The CARE Program ( Community Awareness & Resilience Empowerment Program)was established to help youths in the community who live with daily emotional pressure and those who don’t have stable support at home or school. Lots of students in present days often carry fear, anxiety, or confusion about their emotions caused my peer, parent, academic pressure and expectations, which can lead to emotional shutdown, conflict, or harmful behavior when ignored. CARE is designed to prevent that by helping students understand what they feel and give them a safe space to talk and reflect.
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Within the program, we were able to provide youths the space to relax and heal from trauma and pressure of their daily lives, by hosting meditation sessions, and explaining the cause that hate may build and how to destress, or prevent that from happening. The program was developed in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes. The goal of this collaboration is to reduce the long-term risk of hate or harm by reaching to these youths early, before those feelings become destructive. The Mayor’s Office supported the program; allowing these youths to feel seen and to give them an experience they never had.