One of our Restorative Justice specialists, Chelsea Stevens, was on hand at Ball Jr. High recently to explain to incoming 6th grade parents about the RJ program.
Read more →In one of our middle school partnerships with Tustin Unified School District, our Restorative Justice Specialist (RJS) Desiré J. Campusano, works closely with school counselors and teachers to support healthy relationship building and conflict resolution. Our restorative schools program roots its work in the belief in everyone’s capacity for empathy, so Desiree was inspired when she had the opportunity to
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The week was designed to bring different students together and raise awareness for an issue that is becoming increasingly common on campuses across the country.
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The 30th Annual WIMS was held at Cal State Fullerton in November. The event brings together over 500 students to explore issues of identity and culture.
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Aliso Niguel and Santa Ana high schools made national headlines in September, but not in a good way. Santa Ana High School’s principal Jeff Bishop posted on social media that his students were insulted and offended during a Sept. 8 football game at Aliso Niguel High School when students chanted “USA…USA” when their team won and holding up “Trump 2020” signs and campaign posters.
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This October, the Human Relations Ambassadors took a field trip to the Heritage Museum of Orange County to learn more about Orange County Civil Rights History.
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A huge thank you to all our donors, supporters and social media fans! Collectively 10 organizations through #impactanaheimOC raised $67,132 during this 24 hour giving day social media campaign. OC Human Relations raised $3,312.45!
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One of our wonderful Huntington Beach High School BRIDGES students created a heart-warming video about the power of kindness. We’d like to share it with you and hope that you’ll share it with others, we could all do with a little more kindness in our lives!
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Walk In My Shoes, OC Human Relations’ Annual BRIDGES Youth Conference, brings together students from across Orange County to explore issues of identity and culture, develop leadership skills, and learn from examples of successful youth activism. The goal is to empower and mobilize students to work towards creating positive social change. This year’s conference theme was: “In Solidarity, In Struggle”.
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Jesse Payton is a senior at Garden Grove High School and has been involved with the BRIDGES Safe and Respectful School Program for 2 years and is a student leader in OC Human Relations’ Ambassadors Program. Jesse has been an avid writer of poetry for 4 years now and has recently started spoken word poetry.
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