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

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

Thanks to the foresight and generosity of

funds from Wells Fargo Bank. This being a Final Report of 3 different workshops making a difference in 61 young lives. Tomorrow's leaders in Arizona, experience their Pain being transformed into Possibilities and Purpose .They are now Inspiring and empowered find their gifts, know that they matter and lead a more meaningful productive life and a brighter tomorrow.

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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.

For nearly seventeen years, Release the Fear has had the opportunity to interact with over 7,600 troubled youth; these youth now know they have a life purpose. They know their wishes and dreams can come true. They know they are worth it and that they matter!

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

Between the years 2007 and 2013, 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 2013, 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.

2014 RELEASE THE FEAR 2014 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results WELLS FARGO OVERALL PERCENTAGES 61 Students (3 BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 93.7% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 57.7% compared to Post 70.7% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 82.3% compared to Post 98.3% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

90.3% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

91.7% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Adobe Mountain Unit: Freedom – 20 students Adobe Mountain Unit: Challenge – 20 students Adobe Mountain – 21 students Individual Workshop Percentages 1. November 24-26 2014 Adobe Mountain: Freedom 20 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 55% compared to Post 65% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

85% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

2. November 24-26 2014 Adobe Mountain: Challenge 20 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 95% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 70% compared to Post 80% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

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

95% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

3. December 22-24 2014 Adobe Mountain 21 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 86% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 48% compared to Post 67% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 67% compared to Post 95% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

91% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

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

RELEASE THE FEAR 2014 Wells Fargo Bank Support Program Budget: Bridging Possibilities Workshop: Proposed Budget Per Workshop Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations: Pre/Post Inventories Final Report Supplies and Other Workshop Exp Art & Printed Supplies / Snacks Recognition for Students, Postage, Mktng Internal Coordination, Support & Workshop Presentation Travel Expenses – Average

Budget for 3 Workshops

$680.00 $300.00

$2,040.00 $ 900.00

$150.00 $ 70.00

$ 450.00 $ 210.00

$ 80.00 $ 60.00

$ 240.00 $ 180.00

$260.00 $ 50.00

$ 780.00 $ 150.00

TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP $1,650.00 Balance General Operating Support Total Cost Breakdown per workshop with average of 18 youth each: Average cost per daily session: $550.00 Average cost per youth per session $30.55 Per Capita cost per youth workshop:$91.66

$ 4,950.00 $ 50.00 $ 5,000.00

Average In-kind donations: The space and equipment at the juvenile detention center.

The time of two different staff from the facility for the duration of each workshop. Staff is instrumental in the selection of participants for workshop from applications. Supervisory level staff oversees the tracking of recidivism rate of participants for the overall evaluation of long term success of workshop. Volunteers coordinate preparation of documents, organize all supplies, and assist facilitators prior to and during workshops.

In-kind:$550.00-Per X 2 = $1,100.00 Staff coordination time setting up workshops; $ $60.00 Per X 2 = $120.00

Average In-kind for Programs: = $1,220.00

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

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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 Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation, 20 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility Unit: Freedom experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 24-26, 2014.

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 15-17.

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

Who am I? : We all wanna be successful. Motivates you to finish school. Because everyone regardless of race wants to be successful. Success. / I learned to respect authority. I would listen to teachers more. I look at positive traits that vary by person. I would be more discipline. / Socialize, honesty. If we need help in school we can ask for help. If you’re social you get to know people better and don’t judge them. You could get along with people. / Honesty, get to know each other, similarities.

Get the right answers. Be more mindful. Shape who you become!!!

Creative Storytelling: Character. Teamwork. Snitching. By learning life skills. / Trustworthy, interpersonal. It can help you by being good communicators. Talking yourself out of the situation.

Expressing yourself. / Creativity, character. Think outside the box. We would stand up for someone or do something about it. So I can gain knowledge. / Audacity, confidence, fearlessness. Help you be able present info and be firm in yourself. We would be able to stand up to bullies. Mold me to be a strong individual later in life.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork and friendship. Getting along with others. Give better self-esteem, better thinking. Being able to trust more people and get along. / Teamwork. Helping out with each other. Helping someone speak up or not get bullied. Work well with others in a job. / Teamwork, problem solving. You can work with each other and respect opinions of your teammates. Can work with each other to prevent bullying and find ways to stop. You can’t always do everything by yourself so when you get a job you can work together. / We learned about the meaning of teamwork through helping each other through the obstacle of the hoops. We also learned about the different tactics of getting from the starting point to the goal. In school you have to work with people sometimes, share opinions and accept feedback. This activity allows us to see firsthand how to accept feedback and help. This allowed us to see that everyone is good at something and are unique so nobody deserves to be bullied. We would be empowered to stand up. We are able to persevere through our problems.

Accept help when we need it. And now know when we need to turn back and restart.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Responsibility, mindfulness, self respect. You will know what to do and do your work. To know that you are responsible and that you have self-respect. By know what I want in life and what I’m looking forward to. / Mindfulness. Observe your classmates and your teacher and you learn from them. Being yourself. Not follow others. / Mindfulness. By staying focused on schoolwork. By being self-mindful and think before you act. By being aware of your surroundings. / Respect, responsible, and self confidence. You will respect the teacher more. Your confidence of your choices. Respecting myself and being confident in my decision.

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

It makes me feel unique. It also makes me feel good. / Happy. / Good, happy, and makes my self-esteem feel better. / It makes me feel like I got lots of pride and courage and that I let small situations get a hold of me. / It makes me feel better about myself. I like the way I look. / Like I’m looking in a mirror. / It makes me feel better of myself and makes me feel more good of myself and I actually do like myself even more. / It makes me feel good. / It doesn’t make me feel any special way. / Good, happy. / It makes me feel good about myself. / Well my hairs messy. It makes me feel good, attractive, motivated. / Happy. / I love myself so I felt great. / Like I’m a fuck up for being in Adobe. / Good. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel good and that I know I like myself. / I feel good about myself. / It makes me feel good about 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 mom. Because she takes care of me. Because she loves me for who I am. I look for a strong minded person. / My brother. They inspire me. Trust, strong, loyal. / Because she helps me when I’m in need. She’s wise and she always been there. She’s trustworthy, loyal, and wise. / My grandpa. Because they taught me how to overcome the struggle. Tough, strong, motivated. / Because he is my hero/role model. Trust, loyalty, G with it. / She raised me. Selflessness. / Superman. Because I look up to him. I like his movie and I’ve always like him since the start since I was a lil kid he makes me feel happy. Cause he’s been in my life since a kid and I look up to him he makes me feel cool. Personality and the way they approach other people also what they do that make him a hero. / Batman. Because I like them. Respect, and a good lifestyle. / I don’t have a hero but if I made a superhero, his name would be Northman. Because I made him up. He can turn invisible, fly and turn into other people. / Cuz why not. Nothing just be it self. / Mother. She cares about people. / My mom.

Cause she brought me into this world. Honesty, hard working, dedicated, caring. / My dad, mom. Because they are always helping me. Someone that everyone get long with. / Albert Einstein. He changed the world by being curious. Power that you use for greater good, caring, integrity, etc. / Grandma. Because she always been here for me no matter what. Loyal, respect. / I have a hero I made up. He has intelligence. Cause he’s smart. / Larry Fitzgerald. / My mom, she is a strong woman. Strong, brave, loving. / My hero Malcom X. He was mine because he died for what he believed in so he died for people trying to change the world and people were getting jealous like another powerful man his people went to go shoot him. Also Malcolm was negative and he changed and turn to positive. Qualities is: leadership, loyal, respectful, responsible, intelligent. / Wiz Khalifa.

Because he’s my favorite rapper. That a lot of people like. / My hero (mom). My mom because she is a strong woman and caring loving because she goes to work and does a good job and pays the bills for the family so that’s why I love her. Qualities, intelligent, loving, caring.

Seeing Beyond: How to be mindful. Learn how to make educated guesses. By being me and not letting judges bother my opinions. / Honesty. In all so that you can be honest in your work and be true about your work. Make you a better person in life. / We have to be patient. / We learned how to be creative and think outside the box. We learned how to be able to think in tight spots and use very little information effectively. These skills can apply in any subject. In math we need critical thinking. In voc classes we use creativity and everywhere you should think outside the box and use the info effectively.

We had to be patient in the game. So this would help us be able to wait for things in life especially worthwhile things. And we got gratification so we learned that good things are worth the wait.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Drawing better, seeing our future, reflecting in our past, know our fear and how to prevent it. Taking steps in school to reach our future. Stop bullying so we won’t end up in a fear of state. Make me understand my surrounding and to understand better. / Learn about our dreams. You be more focused on your educational goals. Because you’re more motivated, stay focused. Choose to stay focused on your dreams. / Motivation. Motivate you to do your work and turn it in on time. To not quit when life is hard. / Persevering through life means accepting your fears and coming to terms with your part. Sometimes in school you must be able to accept what is what. Things don’t always go the way we want, but the point is to keep going with your eye on the goal. This activity gave us an awareness of each other. We realized we all have stuff in common so we wouldn’t want to bully each other. Understanding and putting on paper to see what we really are scared of, what we really want to do with our lives.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Seeing what I did bad and what good can come out of it. Seeing school is boring at what you can get a career out of it. Because we learn from our mistakes and we are aware twice as much then before. / Discipline, motivation, participation. Helps you get through a struggle. Same, helps you get them through a struggle. / Look for good in life. When you get a low grade, try harder. Make you a more positive person. / We identified things that we thought were negative and turned them positive. We learned that not everything is at is seems. If we went through life with a negative outlook we would have a sorry life. Positivity = good times. The ability to spin emotions make us able to take dangerous situations and make them positive and safe.

Describe a time when you had an experience that you perceived (thought/saw) as negative, but through time or something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one.

I didn’t get to go out one night. The party we were going to go to got busted. I’m grateful now because I would have went to jail. / Helping my mom clean the house. Coming to jail. I do not like this exercise. / I got locked up here. I was sad then, but I’m not mad or sad now because I’m getting better and I would probably be dead I got into a wreck in my car before I was able to get to a Chinese buffet.

2 months later I found out the restaurant had salmonella. / I refused to go with my homie Chris to Maine to pick up some stuff. I was sad that I said no later. But he got pulled over on the way back and went to prison. I’m glad I wasn’t with him now. / I got arrested the day before my birthday. On my birthday, we were going to have a Heroin Olympics. I would probably be dead. / Nowadays, there’s no telling if I’m going to smoke yeah I stop by delinquent and I dodged death so many times, what does fail lead to….we all know person are dead, / I like that the fact I got locked up, I was angry as hell but then I see that it a good thing because I was going the wrong path. I’m going to change this negative to a positive outcome, by seeing what I have to do. Like when I got locked up I felt angry, but then I realized that it was a good thing cause I was going down a bad path so I took something positive from it.Funded By: Wells Fargo Dates: November 24-26, 2014

Location: Adobe Mountain Facility Unit: Freedom %Male 100

%Female 0

Ages 15-17

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

Pre %YES 55 %NO 40 %Other 0 %No Answer 5 Post %YES 65 %NO 30 %Other 5 %No Answer 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 55 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 55 % All the Time 45 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 65 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 25 % All the Time 75 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 43 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 14 % All the Time 86 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 15 % Leader 85 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 35 % Leader 65 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 25 % No 75 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 85 % No 10 % No Answer 5 Did you do anything? % Yes 60 % No 35 % No Answer 5 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 85 % No 15 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: We all have our strengths. / Through the hoops to work together to help stop it. / Help people. / I learned ways to interact with people. / Yes to explain to the bullyer that we are all the same. / To be myself and how to prevent it. / That we should stop people bullying. / Yes by helping someone out. / It’s not a problem for me. / How to work together. / Yes we all have something in common. / Teamwork. / Communication is important. / I don’t like bullying. I protect kids that get bullied. / Loyal. / I can use a different POV. / To not be afraid of what obstacles stand in front of me. / Not really. / That it’s not going to get you nowhere. / I didn’t really learn about bullying. I really don’t like bullies so I know a lot about it. / To be mindful. / Working together. / If you stay motivated you can do it.

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

Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Tell them to chill out. / Tell them to stop bullying people. / Help him. / I’m not sure what to do. / Yes because I don’t like it. / Because I used to bully people myself and I’m really a

good person. / I would tell that person to stop and stick up for him. / Helping them speak up. / I would try to stop it. / Because I know that everyone is equal. / Because that’s wrong. / Helping them speak up. / Bullying is an issue that needs to be addressed. / Shoot them in the head, then the chest. / I would fight the bully. / I’d tell them to leave them alone. / I would help by standing up for them. / Because it’s not right. / I would tell them to stop and make sure they do. / I hate bullies. / I would. / Yes because I would not want to be bullied so I would help him. / I would like someone to help me out if I was getting bullied.

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

Post % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Just do. / Being comfortable in my own decisions. / Make my own choices. / I learned ways to avoid some peer pressure. / Yes because you need to respect your decisions. / Seeing myself that I have to be responsible because I have little ones. / I learned respect. / Being responsible with my actions. / Responsibility show it in activities. / I do what I want. / Yes teamwork. / I learned respect is important. / Respect, responsibility. / Coping. / I learned respect and teamwork. / People should respect thoughts and opinions of others. / Cause I already knew. / Like if someone is pressuring me just listen to my instincts. / I always make conscious decisions. / I learned.

Thinking before I react. / Yes, respect your own decisions.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 75% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Nothing about color. / When I’m in navy blue I’m happy. / I like blue. / Mostly doesn’t matter. / I don’t care about color. / Yes I like seeing different colors. / No. / Color is just a color My rag (bandana) is black. / IDK I like the color blue. / My girls rag is red, but it was white. / Nothing, gang related. / Yea I like only certain colors. / My hood colors white, black, and grey represent me and west Phoenix. / I like it. / Yes, it separates a lot of things, segregates, creates hate violence. Navy blue all day. / I like red and black that’s my color. / That color represents something. / I like blue. / Nothing. / No. Post: How you feeling. Color is everything. It’s life. Color show emotion. I like blue. That color can say a lot of who you are. / Color represent how you feel and what you are going through. I like color. Color can be for anything. / Each color represents something. / It describes emotions and sound. / That different colors could represent different emotions. / I think it’s share emotion. / The colors mix up pretty cool. / Color is more than it seems. Everything has color. / Everything gots color. About your emotions. That there is color in music and everything around you. / That color has different moods and feelings. / Color is important! / That color can mean many different things. / The same as I was when this began. / That they can represent dark and light. It’s all about how you feel. Color is emotion.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To graduate high school. / I don’t think I have one. / Get a major in math. / Get out. / To be successful. / To complete college and be successful with a lot of cash. / Being in military. / Top hustler in my hood. / Becoming a Marine or RN. / To have a good life. / To be in the Marines/Special

Forces. / To be successful. / Making it in life. / Is to get out of Adobe!!! / Is to play football. / To get a 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR. / To get rich. / None. / Red. Post: Get out and doing something good. / Is to own my own restaurant. / Play football. / Getting rich, being successful. / To go to college. / Is to become a underwater welder. / I want to be a mechanic. / Being successful in life. / Becoming a firefighter. / Is to go to college and finish it. / Is being in the Army. / Dream because it’s my goal. / Becoming a motorcycle mechanic and being successful. / My high school diploma. / Is graduating. / To get out of Adobe. / Is to become a lyrical artist. / Being in the Marines and being a nurse. / Is getting with my family become a RN or Marine. / Staying clean from drugs. / To be successful. / Being in the NFL. / Get a degree in math.

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

Thoughts Shared: Help others and help myself to do good. / Don’t give up on my hopes and dreams no matter how hard they are. / Don’t give up on myself. / How to work with others. / Responsibility that it’s important to use it. / To never stop what I’m going after for know there is gonna be bad times. / To stay positive. / Honesty and teamwork. / Responsibility/teamwork. It’s important to use both (group activity). / Is that anything is possible. / Is being responsible. / Teamwork and being honest. / Responsibility. / Responsibility. / To don’t give up. / Is to use a different point of view when looking at a problem. / To not give up so easy and have more mindfulness. / To be motivated always. / Is that everyone has the courage to become what they want. / Working collaboratively. / To stay focused. / Working with people. / Creativity, motivation.

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

Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: That I was so willing to do what I needed to do. / I am hopeful. / I learned that I enjoy working with a team. / That I don’t like to talk in front of others. / That I have talent unique to give back to the world. / That I have special uniques. / Participation by me getting involved in this. / Nothing really other than what I already knew. / That I’m good at teamwork. / I learned I am loyal. / That I can be successful. / That I value more things. / Everything gots color. / That I can work as a team. / That I can express myself using color. / That I miss my family the most and the memories we had. / Staying motivated. / That I can do whatever I put my mind to. / I knew everything about myself I know now. / That I work better as an individual. / Working in a team though I would not. / I can be a good leader.

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 have stuff in common. / That a lot went through the same stuff I did. / They go through a lot. / I learned that others have the same problems as me. / They can be disrespectful sometimes. / Seeing a peer is trying to change because he’s having a kid. / Everyone is special in a way. / That most of us all have something in common. / They like to paint and be artistic. / That we have many things in common. / I learn we are equal. / That they are respectful. / That we all need to get along and learn more about each other. / They’re good people. / About their life. / That we all have or most of us have the same fear. / That we are more alike then I thought. / They been through similar struggles. / I learned what their goals are and what their fear is. / I have a lot of friends here who cherish their siblings. / That they work better as groups. / Some of us went through the same things. / We have some of the same fears.

Thanks to Wells Fargo, 20 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility Unit: Challenge experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on November 24-26, 2014.

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 15-17.

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

Who am I? : Social communication, skills, stereotype. Make friends, not scared to ask questions.

Talk more, not assume. Make you a better person, right from wrong. / Pro social skills, staying sober.

No fights, learning to associate. Keep you from judging others. Learning how to be a more effective member of society. / Social skills, participation. Asking question, meeting new people. Explain yourself, express. Positive remarks, getting feedback. / Social, bonding. Communication. Getting to know people. It’s going help you make friends, be empathetic.

Creative Storytelling: Teamwork, caring, and artistic. Decreased the chance of being bullied.

People learn to work together. Public speaking, creativity, courageous. / Body language, group work. Convey what kind of person you are. Intimidation. People/employers would take you seriously. / Public speaking, creativity, teamwork. Assignments, overcoming anxiety, art. Positive remarks, speaking up. Outgoing citizen, leader, working with others. / Teamwork, creativity. Get work done faster. You would have someone else back you up. Teach you to present something.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork and trustworthy. Know that you can do better in groups. To know that you not alone and that you can depend on others. To show that life is fun when working with a team. / Trusting others, learning from example. Teamwork, learn from what the teachers saying. If

the bully trusted you. Being able to admit defeat or someone knows better. / Teamwork, friendship, coordination, problem solving, modeling successful people. Work with others, be helpful. Work together, make friends with bullied, show bullies how to act. Friendly in tough situations, multi-tasking, work with new people. / Teamwork, relying on others, trust, respect, drive being driven. Using other senses, trust others to help you, responsibility, teamwork for projects, with some problems use others than senses. Sticking up for others, banding together, trusting others, about telling them, respecting others in work. Responsibility and being able to trust others with personal info, respecting co-workers.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Recognize yourself, responsibility. More focused and get stuff done on time. Would show that you’re better than that. Show that important things in life are worth your time. / Helps us become the hero we want to be. Confidence to put ourselves out there. We wouldn’t succumb to it. Confidence to be who we want to be. / Reflection, confidence, responsibility.

Doing your homework, believing in yourself. Cause you know who you are and you won’t let no one change you. Correct yourself, on time. / Pride, have to be driven. Self-esteem, social skill, truth telling. Working in groups, being truthful with consequences. Telling friends no. Being truthful, working in groups, and building confidence.

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

Good, happy. / That it makes me feel better about myself. / I am beautiful. / Make me feel like a chief. / Confident, better, cool. / Strong, like a hero. / I feel good. / It makes me feel great. / It makes me get turnt up. / Great, Chinese eyes. / I feel good. / It makes me feel good. / Confident and stronger. / Feel better about myself. / Weird and scared. / Smart, cool, kind, nice, love. / Awesome, good, and amazing.

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 hero has strong muscles to move stuff out of his way and makes all of the bad guys go away. My superhero is important because he watches out for people. Big muscles like the Hulk. / Dizzy Wright. Is that he started rapping about life and real stuff and I say they sacrifice Pac, sacrifice Biggied and now they got to deal with Dizzy. Because he is actually making songs about life. That for them to be real and outgoing. / This is my mother. She has always been there for me. She loves me with her heart. And She will always be my hero. She has been a major influence in my life. Honesty, loyal, love, support. / Capital Steez RIP. “ We should be stickin up for each other but instead we pick up guns and stick up our brothers.” Because the things he says make sense in a higher state of mind. They pertain to present day problems. Selfless, wise and peaceful. / Justice League. They help the universe. Solving the problem, surviving abilities. / Batman. Because he helps people.

Positive remarks. / 2Pac. Because he has respect. Respect. / They are there for me. Strength, honest, strong. / YG. Because I want to be a rapper. Positive remarks. / My mom is hero because she always there for me. She’s my number one mom and dad. Because she always there when I’m upset. She’s my best friend. I like it there for you on the bad day and good days. / This is my breakdancing crew. They are a big inspiration to me. They are important to me because we always worked together as a family. Respect, honesty, loyalty, and to have trust. / My hero is my mother. Why she is important is because she was there when I was a baby. / He is always with me and he is a father figure to me. He respects me and my sister. Because he is like my dad.

Respect, trust, and responsibility. / Drizzy Drake. Because they speak nothing but real. Courageous and charisma. / Fallen Angel. Because they are important to us mortals fighting for our sins. Fallen, repentful, and Redeemer. / A girl I like. Because she is amazing, sweet, cute, kind, respectful, caring, concerning. Kind, nice, cute, sweet, respectful, caring, concerning. / Because she has always been there for me. Nice, caring, and honest.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Courageousness, honesty, memory. More confident, communication skills. Speak up and stand up. Responsible, overcome obstacles. / We learned how to share ourselves on a deep level with others. People would feel comfortable relating to you cuz it wouldn’t feel like you’re alone The bully would feel the same way the victim does. So I could visualize we as a person what we’re gonna do in the future. / Creativity, public speaking, admitting fears, responsibility. Get a good grade, exciting topics. Make a scene, speak up on issue. Knowing you have stuff to work on. / Overcoming fears, looking at memory at life, setting goals. Problem solving, good grades. Stick up for others/yourself. More responsible, respect others, being drive toward our goals.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Respect, kindness, responsibility. Make more friends. Earn people’s trust and respect. / Being honest, respectful, loyal, trustful. To observe everything that another student says is so you can succeed in life. To help be productive in society. / Responsibility, caring. Show compassion. / Feels good to do the right thing, memory. Being able to be honest for tests, learning something new. Doing the right thing, and remembering appointments.

Write about a time when you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive.

Way. How did it feel afterward?

When my sister locked her keys in her car and I climbed through her car window to get her keys. / I took care of my mom when she was sick. It felt wonderful. / When I was younger I was at a park and this lady lost her keys and I spent all day looking for them and she tried to give me money and I said no and then I went home feeling good all night. / I helped a old man put his grocery in his car. He gave me a box of pizza. I felt good that I helped someone in need. He was struggling to put his groceries in his car so I came up and helped him. / Giving my mom a gift for x-mas. / Is when I help kids how to read and help them out (2nd graders). And it made me feel great. / This one time in rehab, I helped a kid out who didn’t know how to work with his horse. / One time I helped a kid fix his bike. And it made me feel very QT I bought a lady a drink and she didn’t have enough money. / When I cried after I saw my mom hurt. / About a year ago I got my job and I told her that I would help her pay the bills and my first paycheck I gave it to her. / When a girl tripped and I helped her up. / I help up my grandma up when she fell on the ground. / I promised to turn myself in and go to rehab and I followed through.

Color: Colors are everywhere and it relates to everyone and everything. It could represent what you are when you’re focusing. It could guide you to the path of color. / Learned that our inner color comes out when music comes on. To help be a good vibe with the community in school. To be happy not negative with people you meet. / How to express emotions, creativity, symmetry. Get along with others, explain reasoning. Meeting new people, telling truth. / Shows emotion, mindfulness, showing pride, being able to guess emotion, and being responsible. Being empathetic and following conduct.

Being empathetic and following law, being responsible, and being mindful.

Overall, something New about Self or Others in your Group: Learn more about myself. Learn about leadership and how to speak in front of people. / Respect from staff. / Learning positive remarks and using teamwork. / Responsibility, working with others, showing that you care.

Funded By: Wells Fargo Dates: November 24-26, 2014 Location: Adobe Mountain Facility Unit: Challenge %Male 100

%Female 0

Ages 15-17

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

Pre %YES 70 %NO 15 %Other 15 Post %YES 80 %NO 10 %Other 10 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 15 % Sometimes 65 % All the Time 20 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 35 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 40 % All the Time 55 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 5 % Sometimes 35 % All the Time 60 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 45 % All the Time 55 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 70 % Leader 30 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 45 % Leader 55 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 35 % No 65 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 85 % No 15 Did you do anything? % Yes 45 % No 50 % No Answer 5 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 85 % No 15 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To stand up for people. / To stand up for myself. / Team get another person. / Speak up. / To not prevent it. / Acceptance. / That you can stop people from bullying. / Working good with other. / Work together. / Speaking up. / Because I will be able to speak up. / Respect others. / Being comfortable relating with bullies. / To help. / Because I know a lot of that stuff. / Tell him to stop. / To be a team.

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

Post % Yes 90 % No 10 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I will stand up for that person. / I would help them out. / Stand up for them. / Speak up because what if that’s me. / Because no one should be bullied. / Because nobody deserves to be bullied. / I’d try and help. / Because if I was being bullied I would someone to step up. / I would try to stop it. / Mind my own business. / Tell someone. / I would speak up to adult. / I would stop him from bullying that person. / Because it’s rude not to help. / I always have. / Help them by telling. / Don’t give in. / I will speak up.

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

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Courageous. / Show respect and others will respect your decisions. / Be honest. / Showing respect. / I am old enough to make my own decisions. / We’re all equals. / That I could be respectful. / Yeah respecting my elders. / Do what you want so you don’t get in trouble. / Speaking up. / I kinda. / Stand up for myself. / Respect. / Other’s thoughts should not affect mine. / That color is a beautiful. / We shouldn’t fall into it.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 85% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Emotions. / Seeing. / Eyes, shows water. / Seeing. / It’s a hell of a lot better than no color. / Color shows emotion. / There is a lot of colors. / There wrong. / Color is wonderful. / Yes. / I think it brings life to stuff. / Red. / It’s really cool because it describes what stuff is and shows emotions. / Color can send subliminal messages. / It’s amazing. / Bloods & Cribs. / I think blue and spray paint. / It is beautiful, it creates the world and creates a person. / No I haven’t thought about it. / I think color is a thing that god created.

Post: Expresses a lot of emotions. / It bright light to stuff. / Color is emotion. / It shows emotion. / There’s different meaning. / It’s everywhere. / It better than no color. / That color could be in an emotion. / Color mean lots of things. / Emotions. / It makes up everything. / Color has no real meaning. / It represents emotion. / Color is based on life. / Color has power! / It has power. / To represent yourself. / To go to college, have a nice job. / It explains emotion. / that it has different instruments.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 90% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Electrician. / Get loads of money. / Get loads of money. / Be the best father I can be and be happy. / Play in the NBA. / To get out of Adobe and start my future. / Is to be successful. / Go to college, have a family. / My dream is to be in the NFL. / To be a good father. / Rapper. / To become a millionaire. / Make $. / College. / To become a popular car painter. / Is to become a shoe designer. / Is to be a professor. / No I don’t. / To become a professional break dancer and freestyler.

Post: I want to become a electrician and settle down and have a family. / To be a responsible father. / To be happy with family and money. / Everything, policeman. / Finishing school and doing good. / To stay out of trouble. / Being a good father. / Is to become a shoe designer. / Take care of my family. / To be a rapper. / To be a professor. / My most important dream is being able to take care of my family. / Is to take care of my mom. / Is to succeed in life. / To live in peace. / To become a bboy. / Is to become a better person. / Don’t give into other people. / To be a chef. / Join NBA and play point guard or shooting guard.

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

Thoughts Shared: Social skills. / Start taking responsibility. / Responsibility, using teamwork. / Life lesson. / Is be creative and honest. / Respect and confidence. / Keep trying and never give up. / That you always have a chance. / Keep pushing my self. / Be creative. / Public speaking. / Help me stay focused and create my own path. / Talk to others. / Respect others. / Peace is a divine state of mind, not an elevated place and time. / Social skills. / Be respectful and be myself. / That I’m a strong person. / Teamwork. / Positive remarks.

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

Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: To be social. / That I’m afraid of death. / Teamwork helps to accomplish more. / Stop being shy. / I can do anything. / Responsibility. / A bunch of people are afraid of the same things I am. / That I could complete my goal that I couldn’t. / When you work together you will achieve your goal. / I’m not scared to talk in front of people no more. / I am able to speak public nicely. / That I am able of speaking in front of others. / I can speak my mind. / That I can achieve my fear. / I am good at public speaking. / My true color. / They have good dream for themself. / That some people are different. / Better public speaking skills. / I could work with others.

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

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That there’s other people that have the same fear. / That they all care about one another. / Had great dreams. / Classmate. / They have dreams also. / They all have feelings. / I’m not the only one with a family who speaks 2 languages. / That they can relate to me in the same way. / Some like rap, some don’t. / That he wants to be a break dancer. / Yes, that a kid loves art like me. / That I can trust them with my eyes shut. / I learned that a lot of people are scared of spiders. / Nothing. / That they look up to me as a leader. / To be able to trust them. / They have the same fears as me. / Positive remarks and teammates.

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

Thanks to Wells Fargo, 21 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on December 22-24, 2014.

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 15-17.

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

Who am I? : Release the fear, everybody makes mistakes. Helping speak to others. Nobody’s perfect. Help become leader, better person. / Honesty, trust, mindfulness. Having the courage to speak. Having to come forward. Don’t judge others. Be yourself and treat how you want to be treated. / Expectations. We all learn from our mistakes and how to communicate with others. Help you talk to people, show respect. Communicating with others will help you understand that their not different. Well good communication helps you understand others and that will help you get through life. / Positive your and staff learning to be good to everyone. Staying out of trouble, being nice and respectful to everyone. Everyone made mistakes in life. It help you become successful in life and teach you not to judge.

Through the Hoops: Helping others, teamwork. Teamwork, stop bullies. Other people will see what you do and do what you do. Be a leader. / To work as a team and stop the bullying, help people. Cuz it could change the minds of others and the way they think of themselves. Help switch how to become more powerful and how to connect with the society. / Teamwork, trust others, help others. Help you interact with others. Respect others, help others when in need of help your companions. Help interact with other or co-workers are help us have better teamwork. / Teamwork even though a lot of us don’t get along. We still work as a team to get it done. Participate more, ask for help, won’t be scared to ask

for help. Cause you can step up and tell him to stop bullying and if you are scared, you can have the support of the group. Working with others and the values of a person. / Reflective Take Away Assignment: Anything is possible. Be a better person in front of people. You be own leader. Be a leader. / Confidence, price, and love for ourself. Can help communicate with others and love others. Asking yourself if it’s worth it – use coping skills. Gives confidence is who we really are. / About ourselves, how others feel about us. Know how our peers feel about us. To look at them and try realizing we are ourselves. How our actions affect others. / That don’t be afraid to look at yourself you should let people judge you cause you don’t look like them. Love you for yourself. That just staying focused in school not moving towards negative people, just be you. It help by if you peer pressure to do something and you know you not just say no that I not that kind of person. Cause if you to learn to accept yourself for you than not gonna bring you down in life.

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

It makes me feel proud. / It makes me feel happy about myself. / It makes me feel good about myself. / It makes me feel right. / It makes me feel good. / It makes me feel weird. / It makes me feel happy.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a Hero?

My hero is my mom. Cuz she helps me with my homework. Love. / My hero is the ninja under my bed. The ninja help me win the fight. Love. / My hero is my brother. Cuz he help me. He’s brave. / My hero is Superman. Cuz I like the S on his chest. Respect, honor, love. / My hero is my cat. She loves me. Love and bravery. / My mom is my hero. Cause she been there through hard times and she didn’t give up on me when others did! I really don’t know. I just glad she been there. She never gives up and she’s hard headed like me. / My hero is Superman. Cuz I have his blanket. Respect, honor, love.

Seeing Beyond: Imagination, communication. Art and science, writing and reading because reading and writing because how people read and write stories because we had to think of it. Be a better person and get jobs and relationship with all people. / Details and thoughts. Math because the details and lengths of the materials. Telling people how certain things are like with life. / Makes me feel confident with myself. P.E. help feel confident about yourself. Help trust our instincts. / Imagination, using your hearing, asking questions. World history cause you are looking back at the past and visualizing what happened and investigation cause you gotta put yourself at crime scene. Imagination, looking beyond what you can see.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: To express ourselves. For us to work toward our dreams. We would stand up for ourselves. I would excel in school. / That some people have the same thing in common. If I see someone being bullied, I know how to help. How to come at people who have been bullied. It will show who you truly are. / Everyone has hopes, fears, dreams.

To help others. To notice you’re not so different. So you don’t think you’re better than everyone. / Standing up in a group and speaking, not being shy. Communicating with others. Teamwork, not being afraid to talk about your fears. Telling someone or standing up. The more you share is the more you’re open.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: That well have been caring and trustworthy. You would stop/minimize bullying. To trust our parents/partners. / We have learned to step dance and look at the situation. It would help you by just taking your time to figure out the problem. So you can see the outlook in life. / Little things make you feel good. To do good for others. Help others when you most

need help. / I felt good cause I been doing bad for a long time and there is something good I did.

Being caring, helping out others that are in need. When I do presentations, I won’t be afraid to talk.

Write about a time you were trustworthy or caring and helped someone else in a positive way. How did it feel afterward?

I helped my mom wrap presents for Christmas because there was a lot and she was a single parent. / I helped someone put their groceries in their car. They were older and they were in pain. / When I walked a old lade across the street. She was with her grandson who was 4. / I was trustworthy with a friend when he let me take care of his house and was caring by cleaning it after I was done taking care of it. / I seen someone getting bullied and I was bullied when I was younger and I helped him because he was young and I didn’t want him to go through what I did. / I helped someone take something off the shelf because they were old and they couldn’t reach it. / Me caring for my mom when she was sick. I felt really good. I cleaned and made her soup. / Sister, trustworthy, for me. Do my treatment good. / My mom. Caring my earning some money. / Parents, trustworthy, me. Doing my treatment. / My girlfriend, good. I am being trustworthy by not cheating on her. / I was caring cause some homeless guy needed some change so I go into the store buy him some food and gave him $5. It made me feel good. He had the biggest smile I ever seen on him. He kept on saying thank you. / It was weird because I usually don’t help out people but it gave me trust and to were people wanting me around him. / I remember when I was painting graffiti on a 18 wheeler and my friend ran out of paint so I gave him some of my cans so he can finish his work. I felt good good. / Recuerdo que ayude a alguien en la escuela y me senti bien conmigo mismo porque fue una Buena accion. / I helped a man who was homeless. I gived him money to buy food and some cloth I didn’t use no more. / I was helping a person to change and be a better person with positive behavior and not breaking the law. I was feeling happy that I was helping. / When I was eight I lived at apartments called Palm Cave and I was helping my neighbor carry his groceries and he dropped a stack of money and I picked it up and gave it back to him. I felt happy. / When I was walking in the street and saw a homeless guy. And I felt bad for him and I gave him food, money, and some clothes. I felt like I was helping the guy not to stay hungry. / I opened the door for these two beautiful women and it made me feel like a gentleman. They look at me like I was a good guy.

Color: Music has color and expresses itself. To be more creative. For us to be out there. / To step back and look at the picture. To step up when something wrong happens. If I know I’m going to do something, to get me into trouble, I will step back. / Music has color, need to take a step back sometimes and see the bigger picture. So you can see the good of school. Help me when in a bad nasty mood.

Overall, something New about Self or Others in your Group: I learned people around me are just like me and I know how to come at them in a better way without being rude.

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Funded By: Wells Fargo Location: Adobe Mountain Facility %Male 100

%Female 0

Dates: December 22-24, 2014

Ages 15-17

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

Pre %YES 48 %NO 52 %Other 0 Post %YES 67 %NO 33 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 19 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 38 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 86 % All the Time 9 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

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

Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 30 % All the Time 70 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 43 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 38 % Leader 62 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 24 % Leader 76 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 91 % No 0 % No Answer 9 Thoughts Shared: Stand up. / Communicating, teamwork. / Help the person that need help. / Speaking up. / Never been bullied. / Don’t be so rude to people. / People are different. / Ay si aprendimos. / Help others and make them feel special. / Don’t be so rude. / Si porque tengo mente positivo. / Beat up bullies. / Help the kid that’s getting bullied. / Help the kid that’s getting bullied. / Help the kid that’s getting bullied. / Just standing up for yourself. / Talk to someone, tell someone. / It’s okay to ask for help. / Realized we all have some things in common. / Speak up. / Speaking up and clear. / Speaking up and clear. / If you do the right thing people will follow.

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

Post % Yes 90 % No 5 % No Answer 5 Thoughts Shared: Stand up. / Because it’s not right. / Ask for help. / I would say something. / I would help them out. / I would to somebody. / Ayudarla asaiir del problema. / Because bullying is what I hate. / I would help them out. / I am going to defend the person who’s getting bullied. / Am going to defend the person who’s getting bullied. / Am going to defend the person who’s getting bullied. / I would break it up and tell him to walk away. / Yes I would stand up for him. / I would go get help. / I would say something. / I would say something. / I would say something. / Of course I would stop it.

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

Post % Yes 86 % No 5 % No Answer 9 Thoughts Shared: Make my own decisions. / I made my own decisions. / Be good person. / Speaking up for myself. / I learned that if I want to be successful, it’s all up to me. / Coping skill. / Respetar a todos para que te respeten. / Think and make excuses to get away from peer pressure. / Respectar a todos para que te respecten. / Respecting others and caring. / Respecting others and caring. / Respecting others and caring. / I learned responsibility. / It helped me. / I already knew. / My own decisions. / My own decisions. / My own decisions. / Respect I learned a lot about respect.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

K8Pre 57% Post 95% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Que no seamos racistas con los de mas. / We are all the same and should treat each other the same. / IDK. / Color doesn’t mean anything we’re all human beings. / It shows emotion. / Nothing. / It’s fun. / Color doesn’t mean anything. We’re all human beings. / Azul. / Color doesn’t mean anything. We’re all human being. / I don’t get it. / I like black, dark grey, and white. / I love blue, purple, black, white. / Yellow means overlasting love. / Que nosomos rasista. / IDK. / IDK. / Music is color.

Post: Music is color. / Each color has its own meaning. / Blue. / Music is color. / We are all human beings. / It has a lot of meaning. / Color is everything. / Si porque se asen figuras con los colores se asen imaginasian. / Color can make amazing beautiful work. / I learned that music has color. / Si porque es parte de la vida. / Black, grey, white. / That we can do all kinds of designs. / That we can do all kinds of designs with color. / That we can do all kinds of designs. / That color is not just color if you look beyond it and they’re something bigger. / That everyone imagine different. / It has a lot of different meaning. / Color has a lot of meaning. / Red. / The music help you to think better in colors. / Que los colores tienen significados. / Color represents many feelings and thoughts.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 67% Post 95% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Lograr a aser alguien importante en la vida tener un trabajo bien en va empresa. / To be successful in life and overcome my fears. / To have 10 kids. / To get released. / To play in the NBA. / None. / Attend school going to college. / To get released. / To get released. / Leaving this place. / To be rich. / Become rich and happy. / To see what the future for me. / Tener una Carrera y un trabajo bien. / To have 5 kids and go to the military. / To stay out of jail, stay sober the rest of my life and to become a dentist.

Post: Army. / To not get locked up again. / Go home and finish my school. / Going home. / To get out of ADJC and work positively to net come back. / To go to the Army. / To get out of ADJC. / To become an electrician. / To go to the military. / Si para tener lo que puedo lograr. / Pro boxer. / Attend school and getting a nice job. / To go home. / Attend school and getting mean to people. / To be successful in life. / To stay sober and be home with my family, got to college and be a dentist. / To play in the NBA. / College basketball. / Graduate. / Want to be agriculture. / Miror es la escuela. / To help my mom when she needs it and become a doctor.

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

Thoughts Shared: Stand up for myself. / To not give up. / Believe in myself. / Is speaking up for myself. / Is to be confident with myself. / That respect will go a long way. / Coping skills. / Pues salir de a lui y regresar a la casa con mi familia. / How to love myself and others. / To not give up. / Tener mente positiva. / Respect. / Having responsibility not being mean to people. / I can do anything. / Being responsible, not being mean to people. / Using teamwork and everyone needs help. / Work hard, paying attention. / When I’m talking to people, make a lot of eye contact. / Anything can be accomplished. / Is speaking up and pay attention. / Is speaking up and clear and pay attention. / Porque pase lo que quiero. / Respect, communication, and thinking.

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

Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Leadership. / Because I could talk in front of people. / Thinking good thing. / Leadership. / How to talk with others. / It helped me realize who I really am. / Working as a team. / Fue panerse a estudiar y lograr para a salar y ser alguien respecto. / It helped me on how to love myself. / Yes I did. / Respecto. / Showing respect. / It’s fun. / It made me better person. / It’s fun. / Me not letting people being bullied. / Yes kinda. / It helped me speak up. / It taught me about myself. / Leadership. / Leadership. / Leadership. / When I wanted to work on teamwork and the workshop helped.

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: IDK They have some fears. / That others have the same fear as I do. / Make new friends. / Show them the right path. / We all make mistakes. / There are more kids just like me. / None. / That they might not agree with others opinion. / We have thing in common. / Ponder atencion. / Nothing. / About doing positive changes. / We aren’t different after all. / Doing positive change. / That they have same fears like I do. / That a lot of people have similarities. / We have some of the same fears. / We have the same fears. / Show them the right path. / Show them the right path. / Show them the right path. / Everybody makes mistakes. You are not the only one.

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