Free Teens USA Year End Report
2021 was a challenging year for us as we were not able to do much classroom education because of the Covid school lockdowns in New Jersey and California. It was heartbreaking to see so many young people shut off from their teachers and peers and confined in their homes!
We did use the time to upgrade all of our multimedia Relationship Intelligence Training presentations aka LoveSmarts education.
We WERE able to meet many times with young people in our after-school clubs, sometimes in person and sometimes via Internet.
2 Teen Media Summits were held in the last school year, one in October and the other at the beginning of May. Our young people had a good time recording music, acting in music videos, choreographing dance, etc. We also had some great guest speakers.
Here are the videos from the May 2021 Teen Summit.
Here are 2 videos from the October 2020 Teen Summit.
Our support continued for the orphanage in Kitwe, Zambia, which was mostly used to purchase food, clothes, and electricity.
We’re very proud of the young people who are active in the after-school clubs in New Jersey and hopeful for the new clubs starting in Harrisburg, PA and in San Bernardino, CA. We’re also grateful to the club leaders who invest in the youth each week and encourage each of them to aim for their best life!
Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support over the years. We are looking forward to impacting many more lives in 2022! If you’d like to partner with us by becoming a sponsor, click here.
Sincerely,
Richard
The Institute for Relationship Intelligence reaches thousands of teens each year in urban & suburban areas of NJ/PA and other states with messages of healthy relationships, self-leadership and service to others.
In the last decade, I.R.I. has reached more than 130,000 youth, helping them to focus on achieving their future dreams and avoiding the traps that could endanger their lives and goals!
The Institute for Relationship Intelligence is a 501c3 nonprofit organization (EIN 22-3301766). All donations are deeply appreciated and tax-deductible.
Recent Articles
“Her Brain Was Gone:” Parents Describe Horror of Daughter’s Marijuana-Induced Psychosis
Cat Mayberry grabbed her backpack and ran out the door.
With no jacket, hat, or gloves, she ran through snow flurries on a cold Minnesota day. She ran down the street, and down the hill. She ran down the nature trail near her family’s home in Eden Prairie, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis.
Trent Mayberry, Cat’s dad, ran after his 20-year-old daughter. He caught up to her and grabbed her by her backpack, stopping her. They sat together on the frozen ground. Trent cried. Cat was scared but otherwise expressionless.
“Catherine, I love you so much,” he told his daughter. “We’re trying to […]
Good tech? Bad tech? Worrying Concerns for Parents
By Billy Hallowell – February 22, 2023 The Washington Times
Culture’s ever-complex dynamics have made parenting increasingly tricky. Gone are the days of full-on informational control, with moms and dads now competing against smartphones, tablets, computers and smartwatches for their kids’ attention.
Even when parents intentionally pour extra doses of truth, love and positive messaging into their children, the flow of content from alternative sources, including friends and peers at school, is oppressive at best and mind-altering at worst.
Tragically, it’s all having a dire impact on kids’ perceptions of life, sex and eternal truths about the world around them.
Let’s briefly explore just four […]
Community Articles
The Real Deal – Yvonne’s Story – Part 1
The TRUE Story of how a single mother found liberation from self-destructive habits and friends and TRANSFORMED her life. From The Real Deal documentary series at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtStkNhR5El2vrFEfULIfQ.
Creating a Culture of High Expectations for all Youth
By Linda Doering, SRAS
To learn about the research on the “Pygmalion Effect,” especially as it concerns developing the “high expectations” of Teaching Professionals in their own classrooms was enlightening and profound. Something that has always been hidden in plain sight: drawing out our students’ potential through believing in them and putting that belief, as Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Educators, into action vs. their self-defeating self-talk such as “I am a product of my past experience and current environment.”
Not only can this be an advantage for students and parents, but also for teachers themselves, as they draw out that budding […]