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Project Cornerstone Hosts Breakfast of 'Asset' Champions, Releases Latest A&B Data
Since 1999, Project Cornerstone has been committed to helping every young person in Silicon Valley feel valued, respected, and known. On March 24, 2011, hundreds of community members representing local governments, businesses, schools, community organizations, and the faith community as well as parents and youth came together to honor local Asset Champions and support Project Cornerstone in renewing and revitalizing their community’s commitment to kids at the annual Asset Champions Breakfast which took place at the Fairmont San José. Asset Champions award categories included Positive Cultural Identity, Caring School Climate, Positive Peer Influence, Adult Role Model, and Community Values Youth.MORE
Parents Teach Kids the ABCs of Positive Values
As bullying and school violence get more and more attention, California’s Santa Clara County is taking steps to educate its students in bullying prevention, conflict resolution, and positive values. ABC Parents, a program run by Project Cornerstone, uses children’s books to build Developmental Assets in local students.
See which books the program uses
The idea for the ABC Parents program came from a parent who had participated in the Taking Asset Building Personally study group with Project Cornerstone. Her son had been bullied at school, and she wanted to help students learn about bullying and give them tools to properly address it.
She worked with Project Cornerstone to create a program that used children’s books to start discussions about issues relevant to young students’ lives, including bullying, school climate, and adult role models.MORE
Engaging Parents as Asset Building Champions
Engaging Parents as Asset Building Champions
Engaging parents has long been a part of Project Cornerstone’s asset-building efforts in Santa Clara County, California. The project began in late 2001 with a twelve-parent study group reading Taking Asset Building Personally. The following fall, four parents from the group were trained to become facilitators and went on to lead several more parent groups, bringing the total number of parents involved to over 300.MORE
