Project Report
| Nov 5, 2022
Mental Wellness, Bullying Prevention and safety
By Winston Ashby | Project Leader
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During the October Bullying Prevention ExPosure event, 9th grade student, Miranda spoke about a time that she did not feel safe and was bullied:
“my name is Miranda, and I experienced bullying. That experience made me feel like it was bad for me to express my loud self”
Miranda 9th Grade
Because of supporters like you and donations that directly reach the teens that participate in our programs though your donations made on GlobalGiving, we will continue to keep you Miranda busy, make sure she feels safe, celebrate her voice, and always remind her, that she has PARTI team that will be by her side and support.
Our youth need more support and during Giving Tuesday on November 29th, you can be the light that this world needs!
OUR LONG TERM VISION THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT:
- Increase Cross Generational Relationships By Connecting Youth To Caring Adults.
- Increase Cross Cultural Connections For Youth
- Provide Access To Leadership Opportunities Locally, Regionally And Nationally.
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Aug 15, 2022
Keep youth safe by supporting youth voice
By Winston Ashby | Project Leader
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Safe Summer Kickoff Event
Youth are amazing and they when given the opportunity to be in environments that provide them equity to be change makers. Over the past 90 days, youth, with the support of PARTI teens and staff participated in conversations with adults through the U.S. Department of State and the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to host conversations with international visitors from Tamil to provide feedback on our program designed to addressing critical issues pertaining to online safety for girls and young women. PARTI also partnered with the County of Santa Clara Internand Earn Program to provide supervised internships for 12 youth from foster care and/or, families who received county cash assistants.
PARTI youth led summers including:
- Providing 50 Silicon Valley youth and families with Bay Area Panther tickets, to the Arena Football League game courtesy of Meriwest Credit Union.
- Providing 50+ youth with a leadership and financial literacy at Mission College in Santa Clara, Ca. in partnership with the Bill Wilson Center and the Amity planning team.
- Providing self-care meetings focused on addressing mental wellness in 10 Districts in San Jose, Ca. in partnerships with local Starbucks for 100 youth.
- Providing 50 youth with fee laptops provided by Robert Half.
- Providing 800 youth in Santa Clara County, Ca. with meals from Chick- Fil- A to celebrate them returning back to school in August.
- Providing youth led activities (High Impact, Fusion, Leadership Mentorship, Wllness-Health) for 415 youth during June - August 2022.
With your support during the next GlobalGiving Campaign, September 12-16, 2022, PARTI will be able to:
- Provide stipends to 100 youth to lead service projects at their schools or in their community in Santa Clara County, Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Los Angeles County that promote mental wellness activities supported by Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. (visit our website for details www.partiprogram.com)
- Support 4 cohorts of culturally diverse performers, artists, and entrepreneurs with platforms to build power and lead convenings to drive social equity..
- To create youth led violence and bullying prevention campaigns to advocate and celebrate gender equality, racial equity, youth voice, and diversity and inclusion.
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Apr 15, 2022
Inclusion in cohorts to build youth equity.
By Winston Ashby | Project Leader
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The youth in the Positive Alternative Recreation Teambuilding Impact (PARTI) program have been privledged to be connected with amazing business executives and professionals who took time to mentor and connect them with service and career connection opportunities during the 2021-22 school year.
Because of your support, we were able to:
Provide youth led activities that engaged youth 13 cities in Santa Clara County and reached youth in San Mateo, Alameda and San Benito Counties.
Build youth led Stop The Campaigns in Santa Clara County and participate in cohorts to create Stop The Violence Events in San Mateo, Alameda and Los Angeles County.
Build platforms for youth to participate in cohorts that enabled them to have equity and inclusion with funders, educators, and youth development organizations.
"During distance learning, there were numerous times where I felt unmotivated and unhappy with my friendships and school life. The PARTI program had this inclusive environment that allowed me to talk to adults like Winston. I was able to create a plan moving forward to see how to manage all of the different things I was balancing in my life." 2021 participant
We have opportunities to volunteer, serve as event ambassadors or nominate youth to participate or perform at the Safe Summer Kickoff event on Saturday, May 14th, as well as events during the summer in California and the Pacific Northwest. Our goal is to create opportunities for joint serve activities, awareness camapaigns, and career connection opportunities for youth.
Youth Have participated in the following cohorts:
Yo Cali
YAP - Tobacco Diversion
Santa Clara County Violence Prevention
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