Healing, Self-Care - Exposure Opportunities

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.

Through donations and champions in California and the Pacific Northwest, PARTI is creating partnerships with rising artists and performers. 

In the spring of 2022, we surveyed Bay Area youth who reported that culturally appropriate mental health support as they navigate out of Covid-19 and trauma of school and community violence and mass shootings. The strength of the program throughout this time has been its commitment to elevating youth voice and co-creating projects with the community. This event will provide direct support for 5,000+ youth throughout California to receive mental wellness support, create bullying prevention toolkits for their school, and to create 4 Stop The Violence youth led campaigns, annually launching on Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in 2023.Building cohorts to drive these campaigns, is our action plan to support youth safety.

As PARTI prepares for our Summer Kickoff Concert, we want to point out the amazing collaboratives we have been engaging in throughout California and the Pcific North West. It is true - we put on events to create awareness about opportunities to gain awareness about social issues and to coach performers how to become philanthropists by sharing their talents and gifts. We were able to do this in our Martin Luther King Jr. Stop the Violence Event in January, Stop The Violence East Bay Event in February, and Stop The Violence 650/SF Peninsula event in March. Thank you for your support. We could not have reached our mark without you. Through collective events, we are rwaching communities who are disenfranchised.

PARTI has benefited from support from college students at Cal Stat University East Bay, UC Berkeley and across schools from the PAcific Northwest to rise up and serve as mentors as we prepare to reach 5,000 youth in service.

Students have supprted our 9/11 Day of Service Projects in September, October Bullying Prevention Events in October, and youth leadership connection activities in November and projects that promote thankfullness.

ExPosure Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-eW3HL8_F8

Testimonial: "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

MLK wweekend call to action 2022: 

To support and to lift up youth voices in communities of color in the South Bay by supporting youth led Stop The Violence Events in  Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz, and the San Francisco Bay Area in order to create platforms that drive safety, inclusion, and equity, that equip youth in communities of color with economic disparities with life skills, self-care, and 21st century business savviness.

Two recent accomplishments that centers around the at risk youth who we serve, are: 

• Provided activities for 3,260 youth in Santa Clara County during the 2000-21 Covid-19 pandemic.
• Hosted 3 Stop The Violence youth led events in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Jose, Alameda County and San Mateo County.

"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