Like myself, Humberto got his start in the rough neighborhoods of the North end of Hartford where he was constantly surrounded by gangs and violence. One summer he was even homeless and lived in a shelter. But that didn’t stop Humberto from graduating high school and going on to being a firefighter and a boxer. […]
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A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Wouldn’t you say that the discipline it takes to get up early every morning, get all of our stuff done, eat right and properly take care of ourselves every day is hard? Well, I agree with you. It is hard to do all the things that we are supposed to
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Breaking Through Failure “Fall down seven times, get up eight.”- Japanese proverb The spotlight was on my face, and I glared right back at it. I couldn’t remember what my line was, and I was petrified. My stage partner, whom I was in love with in the play, made a weird facial gesture. “Get
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Borrow this book if you have to! Borrow the information inside of the book if you are smart! And make it yours if you are wise! According to Dr. Carol Dweck in her very influential book called Mindset she states that since the dawn of time, people have thought differently, acted differently, and fared
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Meaghan Davis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BRAVE Girls Leadership Inc. Meaghan’s initiative to fund and expand this organization was triggered by the film Girl Rising, which promotes awareness of the power of education and the power of girls to create positive change in the world. Over the past two years he has worked to improve and expand BRAVE to different schools and communities. Meaghan has received the Thomas P.Weinland Award, and was also awarde the Dun International Studies Scholarship as well as the Global Citizen Scholarship Award. More recently, she was nominee for the First Year Experience Instructor of the Year as well as nominee for Outstanding Early Carer Professional the University of Connecticut. Currently, Meaghan is in pursuit of a doctorate’s in Sociology with a concentration in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Outside of her work with BRAVE she loves to travel and spend time with family and friends. ● Meaghan, did you always know that you wanted to serve others and help today’s youth? Yes, I did. I’ve always dreamed of changing
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A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Toss a tiny pebble in a calm mirror-like lake on a beautiful summer’s day and watch what happens. That tiny pebble that you just tossed a short distance landed in the calm picturesque lake without much of a splash and barely made a sound. Most likely, nobody notice this apparently
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For the past thirty years Paulette Fox has been the Executive Director of the oldest employment and training program in the United States- Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC). Based in New Britain, Paulette has spent the majority of her adult life preparing our youth for the world of work and to be good, voting citizens in their
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A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Many years ago I was a two-time state champion wrestler and a two-time Junior Olympian wrestler. In addition, I coached wrestling for 14-years; in which two of those years I also coached the Junior Olympic wrestling team. During all those years as an athlete, and then a coach, I learned
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Angela Mahoney, M.Ed., is the author of “I Can Work” a pre-vocational program, as well as a special education case manager at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, Connecticut. Angela has worked with students of all ages in a variety of settings for the past thirteen years. Her career includes a tenure at a private
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A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Have you ever heard the term delayed gratification? Some people say that this soft skill is probably one of the most important social and emotional skills that one should learn if they really want to succeed in life. Unfortunately, not everybody fully appreciates the full over-arching power of delayed gratification–
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