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THUNDERBIRD CHARITIES 2012 REPORT Inspiring & empowering kids with the tools to make better life choices

Thanks to Thunderbird Charities

Release the Fear was able to provide 73 participants with alternative cognitive thinking to violence, increase coping and communication skills and expand participants’ foundation for continued learning to become more productive members of the community. Through these programs we were able to impart participants alternative coping

methods through the use of exercises which, use the creative processes of art, music and communication. Teaching the participants positive cognitive behavioral skills and teamwork to gain confidence and inner strength to face their fears and violent tendencies. The program introduced alternative ways to help re-direct the participant’s negative energies into positive and constructive engagement with their peers and adults. Using their newly learned communication skills the workshops guided participants into their own futures to choose success in their lives rather than repeat old impetuous behaviors. Our dedicated facilitators assist these youth in developing the life skills needed to address the issues they face, including peer pressure, gang involvement, bullying, abuse, and violence. Release the Fear reinforces, in a relaxed and non-judgmental fashion, the treatment interventions that the participants already receive while they are in a secure care facility. With this support we were able to exacerbate these kids ability to successfully transition into the community with positive transferable skills.

Thank you again, Sincerely, Robert J. Miley CEO/Founder Release the Fear, Inc.

"It opened up a lot of areas I thought were closed. Thank you for helping to secure my future." Devon B.

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2012 Thunderbirds Overall Percentages RELEASE THE FEAR 2012 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results OVERALL PERCENTAGES 73 Students (4 PB Workshops) Male 71.2% Female 28.8% – Youth Ages 13-17 74% discovered something new about themselves 90.25% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 40.5% compared to Post 80.25% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 83% compared to Post 92.5% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 81.5% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 87.5% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. Lower Buckeye – 16 students Adobe Mountain Unit Challenger – 23 Students Adobe Mountain Unit Triumph – 13 Students Black Canyon Unit: Isis – 21 Students

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. September 25-27 2012 Adobe Mountain Unit: Triumph Workshop Results 13 Students (1 IO-PB Workshops) Collaborative Funds -Thunderbirds / Sundt / RTF Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 14-17 69% discovered something new about themselves 85% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 33% compared to Post 69% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 83% compared to Post 80% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 76% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 84% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. 2. December 11-13 2012 Lower Buckeye Jail Workshop Results 16 Students (2 IO-PB Workshops) Thunderbirds Charity / Sheriff's Department Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 100% discovered something new about themselves 93% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 38% compared to Post 80% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 75% compared to Post 93% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 100% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 97% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. 3. December 26-28 2012 Adobe Mountain Unit: Challenger Juvenile Facility Workshop Results 23 Students (1 IO-PB Workshops) Thunderbirds Charity Male 100% Female 0% – Youth Ages 15-17 65% discovered something new about themselves 97% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 35% compared to Post 82% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 91% compared to Post 97% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 69% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 74% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. 4. December 26-28 2012 Black Canyon Unit: Isis Juvenile Facility Workshop Results 21 Students (1 IO-PB Workshops) Thunderbirds Charity Male 0% Female 100% – Youth Ages 13-17 62% discovered something new about themselves 86% discovered something new about classmates and friends. Pre 56% compared to Post 90% realized that they are not alone in their fears. Pre 83% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality. 81% learned something to help them deal with bullying. 95% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Budget Narratives, Bridging Possibilities (BP) Workshop

Release the Fear’s - Inside-Out Bridging Possibilities Workshop One 3 Session Average Breakdown Per Workshop: Four Workshop:

Revenue

$1,500 $6,000.00

Expenses

Instructor/Artist Specialist

640 2,560

Pre/Post Inventories, Evaluations & Final Report

180

720

Art Supplies/ Xerox copies/ snacks

100 400

Recognition for students certificates & marketing

120 480

Stipend for trained Facilitator and new training

210

840

Internal Coordination & Support

200 800

Travel expenses 50

$1,500

200

$6,000.00

Total Expenses Breakdown Per Workshop:

Averages $500 per session for each Bridging Possibilities Workshop 1 Adv.18 youth per = $29.41 per youth for each session

$1,500 divided by Average of 20 youth per 3 session workshop Per Capita Cost = $88.23 per youth

Thunderbirds Charities - $5,000.00

SUNDT ( partial funding) - $500.00 Release the Fear general funds - $500.00 LBJ Special all day Fee MCSO-Maricopa County because group size higher security - $680.00 Total $6,680.00

Total In-kind for Programs $1,080. In-kind donations: The space and equipment at the juvenile detention center. The time of two Staffers from in facility, for a total of two different secure care staff, during the entire duration of each workshop. Also staff is instrumental in the selection of participants for workshop from Pre applications. A supervisor level staff to oversee the tracking of recidivism rate, of all workshop participants for the overall evaluation of long term success of workshop. Volunteers to coordinate the preparing of documents, organizing all supplies and assisting facilitators prior to and during workshops.

In-kind:$250.00-Per workshop = $ 960.00 Lower Buckeye Staff coordination time setting up workshops;$ $60.00 Per X2 = $ 120.00 Total in-kind: = $1,080.00

Total with in-kind $7,760.00

Thanks to Sundt and The Thunderbirds, 13 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility unit -Triumph experienced their Possibilities. This workshop took place on September 25-27, 2012. 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 14-17.

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? : Not to bully people. Don’t bully people. Beat the bully up. Don’t bully other people. / Social

skills, communication. Help you get your needs met and air your troubles. Present someone from bullying.

Communicating with people will get your farther than just sitting on your hands. / How to communicate and

find common ground with others. We learned not to judge by looks or preconceived notions. You might be

able to relate to or better understand them. Keep an open mind and never underestimate others potential or

experiences. / Planned ignoring. When a kid tries to taunt me. By using it when a kid tries to piss me off. By

using it when people try to piss me off.

Creative Storytelling: By writing a book. Writing a book in school for extra credit. By making up a story.

Become a author.

Through the Hoops: Non-verbal communication. Trust non-verbal communication. Hold up head up high. / Communication, teamwork, trust. Trust people to help you, communicate effectively with professors, work effectively with others. Trust people to help you, reach out, communicate the problem. In every aspect; family, job environment, schooling, need to communicate effectively daily; stores, bosses, family. / Trust, communication, teamwork, respect. To be able to work with others on group projects. Communication could help through reporting bullying. Improves relationship, social skills. / Teamwork. Communicate with others. It wouldn’t help. If I have a problem I can speak up.

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Reflective Take Away Assignment: Introspection, self-acceptance, positive affirmations. Take time to take

a look at what you think. You can be confident in yourself. Bring up your self-esteem and confidence. /

Imagery. When angered bring up your hero. It wouldn’t. If caught in a situation and don’t know what to do

just think of what my hero would do or say.

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

Confident because I changed my life around. / It felt weird. / Lanna. / Kind of good. / Comforted, ok with myself, accepted.

/Sincere, genuine, true. / Looking at myself makes me feel sexy because I am.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? I am my own hero because I changed my life around have the desire to stop doing drugs. I am important because I am who I am and not somebody else or I don’t try to be like anybody else. / My uncle. Because he fought in Vietnam. / My real dad and step-mom. / My mom is my hero because she has all the qualities I desire such as determination, compassion, courage, love, “godly home”, and so much more. She has raised 3 children as a single parent, now raising her 4th as a married woman but has always provided and used no excuses. She is my definition of strength, faith, and hope that is why she is my hero. Heroes are important because they give you something to aspire to and someone to look up to. / I don’t know myself. / Superman, my mother. Superman is someone everyone looks up to. People expect him to help and turn to. He is a role model. My mother has her priorities together. She has discipline. She gets up for work daily and earns a respectable living. She juggles a job with two kids and her old reputation. She faced all odds and prove herself to herself and others. / My mom is my hero because she loves me. She gives me whatever I need. / Because they are important to me. She supports me when I do it.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Non verbal contact. When you’re in class, use non-

verbal contact. By not showing fear. / Priorities straight, knowing yourself, being able to. Knowing yourself in a

school environment. Knowing the steps needed. Knowing yourself. / Coping skills, turn negatives into positives.

To be able to find common ground. To use coping skills, to not feel alone. Expect obstacles when trying to reach

a goal. / People often have similar fears. Think about your fears when you get into a fight situation. I do not

know. Think about it when you get into a real life situation.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Helps you turn a negative situation into a positive. When you’re doing

something negative, you can turn into a positive. / Things are not what they always seem. For test when negative,

study hard for next test. Look for the silver lining. / That you can talk to him or her. Think about that person when

you get angry. Talk to them any time you need to/want to.

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 perceived a negative situation when I got locked up but through time I saw it as a positive situation because it stopped me from

doing drugs. I felt mad at first then I was happy because I stopped doing drugs. / When I first got sent to Adobe I thought it was

a bad thing but I learned a lot about myself through my experience. I felt angry before and during but after I felt contented and

better off for the experience.

Yes/No: Communication. Help someone or ask for help. / I determine my success. I just have to try my best. I’m

my own person. I determine my success (act like it).

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Funded By: Sundt and The Thunderbirds Dates: September 25-27 2012 Location: Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility Unit: Triumph %Male 100 %Female 0 Ages 14-17 Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do? Pre %YES 33 %NO 42 %Maybe 0 Post %YES 69 %NO23 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others. Pre % Not at all 33 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 0 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 76 % All the Time 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true. Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 42 % No Answer 8 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 54

Rate this statement: I feel comfortable making my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure. Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 42 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 54

Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 50 % Leader 42 % No Answer 8 Post % Follower 8 % Equal 38 % Leader 54 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 67 % No 33 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 92 % No 8 Did you do anything? % Yes 42 % No 50 % No Answer 8 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying? Post % Yes 76 % No 24 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I just learned better communication. / Know myself and what I stand for. / No!! / I don’t see it relate to bullying in any way. / IDK. / Stop and help. / Through the hoops. Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something? Post % Yes 84 % No 16 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: IDK. / Because I would want the same. / Sorry n/a. / Tell them to stop. / I would help. I would have before. / Report it. / Tell an adult or step in and help. / I don’t care. / I would anyways. / IDK. I would go tell my staff or friend. / I never did. Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure? Post % Yes 84 % No 8 % No Answer 8 Thoughts Shared: IDK. / Say no, be yourself. / Sorry n/a. / Through the hoops. / I did learn. / Self affirmation. / Because I’m not scared to make my own decision. / No. / Getting needs met, communication, confidence. / IDK. / Through the hoops. / Through the hoops.

What do you think about color? What % gave more thought and shared them about color. Pre 42% Post 85% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Color goes deeper than just the surface. Color represents an aura. It represents deep sub-conscious emotion. / It’s color. / IDK. / I think I like the color blue. / Red, yellow, black and white. They are precious in his (God) sight. My favorite color is orange. / Yes. / I don’t know. / Nothing. / IDK. / Yes. Sometimes. / Makes me happy. Post: IDK. / That you can imagine a color from a song. / That color has sound. / It’s expressive. / That is has sound and emotion. / Sound to them. / Has a lot of meanings. / That instruments have color. / It’s deep. It has emotion within. / It has sound. / That colors are a cool thing. / Yes I did learn new things. / Things. My most important hope or dream is. . . What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality. Pre 83% Post 80% Thoughts Shared: Pre: To go to college, graduate. To have a self supporting amount of money. To have family priorities. To have good faith. / To have a family and be there for them. / IDK. / To be a successful businessman. / Is to be a successful provider for my future wife and children. / I hope I get in the military. / My hope and dream is to become a firefighter and to own my own home. / Is to change. / Playing basketball. / I think my hope and dream is to have no one mess with me and be with my sister. / My dream is to play football. Post: IDK. / Is to be successful in whatever I want to be. / To get a decent job. / To have 2 kids and a wonderful wife. / To be successful and help my family. / To be a father and have a family and be able to support them. / IDK. / Is to become sober and to have a family. / Prison. / To be loving, spiritual, kind, tolerant, with true wisdom. / Become a mechanic and own my own autoshop. / Is to get in the NFL. / To be a firefighter. / To get out of here. One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 85% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: IDK. / Never give up. / Use respect and none verbal contact. / Is to not bully anybody. / Use positive thinking. / I can do it. / Teamwork. / Respect yourself and others around you. / F the world and my life. / Be your own person. / Communication. / Rules. / Rules. What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before? Post 69% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: IDK. / My fear. / that I can work good with others. / That I have big dreams. / I can succeed. / I knew all about the program material before attending (I didn’t realize that until afterward though). / IDK. / Hopes, fears, and dreams. / I’m not sure. / I need to mature my tolerance. / Nothing. / That we all have a fear. / Lots. / Tolerance. What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend? Post 85% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: IDK. / Their fear. / That he doesn’t like to talk in front of people. / That some have big hopes in life. / They have the same fear as me. / Their fears. / IDK. / They have same fear as me. / I dislike them. / Similar fears. / They have the same fear. / That some of the people have the same fear. / They have the same fears as I do. / None.

Thanks to The Thunderbirds, 16 young lives from Lower Buckeye Jail experienced their Possibilities. This workshop took place on December 11-13, 2012. Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops. 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.


Who am I? : Communication. To talk to others and solve problems and express myself got what I need. To talk

the problem out with the bully and maybe become friends and to express your feelings to have a better

understanding with that person. To learn to communicate with others and how to meet others for a better social

life. I have a lot of friends in the future. / I learned to talk with other in a nice matter and a good way. Ask

questions, talk with others and pay attention in class. Talk it out with the people who you have someone.

Learned new thing about life. / To not be afraid to ask questions to others. To be able to express yourself. You

will be more helpful not afraid to ask questions. The lesson would help because you would gain insight on why

the bully does what he does. We would be able to get more answers and perceive things.

Creative Storytelling: Memory, communication. Express within ourself and get good grades to pass classes and

make a lot of friends and help each other. To memorize who the bully looks like and express the feelings with a

counselor, but not snitch on. To learn different ways to express myself and listen from what’s right and what’s wrong

and socialize. / Work with each build up skill. By learning when to read pic work. I will deal with bully hitting him in the

feel. When I get to the community and I try to get a career I will have communication skills. / Visualize, remember,

keep an open mind. Helps to show or figure out problems and create a visual answer. Help with obstacles may help

what comes next. Keep an imaginative mind and see more than one side to a story.

Through the Hoops: Skill from help and accepting help. Learning to receive help to get the help we need in class and school activities. Talk to the bully to talk the problem out to receive the respect that I want to be treated with. To be able to know how to ask and receive help if ever in a serious problem like bills, jobs, cars, friends, directions. / Working as a team, learning. By learn something and doing to over till you get it. By if you keep working you’re going to get use to it. / Teamwork and obstacles help to get through things in life. We could help each other make it easier with help from others. It’s harder to deal with bullying in a group and the next person can help you get out of situations. We connect with each other in order to get the best results.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Vision and self-confidence. If we visualize assignments and review it we

will succeed in our school work and etc.. Take a deep breath and exhale slowly, then work on your problems. If

you are feeling down you can just tell yourself that you can do it and finish what your process is. / You use vision

building self esteem. Have confidence in school to present work. To know you’re better than that. Responsibility

and have motivation also keep life on track. / That our younger brothers and sisters look up to us. Try to do

better to show our younger brothers look at us better. It makes you think twice before listening to your friends.

Set priorities and value your family.


I feel confident in myself. I feel that I can succeed in life and do the right thing. Respectful, trustworthy, caring. / This makes me

feel happy. / It makes me feel good about myself! / Joyful. It make me feel of joy. / It makes me feel good about myself. /

Respect, respectable, honest, responsible. / I see a kind eyes not criminal eyes. It makes me feel good. / Like an animal. / It

makes me much more of a man to be able to say that to myself. / I feel happy and good about myself. / It make me feel like sh**

cuz am now home with my love ones. / It makes me feel great and good. / Kinda homoish. But yet again it feels good. It makes

me feel bad because I’m not home..

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? My mom is important to me because she fought through cancer and never gave up. I’m happy that she is with me in my life more than ever. I love her. / They give me motivation to do good and push myself to success. / God. Because he is going to help me get out of jail. / My families are my hero because they are the ones who are going to help me get out of trouble. They are important to me because I’m going to see them ones in my life. / God. Because with him you can live a better life and change your ways. / Grandma is most important because she was always there for me. / My brother Deon. He prove to my your life can fall then you pick yourself up. / My mom is my hero. Without her I would be crazy. Because they help me keep the stress off me. / My mama and pop’z. Because they were there for me since day one and it hard to raise a son that don’t wanna listen but now I realized how hard it was. / My grandpa’s my hero. He always knows the answer to everything. / My dad don’t never gives up at all and that help me. / I am a superhero. Cause I saved my little sister. / My hero is my sister and dad becuz they are there for me when I need them at all times. / Kanye West. He talks to me through his music. My grandpa because he is a very strong individual.

Seeing Beyond: Touch and mind. We can visualize and interpret what the problem is. We can have a positive mind and feel the way the problems are. / How to describe objects with imagination and senses. How to help out student with schoolwork without giving answers. To help workers in your business. / We got to use our imagination and our third eye to get a mental feeling of things. Apply it maybe when we’re struggling in a reading story. But in all subjects so we can get a feeling of things that we don’t fully understand. See life in different ways. We can use imagination to use in our life goals.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: The past, present and future and to improve in life. If you

get bad grades it’s in your power to work harder than before. Avoid the bully and talk to someone about. Learn from

your mistakes and do better to prosper in life. / To express ourselves in pictures or words. How to explain answers

or questions. Talk to them about the problem. Get a good job in counseling. / A sequential ordering of the things

leading up to our dreams. To set goals and remember we may struggle and may have fear but to push on. That if we

let fear and memory of this fear go we can move on to the thing we want. Knowing that your hopes, fears, and

dreams are always there but not to let them get to you. So you can push past them.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: We learned to communicate, to respect and have confidence in one another. Be

confident in yourself and tell yourself you can do better or try hard when you fail. To be confident when you think you

can’t do a job just tell yourself you can do better. / To know how to overcome our struggles. To learn even if you have

difficulties. Never give up even through your struggles. / So we can keep an open mind on thing not all thing are bad

when you first think of it. To helps in school when you realize you are not seeing things right look.

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. Being in this place made me think about my life and made me change. / I felt like smoking weed all day. I now feel like going to

school all day. / When I went to jail but being in jail helped me change for the better. / Being in jail. Having going to the

consecution that I’m going through. Seeing my parents sad while I’m using stripes. / My friends called me to go to a party that they

were having. So I asked my mo and she said, “I have a bad feeling about that”. So I stayed home. The next day I found out that the

people at the party got caught up by the cops. / I think being incarcerated really helped me change and think about all the things I

lost and had on the outs. So being in here is a bad thing but it helps/helped me think about a better future now. / When I barely got

locked up I was sad/depressed and I thought it was the worst thing ever, but as time kept passing I realized it was for my own good.

/ When I used to go to school I thought that writing wasn’t helping now that I look at it I can accomplish rapping cuz I believe in

poetry and how to do it. / I don’t know what to say. / Being in regular school I use to think I was pointless and just a waste of time

but now I realize I staying in school was the best thing for anyone. / When I got locked up I began to look at it in a positive way

because I started going to school. / When I got locked up it made me mad but it drew me and my father together. / One of the best

thing happen to me when I rush for 450 yards one playoff game. When my mans tony got shot over a b****. / What happened to

me is graduate eighth grade. I thought it was good. A bad thing that happen to me is coming here. I thought I was gonna get out.

Funded By: Thunderbirds Dates: December 11-13 2012 Location: LBJ %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 38 %NO 49 %Maybe 0 Post %YES 80 %NO 13 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others. Pre % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 68 % All the Time 13 % No Answer 6 Post % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 60 % All the Time 33 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true. Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 38 % All the Time 82 Post % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 7 % All the Time 86


Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 6 % Equal 31 % Leader 57 % No Answer 6 Post % Follower 7 % Equal 13 % Leader 80 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 31 % No 69 Thoughts Shared: Not really, just sh*t talk. / Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 69 % No 31 Did you do anything? % Yes 20 % No 67 % No Answer 13 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying? Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: It’s not good to be. / That it’s a color to everything. / It’s harder to bully someone while he has someone with him. / To help kids from getting. / I learned that everyone has fears. / Expressing myself in color. / Get it will help overcome it by telling some. / Talk out the situation. / Yes don’t do something to make it worse. Talk it out. / Talk to someone. / Talk with others. / Tell a staff. / I can talk to others about it. Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something? Post % Yes 87 % No 13 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I don’t like it. / Because it’s no my problem. / I would stand up for him. / Yes because you can help them. / I would tell him to stop and everyone’s the same in some way. / All the time I will. / By stopping them. / Tell them to walk away. / I’ll talk to the bully and talk to him. / Yes I will help someone who being bullied. / Help as needed. / I will tell my friend. / Tell a friend. / Yeah I would help the person.

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Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure? Post % Yes 80 % No 20 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: To back up and see thing the way they are. / Positive communication helps move away from peer. / They told me to take 5 minutes before an action and think about the consequences. / To do your own thing. / I learned everyone’s special in their own way and you don’t have to follow anyone. / I will discuss with them. / Breathe through your nose and out your mouth. / Yes to take good advice and believe in myself. / Yes do the skill you help me with. / Cuz I can do what I want. / Do what I want. / Doing what I want. / Just think before I act. What do you think about color? What % gave more thought and shared them about color. Pre 69% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Nothing. / What I think about color is raise. / I’ve never thought about color much. / I think about crayons. / Yes I do. And I think about it all the time. / I think that some colors are better than others. / Royal blue and navy blue I’m just. / Color I think about color. Colors is wever. / I think about different colors “different colors”. / I’ve never really problem with race. / Nothing. / I have you ever thought about color. / Colors sometimes can express moods. / Colors are an expression. / I think colors are ways to express yourself and your feelings. / Blue because it’s like peace. Post: There are lot of thing to see. Color as just to put color in my own perspective. / That color can be so lightful even when it’s solid. / Live and the world is full of color. Without color the world would be dull. / That color don’t matter. / I learned that you can express yourself in different ways. / Color is main part in life. / You can make different colors. / If we put our mind to get it will work. / Color is what makes the world go around. / That every color has a mood. / I like color now more than with I did before. / A way to describe yourself. / They are colorful. / That everything is colorful. / I think it’s peaceful. My most important hope or dream is. . . What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality. Pre 75% Post 93% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I don’t have one. / IDK. / Is to be successful as best I can. / To become a wealthy man. / To play in the NFL. / To never come back to jail. / Is to accomplish my dream of being a rapper or automotive engineering. / To get out of jail. / I want to be a music artist. / To open a mechanic shop. / I don’t have one. / To get my GED and to become someone in the future. / To be a chef. / Is to get out of the correctional facilities to be reunited with my family. / Is to be a boxer or UFC fighter. Post: Is to have a mansion in the hill and a good life. / Is to be a better person in community wise and communication. / To become a music rap artist. / To got go of jail and go to school. / My most important hope or dream is to be successful. / Auto mechanic because. / Is being a jewelry shop. / To do better in life. / Is to get out of the correctional facility and become an architect. / To become someone and make my mom proud of me. / To go home. / To become a chef. / My dream to get out of jail and never come back. / To become someone better. / To become a boxer.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: Keep an open mind and reach beyond the limits I set for myself. / Is don’t give up because you can make it wherever you wanna go. / Not to be scared of actually pursuing it. / Breathing through my nose. / How to overcome your fear and move on. / Express with color. / By looking forward. / Is not give up. / Just have a great mind. Set and keep a positive attitude. / Be confident and patient to reach my goals. / To be helpful to other and to reach my dream. / That I have support. / Believe yourself. / Be living in myself. / To never give up. 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 can see things in a different way. / That it’s gonna be obstacles in life that you gonna go through and it’s up to you to get through them. / That I got what it takes to do anything I want to do or be. / that like can like all color. / I learned that my fear was being unsuccessful. / Express myself with color. / I can speak up for myself. / I have lots of thoughts. / What I can bring out my feelings. / To believe in myself to do what I like. / To do the thing I learned. / How to communicate. / There always beautiful side in everybody. / There always a beautiful side in everybody. / That getting help can take me far in life. What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend? Post 93% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That all of them had different view on things. / That a lot of people got fears even when they say they don’t. / We all have different struggles and fears. Do we can all get over it. / That you make friends. / I learned everyone has their own fear and dreams. / My class know act. / They are respectful. / We are all the same in a way. / Respect. / That they have the same fear as me. / To help them talk to them and a good way. / They eat tortillas instead of bread. / Everybody is different. / Everybody different. / That most of everyone is just like me.

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Thanks to The Thunderbirds, 23 young lives from Adobe Mountain Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities. This workshop took place on December 26-28, 2012. Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops. 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.


Who am I? : Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t talk sh** behind peoples back. There won’t be any

bullying. Get more information from people. / Don’t judge a book by its cover. Treat everyone fairly, don’t

criticize people for how they look. Talk it out, try help. Get to know people, try new things with others,

accept everybody. / Not to stereotype, that everyone is different. Social skills, not stereotyping.

Understand, not bully people because of the way they look/act. Don’t judge people, accept people for who

they are, avoid negative conflict. / Social skills, stereotype, confront, get to know people. Studying, asking

for help. Staying calm, dealing with being different. Break down barriers, learn to absorb information.

Creative Storytelling: Everybody believes and likes about what they want to do in the future. Put my mind

to something I could accomplish it. Their likes and dislike. Make career in future. / How to be creative,

memorizing details. Memorizing details. A creative plan to beat him up. How to memorize the smallest

things because they count the most. / Memory, attention, public speaking. It will help you in school

courses, coping, attention to detail. It could help you talk to the bully. It will help you memorize stuff and

cope with other people. / Memory, expressing yourself, creative thinking. Projects, studying, tests, student

council, thoughts. Telling them how you feel. Jobs, schedules, family, visuals, imagination.

Through the Hoops: Over and beyond. Stop bitching and moaning. Not buying in people stuff. / Ask for help. How to work in a team, trust. Positive communication. Ask for help. Teamwork. Along with people don’t like. Positive communication. When you work with people you don’t like, you don’t have to like but respect. / Teamwork, trust, participation. Have to trust your teacher to teach you. Trust different types of people that you don’t know. You can use those skills to be successful in life. / Teamwork, communication, creative thinking, trust. Group projects, sports, activities, asking for help. Talk through it, working with someone else to do it. Jobs, church, driving, communication.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Looking in mirror, confidence to overcome problems. Confidence to

succeed. Confidence to not do heroin. Confidence to carry yourself and be happy. / Confidence, self-

reflection. Helps you with confidence around others. Because you know you have confidence in yourself.

Helps you get a job, helps you see things you’ve done wrong and change them, helps you talk to people. /

Acceptance, confidence, self-appreciation. Tryouts, friends, females, not falling into peer pressure. Saying

no, helping others. Go for positions, females, friends, helping others.

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

are.Like sh**. / Happy, sad, proud. / Just fine and normal. / Strange. / Intelligent, goal oriented. Good, happy, hopeful. /

Normal, chill. / Felt good. / A successful person with patience. Good because I’m a good person. / I like myself and no can

say that I don’t . / Annoyed that I don’t believe in myself. / Sad. / Good, happy, wanted. / That I’m lock up. / It makes me

feel good because I like myself and accept myself for who I am. / Happy. / It makes me feel good. / Happy. / Good

because I love myself. / Good, happy. / Bad because I’m locked up.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? My brother. Because I’ve always looked up to him. / My mom because she cleans, cooks, loves me and supports me. / No one. / I don’t. / Jesus. Savior. / My dad. Because he inspires me. / My hero is my friend Tyler. He gave me a lot of advice while he was alive but his death is the reason for my morals. / My mother Annamarie Ludan, sister Deanna Esparza, bro Anthony Garcia. Because they’re my loved ones and family. / My hero is Meck Mille. He is important because he’s the one that got me on rapping. / My dad. He is in the military and he raised me. / Motivation and inspiration. / They have money. / My family. Because without them I couldn’t be anybody. / My mom is my hero because she gave me birth. / My mom. They are always there for me! / My family. Because they are always there for me. / Brother. Always be there for me. / My dad. He taught me right from wrong and saved me from going down a much worse path. / Me. Because been through a lot. / My family. Because without them I would be a nobody.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: If you put your mind to it, your dreams can come

true. Keep your goals in mind. Instead of fighting, you can work toward meeting your goals and dreams.

Keeping your priorities straight, you have a future. / Obstacles in life, overcoming challenges. Be creative,

remembering the good times, achieve your goals. Fear nobody even biggest one, everyone has fears. Relate to

others fears, motivation, lift you up. / Express yourself, self-reflection. How to communicate with

teachers/peers. Face your fears and talk to the enemy. Accomplish goals, no fear of what others say. / to

express about your feelings, life goals, what can get in the way. Talking to people or counselor about your

hopes and dreams. Because if you really want to accomplish your hopes and dreams you won’t let anything

affect you. What career to pursue.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: That not everything bad is that bad. You may get an F but know you need

to get better. You may be locked up but good things can come from. / Self-reflection. How to work together,

mood identification. Teaches you to work with others whether you like them or not. How to cooperate with more

people. / Open up to change, don’t judge the book by the cover, take risks. Join activities you usually wouldn’t

think about, meeting new people. Taking risks in jobing opportunities, move neighborhoods, have courage in

advancing in school.


something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one. Canyon State – I earned work experience. / The time when I got arrested for doing a beer run and then I got put on probation

and it kinda messed up my life but now I’m making serious changes. / The first time I smoked weed. / When I got locked up.

I was mad at first but I started think about the positive it was going to be a good thing for me. I was going to sober up and get

on track. / Going to jail but I got my GED. / When I hooked on drugs really f***ed my life up. And plus probation always get

me violated and locked up many times. / Came here to Adobe. / When I had to play sports. / When I went to chuch. /

When my mom and step dad first got together because I didn’t like my stepdad. / When I was smoke and I stop. / An event

that started out negative but ended positive was my mom coming back into my life. / When I got locked up. / Getting locked

up was actually a good thing because it saved my life. / I dropped out of school but got my GED. / When I got locked up. I

got GED and food handler’s card.

Color: Can be anything you want it be. To be positive. Think bright. / How what we paint reflects our feelings.

We all express ourselves different. We all express stuff in various ways. / That different colors are interpreted

differently. That color is important and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Helps you not to be judgmental. / Surroundings

affect you. In presentations how to appeal. Surround work environment, appear yourself in certain situations.


Funded By: The Thunderbirds Dates: December 26-28 2012 Location: Adobe Mountain Unit: Challenger %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 35 %NO 61 %Maybe 4 Post %YES 82 %NO 18 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others. Pre % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 31 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 78 % All the Time 18 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true. Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 31 % All the Time 65 Post % Not at all 8 % Sometimes 14 % All the Time 78


Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 0 % Equal 39 % Leader 61 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 22 % Leader 78 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 35 % No 65 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 78 % No 22 Did you do anything? % Yes 48 % No 30 % No Answer 22 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying? Post % Yes 69 % No 31 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: You can make the bully accomplish something instead of bullying. / To stop it. / To communicate positively. / How to walk away. / Ignore. / I learned how to communicate positively. / Coping skills. / to stand up to your enemies. / It wouldn’t actually work. / Think before acting. / To think outside the box. / Talk it out. / Think positive. / It’s in life and you got to stop the problem. / Coping skills. Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something? Post % Yes 74 % No 26 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would talk to him about do something he likes instead of bullying. / Smack that other person. / Try to help the situation positively. / Stop it. / Keep to self. / Because you learn skills to set your own rules. / Tell the bully to chill. / I would help him out. / I always have. / It not my problem. / Tell them they make themselves bad example. / I help beat up the bully. / Tell someone or tell him to stop. / Play guilt trip. Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure? Post % Yes 65 % No 31 % No Answer 4 Thoughts Shared: To help people instead of peer pressure. / Don’t listen to other people. / Self reflection, setting your own goals. / To do my own thing. / I learned how to do things even if I fear what others will say. / I learned I can make my own decisions by being myself. / I’ve never struggled with peer pressure. / I know all this already. / Don’t let nothing stop you. / Do what you want to do. / To know yourself.

What do you think about color? What % gave more thought and shared them about color. Pre 78% Post 87% Thoughts Shared: Pre: I think color can tell you about a person. / I like to color or draw. / It’s just a color. / Green, yellow, white, black, brown, red, blue, and gray. / Blue. / It doesn’t matter. / I don’t care what color you are, I just care how you treat others. / I don’t think color makes a difference. / I think everyone is equal. / I think color is amazing. / No I never thought about color. / I think color means race, color of skin. / To express surroundings. / They help some people express their feelings. / I like all colors. / I like all colors. / That it’s fascinating to look at. / It’s a bright way saying who you are. / Yes they make things pop out. / No. / It’s nice. / It makes stuff look better. / It’s unique. Post: That color can many different things. / It a color. / I think color could stand for your mood. / That it is important in everything. / That it is important in everything. / It’s important. / That color is a mood, it’s an expression. / They mean something. / That color sometimes helps you with expressions. / Color has tone. / Color is cool. / Nothing. / That it’s a way to express yourself. / That it has a meaning that it can mean lots of things. / It’s just a color. / Yes express surroundings. / Expresses so many way. / Cool. / Express yourself or people. / Creative and unique. / It affects your mood. / Nothing. / It explains how you feel. / Many different meanings. My most important hope or dream is. . . What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality. Pre 91% Post 97% Thoughts Shared: Pre: That my family would live happily and I will get rich. / To be a football player or a mechanic. / Going to college, after join the service. / Become a doctor. / To be successful. / To become a mental health therapist. / Is to make my family proud of me. / To get married. / To become a hunting guide. / I don’t think I have one. / My most important dream is to be a rapper. / Is to become a football player. / To live a normal American dream. / Is to break the family chain. / My most hope is to get out of D.O.C.. / I want to be successful and raise a child. / To become a rapper or singer, help out needy and family. / Being in the military. / To be successful. / I don’t know. / Be happy. / To get out on time with no problem. / Make my mom proud. Post: To become a rapper. / Succeed in life. / Is becoming a therapist. / To be me. / Is to become a football player. / Follow them. / Is to be a boxer. / To become a forensic psychologist. / Die on a trip. / The military. / To become a chef. / To become a rapper. / To be a baller. / Is to keep me in check. / To become a doctor. / Family. / To get out of jail and never come back. / Make my mom proud. / Be successful. / To raise my baby. / To be successful. / Become someone in life. One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 91% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: That I can accomplish anything. / Focus on what I want. / Is setting goals and working with others. / Do me so that others don’t get annoyed by me. / Is to not fear what others will say. / Coping skill. / That sometimes I need to do uncomfortable things to get to my goal. / That teamwork is important. / Never stop trying. / Support from people. / To follow my dream. / To focus. / Positiveness. / Don’t let no one interfere with your accomplishment. / Don’t let nothing stop you. / Family. / Just think about myself. / We all gotta do things we don’t like. / Trust in yourself. / Nothing. / Nothing. / They’re consequences to everything.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before? Post 65% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: That I can do the dream I always wanted to do. / I’m a good person. / That I’m a good speaker and have a lot of experience. / Nothing. / That I am very grateful. / I know how to draw. / That I accept myself for who I am. / Nothing. / Nothing. / Nothing. / Everything happens for a reason. / That I can achieve anything. / I’m cool. / My dream. / Family. / That I had a fear. / to get along with people I barely met. / I’m a leader. / Nothing. / In a different world, you’re right. / My favorite moment. What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend? Post 97% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That most of us have the same fear. / They have fear. / That a lot of people have the same problems. / That people are different. / They’re special to me. / That they all have similar goals as me. / About their self. / That they’re good friends. / That people fear the same stuff as me. / Don’t judge. / I have no friend here. / That we have similar fears. / Not much. / They’re coo. / Yes all different desires. / Their fear. / Family. / That he has the same fear as me. / Just do it. / Their beliefs. / A lot! / They have fears. / Their fears and also dreams.

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Thanks to The Thunderbirds, 21 young lives from Black Canyon Juvenile Facility experienced their Possibilities. This workshop took place on December 26-28, 2012. Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.©

“Bridging Possibility” workshops. 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 13-17.


Who am I? : How to talk to others and not to judge by cover. Being social. Understanding people and

positive communication. Diversity in friends. / Not to stereotype. Not judging people, learning how to talk

to people. Interacting with new people. Being a good and friendly person. / Learned to interact with

people. Apply in school by interacting with peers. You can become assertive. Apply in life by interacting. /

Open mind, communication, people are diverse, communication. Skills/tools, asking questions,

understanding your peers, getting to know them better. Not judging, finding similarities, being relatable,

accepting diversity. Better communication, understanding, relating to those around you, accepting

differences, pro social skills.

Creative Storytelling: Memory, observation, finding similarities. Learning through drawings and memory.

Learning about other people’s hopes and fears. Relate to and learn about others. / Our fears are all

different but we all have one. Talk to people on how you have something in common. Turn it around and

say hey we both have a fear, not just me. Being a good sociable person. / I learned about people’s fears

and dreams. You can be mindful of others. You can understand why others might be different. You can

help yourself and others. / Listening and learning to memorize auditory and visual input. Improves

memory, helps us retain what we learn, teaches different ways of learning visual auditory. Opening up,

relating to peers and the understanding everyone is different. Accepting diversity. The understanding

everybody has a hope or dream and to encourage others.

Through the Hoops: Teamwork, trust, participation. Teamwork, doing activities in groups, finding alternative ways to do something. Learning to work with people who you don’t usually deal with. Work through difficult situations. / Teamwork, trust. Working together. Not being mean to others, accepting who they are. Positive communication with others. / To trust and work as a team. You could make good friends there. You could get a group together and go against bullying. When you have a job you can take the skills and work as a team. / Teamwork is necessary to complete tasks. Trust others to accomplish things. Helps develop pro social skills, positive communication in order to complete task. Encourage others, everybody is required to finish activity, no one is not important. Work together with others to accomplish something. Help those out who struggle.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Finding good in yourself and others. Having confidence in yourself to

pursue what you want. Knowing yourself, your values. / That it’s nice to have someone as your hero.

Learning that you don’t always have to have someone as your hero. Being nice, loving caring. Caring

about the way others see you. / I learned confidence. You will have self-respect which leads to respecting

others. Know who you are and knowing no one can change that. You apply this in life by acknowledging

yourself, respect and confidence and you know what you’re about. / To give yourself positive self talk,

encourage self to become better, beauty is only skin deep. Have confidence in self will help you complete

tasks better if you love yourself you tend to be kind to others. If you have confidence in yourself, the

opinions of others will not matter whatsoever. Giving the confidence you have to others, leadership skills,

keeping faith in yourself even when you’re struggling.


It makes me feel more confident about myself. / It makes me feel confident and happy about myself. / It makes me feel. / It

makes me feel happy. / Good! / It makes me feel confident. I love who I am / Stupid. / It made me feel weird and possibly

conceited! / It makes me feel like a liar. / Stupid. / Like myself. / Makes me feel lovable. / Like sh**. / Normal. / Honestly I

don’t because I don’t like myself. Ugly. / Happy. / It makes me feel good about myself. Happy. / I don’t believe in myself.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? My mom, why because she’s been there for me through thick and thin no matter what I’ve done and she’s always there to give me support. Because she’s my mom. / My mom. Because she brought me in this world and she’s always by my side. I love her to death. / My sister Sidnee. To me because she is and always will be an important part of my life. / Savanna, my family, Pena Mercedes. She’s like someone close to me. Like my sister. I love my family because they been to me. / My mom. Cuz she will always go out of her way for me. Or be there for me. / Funny, small, smart. She’s pretty successful and still young. / My dog! Because it’s so comforting and loving! / Myself because at the end of the day, I’m the only person I can depend on. It’s me so not very important. / Brother. He’s been through so much. / My nana. Because she’s my everything. / My boyfriend. He’s my hero because he’s made something out of his without having much. He’s intelligent, honest, and hard working! / No one because I don’t envy anyone. / My mom. She is an amazing person – motivated, start, hard working. They’ve taught me a lot. / My mother. My mom has taught me how to appreciate the small things in life and how to try your best with whatever obstacles come upon you. / Sisters and nieces. I don’t know but I love my niece and my sisters. Is important everything about my family. This is my freedom. / My lovely little ma. She’s more important than anyone/anything in the world and I should have to explain why. / Mom and sister! They’re important because my sister is a recovering addict from the same drug of choice as me. And my mom because she has always been there for me through thick and thin. / I don’t have one I only have people I think is smart. Well they’re smart cause how they think.

Drawing one’s Fear’s, Hopes and Dreams and Sharing: Know your fear, sharing your fear. To express yourself,

and knowing that you share the same FDM. We all have different fears/dreams, so we should respect each other for

it. So you can get over your fear to get to your dreams. / Some what times you have to face your fears to get to

your hopes and dreams. Facing your fears to get educated. Not caring what others say and to go out of your way to

be there for someone. Being a strong independent person. Choosing your d reams and not letting no one or

anything hold you back. / People are alike. And me and people are alike and have the same ideas, same fears,

same dreams. To follow directives given by others. Doing assignments correctly. Realizing your emotions and

being mindful to not treat people badly because you’re feeling badly. To know how to accomplish my goal because I

know my goals. / To not allow fears to restrain us. Channeling your energy into positive activities, having an

optimistic mindset. Developing and enhancing public speaking skills. Relating your fears, hopes, and dreams to

those around you, everyone has something in common. Improving your ability to plan/think for the future, conquering

and facing your fears head on. Recall you are more than where you came from.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: To be able to change bad into good. To be able to not judge people on how

they look or the things they do. To have a better outlook on life. / That not everything that is – has a bad

outcome. It could help you accomplish things in the future. Doing schoolwork and getting A’s in school. Either

making bad choices or making the right decisions. / A perceived negative can actually be a positive. Make the

best out of your situation. Make dat lemonade out of does sour lemons. / How to open your mind and perceive

things positively. To take the good out of the bad, to be optimistic. Complete tasks on own, realize that school is

for our own good, improve attitudes. To see things from multiple perspectives and the understanding everything

happens for a reason, to be a more optimistic individual, hope for future.


something you did, you perceived (thought/saw) the experience as a positive one.

I thought coming to ADJC was going to be bad. But it turned out to be positive because it changed my life. I am not the

same anymore. / I was hit by a car and I experienced through drugs and the reason why it turned out positive was because if

I hadn’t experienced drugs now I would’ve later in life. So therefore I would’ve ended up in the adult system. / When I

overdosed on heroin, but I actually admitted for the first time that I was an addict. Beginning I don’t want to go. After it wasn’t

so bad, I felt content. / Coming to BCS. When I came I was mad but then after I got use to it cuz it help me look more at my

problems and so it turned out a positive experience. / I thought a lot about the past, and all the negative things I’ve done.

And how I got locked up, and it’s going to make a big change in my life and by that now taking all the steps and finding out a

way to use them. When I get out, to accomplish these goals I have here and out there. It was great thinking about the past. /

When I got a dirty pee test then realize it’s dirty, I’m getting consequence by going to jail it’s only because people are gonna

help me not drop dirty anymore and keep me safe. Negative to positive situation. / At first I felt confused then get used to it

then I felt normal because I got used to it. / When I first got here, I thought this place as a negative or bad place, then I

changed and thought of it as a place I can change my life. / When I got beat by my ex-stepdad for 10 years it made me

strong and made me a very confident person in my life. / When I got committed I hated it because I didn’t want to be here 4-6

months and now I have coping skills to use so I won’t go and get high. / Negative – having to stop doing drugs. Positive –

was losing weight, doing despite things for them and giving upon everything good around me. / Coming to BCS, I realized I

could get a lot out of it. / I didn’t want to mop the hallway, but then I got 6000 positives. / I didn’t want to come here but now

I’m glad I did.

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Funded By: The Thunderbirds #4 Dates: December 26-28 2012 Location: Black Canyon Juvenile Facility %Male 0 %Female 100 Ages 13-17 Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do? Pre %YES 56 %NO 39 %Maybe 6 Post %YES 90 %NO 10 %Maybe 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others. Pre % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 76 % All the Time 12 Post % Not at all 24 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 19 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true. Pre % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 61 % All the Time 39 Post % Not at all 5 % Sometimes 43 % All the Time 52


Complete this statement: I see myself as a __. Follower, Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 12 % Equal 21 % Leader 67 Post % Follower 0 % Equal 29 % Leader 71 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 72 % No 28 Thoughts Shared: People have attempted and then had a real shock coming. / When little, no more though. Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 94 % No 6 Did you do anything? % Yes 61 % No 22 % No Answer 17 Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying? Post % Yes 81 % No 19 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: That you are the only person who knows the truth. / Not to fall into it, to be myself. / Tell someone. / Tell someone. / Knowing my values. / No because bullying doesn’t affect me. / A couple. / Because everybody help. / Treat others the way you want to be treated. / I learned about the meaning of color. / I do not deal kindly with bullies. / Having a better response to things. / No. / Realizing a lot of us are the same. / Realizing everyone’s different. / Accept people. / Not to judge others. / Treat others the same as you want to be treated. / Treat everybody with respect. / Teamwork and helping others. Now, after attending the workshop, if you saw someone be bullied, would you do something? Post % Yes 95 % No 5 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Tell them to leave them alone cause they don’t deserve to be picked on. / Always I hate bullies and hate followers in a negative way. / Because I would want someone to do the same. / Stop the other person. / It depends. I mind my own business to an extent. / A couple. / I don’t like it. / I would tell them to stop because they have the same fears. / I would have prior to said workshop too. / I would stand up for that person. / I would have before also. / Not my business. / Just not join in. / No one deserves to be bullied. / I always do. / Cuz if that was me I would want someone to help. / I would stop it. / I would help them get out of the situation.

Did you learn any skills to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure? Post % Yes 67 % No 28 % No Answer 5 Thoughts Shared: Take a deep breath first then make your decision. / To be an independent person, not a follower. / I don’t remember. / I don’t know, because I am me. / A couple. / To ask for help and talk honestly. / I already know these skills. / Asking for help. / I feel like I already know those things. / I forgot. / I already knew. / Go with your gut. / I’m a leader. / Teamwork. / I have always made my own decisions. / I didn’t learn anything new on that. What do you think about color? What % gave more thought and shared them about color. Pre 61% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: No. / I love color. / Yes I love color. It makes life beautiful. / Not sure what you mean? / No! / Some are pretty, some are really ugly. / Color makes life more livable. / It expresses things. / No I don’t care about color. / No, not really. / I don’t know I never thought about it. / I love color. / I like color. / No I don’t know. / It brings happiness to life. / That color is color. There isn’t anything special from the color. / I like pink. Post: That color can resemble so many different things. / I think now color is everywhere and in every sound. / Color is more beautiful than I noticed. / Color is more beautiful than I notice. / Colors can mean feelings. / I still love pink, and nothing. / Colors go with mood. / Yes everything has it’s own beauty. / I learn about my color is important. / It’s different. / Color has its meaning in a lot of things. / I continue to love and embrace color. / I’ve always loved color. / Color can be emotions. / It can change rapidly through music. / It always stands out. / It expresses things. / To expand your mind. / Every color has meaning to it. / It could be an emotion. / Color can show emotions. My most important hope or dream is. . . What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality. Pre 83% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Music producer. / To make it in life. / I am going to own my own business restoring older cars. / Is to become a special ed/autistic teacher for kids. / To be successful. / I don’t, none right now. / To join the Navy. / Become a forensic scientist. / To become a nurse obgyn. / Don’t have one. / My goal is to get my PhD. / To be sober. / I want to be happy. / Play pro basketball. / I don’t have one. / Not to die alone. / Is to become someone and change my bad ways. / To be happy and fall in love with a rich guy. Post: Is to show my family that I have changed, motivational speaker, play college ball. / Is to become a special education teacher or a therapist. / To be successful. / To be someone in life. / Joining the Navy. / To be successful. / Is not go to county. / Be successful. / Is to be police officer. / Play pro basketball. / Is to become a mother with a PhD in psychology. / To become a mechanic and own my own business. / To be with Kara and become a zoologist. / Be happy. / To have a family. / To become a music producer and a good mother. / Forensic science. / I be successful. / To be a bartender. / Is to become successful. / To become a professional volleyball player and a big baller. One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 90% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: That everything takes time and patience. / To go for what ever it is because I’m capable of anything. / Be more positive. / Knowing my fears. / Nothing. / I like art. / Believing in myself. / To be respect. / I can do what I set my mind to do. / Is hope. / that fears can not hold me back. / To not be afraid. / Optimism. / I can do it. / Keep trying. / Don’t give up. You can do it. / To not be afraid to express myself. / Take chances. / Believe in myself. / Teamwork and leadership.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself that you did not know before? Post 62% discovered something new in the workshop. Thoughts Shared: That I have a voice and yes it is important. / That I am a caring person who goes out of my way for others. / That I’m shy. / That I can trust myself. / My dreams. / That I can be rude too. / I can work hard. / Nothing. / To be respect. / None. / Nothing. / Nothing I am already in tune with self. / Nothing. / Nothing. / My fear. / Nothing. / Nothing. / That others have the same fear as me. / I’m more confident than I thought. / Trust. / Nothing. What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend? Post 86% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: Some people didn’t know anything about anything! / That a lot of them have the same fear as me. / That other people have the same fear as me. / That I can trust them. / Their fears and dreams. / Everyone has fears. / Same fear. / I need to respect my peers. / Everyone’s different. / They have the same fear as me. / That others aren’t so different. / They have the same fear. / I learned about their fears, hopes and dreams. / Emily has the same fear as me. / Nothing. / Nothing. / We share some similarities. / They have the same fear as I do. / They’re so much alike. / Mostly just their fears.

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Charles Flanagan has said, “The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) has a longstanding and positive working relationship with Release the Fear. The youth adjudicated to us often have a range of issues to address, including delinquency, substance abuse and dependence, mental health, and trauma. Release the Fear workshops, held at ADJC several times per year, provide a safe place where the youth can be honest and open about their behavioral problems. The workshops take place over a number of days and a large number of youth have been served for several years through this program. Dedicated facilitators assist youth in developing the life skills needed to address the life issues they face, including peer pressure, gang involvement, bullying, abuse, and violence. The value of this powerful program is that it reinforces, in a relaxed and non-judgmental fashion, the treatment interventions that our youth receive while they are with us in secure care. Consequently, all interventions, including those provided by Release the Fear, add to a youth’s ability to successfully transition to the community with transferable skills. ADJC is appreciative of this program and hope that our youth continue to benefit from the workshops.”

Charles Flanagan

Director, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

On behalf of the Board of Directors of

Release the Fear I would like to thank you Thunderbird Charities for allowing this opportunity to make a difference on these very important young lives,


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