SERVICES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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MENTORING & LEADERSHP
The youth are assigned a mentor/life coach to help them develop life skills, that will include taking the lead on a project that may positively transform their lives. These projects include career development and job preparedness, creating a form of art such as a painting, script-writing, essays, creating a treatment for a documentary, short film or music recording. In addition the youth are taught the characteristics of excellent leadership, and how to apply these qualities to their daily lives.
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND ADVOCACY
The youth development, implement and participate in our an annual "Glory" peace rally, working with the local police department's youth programs as well as faith-based organizations. They are are also required to donate a few hours per week supporting a local food pantries with feeding the hungry and packaging groceries.
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YOUTH-LED DISCUSSIONS AND INSTRUCTOR LEAD WORKSHOPS
You are beginning a great adventure. We are invested in your success and enjoyment of your activities. Your activities will be an amazing experience, an opportunity to learn and grow in new and positive directions that will last a lifetime, but, attending the Fresh Start program, like any successful creative project requires planning and preparation and our application is the beginning of that process.
Skill Building Activities:
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START EXPERIENCE​​
Designed to Instill Confidence and Strength!
Additional Leadership Activities
•Job Readiness
•Employment Search
•Leading teams and team building
•Script Writing
•Song Writing
•On Camera Acting
•Pre/Post Production Assisting
•Location Scouting
•Talent Acquisition
•Co-directing
•Coding and STEM Training
Students will work in leadership rolls during the filming of live performances for various television, film and music projects.
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With the help of their mentor Students will develop an integrated marketing strategy to advertise their creative projects via social media, print, broadcast, Itunes and/or film festivals.
Progression and Skill Development
The youth learn to work in teams, as they acquire leadership skills. They participate in team building exercises, develop action plans and goals, interviewing techniques, career development training, writing, television and film production workshops, financial literacy and life skills workshops.
Crisis intervention and advocacy services for youth.
If needed, Parents can contact centers such as Intervention Services, Inc. The Nation's Leading Intervention Provider at http://www.interventionservicesinc.com/?_vsrefdom=msn&utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=%2BIntervention%20%2BAgencies&utm_campaign=Intervention-Agency
Gain fundamental skills through mentoring, in Arts & Entertainment Production, team work and team building practices, job readiness, production and creative self awareness, helping you apply what you have learned and relying on yourself.
Safety planning
Outcome/Building Character/Trip to HOLLYWOOD!
Fresh Start Arts & Entertainment student production program require participants to dig deep and discover hidden strengths, talents and creativity. We want our students to report high levels of confidence, self esteem and team work skills. In addition to multiple team building trips our youth will participate in, the students will also take a trip to Hollywood to preview a live taping of a nationally televised program. We believe taking our students away from their normal element, will give them the time and space to examine their choices thus far, to create positive changes in their lives.
All students will be able to participate in a safety planning to learn how to approach and work with the police, they will learn self-defense techniques and first aid training by professionals from the local police department, Red Cross and a representative from the local self defense center.
Information, education and referral
Students will be given information about college entry exams, applying for scholarships and other higher education material, to support our higher learning initiative.