Student Engagement
Workshops & Events
High school students, under the guidance of clinical school staff, create workshops and presentations for adults (including parents, faculty, school board, local and state conferences) as well as for students of all ages. Programs can include panels, small groups, art projects, music, and movement. A hallmark of all programs is that they are interactive and experiential. The centerpiece of OYP is “Own Your Peace Week”, filled with daily homeroom and after school skill and community exercises and culminating in an all-school speak-out assembly. Courageous students stand in front of their peers and teachers and describe their own struggles with a variety of issues and the tremendous value of receiving and providing support. The response from students, faculty and administrators alike is overwhelmingly powerful and positive. Topics include:
- Emotional Intelligence – identifying and speaking feelings
- Navigating Emotional Challenges
- Mental Health Challenges – anxiety, depression, eating disorders, OCD, loss and grief – student outreach and supports
- Resources for Emotional Health
- Back-to-school for Parents/Freshman
- Healthy Social Media Engagement
- Identity
- Diversity and Equity – LGBTQ+, Race, and Intersectionality
- Annual School-wide Cross-Cultural Wellness Breakfast
- Substance Use and Mental Health
Equity Spotlight
Equity work aims to Increase the racial, cultural, and social equity in a community, creating and modeling a safe space for learning, sharing and growing.
Family Unity Project
Joining together diverse families in building cross-cultural understandings, friendships, and civic engagement.
About Us
Our Vision: A diverse Family Unity Network that shares resources and engages in friendship and civic practices that are resilience-based, through the building of emotional wellness and racial literacy/equity increased contact with members from other backgrounds, and expanded skill sets of listening, validating, and empathy between group members.
Our Mission: to engage cohorts of diverse families in reflection (common goals, differences in identity-related experiences); learning (the intersection of equity, adolescent development and emotional health); and action (a social action project). Following course completion, members of each cohort will join the “Family Unity Network,” an ongoing resource and support community.
