[sudo-discuss] Fwd: MBA Project Newsletter: Youth Retreats & Public Trainings

[Romy Ilano]

  this is a cool youth outreach organization that works with kids and
meditation

might be interesting for sudo room folks!



*Romy Mimi Ilano*
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*romy.ilano at gmail.com*
*http://www.romyilano.com*
+1 (415) 779-6237
skype: romy.ilano



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              MBA's
First Overnight Youth Meditation Retreat!
This summer MBA achieved its longtime goal of taking a group of youth on an
overnight residential meditation retreat. Participants were recruited from
our longtime partner the METAS program, a tutoring program for youth in the
Richmond, CA area. Ten youth and young adults (ages 14-20) participated in
this 3-day, 2-night retreat, and it was a triumph!



Our retreat took place at Redwood Glen, a beautiful retreat center nestled
in the Santa Cruz Mountains with breathtaking views and hundred year-old
redwood trees. The youth who took part in this retreat were amazing! We
took them through mindfulness meditation exercises, deep sharing
activities, long periods of silence, and advanced compassion practices. We
hiked around the woods and meditated in the forest, by a beautiful stream,
and discussed life at night by the campfire. Upon its completion, every
young person who participated in the retreat was interviewed about the
experience was like. Without exception they described how beneficial they
felt the retreat was, mostly citing reductions in stress, contemplation
about life, and an increased emotional awareness. Most of the youth said
they would like to repeat the experience next year, and would even like to
extend it to a five or six-day retreat.

MBA would like to thank its generous supporters and partners who made this
retreat happen. It was a deep and transformative experience, and has laid a
blueprint for many MBA residential retreats to come!
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Our first retreat was so successful that MBA is in the process of planning
one - two retreats for Summer, 2014. We need your help! Donating to MBA
will provide youth the opportunity to engage in deep mindfulness practice
and have life-changing experiences.  Our youth come from low-income
neighborhoods, contending with issues of violence, substance abuse, and
trauma. MBA does not charge any fees to the youth we serve or their
families for any of our programming or retreats. We rely on support from
wonderful people like you who want to spread mindfulness and give young
people the opportunity to learn more about themselves and gain skills not
only applicable, but critical, to their lives in the real world.

A contribution of $250 sends one youth on retreat. Our goal is to bring at
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 Daylong Training Series:
Sign up for remaining 3 for discounts! In our last newsletter, we announced
our public daylong training series, lead by MBA Executive Director Sam
Himelstein. The first training took place on July 21st and was a great
success! There are three more trainings scheduled for 2013:
“Mindfulness-Based Group work with High-Risk Adolescents” on 8/18, “Working
with Resistant Adolescents” on 9/15, and “Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse
Treatment for High-Risk Youth” on 10/13. The cost for each daylong training
is $150, or $325 for if you attend all three. Continuing Education credit
is available for Psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. Join us and learn
how to spread mindfulness throughout your work with youth!

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