THE REASON TO DISCOVER U
Thank you for Believing in our Dreams of a Brighter Tomorrow = Releasing the Fear 2013. .
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Thanks to the foresight and generosity of 5 year old Hannah
Forstrom & Family, 29 students of Heard Elementary School were able to experience a Bridging Possibilities Workshops. So they were able to get Inspired & empowered them with the tools to make better life choices . . .
Is to be true to myself and think good about myself� -A.T.
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hat: Release the Fear, a non-profit health and human services organization,
exists to counter the effects of violence in our society. 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.
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ow: These programs stimulate whole-brain thinking & develop metacognitive
thought processing. In other words, these programs demonstrate options which awaken a creative consciousness and expose the unlimited potential of critical thinking and problem solving. Our facilitators guide participants through interactive creative activities and analytically explore the connectedness to their lives. 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
invaluable core life skills and better critical problem solving and a healthy sense of understanding self and others. Through the RTF programs, participants discover that anything is possible, that they have a purpose in life and why they matter to the world, to community and most of all to themselves.
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ransformation: Money spent on intervention for detained youth results in
dramatically fewer dollars spent later on incarceration of adults. The cost imposed by a typical career criminal is estimated to be upwards of 2.3 million dollars. A $100.00 contribution from compassionate, concerned donors allows one detained youth to begin the process of becoming a productive community member rather than entering a world of adult prison, permanent criminal records and life as a social liability.
Release the Fear, Inc. –Bridging of Possibilities TURNING PAIN INTO POSSIBILITIES, POSSIBILITIES INTO PURPOSE.
. . OPENING THE YOUNG MINDS OF YOUTH FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW©
302 West Monroe Street Phoenix, Arizona Mailing ~332 West Lynwood Street Phoenix Arizona 602-818-6959 ~ info@releasethefear.org ~ www.releasethefear.org
TURNING PAIN INTO POSSIBILITIES, POSSIBILITIES INTO PURPOSE.
. . OPENING THE YOUNG MINDS OF YOUTH FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW©
RELEASE THE FEAR PROGRAMS WILL HAVE SERVED 790 IN 2012 and will served more than 900 youth in 2013 and projects serving over 1,000 Valley youth in 2014 with your help. . . This year we are proud to say through your support Release the Fear’s “Bridging Possibilities” Program was able to positively impact 29 additional kids.
“In the workshop I Learned to believe in myself” –Miguel P.
Comparison of Recidivism Rates for Detention, RTF, and Overall Juvenile and Probation Recidivism Rates 88%
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80% 77.19% 76% 74.0% 72.0% 72% 70.0%
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60% RTF, Overall Not Recidivating
RTF, Multiple Sessions Not Recidivating
All Juveniles Not Recidivating, FY08
Juveniles Completing Probation, Not Recidivating FY08
Detention Overall Recidivism
Above Graph was provided by Maricopa County statistics office. The effectiveness of Release the Fear’s workshops on the reduction of recidivism rate for the period of March 2009 thru March 2010 Statistics from Maricopa County’s Juvenile Probation Department demonstrate that, while the overall recidivism of incarcerated youth hovers around 30%, youth participating in one IOBP workshop recidivate only 22.8% of the time, and those participating in multiple IOBP workshops recidivate at only 16.2%. Due to the rippling effects of IOBP and similar workshops, we have learned that seven times the number of participants realizes positive impact because of the workshops. Vanderbilt University researcher Mark A. Cohen recently revised earlier (1998) estimates of the value of saving a high-risk youth. By age 18, Dr. Cohen now estimates the value as $2.6 to $5.3 million at age 18, clearly demonstrating the valuable economic impact of Release the Fear’s IOBP workshops and recidivism rates.
Release the Fear, Inc. –Bridging of Possibilities TURNING PAIN INTO POSSIBILITIES, POSSIBILITIES INTO PURPOSE.
. . OPENING THE YOUNG MINDS OF YOUTH FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW©
302 West Monroe Street Phoenix, Arizona Mailing ~332 West Lynwood Street Phoenix Arizona 602-818-6959 ~ info@releasethefear.org ~ www.releasethefear.org
2012Pre / Post Survey Results of 790 Participants a 35.55% Increase from 2011 RELEASE THE FEAR, Inc. RELEASE THE FEAR 2007 ~ 2012 KEY SURVEY QUESTION PERCENTAGES & TOTAL SERVED - SIX YEARS RUNNING RELEASE THE FEAR 2012 OVERALL PERCENTAGES Pre/Post Survey Results 790 Students (38 PB Workshops, 3 Discover U Summer Camps, 6 PRC Cultural Workshops) Male 62.7% Female 37.3% – Youth Ages 9-20 84.32% discovered something new about themselves 89.76% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 61.73% compared to Post 77.85% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 88.49% compared to Post 96.46% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 83.56% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 86.95% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. RELEASE THE FEAR 2011 Served 583 Students RTF Pre/Post Survey Results of 32 Bridging Possibilities Workshops Male 68.3% Female 31.7% – Youth Ages 9-17 85.3% discovered something new about themselves 93.7% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 59.4% compared to Post 78.6% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 84.9% compared to Post 97.5% realized that they can make their dreams a reality . RELEASE THE FEAR 2010 Served 540 2010 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results of (29 IO-PB Workshops) Female 31.5% – Male 68.5% – Youth Ages 11-17 92.5% discovered something new about themselves 93.5% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 57.6% compared to Post 73.2% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 91.8% compared to Post 99.6% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. RELEASE THE FEAR 2009 Served 615 2009 RTF Pre/Post Results 36% Female – 64% Male – Youth Ages 10 – 17 and 15 Adults 95% discovered something new about themselves. 93% discovered something new about their classmates and friends. Pre 58% compared to Post 76% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 54% compared to Post 71% realized their dreams can be a part of their reality. RELEASE THE FEAR 2008 Served 488 2008 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results 53% Female - 47% Males -Youth Ages 10 - 21 89% Discovered something new about themselves 90% Discovered something new about their classmates and friends. Pre 53% compared to Post 70 % Realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 44 % compared to Post 75 % Participants realized their dreams are part of their reality. RELEASE THE FEAR 2007 Served 400 2007 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results 63% Female - 37% Males -Youth Ages10 - 21 78% Discovered something new in the workshop. 81% Discovered something new about classmates/friends. Pre 44.9% compared to Post 75.1% Realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 64 % compared to Post 97.1% Participants realized their dreams are part of their reality
These measurements demonstrate a change in client awareness, knowledge, skill, behavior, choices and actions. Besides the Pre and Post quantifying results of the “Bridging Possibilities” programs, we also engage participants in a group reflection after each exercise. Besides the findings of how these exercises will help them in their daily lives at home or school, there are many subtle yet significant impacts we deliver through the programs. For instance, students taking turns being team leaders to abstract inquiry from their peers. For some of these participants, it is the first time in their life they had to take on this role as leader and /or even communicate on that level. They share with us that this helps them with their own confidence and the understanding of others. We also give reflective take away assignments day one of the workshop and also day two. These assignments our given to strengthen what the participants have experienced from that day, as tools and thought to carry them forward into the following day and share with their peers their findings. After day one for example: Mirror work: Look at Yourself in the eyes 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? WHO IS YOUR HERO, Someone World-Famous or Someone You Know, or anyone in between? First do a Drawing of Your Hero on the Back, then write about them. Why do you think they are important? Many incredible revelations come from this reflective assignment. One particular participant at one of the detention centers shared with our trainer Michael; This student was a big 17-year-old guy, who said that he boxed in high school. Michael asked him how the mirror work made him feel? He replied;” tickle”, Michael asked, what do you mean tickle? He said when he looked in the mirror, and said those words “I like you or love you just the way you are”, he got a tickle. He said, ”he realized that he always wanted someone to say those words to him his whole life and realized he can say them to himself.” All the students are encouraged to continue this twice a day for one-week to assess the difference of how they feel about themselves. The other part of this assignment is to identify your Hero, many of them, for the first time are able to identify someone close to them that they consider a Hero. The balance of this assignment, after the sharing with group the next day is to share with the person that they’ve never shared with that they there are their Hero. Many of the heroes are moms and dads, brothers and sisters... they according to majority of participants, never heard that they were their hero. This long term Bridging of understanding of their supporters/hero’s is instrumental to help carry experiences of this workshop forward. Because young people are usually thought of only as individuals receiving services, we often forget that many youth are also capable of giving something back to a program or organization. Activities such as youth leadership programs, parent and youth advisory councils, and mentorship’s give both youth and parent the opportunity to participate in programs in ways that help them and others reach their personal and professional goals. As demonstrated in the Mikayla’s story, shared success story from this program.
Release the Fear, Inc. –Bridging of Possibilities
Seeing Beyond, Self Discovery. . .
"Having these youth at a very young age realize their individual Can-Do power and unique gift that each of them have to offer the world. This effort is not just about humanity, it is about economics. We must continue our work to curtail violence; change perceptions and help young minds realize their dreams can become a reality.” Robert J. Miley, Founder/CEO of Release the Fear, Inc. Release the Fear, Inc. ––The Bridging of Possibilities
Budget Narratives, Bridging Possibilities (BP) Workshop Budget for an Bridging Possibilities (BP) Workshop Release the Fear’s - Bridging Possibilities Workshop RELEASE THE FEAR, INC Program Budget:
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Bridging Possibilities Workshop Sessions
Breakdown Per Workshop Proposed Budget Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Lead facilitator
680.00
Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations:
300.00
Pre/Post Inventories
150.00
Final Report, Design & Assembly Supplies and Other Workshop
70.00
Art &Printed Supplies / Snacks Recognition for Students, Snacks & Postage, Marketing Internal Coordination, Support
80.00
& Workshop Preparation
260.00
Travel Expenses
50.00
60.00
1,650.00
Release the Fear, Inc. ––The Bridging of Possibilities
UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF COMMUNICATION… ONE THING I LEARNED IN THE WORKSHOP THAT WILL HELP ME REACH MY DREAM…
“How to let my fear go when I thought I couldn’t” -M.M
Thanks to the Hannah Forstrom & Family, 29 young lives from Heard Elementary School experienced their Possibilities. This workshop took place on April 24-26, 2013. Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops. Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:
Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Awaken Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.
The students are divided into four groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations. The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public. Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group. These responses are written in their words without edit. The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 12-14. The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)? Who am I? : Knowledge. Not judging people, make friends. Don’t judge people et to know them. Don’t judge people. / How to respect others. Get respected back. Know what they like and what we like. To make other people happy. / Don’t judge a book by its cover. You get to know about people. We can learn about other races and not judge. How people’s personalities are. / Don’t judge. You’ll make more friends. You won’t judge. Others will be kind because you don’t judge them. Creative Storytelling: Memory and creating a story. Tell a story about the work. Try to create a way to get out. Memorize things and tell a story. / You can find pictures in doodles. By seeing different things. / We can see our drawings from a different perspective. We can share our ideas with other students. Other people can see the problems in bullying. By showing our different thinking with another. / See things in other perspectives or ways people might not always see the same things you see. Work better with classmates. You could imagine how the person being bullied feels. Instead of looking things in a negative way you can look at things in positive way. Through the Hoops: Teamwork, trust one another. Help others. To figure out how to defeat them. Rely on people to help. / Teamwork. To help each other out with work. You can help him/her with their problems. You will learn how to work with people. / Teamwork and trust. You will use it by group work. You can try to make friends with the bully. We can learn to help, trust people we hardly know. / Teamwork, trustworthiness, responsibility. Group activity. People can stop bullying, make a difference. People will be able to trust, you, and you to others.
Reflective Take Away Assignment: Team learned to work together to get questions right. Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are. I feel good the way I just. / Good, as if nobody could judge me. / This makes me feel like I can do anything in life. / It makes me feel proud. / It makes me feel wanted and confident. / Confident, strong, smart, courageous, and helpful. / I felt good, awesome, loved and liked. / It made me feel confident. / It makes me feel better about myself. Convinces me that I can do the things people say I can’t. / When I was looking in the mirror what I could see from my eyes is that it tells my life in a story and could see my personality. I felt calm and good about myself. / Strange. / I feel the same because when I saw myself in the mirror I was looking the same. / Just the way you are because I don’t want to change it. / Loved, safe, beautiful. / It makes me feel happy, healthy, and relief. / Happy, courage, comfortable, proud. / I feel like I’m not being honest to myself, but at the same time I feel special. / I don’t feel like I’m being honest to my self. / It makes me feel happy and proud. / It makes me proud of myself. It also make me feel confident. / Self-confident, happy. / It makes me feel great and awesome. / I feel awesome. / Happy, good , cool, excited, glad, open, proud. It makes me feel happy and proud. Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? My hero is my friends. They are important to me. / Abraham Lincoln was a major reason why the Union won the Civil War and why we have no slaves today. He was a hard working honest man. He is one of the greatest presidents we have had. He led the victory to the Civil War and freed most of the slaves. / Christ. Because he died for us. / Police officers. They important because they put bad people in jail. / Cesar Chavez. Fought for Mexican rights, hunger strike, and gave Mexicans respect. He’s important because he fought against Mexican rights. / Dad. He works hard, honest, strong, smart and I love him. / My sister because she has a good family, good job and a lot of money. In my family she is my favorite because she helps out everyone. She is honest and she has a good life. / My mom is my hero because she encourages me to achieve my goals. / My mom. She’s helpful and makes me feel better about my life. / My hero is a soccer player named Messi. He’s important because I started playing soccer by watching him play. / This hero you can’t see but you can feel it might sound weird but I think he is a real super hero and everyone should have him as a super hero. Some people say he does not exist but I do but to be honest I don’t know how God looks of even anyone. My hero is God. God is important to me because he died for us and turn my life around and he is there for me. / God. Because he made me. / I think Hulk is important because he could protect the world from bad guys and he could destroy anything like buildings, cars, and other things. / Jesus. He died in the cross for me. / My mom. I think my mom is important because she cares about me a lot and I love her and she is always nice and honest. She is very generous. / My hero is my mom. My mom is my hero because she is always making me feel happy and she also cares about me. / My mom is my superhero because she’s been through a lot for me! / My dad is a hard working person. He’s really smart and he is from Durango, Mexico. I think he’s important because he has a job but he thinks that family comes first and he helps me a lot when I need help. / My mom is my hero because every time there’s an obstacle in her way she always gets through it and most of my life she raised all my sisters. By herself with no help so I believe she’s the strongest person for being there not only for me and my sisters but for people outside of our home. / My hero is my mom and my dad. My mom and dad are important to me because they made me and I look up to them. They help me when I need help. / My hero are my teachers. My hero are my teachers because they teach me so I can achieve my goals/dreams. / I don’t have one but most likely my dad. He is my role model. / My heroes are my parents. I think they’re important because they made me get good education to get a good job. / It the Marines. They are important to me because they protect our country. / My hero is Superman. I think they’re important because they save the world and protect us from bad people.
Seeing Beyond: How to describe, be specific, listen to detail. Writing and science because you have to describe your writing. You can describe items for what you want. / Using your mind and senses. It will help in science by using your mind and what you know. You can maybe try to explain or guess something. / Honesty and trustworthiness. Geometry explain the symmetric shape. By trying to explain a vacation. / Honesty, teamwork, we used mind of eye. Reading and writing, and science, math. They give you variable in equations in math and you have to find out what they are and in certain problems that you have to use your imagination to solve them. Learn how to respect people and you’re honest with people, and they will see you’re honest and they will be able to trust you.
Thanks for the help, Inspiring & empowering kids with the tools to make better life choices . . .
Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Sharing better, concentrating. Seeing things from a different perspective. People will have to respect each other know that you are not the only one with a fear. To picture things better, relating music with color. / To mix colors and design. To know how to draw. By cleaning your mind. Knowing art. / How to feel comfortable around people. Help student with bullying. Take a step back and look at what is happening. By looking further than what you see. / Turning negative things into positive things. You will have a better attitude around others. If you are the bully you will have a more positive attitude. You will be more respectful and honest. 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 my dog ran away I was sad then the next day it came back and I was very happy. / I perceived a toy because it was cool. / I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn’t sure. Perceived that it was going to be a nice day. / My first day in school I thought kids were going to be mean to me but I ended up being friends with everyone. / I saw when I had to move how good my friends were and I was also in the end. I got new friends and many other things and I still see old friends. / When I was going to 7 th grade I thought it was going to be hard and was not going to make friends but I was wrong. I like it. I was a bit hard and I made friends. / When I use to hang out with the crowd then my mom always told me not to hang out with them and I always thought she did just wanted to make me mad but now I see what she was talking about cuz I see how they act and it just sad because I use to be with that crowd. / When I was small I got F’s and D’s and now I got B’s and C’s. / When I was starting 7th grade I thought it was going to be hard and a lot of work, but then I noticed. / My Auntie wanted me to watch her kids while they went out. First I was sad, but the kids turned to be fun. / One experience that I was negative is when I yelled at my mom and the positive thing is that I never yelled at her. / One experience that I thought was negative was when I lied to my parents. I thought it was very negative and I was ashamed at myself. But later I thought about it and I think it was positive and I learned my lesson. / I didn’t want to go to my grandma’s house but after I didn’t want to leave. / When I got my shoes I thought it was going to be negative because they shoes look ugly and when I wire them t turn positive. / 1 thing that turned out negative was a test I thought it was going to be bad and turn out positive when I got my test results. / One day I didn’t want to eat broccoli but once I ate one I figured out that it doesn’t taste very bad. / First, I thought Release the Fear was going to be boring but as time goes on it was fun. / One Saturday my mom told me that we were going to go watch my aunt’s kids while she went out. This made me feel sad. I was actually fun because the kids did things that were funny and they were very energetic so there was a lot of playing around. / Before I felt regretful for what I did but then I felt that it was necessary. / When I thought negative I was sad and depressed everything but when I help a little kid, it made me happy and I started thinking positive.
Color: How different music brings color to the mind’s eye. See how important stuff is. How people work together.
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SAMPLE WORKSHEET
Seeing Beyond, Self Discovery
Funded By: Hannah Forstrom & Family Location: Heard Elementary School %Male 68
%Female 32
Dates: April 24-26 2013
Ages 12-14
Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do? Pre %YES 76 %NO 18 %Maybe 3 % No Answer 3 Post %YES 87 %NO 10 %Maybe 3 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others. Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 71 % All the Time 18 Post % Not at all 10 % Sometimes 66 % All the Time 24 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true. Pre % Not at all 14 % Sometimes 54 % All the Time 29 % No Answer 3 Post % Not at all 3 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 45 Rate this statement: I feel comfortable making my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure. Pre % Not at all 14 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 25 Post % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 52 % All the Time 41 Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 11 % Equal 46 % Leader 40 % No Answer 3 Post % Follower 3 % Equal 45 % Leader 55 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 36 % No 64 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 68 % No 29 % No Answer 3 Did you do anything? % Yes 61 % No 29 % No Answer 10 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying? Post % Yes 93 % No 7 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Step away. / Say stop. / I learn to walk away and work as a team when someone is being bullied. / Because I can find ways to deal with bullying. / Yes because you can try to make friends with him and trust. / I can maybe help the bully with something. / Take a step back and free yourself. / To step back and give yourself and the bully time to think about what’s happening. / Always think positive. / Tell them you could turn negative thing to positive. / Don’t judge no one without knowing them. / Because I didn’t learn much. / I could just back away and think to myself. / By stepping away from the bully. / Don’t let others destroy me, bring me down. / Stand up to yourself and respect others. / To respect others. / Take a step back and look at what is happening. / Learn new strategies to deal with bullying. / To try to figure out how to get out the situation. / To not bully. / Come to an understanding. / What I learn is that I can stop bullying with art and other things. / That talk to them.
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Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something? Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Help them. / Because I can see from their perspective so I would help them. / Because sometime in the future I might have to deal with that same problem. / Yes I would do something because we don’t want anyone getting their feeling hurt. / Because bullying is wrong. / I would tell him/her to take a step back and be free. / I would tell them to clam down and to both think about what’s happening from a different point of view. / Tell an adult. / Try and stop. / I could tell them to stop and try to cool down. / Because what if they don’t know that person. / I would because I want no one to get hurt. / I would get the teacher. / I would tell an adult so the adult can work it out. / I would stop the bully. / I would go tell a teacher. / Help them. / I would help because I know how being bullied feels likes. / Find a strategy to defeat the bully. / Help them understand you wouldn’t want to be bullied. / Tell an adult. / Everyone deserves help in life. / Yes I would stop it because I feel bad for them and they shouldn’t be treated like that. / That’s not cool even not funny. Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure? Post % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: By stepping down to someone else’s level. / I learned not to judge people. / Yes because we can make our own decisions and not peer pressure. / I can trust people and rely on them. / Nobody can stop me from making a decision. / To independently look at the decision from a step back and different perspectives. / Always make your own decision, don’t rely on others. / Yes because you may not like the decisions your peer makes. / Kids can’t boss me around. / I didn’t because I know how to take my decisions. / I could trust myself now. / To think really hard on your decisions. / That can affect your future. / It’s my life. / That I am strong and independent. / Don’t listen to the negative ones. / Go with your mind’s eye. / To not to think about what they think. / Listen to myself more often. / Take time and think it through. / I can listen to others decisions but I can make my own decisions. / About workshop of trust and teamwork. What do you think about color? What % gave more thought and shared them about color. Pre 79% Post 97% Thoughts Shared: Pre: What I think about color well I think it’s just color. My favorite color is black. / Color is important because without it the world would be dull and boring. / Color is important because that expresses ourselves and each color has a meaning. / I think color is important. Yes I’ve thought about color. My favorite colors are black, teal. / Yes I think about color because when I look at my skin color and other people that have different skin color, I wish I had their color. / I have never thought about color because anything can be any color wanted. / I have never really thought about color. / Yes I thought about red and blue. / I think color is great because it makes objects stand out. / I think about color because it causes what side you’re on or what color you like. / Color is a art, passion, and it shows emotion on its color, look, and texture. And yes, I think about color often. Favorite color black and white. / I think colors are helpful. Color are helpful because you can identify stuff just by using colors. / What I think about color is great because it makes it look nice. / What I think about color is imagination. I have thought about color when I draw. / I think color has to do with lots of things. No I have not thought about color at all. / I think color brings life and joy to many things. / I have thought about color. I think everything is better with color. It makes everything more unique and beautiful. / My favorite color is purple because it’s bright but dark at the same time. / I think that everything is better with colors. / Yes, if it going to be my with me or in my arm, then I want it to be a color I want. / I just think it’s weird how I see different colors and make a different color using other colors. / Yes I have thought about color. I think color is like your own personality and it tells you about that person. I like paint. It inspires me a lot. My favorite color is purple. / Color is important. / It’s something you can use to do something creative and I sometimes think about color. / Color is to use something to draw.
Post: Sometimes when you step back, it can look different. / Just color. / Color can tell a story and toons. / I learned that songs come in different colors. / I think color is fun, bright, exciting, and I learned color is in music. / That color is important makes different things like knowing what you like and see what color you see in the mind. / You can make a lot of stuff stand out with colors. / I learned that music brings color to the mind’s eye. / Color is everywhere and we can relate it to everything. / Color is a feeling. / Color is a beautiful thing. / Color has to be everywhere because if there’s no color everything is going to be ugly. / I learned that color is important. / I think color is imagination. / I think color makes thing stand out and important. / Colors can mean different things in life. / I learned that color can have a different color. / Emotions and senses affect color. / Color make every little thing count. / Color brings life to many things. / That you could mix colors a get a different color. / It’s a texture, emotion, expression, and a muse. / Color is important because color can help you in life. / Color expresses yourself and could express in different ways. / It is very important. / I think color is important. / Color is fun, bright, and exciting. / That color can be in music mostly everywhere. / They’re cool and without color nothing is colorful. My most important hope or dream is. . . What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality. Pre 79% Post 97% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My most important dream is to make it to pro soccer FIFA. / My dream is to be successful in my life and be the best I can be. / My important dream is to become a orthopedic doctor. / Is to join the military and become a police officer or become a football player. / My most important hope or dream is to become a pro soccer player and help out other people in need. / My most important dream is to have a successful life. / My most important dream is to go to college. / My dream is to go back to Mexico. / My most important dream is to graduate college, get a great job and help my parent with their lives. / My most important hope is to be happy in life. / To get the highest degree in college and become a chef. / My most important hope or dream is to become a doctor or an engineer. / My most important dream is to go to the Marines because I want to fight the people that talking things of the USA. / My most important dream is to join the Marines so I can protect my country. / I don’t have a dream because I haven’t thought about it. / To go to college and become a vet. / To go to college and become a very successful psychologist. Because it’s been my dream since forever. / Is to become a nurse because when I was little my uncle died and I wanted to do everything I could. So I’ve been planning to be a nurse to save people’s lives. / My most important hope is for my dad to come back from Mexico because I haven’t seen him. / My most important it to become a marine biologist. / My most important dreams are to be a lawyer, join the army and work for the FBI. / My important hope or dream is having a good future life and be a painter. / I don’t have one. / My most important dream is to finish my learning career. / Nothing in my dream is important. Post: To live in a castle. / By a basketball to play. / Is I become a marine biologist. / My most important dream is being in the Army. / My most important hope or dreams are not failing and become a pro soccer player. / My most important hope is to be happy in life and follow my dreams. / My most important dream is to accomplish all my goals in life. / My dream is to receive a scholarship for a university and have a successful life. / To get a college degree. / To become in the Army. / Is to go to college and become a very successful psychologist. / My dream is to become a model. / Is to go to college. / My most important dream is to join the Marines. / My most important dream is to get a good job and help my parents. / Is being an engineer or a doctor. / To go to Mexico. / Travel around the world and join the Army. / To become a nurse. / To go to college and become a vet. / My most important dream is to go to the Marines. / Becoming a chef. / Becoming a Marine then a cop. / My most important dream is to graduate college. / Is to become a basketball player. / Is to making it to pro soccer. / Is being successful, good life, and making my mom proud. / My most important hope or dream is being a softball player. / Sometime.
One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 97% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: Keep believe. / I learned about other people. Good and bad. / That I’m not always right, start trusting people, and working with people as a team. / One thing I learned that will help me reach my dream is being nice to everyone. / With friends and family you can reach your goals. / One thing I learned to help me reach my dream is to know I can do it. / One thing I learned is that I can work with people I barely meet. / It is to look at problems from a different perspective. / Let things go because a lot of grudges will build up and make me take my focus off my dream. / Keep on trying. / Always think positive and reach your goals and dreams. / Always think about your hope and other stuff. / Never give up don’t listen to the negative people. / One thing I learned is to never give up. / I learned to work together and if I work with people I’ll reach my dream. / One thing I learned in the workshop that will help me reach my dream is by working hard and not be afraid of your fear. / I want to go live to Mexico. / To not let other people affect me. / To stand up to myself. / To look at things from different point of views and to make negative things positive. / You could work with each other and you could reach your dream. / Never give up. / Always a way to find your dream. / One thing I learned wa to not hold a grudge and to move forward. / Is try hard to reach it and don’t listen to other people that says I can’t. / Is to never give up and work as a team. / Is don’t let things get in your way and have help from others. / Is never give up still keep dreaming. / Maybe. What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before? Post 90% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: That I can stop other people from bullying. / I learned that we could help each other out when they are stuck in a problem. / I learned that I can achieve anything. / That I am not the only one who is afraid of drawing. / I learned that I’m not alone in my fears and dreams. / I learned that I was capable of helping others. / I learned that I am a stereotype and shouldn’t. / That some kids have the same fear as I do. / I learned that I can reach my goals and dreams if I think positive and not judge people and to always look at stuff in another perspective. / I learn how to reach my goals. / I learned that color is very important and that I should never give up at all. / I learned that my problems will bring me down some time. I need to get rid of them. / I learned that I was capable of doing stuff and can face the consequence from my trouble. / New friends and to work in a time. / It’s other people that affect the way I am but when they’re nice I’m myself. / I can achieve my goals with no problem. / I don’t know. / That if you scribbled in a paper you could see a lot of things in the paper. / I am capable of doing many things. / I can work very well with others. / I learned that other kids have the same fear as I do. / I have to have more trust in others and myself. / That I could do stuff that I never know I could do. / What I learned is that look in a different point of view and that I can achieve anything. / That everyone is different and even me and don’t judge other people. / About learn more about yourself. 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: Sometimes they can be nice./ Yasmin wants to travel. / I did not know what memory was theirs and what dream was theirs. / I learned that most of them have the same goals and fears as me. / That we can work together and help others. / Some classmates can help me in a lot of activities. / They have just about the same fear as me. / I learned that some of them fear the same things I do and that they care a lot for their family like I do. / That some of my friends want to go to the Army. / Many people have their own unique and cool dreams, fears, and memories. / To trust and honesty. / Some don’t seem to be the way they look, others are very kind people. / That they like the Beatles. / I learned that they could be nicer and cooler if you treat them nice. / I learned that my friends can work me as teammate. / I learn that when someone need help. / They are just like me. / I learned to not judge a friend by how they look. / That they have some fears similar to me. / That it is important to work with your classmates and to work with your friends too. / Respect!!! / Don’t judge by their looks but their personality. / That they have the same fears as me. / That they will be friendly only somedays. / To respect and they’ll respect you back. / I learned that most people have the same dreams and fears. / That everyone is different and they like different things than me. / Teamwork and true.
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