Street Safe Kids
WINTER 2001 “Street Safe Kids EXPRESS”--a
Quarterly Service from Community Peacemakers of Oakland, California, USA and to
keep our friends, networks and supporters "up-to-date" and informed
about Street Safe Kids programs, events and publications.
Contents of this Winter 2001 Edition is also posted on our web site @ www.compeace.org
Community Peacemakers, Street Safe Kids and Safe Neighborhoods University
Administrative Office, 2908 Madeline Street, Suite 100-SE, Oakland,
California 94602-3337
[510] 530-1319 or Fax [510] 530-1527
E-mail = compeace@concentric.net
Branch Office, Post Office Box 181, Moraga, California 94556
[925] 376-3237 or Fax [925] 376-2386
E-mail = corom@aol.com
Overview of this Winter 2001 Edition:
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2. March is Street Safe Kids Safety Awareness Month
3. Street Safe Kids Safety Summit
4. "6 Weeks in a Row" Class
5. Spring 2001 Open House, Benefit and Community Service Awards
6. How You Can Support a Child or a Class of Children
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8. Web Site Updates
9. Thanks to our Friends and Sponsors
10. Safety Thought for the Quarter
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Street Safe Kids is a Community Based and Family Oriented Training
Program that can help parents, families, neighborhoods and all kinds of
communities
* TEACH Family Responsibility for Health and Safety
* ACT to Create Safe Homes, Neighborhoods and
Schools
* PROMOTE Community Involvement, Leadership and
Networking
The Street Safe Kids guidebook can also be used with the
user-friendly “Community Coaches” and “Community Networks” programs to
strengthen families and help children take responsibility for their own safety
and to avoid drugs, crime, violence and self destructive behavior.
The book and associated programs are adaptable for use by pre-teens and teens;
youth-court ordered rehabilitation and incarcerated adults.
TRAINING is AVAILABLE:
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CONTENTS of the STREET SAFE KIDS BOOK:
Part 1-"Street Safe Awareness" for Children of all Ages
1. Realize you are unique and special
2. Discover strength through pain
3. Handle anger in a positive way
4. Find your center
5. Trust your instincts and intuition
6. Take charge of your life
7. Sets goals to succeed
8. Make connections with others
9. Find your inner power
10. Discover your unlimited potential
Part 2-“Helping Hands" = How Parents and Adults Can Work with
Children
COMMENTS and SAMPLES about Street Safe Kids book and training
programs:
“I learned how to control my feelings and to stay away from drugs and
violence”. Anna, age 12
“Students learned how not to "act out" their anger when
playing sports, count to 10, change the subject, take deep breaths to telling
mom about their problems". Ileana Kane, Trainer
"Street Safe Kids will make a significant
contribution toward the prevention of youth violence”. Warren Rupf,
Contra Costa County Sheriff, Northern California
“A major aid to parents as they work to help their children avoid
drugs, gangs, violence, and juvenile crime”. Lynne C. Leach, California
State Assemblywoman
2. MARCH IS STREET SAFE KIDS SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH
Community Peacemakers has declared March 2001 to be Street Safe Kids Safety
Awareness Month.
During this month, our nationwide Street Safe Kids Training,
Safety and Virtual Volunteer Teams (see Edition #7) will promote, with facts and
information, how we have the power to stop violence, drugs and crime in and
around our neighborhoods and communities.
Both, by e-mail and from our web site: www.compeace.org, individuals, organizers
and leaders can use these materials to support neighborhood and community
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Let it also to be said that by participating in the Street Safe Kids Safety
Awareness Month, families and neighbors can work together to create safe
environments for children. And by the way of connecting, listening, correcting
and teaching children, adults can also help them make good choices to avoid
drugs, crime, vandalism, theft or other self destructive behaviors.
3. STREET SAFE KIDS SAFETY SUMMIT
On Wednesday, March 28, 2001, Community Peacemakers will sponsor a Street
Safe Kids Safety Summit at Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland,
California.
(Contents on How to Conduct a Safety Summit is included @ www.compeace.org)
The purpose of this "Safety Summit" is to bring together
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To meet in a community setting and address, discuss and offer reasonable and
easy to implement solutions about the concerns for the safety of children,
families, neighborhoods and community-wide acts of minor violence and
destruction and other safety issues.
On the day of the event, the co-sponsors will present their agenda to the
audience, outline the purpose and goals, meet in small discussion groups and
report back to the general group with their findings.
Within 2 weeks of this event, leaders from all attending groups will evaluate
the results, discuss options of how to implement reasonable and easy to do
solutions, discuss how to address difficult issues and determine how and when to
share these results with the attending communities.
Finally, the leadership group will submit a comprehensive report to local
officials for action, submit an "Action Plan" for funding to conduct
follow-up meetings, request funding to implement "Action Plan" Goals
and Objectives and determine options of how all partners and their constituents
can participate in the "plan".
For more information, call or write Community Peacemakers at the numbers and
addresses noted above.
4. "6 WEEKS IN A ROW" CLASS
Street Safe Kids is now rolling out its new "6 Weeks in a
Row" Class and it is available for use with schools, community groups and
implementation steps following "train-the-trainer" workshops.
"6 Weeks-in-a-Row" Class for Parents and Kids uses Using
Simple, Fun and Easy Activities and Exercises to Help Kids
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This special, one-of-a-kind Street Safe Kids class, can help
parents understand
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The combined class and Street Safe Kids guidebook also supports
the importance of developing the personal 3C's of "Courage, Character and
Conscience" BEFORE problems can and do happen.
OVERVIEW OF CLASS:
"6 WEEKS IN A ROW" CLASS (our standard class and lesson
plan format)
Week 1 - [Parents Only] "Introductions" and "How
the Class Works", 7 to 8:30 pm
Week 2 - [Parent Fun Activities] 7 to 8:30 pm
Week 3 - [Kids Only] "How to Have Fun Using Book and with
Your Parents", After School,
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Week 4 - [Kids Fun Activities] After School, 3:30 to 5:00 pm
Week 5 - [Parent and Kids] "Fun Activities and Planning for
Week 6", 7 to 8:30 pm
Week 6 - [Parent and Kids] "Fun Activities to Help Grow Your
Neighborhood", Saturday Morning,
Refreshments and Awards, 10 am to 12:00 noon
PART 1 OF BOOK helps children think for themselves and learn how
to understand the importance of self awareness and self discipline.
PART 2 OF BOOK helps parents and adults follow the 10 step ways
and how to reinforce these important messages with their children and family.
For more information or access to actual lesson plans, check out www.compeace.org.
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On Saturday March 24th, Community Peacemakers and its local Street
Safe Kids Training Team will sponsor a Spring 2001 Open House from 2 to
4:30 pm @ the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive in Lafayette.
(Directions to Event: Highway 24 from or to Lafayette; exit @ Acalanes Road,
drive south to Hidden Valley Road, turn right, 1st block turn left is Knox Drive
and up the hill to parking lot on right)
Speakers will include Contra Costa Sheriff Warren Rupf, A.J. Jelani, Peace on
the Streets of Richmond and Stephanie Mann, author of Street Safe Kids
Community Service Awards will be presented to Sheriff Rupf, A.J. Jelani, Decky
Thorton, Community Services Officer for Pleasant Hill Police Department and Geri
Murphy, Director of Bret Harte Community Academy of Oakland.
6. HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT A CHILD OR A CLASS OF CHILDREN
Community Peacemakers is funded by Northern California and Bay Area
foundation and social service grants and donations from corporations, groups and
individuals.
Tax-deductible donations, of any amount, are appreciated and will be used to
support free and low-cost Street Safe Kids classes locally and
nationwide.
Your support to train one child is $50 or a class of 10 = $500.
Purchase of (1) book = $10
Purchase of (10) books = $100
Purchase of (25) books = $250
Additional financial support will be used to promote and expand our nationwide
effort to encourage families, neighborhoods and communities to become actively
involved in the health and safety of all ages of children.
For more information, check out www.compeace.org
under "Wish List for Kids".
7. VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERS
Community Peacemakers has once again, taken the lead and with the use of the
internet and "Virtual Volunteers", now shares facts and information on
how parents, families, neighborhoods and communities can work together for the
benefit of all ages of children.
If you are interested becoming a virtual volunteer with Community Peacemakers
and Street Safe Kids, please read this e-mail response that has
been forwarded to folks around the nation:
Here is what we are looking for from virtual volunteers:
1. a desired commitment to the health and safety of children
2. a willingness to speak out on the issues and causes reflecting children and
violence prevention
3. a willingness to work with the vision, concepts and materials of the Street
Safe Kids Violence Prevention Training Program via the Internet
4. and a possible interest to become involved in the expansion of the Street
Safe Kids Training Corps, in your community and geographical location,
by means of the Internet
As part of our joint agreement, we will also need a commitment of 3 to 5 hours
per month, on the "net", to share the Street Safe Kids
program by:
1. connecting with your friends and networks
2. becoming a temporary member of discussions groups and listservs of your
interest
3. connecting with web sites of your interest that may also be related to issues
surrounding kids, families and communities
Finally, once you reply with an interest to "go the next step", we
will send you a simple "overview" of our needs, expectations and
sections to identify your interest, time commitments and methods of returning
accomplishments to our office.
For more information, send us an e-mail @ compeace@concentric.net
8. WEB SITE UPDATES
Web sites updates and changes are made weekly and we encourage your repeated use
of our program information, materials and publications.
Your comments, suggestions and ideas are also welcome by the use of an e-mail to
compeace@concentric.net.
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During each of our quarterly updates, we will acknowledge our new and repeat
"Bright Stars" (see www.compeace.org
for a complete list) who have generously contributed financial support to the
vision and operation of our Street Safe Kids programs.
Gold Stars ($1,000 or more) = Mr. and Mrs. Miller or Northern California
Silver Stars ($500 to $999) = Keningston Unitarian Church of Northern California
Bronze Stars ($100 to $499) = Your Name or Organization Can Be Here
Individual tax-deductible contributions, donations and services-in-kind are
gladly accepted. For more information, please use any of the phone numbers and
addressed noted at the top of this edition.
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The police react to crime and drugs. Educated and involved citizens PREVENT
problems from happening in the first place.