This Week In S.W.A.G.- Welcome
Welcome To Our Parent Community
What is S.W.A.G.?
S.W.A.G. is a life skills and prevention program aimed at helping young people make positive life choices. S.W.A.G. stands for Students With Awareness and Goals. In S.W.A.G. students are equipped for success in a variety of areas including:
- Self Esteem
- Communication
- Decision Making
- Goal Setting
- Conflict Resolution
- Relationships
- Risk Avoidance and More…
S.W.A.G. emphasizes three key principals:
- Knowing One’s Self
- Relating to Others
- Planning One’s Future
We encourage Parents and caregivers to actively participate in helping us support youth who choose to make positive life choices. We provide updates and training for Parents to ensure that you are equipped to work with the Yunion in Loving Youth and Uniting Families. Our Parental Advisory Training is a great place to learn about the latest trends and happenings in popular culture that affect our youth. We strongly encourage you to attend.
Incentives and participant-led special events such as prom campaigns and PSAs augment intensive programming as a way to ensure youth ownership and cultural relevance. Programs like S.W.A.G. are vital to our youth fulfilling their potential. With it, we can help change attitudes and values that ultimately lead to thriving communities where making the right decision is embraced.
S.W.A.G Person of the Week
Every week in S.W.A.G. we shout out students and Life Guides that make S.W.A.G. a memorable experience. This week, we’d like to shout out Mrs. Lydia! Lydia has served as a Life Guide, Camp Director and now serves as our Program Coordinator. Lydia has been with the Yunion for over 7 years and possesses a great ability to connect with young people. Mrs. Lydia is tasked with making things happen behind the scenes, ensuring that S.W.A.G. runs smoothly. Thank you, Mrs. Lydia, your service is greatly appreciated!
In The Classroom
Bullying Affects All Teens
Parents! Did you know…? Research shows that students who are perceived as different in any type of way are at an increased risk of being bullied. This could be looks, behavior, style, relationships with other students, etc. Bullying affects all teens. This includes those who…
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In light of Bullying Prevention month we’re so excited to announce “Sticks and Stones”, a film we produced with TBOP Media to shed light on the long-standing, prevalent issue called BULLYING Join us for the premiere on October 16th at the Ford Community & Performing…
Read MoreThe Heart of the Matter
2 weeks ago we had our annual staff retreat! Our theme this year was “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.” 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…
Read MoreHey, Parents! Did you know?
Hey parents! Did you know… Nearly 33% of children are obese and malnourished. This increases lack of energy, lower academic performance, poor concentration, memory loss, and can even lower life expectancy! Diet plays a HUGE role in children physically, mentally, and emotionally.…
Read MoreKristen on Board at The Yunion Leading Our Youth Advisory Design Team!
We are so excited to have Kristen on board at The Yunion leading our Youth Advisory Design Team (YADT)! Read below to find out what she is all about! “𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰…
Read MoreThe Way We Talk To Our Children Becomes Their Inner Voice
What our children think of themselves is significantly influenced by how they think we as their parents view them. Your voice, whether gentle and kind, empathic and warm, or strident and harsh, becomes a big part of their inner voice. They…
Read MoreThe Heart of the Matter
Our Annual Staff Retreat last weekend was EPIC! Our theme this year was “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.” Which is so relevant to our cause – healing and caring for our hearts so that we can care for the hearts of the youth…
Read MoreA Friday Yunion Parent Check-in
Friday Yunion Parent Check-in
Read More5 Tips to Help your Teen Deal with Anxiety
Parents! As we are now a few weeks into the school year, have you noticed your young one still suffering from anxiety? Whether it’s social anxiety or nerves about being back in school during the pandemic, we understand the struggle! 𝗪𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨…
Read MoreA Word from our CEO and Founder
A word from our CEO and Founder @mrjasonowilson “Yesterday, Battle Cry reached #289 out of over 3.4 million books on Amazon, and ranked #1 in three categories! This blessed me to see because I emptied my cup writing Battle Cry so that men would finally…
Read MoreBattle Cry
Today we’re excited to share the news that our CEO and Founder @mrjasonwilson’s book, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐲, has finally released! We are praying that the majority of our followers are also supporters, and will buy a copy for themselves or for a man who…
Read MoreThe Youth Advisory Design Team
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 (𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐓). The YADT is a youth-led program model that includes 10 high school and college aged students. These students, represent current and past program participants, and are a part of a 12-week paid internship program that will help…
Read MoreA Self-Confidence of a Child
Parents, did you know… Children who spend quality time with their loved ones have higher self-confidence. In fact, when you spend quality time with your child, you communicate how much they mean to you. Doing things with your child can help…
Read MoreThe Nurturing Parent
Fathers are rarely viewed as the nurturing parent, if at all. Men have always been nurturers, but sadly, most of us only feel safe allowing that expression of love to be displayed through protection and provision. Thank you @edsonbarbozajr for showing us what a comprehensive…
Read MoreThe Yunion is Hiring!
𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘠𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘐𝘚 𝘏𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎! We are looking for skilled and dedicated people to join our team! If you find yourself being drawn to helping young people, and are passionate about impacting the next generation, then this is for 𝘠𝘖𝘜! A Life…
Read More“There is no Such Thing as a Perfect Parent. So Just be a Real One.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦.” Parents, you don’t have to be perfect. Your child just needs you to be honest and authentic. As parents, it’s ok to give ourselves the green light to make…
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