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Building Community Resiliency

Building Community Resiliency. Power and Healing through Leadership and Community Participation. Alexie Torres-Fleming. The “At Risk” kid tells her side of the story…. The Bronx River Public Housing Projects, South Bronx, New York. The Burning of the South Bronx…

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Building Community Resiliency

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  1. Building Community Resiliency Power and Healing through Leadership and Community Participation

  2. Alexie Torres-Fleming The “At Risk” kid tells her side of the story…

  3. The Bronx River Public Housing Projects, South Bronx, New York

  4. The Burning of the South Bronx… The Legacy of Planned Shrinkage and Benign Neglect

  5. The Measure of My Success • The Great Escape

  6. ANOTHER Way…The Third Way “I AM Because WE ARE and because WE ARE, I AM” African Proverb “When the people lead, the leaders will follow”

  7. Community…We Belong to One Another

  8. The Measure of My Success • Coming Home to Community and Myself

  9. What is Power? What Type of Power Do I Want To Build?

  10. We believe that formation for a life of peace and justice requires: • Building the body through traditional and alternative means of being well; • Building the mind through academics and education that elevates the whole of humanity; • Building the spirit through practicing prayer and reflection and connecting our personal relationship to God to that of our community; and • Using the body, mind and spirit that has been given to us to build our community and not just ourselves.

  11. Core Values • We respond to the needs of our communities by partnering with the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed for justice and not just provide charity and services. • We treat all people: youth, staff and residents as well as those outside of our community and those we do not agree with, with the dignity deserving of children of God. • We practice non-violence or “truth force” in both our words and actions. • We prioritize and invest in indigenous youth and adult community leadership. • We stay and rebuild our communities. • We affirm and practice a faith that is just, prophetic and inclusive. • We encourage and work towards an organizational culture of excellence, self reflection and openness to change. • We are good stewards of all that has been given to us especially, the earth, our time, and our financial resources.

  12. YMPJ Conceptual Framework

  13. Affirming Youth Leadership“…and a child shall lead them.” Is 11:6

  14. Trusting OUR Wisdom and Expertise…

  15. Demystifying the Systems and Language of Planning…

  16. Poison in Our Park Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power…

  17. Our Voice, Our Way… Art, Theater, Music, Play…

  18. Prayer and RefLEction

  19. Seeing What Others Do Not See…

  20. Building Solidarity… Challenging Traditional Views of Partnership Transformational VS Transactional Relationships

  21. Debunking the Missionary Mentality….

  22. Building Community Resiliency With Organizational Infrastructure…

  23. Trusting in What We Do Not See..The Legacy of Dignity, Voice and Self Determination…

  24. Fully Free, Fully Human… “Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people willsay 'We have done this ourselves.” ― Lao Tzu

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