Anti-Bullying Foundation

BOARD MEMBERS: Mark Lucas - President Tony Belcher - Vice President Dawn Gill - Secretary Ronald Gray - Director Of Operations Bria Despain - Board Member Peace In The Street Foundation Inc.
MISSION STATEMENT Motivating community change across the nation through the power of positive Music, Art, Education and Business. OUR FOUNDATION We provide our youth a creative outlet where they can focus on their career paths. They will learn the power of networking and the need to take education serious. They will also learn the need to respect teachers, parents and each other. The invisible wall that is put up by students, the click, the gang, the crew, the athlete and others use these walls to be in their comfort zone. We feel that letting students create from a positive platform can help ease some of the tension that can cause violence and bullying in schools. We are trying to put a dent in the dropout rate and become a buffer between schools and the court system. About 1 in 10 young male high school dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention.
Only one to two percent of Blacks and Hispanics make up the teaching ranks in America. Without any role models, American minority youth drop out at 7,000 young boys and girls every day. With a new permanent, illiterate sub-class in America that grows too fast to solve, at some point, we will not be able to save ourselves. Nearly half 47% of students said a major reason for dropping out was that classes were not interesting. These young people reported being bored and disengaged from high school. Almost as many as 42% spent time with people who were not interested in school also disruptions of peers in school causes students to feel distracted and unsafe, leading to increased chance of dropping out. 57% said that their schools “did not do enough” to help students feel safe from violence and bullying we need to Introduce curricula to enhance the connection between school and work. 81%of dropouts said there should be more opportunities for “real-world” learning so that students can see the connection between education and success in any career.
Our programs involve students in specific projects that can make a concrete connection between the skills they are learning in school and those needed to be successful in the global economy. We have created a supportive network that students can use as their education progresses. We at Peace in the Street Foundation feel we can immediately mitigate some of these negative factors that increase the chances of dropping out. We must begin to better show the aspirational relevancy of education to our young people if we ever expect to meaningfully kick the high school dropout craze.
For many years, solutions to these problems have been sought as a matter of education policy. Educators want increased community involvement in schools and community members want to help. Remember, nearly 1 million young people will drop out of school before graduation. The projects we offer can be transformed into after school programs that can help ease the tension students feel after a day of school. Students will not only have tutors on site for help with homework, but will have a chance to learn more about what it takes to be successful in the career choices they choose.
After school programs such as ours can give parents and teachers the extra help they need. The time between school and parents coming home from work are very important, these are the hours when kids find trouble. The reason we want to involve students in media, is because that's what they are tuned into. Reality T.V. has spawn a new generation of kids that think it's okay to fight over a boy or girl; not realizing that most of what they see is planned out by show executives. Kids are also dropping out of school to chase fame, because someone sold them a dream of stardom. When things fail they become young adults caught in a business world they don't understand. With little education to fall back on, it can be a tough road for anyone. We will show how lack of knowledge can cost millions on a contract or locked into a bad deal they can't get out of. If you can't read or comprehend what is being told to you can leave yourself open, and you will be taken advantage of. We at Peace in the Street Foundation will work hard to give students the information they need to succeed in school, life and their future careers.