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The Heart of the Matter

2 weeks ago we had our annual staff retreat! Our theme this year was โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.โ€
We wanted our staff to focus on taking care of themselves so that they can feel good, but also so they can be effective in caring for the youth and families we serve. โฃ๐Ÿ’™
We realize that in the process of caring for others, we often tend to neglect ourselves. So on day one, we focused on better habits! Nutrition, breathing, stretching, and meditation. Even emphasized the importance of stress relief and mental health via massage therapy and reflexology.
Hit the link below to see a highlight from day 1! ๐ŸŽ‰
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Once again we would like to thank our partners and vendors that helped make this event possible.๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ
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@lavendermobilespa – Massage therapy and Reflexology โฃ
@theinnatstjohns – Hotel accommodations and Food โฃ
@holyyogadetroit – Stretching, Breathing, and Meditation โฃ
@i_am_inception – Brain Gym โฃ
@dr.akuawoolbright – Nutritionist โฃโฃ
@morgantaylordevents – Event Planner

Speak Blessings And Life Into Your Children Always

February 15, 2022

โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.โ€โฃ โฃ Parents, we have had many conversations about how you are your childโ€™s biggest influence. The way you talk, how you act – to them and…

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The Cave of Adullam is Back in Person

February 4, 2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง! โฃ โฃ This Transformational Training Academy is for the young men in the Detroit area. This video shows a little sneak peek at these guys putting in some work! ๐Ÿ’ชโฃ โฃ After joining this program, parents have…

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It’s Okay to Say “I’m Sorry”

February 2, 2022

Wise words from our founder and CEO @mrjasonowilson: โฃ โฃ โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ตโ€”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โ€โฃ โฃ Itโ€™s our job to teach our children when…

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We Can Build Our Youth for the Future

February 1, 2022

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.โ€โฃ โฃ As parents and caregivers, it is imperative to equip our children with the knowledge, skills, and the support they need to make their world a better…

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High School Students Vape Or Use E-Cigarettes Daily

January 28, 2022

Hey parents, did you knowโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž-๐œ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. โฃ โฃ In 2021, 11.3% (1.72 million) of high school students and 2.8% (320,000) of middle school students reported current e-cigarette use. Among current e-cigarette users, 43.6%…

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Quality Time Is Very Important To Both Your Child And Yourself

January 27, 2022

Our children desire a connection with us as their parents. Spending uninterrupted one-on-one quality time reduces tension and unwanted behaviors. โฃ โฃ Although we see our kids often (some more than others), we may not be spending the time that fosters deep connection. It is…

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“Every Home Is A University And The Parents Are The Teachers”

January 25, 2022

“๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐€ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ”โฃ โฃ Parents, it’s important to understand that we are our childrenโ€™s biggest influencers! They learn more from us than teachers, friends, social media, the list goes on. โฃ โฃ We are teachers indirectly and…

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Drone Apprenticeship Program

January 21, 2022

๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ? โฃ โฃ This program will provide virtual STEM-based sessions that expose students to drone technology and other sophisticated technologies via virtual platforms. These platforms use project-based designs dedicated to preparing and introducing participants to in-demand employment opportunities.โฃ…

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โ€œSigning with Khy, a Sign Language Guideโ€

January 19, 2022

Today we wanted to give a ๐˜š๐˜๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› ๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› to one of our students, Khyiana Tate! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ Khyiana was just featured on Fox 2 Detroit taking about her new book โ€œSigning with Khy, a Sign Language Guideโ€. She wanted to create something that deaf and…

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“Our Children Need Our Presence, Not Our Present.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 18, 2022

โ€œ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.โฃ โฃ Happy MLK Day everyone. We hope you are able to rest and enjoy time with your loved ones today. ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ As we reflect on the life and legacy of…

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Self-Management

January 14, 2022

๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. โฃ โฃ This includes managing stress, delaying gratification, motivating yourself, and setting and working toward personal and academic goals.โฃ โฃ By continuing to support your teenโ€™s self-management growth, you can…

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Teenage Years Can be Turbulent Times

January 13, 2022

So much of our children’s lives take place away from their parents. This is a natural occurrence, as itโ€™s part of their growing independence; ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โฃ โฃ The teenage years can be turbulent times,…

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We Often Think are Children are Not Listening, But they Are.

January 10, 2022

“๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.” ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ Parents, we often think are children are not listening, but they…

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Think About Some of the Ways Your Parents Influenced You

January 7, 2022

Hey parents! Did you know thisโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ! โฃ โฃ Even though you may feel your child pulling away or eager for more independence, deep down they still want you involved. โฃ โฃ A strong bond…

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Our Leader and Visionary!

January 5, 2022

๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด! โฃ โฃ Here is our Executive Director, Nicole Wilson. โฃ Nicole Wilson has served as the Yunionโ€™s Executive Director since itsโ€™ inception and has more has more than 17 years of management experience and an…

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