With a sweat-drenched brow as he shovels out another blackberry root, Kenny doesn't look amused. Who would? It's 93 degrees but he keeps working. This is what the Survival 101 program staff are teaching: working hard for what you want and persevering despite adverse conditions while giving back to the community....
Peace N the Hood: Promoting Peace Through Basketball
Over 100 youth participated in the second annual Peace N the Hood 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Ten youth from the Southwest Network formed the Youth Planning Committee and attended a month-long program that taught job management, networking and interpersonal skills that helped make this event a rousing success....
Rainier Beach: A Beautiful Safe Place for National Night Out
Over the last two years, SYVPI has worked with A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth, local parents, teens, community leaders, police and schools to identify problems and develop solutions to reduce youth crime. As part of this effort, Rainier Beach participated in the 31st Annual Night Out with music, food and even hula hoops...
Annual Retreat: Focus on Trauma-Informed Youth Work
SYVPI's Annual Retreat was held this year at the Northwest African American Museum. It was a packed day of training that explored trauma-informed youth work, how oppression and trauma are linked, and how self-care techniques can help us care for youth in the midst of traumatic events...
Safe Youth, Safe Community is a newsletter published by the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. Our mission is to prevent and reduce youth violence, which has disproportionately affected communities of color in Seattle, through coordinated community mobilization to identify youth at risk of perpetuating or being a victim of violence and connect them with needed support in reaching their full potential.
