MotivatioNation by Kimberly Curette https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation Summer Group based in Austin of emerging young female artists.. Subjects include: Job/Economic development, positive community involvement, mentorship, juvenile justice alternatives, paradigm shifting, self esteem development en-us 2015-07-06 22:28:40 UTC 2018-11-28 13:23:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/rose_close.jpg MotivatioNation ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64202402 new name

New Life

]]> 2015-07-06 22:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64202402 How can Community Support the Arts? ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64202408 great ideas

]]> 2015-07-06 22:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64202408 Creating Exposure to New Cultures ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389529 Argues that exposing youth to new neighborhoods has potential to break poverty

]]> 2015-07-11 21:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389529 Wealth Generation  ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389533 Very important; independence, self esteem, youth enterprise entrepreneurial encouragement - self esteem, breaking class barriers demographic; encourage civic engagement

]]> 2015-07-11 21:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389533 Mentor Relationship Tips ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389593 Trust

Recognize internalized racism, ageism, cultural values; minimize barriers, listen, lead from behind, set boundaries and assert but in non male Eurocentric authoritarian , non hierarchical, trust takes time being consistent, empowering relationships

]]> 2015-07-11 22:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389593 Social Media  ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389628 Snapchat & Instagram

Very little social media, youth use and engage in this in a very spontaneous genuine way, target audiences can see through pretense

Develop over time, empower youth

]]> 2015-07-11 22:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389628 Stakeholders  ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389662 Breaking cycle of Poverty / Generating Wealth 
How can we engage?
Surveys, monitor graduation/post graduation success rates; 
1. Educational outputs 
2. Income / Wealth opportunities 
3. Access Opportunities
4. Self Esteem 
5. Social Skills outside of institutions ; ie community engagement, breaking class, race, sex, cultural & gendered barriers 
]]> 2015-07-11 22:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389662 Wealth Generation & Arts  ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389696 1. develop website

]]> 2015-07-11 22:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64389696 Output ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64390257 What stakeholders, foundations and institutions want is often starkly different from what communities actually need. How can we engage to find out actual community needs. One way is not to presume any one stakeholder has the entire picture these are classist and sometimes racist or gendered assumptions. The key? Awareness of bias and listening skills, community engagement and trust., undoing internalized isms, confronting/undoing unhealthy group dynamics manifested in sexist, racist, classist power dynamics. This can be hard emotional work but can be done intentionally.

Needs that have been uncovered while engaging in this youth group? The girls have specifically requested these 3 things

1. Mentorship

2. Trust

3. Positive Environment

]]> 2015-07-11 23:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/64390257 Prison Abolition ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/65213127 Restitution is an ideal community me-diation and excarceration mode:
•It keeps the lawbreaker in the com-munity, permitting him/her to correct the original wrong.
• In some measure, it corrects the discomfort and inconvenience caused the victim.
• It brings the victim and the wrongdoer together as human beings, not as stereotypes.
• It lessens the community’s need for vengeance and contributes to needed reconciliation and restoration
.• It saves the community, the state, and the affected individuals the economic and psychic costs of trial and probable imprisonment.
• It reduces the role of criminal law.

http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/accountabilityroadmap.pdf

]]> 2015-07-31 19:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/65213127 Evolving Greatness ascend21 https://padlet.com/ascend21/motivationation/wish/65218342

America has and continues to be an evolving experiment. What makes us great is our willingness to change.

Change comes at the price often and many times that is the blood sweat and tears of our lived experiences. If we are lucky we have the privilege to have our stories heard or we have our sheer tenacity and demand that our stories about our journeys in life be heard at the collective table that is this great democracy.

Right now America is at a historical crossroads. Our collective is once again being demanded to examine our national consciousness and find answers to one of the most pertinent questions since the founding of this great nation, "What is Justice?"

To do so requires us to listen once again to the journeys of those most deeply affected by our justice system and often times the most unheard, our youth.

This is our and your opportunity to hear, feel, see and listen to what some of our most deeply affected populations have to say and by participating take one step further down America's Journey to Justice.

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