength, and honesty. / My boyfriend because he has helped me through a lot. / My cousin Kaitlyn and Nana. She straightened me out. Kindness. / Superman he is not a superhero. I don’t have any. Handsome, sexy, nice, loving, and caring. / Auntie, inspires me. They help me be a better person. / My uncle the barber. He got out of jail when he was eighteen and went back. Spent four years and when he got out he got his own barber shop. Strong, confident.

Seeing Beyond: Skills or Tools Learned: Listening, open-minded, teamwork. In class to stay focused, participate with class. By not always jumping to conclusions. / Stop and think. Math, science, etc. Choices being made. / Think outside the box. Language and science to help with creative writing and more solutions. Sticky situations Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Confidence and strength. Believe in yourself and helps think about actions. You have strength to stick up for the person. You can succeed in life. / Respect, wanting to be better. Being a better role model. Show them they can be strong. Being there for the ones you care about. / Selfreflecting. Improve behaviors. Bully prevention. Self-improvement.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Not alone. There are others with similar dreams and hopes and what they want for the future. Helps you know there are others there for you and you can all stand together as one. There are people there to help you to understand what you don’t. / Be more positive. Show people to have a more positive outlook. To be able to reach your goals. / Admittance, honesty. Ability to take responsibility for your actions. Help stop bullying. Admitting you have an issue. (go to AA and don’t lie in court)

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

Funded By: The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: Streetlight USA %Male 0

%Female 100

Date: June 10-11, 2017

Ages 14-17

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

Pre %YES 90 %NO 10 %Other 0 Post %YES 90 %NO 10 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 100 % All the Time 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 80 % All the Time 20 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 80 % All the Time 10 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 40 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 Post % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 60 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 60 % Leader 30 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 60 % Leader 40 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 80 % No 20

% No Answer 0

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

Post % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: That I am not alone. / Be brave and outspoken. / We are not alone in problems. / Help others. / You’re not alone. / I can tell someone. / I don’t get bullied. / People don’t intervene sometimes. / I have dealt with it for a long time and am well versed with dealing with it.

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

Post % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I always would. / I already do. / Depends on who. / I would stand up for them. / I’d help. / Some of us are the same. / Tell a teacher or stop it myself.

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

Post % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I am more of a leader. / Fairness. / I’ll thing of how it helps. / Be responsible. / I don’t have trouble with peer pressure. / Self-respect. / I have been able to do this previously. / How to be kind.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness Pre 0 %Responsibility Pre 20 %Citizenship Pre 10 Post: 10 Post: 10 Post: 30 %Trustworthiness Pre 30 %Caring Pre 40 %Respect Pre 10 Post: 30 Post: 40 Post 40 What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

Thoughts shared: Help others. / Stop rude people. / Pick up trash. / Sing. / Help people going through what I am. / Give advice and paint cities. / Care for one another. / Make people listen. / If I could I would make people see that we are all equal and need to be treated as such.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 100% Post 100% Thoughts shared: Pre: Varity, emotion, relation. / Blue. / Beautiful. / I think it doesn’t matter what color you are you should be treated equal. / I think that color can depict emotion. / It is important to life. / Beautiful. / Every color is the same. / It tells a lot about people.

Post: I feel I will use it as a coping skill. / Color is important. / It can have much meaning. / I like paint. / Color has many meanings. / That it has life. / In music. / Color has a mood. / Emotion, life. / It explains life.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To have a family before I am eighteen. / To become a barber and help my family. / To be a stripper. / To be happy. / Music. / To do better for myself and have a better life. / To model. / To sing as a profession. / To get adopted or fostered. / Being genuinely happy.

Post: To model. / Be happy. / Have my barbershop and help my family. / To have a family. / To have a family. / Family. / To do better for myself. / To live happily. / Family. / My kids to turn out better than me.

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

Thoughts Shared: Teamwork. / Color and sound. / Positivity. / Patience. / To not give up. / Keep dreaming. / I am not alone. / To inspire. / Trust and responsibility.

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

Post 90% discovered something new in the workshop about yourself: Thoughts Shared: I’m brave. / That I’m not alone. / I have good memories. / Color is music. / Some of the things I’ve done or been through I’m not alone. / I don’t want to be my brother’s model for life. / I love paint. / I am not alone. / I can open up.

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

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: They have struggles I have been through. / They have been through the same things I have. / We have similar struggles. / They like green. / People have same things as you. / That we have a lot in common. / Some have similar problem. / That we share similar problems. / That they are in as much pain as others. / That someone has gone through the same type of trauma I have.

Thanks to The Margaret T. Morris Foundation, 6 young lives from Florence Crittenton Girls Ranch experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on June 12-14th, 2017 - #4 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

     

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

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 15-18 The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I? : Confidence. Don’t care what people say. Being the bigger person. Not care what others say. / Common. Everyone attend. Everyone wants to be successful.

Creative Storytelling: Working together. When doing projects, class assignments. Everyone comes together to help find a solution to end the bullying. When it comes down to businesses they work as a team. / Work together. Help each other in groups. Talk together with the people around you about the issues. Work to get ahead.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Positivity. Teach the younger kids how to be positive. Help you make good decisions. Help you get along with others and give off good energy and positive vibes. / Positivity. People being respectful. Don’t listen to the negative, stay positive. Getting further in life by being positive. Knowing you’ll accomplish things.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork. Working on projects. Coming up with a solution that solves bullying. When it comes to life, you need to work well with others when your boss assigns a project. / Teamwork. Students and teachers help each other. People help each other and teach other people not to bully. At a job you have to work with people.

Mirror Work: I am beautiful, outgoing, smart, and I’m loved. / Makes me feel good.

Hero: My brothers Danny and Chaz. Because they are supportive to me. / Jaxen. He is my son. Happy, lucky.

Seeing Beyond: Patience. Math because we need steps to understand it. Good with jobs. / Listening. Listen to learn. Listen to people.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Creativity. Help you with assignments. Using your imagination to help with the situation and ignore them. It could help with your dream goals. / Support. People being more supportive. Talk to the victim and to be supportive. People them with positive vibes and keep pushing them forward.

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as negative, but through time or something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one. When a girl was bullying another girl I and then I was bullying her. / Got taken from my mom. Got to stay with Noah. / Going to boarding school, away from home and family.

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Funded By: The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: Florence Crittenton Girls Ranch %Male 0

%Female 100

Date: June 12-14th 2017

Ages 16-18

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

Pre %YES 67 %NO 33 %Other 0 Post %YES 100 %NO 0 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 17 % Sometimes 83 % All the Time 0 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 100 % All the Time 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 17 % All the Time 83 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 50 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 0 % All the Time 100 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 17 % All the Time 83 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 50 % Leader 50 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 50 % No 17

% No Answer 33

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

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I learned that if you are being bullied tell someone. / There’s different methods that helps deal with bullying. / Be the bigger person.

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: Tell someone older or an adult. / I would tell an adult. / Come up with a solution to end the bullying.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness Pre 17 %Responsibility Pre 33 %Citizenship Pre 17 Post: 33 Post: 0 Post: 0 %Trustworthiness Pre 17 %Caring Pre 0 %Respect Pre 17 Post: 17 Post: 33 Post: 0

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

Post % Yes 83 % No 17 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Trust, help, teamwork, and communication.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 83% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I don’t know. / It is beautiful and bright. / I think color just represents moods. / Color is a way to express yourself. / Color is beautiful. I love bright colors. They make me joyful! / Blue.

Post: Color can be used for your feelings. / Color is a beautiful thing. / Colors have different meanings. / Color can be different and mean things. / Beautiful. / Blue.

What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

What % gave more thought to making the world a better place.

Pre 83% Thoughts shared: Pre: I don’t know. / Not to throw trash on the ground. / I don’t know maybe just helping others out when they need it. / Volunteer in community service. / Stop the violence. / Respect.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 100% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To graduate and make something out of myself. / Dream. / Finishing high school and going to college to be a vet. / Is to make something out myself. / To do good in life. / To have a healthy baby soon.

Post: Is finish high school and go to college. / Be successful. / Have a masters degree in nursing. / To graduate and become something. / Dream. / Have healthy baby.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 67% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Is keep moving forward no matter what. / Have a reminder. / Never give up. / I don’t know. / Be good mom.

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

Post 83% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Not to be shy cause I’m always shy. / That people have stuff in common with me. / I have fears I am not scared of anymore. / Painting new things. / Be brave.

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

Post 83% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That we all are similar in a way. / They have stuff in common. / We have the same fears. / We all have something in common. / I don’t know. / They have been through a lot.

Thanks to Margaret T. Morris Foundation, 11 young lives from Durango Juvenile Center experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on June 12-14th, 2017 - #5 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

     

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

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 13-17.

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

Who am I? : Honesty, no fear, respect. Trust from your teachers. Standing up to bullies. Can get you opportunities. / Respect. You can’t be judged. You won’t judge other people. / No fear. Cause you’re not scared of school. Cause you don’t fear the bully. You do what you have to do to reach your goals.

Creative Storytelling: Teamwork, cooperation, fun. Cooperate with your teachers. Takes teamwork to stop. If you don’t have fun, you’re not pursuing life. / Confidence. You don’t care what people think. You don’t care what they say. Don’t what anybody says. / Honest with others. Knowing they can count on you. Communicating like you shouldn’t do that. More people jobs.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Speaking up, be yourself, courage. Not afraid to ask questions. If someone tries making you peer pressure, speak up. Be not afraid to follow your dreams. / Showing who you are, knowledge. Being yourself and not following other. You respect your own decision. You become a leader not a follower. / Be yourself, someone to look up to. You don’t have to worry and someone you’re not. Cause you’re not alone to deal with peer pressure.

Through the Hoops: Trust, fun, communication. Communicate in school when you have group work. Talk to someone about it to help out. You have to trust people in life so you can learn trust. / Using what you got, teamwork. Be a team player, using what you got. Step up for others and supportive and encourage to stop the bullying. You learning things through rights and wrongs. / Courage, learning to look at life a different way. To try in school and to pass. If you’re not applied to school, you’re putting your life down. To tell bullies to step down.

To get past the bad habits and go up in life.

Mirror Work: Feel better bout myself. / It makes me feel proud because I am proud of who I am. / Good. / It makes me feel real good because am a real respectful person inside. / Makes me feel nothing. / Powerful, strong, upbeat. / It make me feel good. / Self-confidence, able to tell myself I can do better in life. / It feels kinda weird. I don’t do that every day.

Hero: I am my own hero. Because I am determined when I put my mind to do something. They have to be determined. / He’s a person who lives without fear. Because he makes music and lives peacefully. Responsible, caring, trustworthy, cooperative, honest. / He had my back when stuff got real and showed me how to be smarter.

My homie J. He was there when I was homeless and he helped me with my problems. / Emiliano Zapata.

Zapata was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920, during which he formed and commanded the Liberation Army of the South. Respect. / Lil Wayne. Because when I listen his music, it makes me zone out. / My dad. Cause he treats me good even though I was taking out my problems on him, he is still here for me.

Trustworthy and caring. / Superman. Because they are strong and help you through life. Honest, respectful, caring. / My mother, my hero. Because she being here for me every time something happen of when I didn’t feel good. Respect and caring. / My brother is my hero. He taught me a lot of what’s good and bad. Responsibility, knowledge, social, fun. / I don’t understand. That he’s a good fighter and he ain’t scared of nothing. / Seeing Beyond: Imagination, teamwork. Use in English class because without it would be able to read. Gotta work together to be successful. / Trust and honesty and creativity and teamwork. You have to trust your partner on projects. It gets you to open up in life with others.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Think before you act. Think before you disrespect teachers. If someone ask you to do drugs. / Listen and obey and think before you act. You listen before you do your work and do what they say, teachers and staff. It makes life easier. / Obey. You’re gonna obey the rules and be successful.

You’re gonna obey the rules to life for you don’t die young.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Self-respect. Respect your own decisions. Don’t listen to what a bully says because you know yourself better than him. Have to have self-respect to apply in life. / Open-minded, imagination, self-respect. You have to be open to what they teach you. Treat others how you wanna be treated. Visualize new things in life. / No fear. No fear to reaching new goals. To stand up to the bully and defend the person getting bullied. No fear to reaching new goals in life.

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 lost my shirt I get angry but then I know I can get it back if I stop talking and listen. That everything is temporary. / I didn’t wanna go to the store with my dad and we argued over it so I eventually went and when I got there I got out of the car and found $20 on the ground. IDK. / I went to the store and found I had no money and somebody paid for me. Check your pockets. / When my mom told me not to get home late with my friends but I actually came home on time. That next time I ain’t gonna go with them. / When my mama told me to wash the dishes and I didn’t and they got filled to the top and then the next time she told me to do it and I did it. To do what my mother tell me to do so nothing will happen. / When I was 14 I was a bad student for a whole year until I knew I wasn’t doing any good and so I changed to solve the problem. Being a good person will do you good in life. / My friends wanted to hit a lick on someone’s house and I didn’t do it and my friends ended up getting caught. That I need to listen to my intuition more often.

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Funded By: Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: Durango Juvenile Facility %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: June 12-14th 2017

Ages 13-17

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

Pre %YES 50 %NO 50 %Other 0 Post %YES 90 %NO 10 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 75 % All the Time 25 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 40 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 25 % All the Time 75 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 70 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 50 Post %Not at all 0 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 60 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 33 % Leader 67 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 20 % Leader 80 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 42 % No 58 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 92 % No 8 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 67 % No 25

% No Answer 8

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

Post % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Treat people you want to be treated. / How to believe and not be scared. / To stand up. / You using self-respect.

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

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would tell them to stop or ask why they are doing it. / I would step up for others. / I would try to talk to them. / I’ll fight the bully. / Yes because am a respectful person.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness Pre 8 %Responsibility Pre 17 %Citizenship Pre 17 Post: 20 Post: 40 Post: 10 %Trustworthiness Pre 17 %Caring Pre 33 %Respect Pre 8 Post: 0 Post: 10 Post: 20 Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 42% Post 80% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think color is very wonderful. / It’s colorful. / No. / No. / My favorite color is purple. / I don’t understand what you mean by color. / Your race. / No, not really. / Color is something bright.

Post: Color means a lot of can depict moods. / It’s colorful. / That it’s okay to work with stuff you don’t like. / Yes what your true color is. / Your race. / That it’s only a color. / Knowing your worst color is your best dream. / Color can express your emotions.

What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

What % gave more thought to making the world a better place.

Pre 67% Thoughts shared: Pre: I would make bad places a better place. / To live life the right way and hope people can to. / Not let people starve. / Nothing. / Not have Donald Trump. / Help people. / I don’t know if I financially stable, donate to those who need. / To be honest I have no idea. / To stop all the cool stuff that starts it. / Treat everyone with respect. / Don’t mess with it. / Get rid of drugs and gangs.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 75% Post 90% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My dream is to be in college basketball. / To stay out of trouble and live life the right way. / Being a role model. / To get my life straight. / To be successful and to support my family like they did with me. / A barber. / Is to be in a position where I’m successful the rest of my life. / To be able to graduate high school with a diploma. / Is to be a professional football player. / I want to complete high school.

Post: To be successful. / Being a rapper. / To live life the right way. / Being successful. / To move from current negative things. / Dream is to be healthy. / To move my family out my hood. / To become a boxer. / Is to become somebody I wanted to me. / To be successful in life. I now believe myself more what I want. / Yes because it is right to do you sometimes. / I can have more respect. / Fairness you always gotta be fair One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I need to follow my dreams and not let obstacles hold me back. / Self-confidence. / To be yourself and fairness with yourself. / Not being on probation. / Be patient. / To always believe in myself. / To not care what anybody says. / Is to have self-confidence. / Be determined to reach my dream.

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

Post 80% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I am a lot more smart and well-spoken that I thought. / Courage. / That I am a good person, responsibility. / Nothing. / I have similar fears. / I can get along. / That I’m not the only one. / Is knowing how to communicate. / I’m a great listener.

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

Post 80% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That my unit mate Valenzula likes to dance too. / Trustworthiness. / That it’s okay to work with people because they got the problems as you. / Nothing. / They all have fears. / They’re almost like me. / That they’re just people I work with. / Communicated. / They have a lot of respect.

Thanks to The Margaret T. Morris Foundation, 15 young lives from SEF Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on June 19-21st, 2017 - #6 of 6 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

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

     

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

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

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

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

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 13-17.

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

Who am I? : Learned that I ain’t allow. Knowledge. Speak what is true. What you develop. / Social skills.

Salesman, personable. Talk it out. Respect. / To pay attention and listen, catch, speak. Listen to teacher, learn about and understand people. Speak how you feel even if different so you can see both sides. Introduce who you are where you’re from. / Social skills and team building. Learning, participation, motivation. N/A (it doesn’t). Life skills help future.

Creative Storytelling: Responsibility. To always be responsible. / Teamwork. People skills. Everybody cool. Get stuff done easier. / Creative, responsibility. Communicate, brainstorm, disagree/agree. To show respect to others and to yourself. Let people know what can happen in life. / Teamwork, cooperation. Group work. Be yourself. Be a leader.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Take steps day by day. Day by day. Realize the negative and notice positive. Taking small steps. / Appreciating yourself. Knowing your worth. Controlling your actions. Help you succeed. / Learn how to speak your mind. Speak up. Make your own decisions. Move on, go forward. / Everybody has a role model. Use it for motivation. Ask your model what they would do. Grow up to be your role model, be yourself. Live life to the fullest.

Through the Hoops: Working together and using what you have . By using your resources to succeed in life.

Saying stop it now and asking for help. By pushing through and finishing what you started and staying on track. / Teamwork. Teamwork. Teamwork. Teamwork. / Go through obstacles. Ask for help. Tell an adult. Try hard. / Teamwork, perseverance, 5 senses. Never stop. Avoid being a follower. There are always obstacles. Some obstacles are difficult than others.

Mirror Work: Angry, insecure, pretty. / Cute. / Joyful, confident. / Makes me feel hopeful. / Great. / It makes me feel good. / Good. / It makes me feel good. / It feels nice.

Hero: My homie – Batman. / S.P.M. Now I feel all the time. / My homie. He’s like a father figure. He know how I feel. / Kodak Black. Because he’s a young black man that was in and out of jail but still make his dream come true. Came from nothing, now he something. Fairness, loving, caring. / Pops. Because they’re in my life. Something they done. / My son and family. Because they changed my ways. Responsibility. / My mom. Because of her, I will not fall. For her kids, she’ll risk it all. She is my world. Someone I can look up to. / They supported me. Responsibility, caring. / Dylan Rieder. He didn’t care what anybody thought. You couldn’t pay him to do something he didn’t want to. He brought a new skate style to the world. Leader, honesty. / My mom. Because they’re always there for me and want me to do good. Care, help, and respect. / 2Pac. Because he made some people realize that violence isn’t the way to go. / Mom. There from Day 1.

Never giving up on a goal. My moma don’t never give up. / My mom and dad is my hero. I think they’re important because they raised me and they love me. Nothing. / Rocky Balboa. Persistence, determination. Never gives up no matter his opponent. / He was the only father figure I ever had. Trustworthiness, happier, leadership, mentor.

Seeing Beyond: Observation skills. All subjects because you should observe because you can learn more and be smarter. Always make sure you know your surroundings and are aware of what’s going on. / 6 senses.

Science, history. Explore things. / Use senses. Use what we know to get the answer. Visualize, apply in life, dream it. / 4 senses. Science. If you’re blind. If you’re looking for stuff (like the Matrix).

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Motivation. Have the motivation to finish school. To see the bigger picture. / Confidence. Never stop giving up. Good outcome. / Confidence. Ask questions even when you don’t want to.

Try your best every day. / Willingness. Go on to college, be somebody. Learn from your mistakes, think before you act.

Drawing One’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: How to work with each other. Projects. Work with each other. Motivating each other. / Some stuff in common. Lots of friends. Never get bullied. Build stronger relationship. / That we’re not alone. Connect with others. Express ourselves. Face our fears. / We all have fears. Education is success. We all have fears, bullies. Overcome your fears to be a better person.

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as negative, but through time or something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one. When I had stole my friends stuff so my other friend could get his stuff back. / I was feeling bad for stealing some money but I was feeling happy because I give it to someone that need it. / The time when I was taken away from my mother because she was dealing weed and bath salts. Now I see it as an experience that I can learn and grow from. I see that I have a better life because my mother has custody of us. / I thought treatment was a waste of time till I completed it. / I got out the streets to be a better person and help my momma. / Mad, anger, scared, giving up, sad. Adult jail. / Turning myself in a little while ago. / At home chilling with negative peers here learning new things. / I was doing some illegal stuff and I thought it was bad because I could get in trouble for it but after time I saw it as a positive because I was making money. / A time like this is when staff said they weren’t allowed to share food because past events they don’t share food to keep it safe. / When I first started coming here I thought this was bad now I know not to come back. / Right now I’m sad and a little mad that I’m here at SEF but I know I will be happy when I leave and go home to my mom and dad. / Going to court and getting locked up, but then while I’m in here getting stuff done that I wouldn’t have gotten done on the outs. / I’m not sure. Everything in life I see as negative. I may laugh and smile, but that doesn’t mean I’ll ever be positive and happy. I’ll always be negative and no one can change that.

Funded By: The Margaret T. Morris Foundation Location: SEF Juvenile Facility %Male 100

%Female 0

Date: June 19-21st 2017

Ages 13-17

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

Pre %YES 38 %NO 56 %Other 6 Post %YES 72 %NO 21 %Other 7 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 31 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 43 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 6 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 44 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 29 % All the Time 71 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 39 % All the Time 69 Post %Not at all 14 % Sometimes 14 % All the Time 71 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 25 % Leader 69 % No Answer 6 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 29 % Leader 71 % No Answer 0 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 44 % No 56 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 56 % No 38

% No Answer 6

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

Post % Yes 64 % No 36 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Helping each other. / Stand up for one another and that no one’s different. / I learn how to speak up. / Speak up. / Take a stand.

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: Help out. / It always makes you good to help someone out. / Speak up. / I’m gonna help. / Getting beat up. / I would have done something even before.

Which Character Count Trait would you most like the workshop to help you improve on? %Fairness Pre 6 %Responsibility Pre 13 %Citizenship Pre 6 Post: 7 Post: 21 Post: 21 %Trustworthiness Pre 13 %Caring Pre 25 %Respect Pre 31 Post: 7 Post: 14 Post: 7

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

Post % Yes 71 % No 29 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: How to be open. / Everyone’s different. / I know how respect own decision do I made my own. / Be steadfast. / Take a stand.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 64% Post 79% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think we’re all equal. / I never thought bout it. / I don’t see color as a thing to judge people on. / My skin. / Skin color. / I think color is important because it expresses who you are. / Usually black. / Black because most of important it’s the color my skin and to mean it means power. / No. / I believe color bring happiness to others. / Never really thought about it. / No I have never thought about color. / Color is in almost everything. / I think color can show a person what life is really like.

Post: Greatness. / Skin. / Skin color. / Color is in everything. / I still don’t know. / It makes me see much clearer now. / It is still all equal. / Race. / Nothing. / IDK. / Color is everywhere. / It’s fun. / I think color expresses who you are. / Black.

What is one thing you would do to make the world a better place?

What % gave more thought to making the world a better place.

Pre 63% Thoughts shared: Pre: Family. / Make people realize life is better than what it seems. / I would donate money to charities. / Happy my people and my family. / I can’t help the world. / Bring everybody together. / I would cure cancer. / Stop crime. / Let Persians come to the U.S. / For me build more understanding with others. / I don’t think anyone can do anything to make the world a better place. / I dunno. / Stop all the fighting and problems.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 94% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Is to go to the Marines. / Is to have the life I want. / To graduate high school and get a job to support family. / I am going to be an All-American in college wrestling. / I will see my mom. / To change. / Is becoming a rapper. / For people to realize I’m no different than them. / To become the best man and rapper. / Be a millionaire. / IDK. / Build better family relation. / Is to not grow older and struggle. / Raising my baby boy right. / To have life set for me and my family. / To become sober and get real with my life.

Post: Love. / Talk with my family. / To have life set for me and my family. / Live wealthy. / Is to get out of SEF. / Make me and my family happy. / College wrestling. / To get a job and support mom and dad. / Be successful. / Be wealthy. / Make the world a better place. / Being a father and becoming a rapper. / Is to have a normal life and family.

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

Thoughts Shared: Being open. / Fame / We all the same. / Communicating with others. / Don’t give up. / I can do anything in life. / Was trust and respect. / Self-confidence. / Make my own decisions. / Don’t give up. / Keep trying. / Never give up, visualize. / Be confident. / Willingness.

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

Post 57% discovered something new about themselves in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Great speaker, motivation. / None. / I share some fears with others. / Nothing. / I don’t really know. / I do have fears. / I am good at communicating. / I learned more how to express my feelings. / A lot in common with other kids. / Everyone can relate. / I like pink. / We all got things in common. / Nothing.

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

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

Thoughts Shared: They’re helpful. / None. / They have the same fear. / We all been through similar things. / We all have something in common. / Same have the same dreams and fears. / They been through the same stuff. / We all been through something. / Same goals. / We’re G’s. / Commonalities. / We got things in common. / They are just like me.

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

Thank you The Margaret T. Morris Foundation for believing in our mission and vision. For your understanding that each and every child is deserving to be inspired and empower with the tools to make better life choices. Today because of your support, they are109 more youth that are much closer to finding their gifts and they are able to share it with the world around them.

Most sincerely,

Robert J Miley CEO and Founder Office- 302 W. Monroe- in Downtown Phoenix Mailing-332 W. Lynwood Phoenix, AZ 85003 info@release the fear.org www.releasethefear.org