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This file is for educational purposes only and is not meant for reproduction.
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Persuasive speech directed toward prospective volunteers. Information includes an example of a client whose life was changed by a mentor at the Safe Harbor organization and how being a mentor can influence teens in need.
Community Youth in Action Network approached us to help create their annual report and we jumped to it right away!
CYAN is a youth driven organization that promotes and fosters the value of community service, engagement, wellness and leadership. Youth aged 12+ are inspired to engage in a lifetime of volunteerism, skill building, initiative and civic leadership.
Resources for families, building protective factors and how communities can prevent child maltreatment.
Presented by Jim McKay, State Coordinator, Prevent Child Abuse WV
This presentation provides an overview of the problem of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), including what we know about CSEC victims and how children come to be exploited. Attendees will learn how to recognize and respond to CSEC victims, and what communities can do to protect children from exploitation.
This file is for educational purposes only and is not meant for reproduction.
Born This Way Foundation's Kindness Is Action Report, conducted by Harris Poll, set out to understand the impact of kindness on the mental health of young people, particularly during overlapping and ongoing crises.
Persuasive speech directed toward prospective volunteers. Information includes an example of a client whose life was changed by a mentor at the Safe Harbor organization and how being a mentor can influence teens in need.
Community Youth in Action Network approached us to help create their annual report and we jumped to it right away!
CYAN is a youth driven organization that promotes and fosters the value of community service, engagement, wellness and leadership. Youth aged 12+ are inspired to engage in a lifetime of volunteerism, skill building, initiative and civic leadership.
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Almost all people have times in their life when they feel that they are not in control of the events that happen to them. There are often times when others seem to have more power over people than they do over themselves. This can create a strong feeling of power imbalance between oneself and another person. Sometimes, this can be because of a positive power imbalance, in the case of a mentor, advisor, or supervisor who uses his or her authority to guide and teach others. Sometimes, however, this can also be because of a negative power imbalance, in the case of a boss who bullies; a boyfriend or a girlfriend who can be emotionally and physically threatening; or in the case of a confrontation, one person initiating violence against another.
In the United States and in other countries around the world, power imbalances are often commonly experienced by populations who may be political or social minorities because of their gender, race, tribal and ethnic association, or socioeconomic status. Consequently, discrimination may occur as a way of preserving the status quo as a means of preventing others from accessing multiple public and private services, credit, employment, and housing opportunities, for example.
As people bring the personal into the professional, self-awareness is important for homeland security personnel when working and intervening successfully with critical incidents that may involve culturally diverse responders, survivors, and perpetrators. Coping with unpredictable and ongoing situations of crisis and terror can arouse personal feelings of helplessness and lack of control. It is important, therefore, to understand what particular coping strengths you can bring into such a situation, your ability to respond to and manage such a situation, and what your capacity is to learn from such events for future use.
Therefore, looking back over your own life, choose a situation in which you experienced a major power imbalance while interacting with another person that either assisted or prevented you from meeting your aims. This could be, for example, with a former boss, coach, teacher, parent, or friend who had some kind of authority over you when the incident occurred.
Assignment Guidelines
· This paper should be between 750–1,000 words and will be written in 3 parts:
· The first part should be labeled "Part 1: What Happened."
· Insert as much objective detail as you can remember, in as factual a manner as possible.
· The second part should be labeled "Part 2: Looking Back."
· Insert what you felt your response was to what happened during the event.
· The third part should contain discussion regarding 2 additional aspects and should be labeled "Part 3: What I Lear.
![Paying It Forward: From Youth in Care to Advocate
A
shley Stokes was four years old when she
and her little sister entered the foster care
system. Looking back, she doesn’t remember
all of the details, but she does have one very
powerful memory: “Just feeling alone and scared,” she
said. She remembers the impulse to fight, to protect
what was hers; in many ways, that impulse is still with
her.
Ashley remained in foster care and, at age 16, decided
to enroll in a Supervised Independent Living
program. She’s been through a lot in her life and has
learned a lot, too. Because of her experiences, Ashley
is passionate about helping other kids who are where
she once was. She’s working in the human services
field and is in her second term as President of the
statewide Youth Advisory Council, a group that she
has been involved with for eight years.
As a girl in her tween years, Ashley lived with a foster
family who she remembers as being the best family
she met. “That family really taught me a lot about
what family should mean and the core values of
family,” she said. “The father of that family, he taught
me how a man should treat a woman – not only
telling me but showing me things that he would do for
his wife.” Unfortunately, Ashely’s foster mother
passed away in 2002 and, shortly thereafter, Ashley
left that home. The foster father she remembers so
fondly also passed away in 2008. Even so, the
experiences she had with that foster family has stayed
with her. “They taught me the value of family and they
didn’t even know they were doing it. They were just
being themselves in their normal daily life and I was
looking and I was paying attention.”
Ashley’s experiences weren’t all so positive; nor were
they all memorable for happy reasons. She learned to
look out for herself, to take advantage of everything
that the child welfare system had to offer and could
provide for her; and she learned how to be an
advocate for herself. From the age of 12 on, she
regularly asked to speak with the judge assigned to
her case. “They have to speak up,” Ashley says of
youth in care. “It’s their life.”
Listening to Ashley talk, it’s very clear where her
passion lies. She dreams of traveling as a motivational
and inspirational speaker. “I just want to go around
the world and talk
to foster kids and
be a resource to
them and an asset
to them and a
person [who they
can say of], ‘You
know what? She
was in the same
situation as me.
But look at her
now.’ I want to be
someone that they
can look up to,
because I look up
to them. ‘I know. I
know exactly what
you’re going
through and it’s
going to get better.
It’s really going to get better. It may not seem like it
that day, but it’s going to get better. Because I’ve been
through it.’”
From this young lady came some powerful words for
all those who work with children and youth in care:
“I think the first action is really seeing the child. It’s
really all about getting to know who you’re dealing
with. Talk to them. Talk. It takes patience to work
with a child. Kids need love. That’s the big thing.
Everybody needs love. And if you give a child some
love, even if it was a hug, you know how big a hug can
go? That child might break down and tell you
everything if you gave them a hug. It doesn’t take
much to make someone who’s used to nothing happy.
Patience and love. You really gotta have that. If you
work in this field, you need that.”
Our conversation with Ashley really touched the
entire staff at the Coalition. We want to thank her for
opening up to us, for sharing about her experiences
in care and her desire to have a positive and lasting
impact on the lives of children and youth in foster
care.
Foster Care & Adoption Resource Center (FCARC)
Info@wifostercareandadoption.org
800-947-8074
6682 W. Greenfield Ave., Suite 310
Milwaukee, WI 53214
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