WELCOME to our community! We are so glad you are here. 16 Strong works with adolescents to empower resilience to ACEs through educational workshops, school partnerships, and community outreach. We strive to continue conversations that help young people navigate the challenges they are facing as a result of ACEs. In this community, we hope to engage individuals who work directly with youth ages 12-25, as well as young professionals in the 18-25 age range themselves.
16 Strong focuses specifically on what we can do to support young people in understanding their situations and developing the skills and strategies necessary to overcome the challenges in a positive, healthy manner. Young people can thrive despite their adversity, and it starts with recognition and awareness. In our community, we hope to engage people in meaningful conversations, knowledge sharing, resource sharing and more in order to help our nation’s youth recognize and resist the negative impacts of ACEs! Our goal is to meet youth where they’re at by using the things that they are engaging with on a daily basis to relay the messages of ACEs awareness, resilience and positive mental health (e.g. songs, music, TV shows, movies, social media, YouTube, etc.)
16 Strong represents what each individual person needs to be strong for 16 waking hours of each day. If there's 24 hours in a day, and you are sleeping for 8 of them (in a perfect world), that means you are awake for 16. What keeps YOU strong for those 16 waking hours despite any challenges, obstacles or adversities?
We are so excited to launch this community and can't wait for what's to come!
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