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Building Confidence and Connection: Youth Leaders Prepare for Impactful Speaking Events
Happy November! As the school year and 2024 are beginning to wrap-up and wind-down, it has been a long week for many of us. However, the wheels of AHO keep turning, and there are endless tasks to keep us busy into the coming winter months. This week at the Youth...
Spooky Season, Serious Impact: Youth Leaders Prepare to Inspire at Juvenile Hall
Happy Halloween! My personal favorite day of the year, but a holiday doesn’t mean a day off for us at AHO! At our Youth Leadership meeting this week, some of our Team, who had missed meetings over the past few weeks, got caught up on the progress we’ve made on our...
Youth Team Expands Its Reach and Being Trauma Sensitive
October is somehow almost over and AHO had a big week! At the weekly Youth Leadership Team meeting, we continued discussing the ways, we as a Team, will work within Juvenile Justice (JJ). This week, we worked on the introduction and outline for what we will present to...
Italian Adventures, New Spaces for Outreach, Growing Our Youth Team
We are halfway through October and thankfully our fearless leader is back from Italy. This week, Zara and I caught up over snacks before the Youth Leadership Meeting. Zara got to inform me on all the adventures (and one mis-adventure) or her time in Italy with her son...
AHO Highlights for the Week: New Program for Formerly Incarcerated Youth
Happy October! As Zara continues her Italian vacation, we are eagerly awaiting her return, while also hoping she is having so much fun she *almost* doesn’t want to come back. I met with an AHO youth I’ve been working with for several months this week. We rehashed the...
Solidarity at Breakfast: Forming Organizational Alliances to Support Struggling Youth
This week James, Chona and I (pictured above) participated at the College of Marin (COM) Community Partner Convening Breakfast. James is the #1 inspiration and youth leader of AHO, who is now helping to run the organization, and Chona is one of AHO’s incredible...
Creating A Critical Bridge for Youth Leaving Juvenile Hall
I feel things are quickly moving forward as this semester is getting into full swing while I’m also beginning a new job, and an exciting AHO Youth Leadership Team (YLT) project is underway. At this week’s YLT meeting, we continued our discussion from last week’s...
Meeting the AHO Dream Team
This week was an exciting one at AHO. On Wednesday the Youth Leadership Team (YLT) got together to discuss future projects for getting AHO youth services to more at-risk youth from juvenile services and probation. The YLT is comprised of new youth at AHO, and other OG...
Our Growing AHO Youth Leadership Meets Face to Face
School has officially started, and it is overwhelming! I feel like this semester is starting off strong in terms of projects I’ve been assigned, and AHO is starting new things as well! AHO used to host weekly Youth Leadership Meetings at local cafes in Marin for many...
Visit the AHO Booth at College of Marin’s Welcome Week
It’s officially less than one week from school starting and honestly, I’m feeling surprisingly ready for the routine and structure school provides. However, this semester is going to be a bit more hectic than my usual school and work routine since I’ll also be working...