Beyond The Crack Generation takes readers on an autobiographical journey to explain how dysfunctional, counterproductive behavior became a cultural norm in the quest for prosperity and survival among youth. Addressing the pervasive and lingering impact that the crack cocaine epidemic had on mainstream Hip Hop culture and Urban America as a whole, it answers the echoing question: How did our young people lose their way? It offers a glimpse in the psychology of a young man in search of positive self-identity while delivering the solution-based lens needed to reclaim and help heal much of today's disengaged youth.
About The Author:
K-Rahn Vallatine has dedicated his life to encouraging at-risk youth to make healthy life decisions. He also serves diligently to educate service professionals on urban culture and community trauma, while creating educational resources that help effectively engage this population. K-Rahn insists that effective youth engagement requires professionals to properly gauge and address the social and emotional needs of the student.
As a training consultant, K-Rahn has worked tirelessly to support his mission through staff training and school curriculum development, as well as public speaking. He is the author of the Live Above The Hype Hip Hop Life Skills CurriculumâĒ, a curriculum that addresses goal setting, critical thinking and self image to stimulate in-depth self-reflection and positive value shifts in gang and drug-impacted communities. "The most motivating force a person can have is clear purpose." He is also the developer of the nationwide Urban Youth Culture Competency and EngagementâĒ training system and the author of his latest book Beyond The Crack Generation: Surviving A Trauma Organized Culture.
K-Rahn has years invested working professionally with incarcerated youth in the juvenile halls and detention camps of Los Angeles. He has been a presenter and keynote speaker for various state, national, and international conferences. In addition, he has hosted several university lectures and professional developments for thousands of youth service professionals. Throughout the years, he has worked in education as a teacher, as well as a Board member for a San Gabriel Valley charter school, has sat on the steering committee for the Trauma Informed Taskforce of Greater Los Angeles and currently serves as the training manager for Five Keys Schools and Programs.
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