Tag: Youth

• Are Our Salt Spring Youth Engaged?

  While the group of participants welcoming Janine Fernandes Hayden, Executive Director of The Circle Education, to this ASK Salt Spring gathering was small, it included a rich array of individuals with decades of experience managing youth programs as well as a 13-year-old participant. The session began with an overview of The Circle Education before moving…

• Restorative Justice: Building Resilience for Future Generations

  On Friday January 09, the Restorative Justice team welcomed young adults to join us in a conversation on how our community can aid in building resilience for our future generations. Extra special thanks to the youth that showed up! Our group started with a land acknowledgement, recognizing how we are lucky to be allowed to…

• Hope and Resiliance for our Youth. . . Sometime it Begins with Eye Contact and a Smile

  Nine joined this ASK Salt Spring gathering to welcome our Restorative Justice (https://www.rjssi.org/) team members Laura Dafoe and Tina Simpson. The intention of this gathering was to explore the challenges faced by our youth and how we as a community can offer them hope and resilience as they transition to adulthood.  After our Acknowledgement and…