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The Kindness Campaign
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The Kindness Campaign brings elementary and junior high school audiences
the message that "It's Cool to be Kind!"
This experiential program fosters a culture of dignity and respect
by creating common ground among participants,
addressing the root causes of meanness,
and inspiring youth to come together to make a difference at school,
in their communities, and world-wide. We believe that
it is in a learning culture of dignity and respect that more
students can achieve academic success.
View or download an animated slide show
of a Kindness Campaign.
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Bullying and Relational Aggression
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Our bullying programs focus on the many forms of bullying and
on how bullying harms individuals and communities and prevents
victims from achieving personal and academic success.
The programs move from understanding to action plans, fostering
ongoing strategies to prevent bullying in all its forms.
Particular attention is paid to the often covert ways in which
girls bully, bringing relational aggression and cyber-bullying
to the attention of students and staff for examination and
adding them to existing bullying prevention programs and policies.
See "You Big Bully!: Tackling the taunts and torments of childhood with empathy"
in The Almanac.
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Reviving the Wonder - Transitional Programs
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This companion to the Kindness Campaign targets high school audiences.
Based on resiliency and asset-building research, the program highlights
healthy ways to transition from adolescence to young adulthood.
It addresses relationship issues, stewardship and youth-led service
learning, mentoring, rites of passage, and coping with the stresses
and changes of late adolescence.
Reviving the Wonder helps youth embrace even life's most difficult transitions
with safety, dignity and curiosity.
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Inspiring Leadership
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Our "Fostering Leadership, Integrity, Respect and Compassion in
Young Leaders" program is for those who want to inspire leadership
at the middle school level and beyond. Accompanied by a detailed handbook,
the program provides clear strategies for teaching leadership skills,
creating leadership classes in school, or developing leadership at
camps and retreats. Inspiring Leaderhip is offered either as a
one-day retreat or an in-depth training.
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Personal & Professional Wellness
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Wellness is a much-used term, but how often do we reflect on its
meaning and application? How do we define it? What happens to us,
and to our quality of life, when we forget to nourish ourselves
— both personally and professionally? This workshop allows
participants to identify their own personal vision of wellness and
develop strategies for a healthier and more fulfilling life.
This program is offered both in workshop or multi-day retreat formats.
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Youth-led Service
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Youth who engage in service and stewardship activities learn at an early age
that one person can make a difference.
And when like-minded people come together, their changes can be
far-reaching. Through their local, national and international
initiatives, they gain a global vision, acquire empathy for others
and develop leadership and organization skills necessary for
their projects and for success in life.
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Peace Project
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The Peace Project is an invitation for the young and old alike —
from all spheres of life — to create peace on all levels.
The Peace Project inspires community, fosters a global mind,
and creates a road map for powerful, purposeful change.
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Empathy Through Literature
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The Empathy Through Literature program uses short stories about
young people to help develop empathy with others, even when their
experiences are very different from our own.
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