Education

• Lack of care

• Consistency

• High-level support

• Class size

• FCAT education

• Dropout rate

• Trade schools

• Early Edu. Middle school

• Making students want to learn

• Focus on individual students rather than the school

 

Problems/Solutions

 

• Dropout rate- Youth mentoring , teen awareness, students helping students

 

Research

• What programs help students?

• Why is the dropout rate so high?

• What affect does mentoring have on a student?

• How do we encourage students to stay in school?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quality Childcare

 

• Security (Supervision, financially)

• Permission to be human (socialization)

• Interactive with community (sports, clubs, etc.)

• Child health/treatment

• Insurance

• Food/necessities

• Child treatment- Is the parent tending to the child’s needs?

Social Services

 

• Mentoring (security supervision)

• Guidance

• Teaching them when parents are not around

• Responsible/trustworthy mentor

 

• Child’s physical health

• Doctor appointments

• Medicine

• Nutrition

• Necessities

• Insurance

 

• Security (financial)

• Toys

• Food

• Roof over their heads

• Clothes

• School supplies

• Bills covered

 

• Child Mental Health

• Education (fine arts)

• Interaction

• Medical therapy

• Self expression (fine arts)

 

 

 

Drug Abuse

 

• Kids losing their parents to addiction

• Role models loss

• Umbrella, leads to crime and vicious cycle

• More rehab centers in area

• Research important, understand cycle, look at demographics

• Effectiveness of programs

• Child education- “scare” them more

• Look for local organization

• Something that’ll fit budget

• Focus in on kids

• Focus on therapy and counseling, education

• Help sponsors

• Help aid awareness

• Research

• Mentorship programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children Lasting Change

Not feeding kids

(Fine arts)

Change beyond $5K –enable people.

• Hobbies, skills, traits

• Younger kids

• Recreational “youth group”

• Self-sustained, fundraising

• Sex-ed?

• Parent involvement

• Negative role models

 

BSA Frank Mathis

Mentor

Sistah2Sistah

Children and Parents

Separate and together

Organizations

Big Brothers, Big Sisters

BSA (male only)

Salvation Army

Local vs. Non-local Children

NOW LOOKING FOR ORG.

 

Which type of mentoring is more effective, alone or family?

What are some organizations that do this?

Which type of program is an effective one?

Academic, Social, Sports, Arts?

Something local

What are your age groups?

Are parents involved?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Need:

Economic Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic Violence/Abused Women

• Children involved

• Blame themselves for their abuse

• Refuse to leave because they “love” them.

• There’s no other choice/way out

• Embarrassment

• Law enforcement doesn’t help

• Drugs and alcohol involved

• Fear

• Dependent on their partner (financially/emotionally)

• Isolation

Solutions

• Create awareness

• Self-defense classes

• Support groups

• Help Find jobs/economic solutions

• Safe house (for them and children)

• Supplies needed

• Child care

• Psychologist/therapist

• Get involved/create organization

• Going to schools creating awareness

Solutions

1. Create awareness!

1. Flyers, posters, etc.

2. Going to schools

3. Counseling/mentors

4. Website

5. Clubs

2. Finding an organization

1. Choosing the right one that deals with this/making an existing one better.

2. (Getting women to speak up)

• What are they willing to do to make a difference?

• Is this the right type of organization?

• Can they offer protection?

• Do they have the right/needed supplies?

 

Asking women with this you know exactly what to address.

Do you have support?

What will make you leave?

Do you have children?

What are you scared of?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment

 

• Beach pollution (tourism, beautiful beaches, money)

• Oceanic pollution (how you can help) (Cruise ships fuel, types of trash/fuel)

 

Oil spill industries, cruise ships need to be informed

Over 100 faults robots, University of Phoenix (Master College, Coast Guard)

• Market “efficiency” using up natural resources

(Cutting down rainforests, soil depletion) Greed

• Export items we can create, global economy.

• Small farms, local food groups, more jobs.

Monster corporations eating up our planet (limited resource)

Who gives us the right to destroy our planet?

People need education and awareness!

Solutions?

• Awareness, loitering, fuel

• More trashcans, recycling bins

• Corporations make mistakes, don’t fix it (clean up)

• Realize mistakes, work to fix it.

• Invest in green, rather than solutions.

• Focus on new generation

• Younger kids are, more chance for change.

• Need education, learn from what they see.

• More eco-friendly fuel for motorboats.

Questions to Ask

• What can we do?

• Donate $ for trash cans, etc.

• Start beach clean ups/highway

• Who do we talk to for info?

• Aquarium, etc.

• S.E.A.S.

• What should the $ go toward?

• Beach cleanups

• Awareness

• Commercials.

• More trashcans, Free recycling & pickup