ROAR Academy
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Dear Friends, Our young people in the US are a major untapped resource to restore community wellness. Too often we hear a false narrative about young people being ambivalent, uncaring or lacking motivation. This is far from the truth! The youth in our country are hungry to make a difference but they require a path and structure. Adults are not always setting great examples these days. We need to recruit the energy, commitment and creativity of students with the capacity and desire to lead.
Leaders are made not born. They are not always superstar athletes or the most popular people. They are everywhere among us. They are people with conviction to make a difference. A student does not become a future leader from a book or a bloodline. Leading is a learned behavior in the confrontation of adversity. Creating a plan to address real world challenges, to strive and likely fail, but to try again and then do better- that is life’s lesson.
That is our ROAR mission. To ask young people to choose their own battles, then enable them with process, information, mentoring, structure. Give them tools, but let them lead. Let them create their own portfolio of impact initiatives. Let them build their own resume of successful use cases where they helped their communities to thrive.
We aim to make servant leadership cool, exciting and attractive. We want to connect professional and educational alumni with inspired, committed students who want to change the world and see what the possibilities may be.
We want to hear the young lions ROAR!
Henry Santos
Chief Operating Officer
Recognize
Organize
Activate
Re-invest
Today’s Reality
Youth experience too much negativity in their surroundings
See crime…
Increasing violent crime in cities. Unsafe communities to live, learn and play in.
See Depression…
Alarming rates of teen anxiety, depression, isolation, fear, lonleliness.
See Polarization…
Degradation of community. Splintering factions pitting groups against one another on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, political beliefs. Breakdown in solidarity and group cooperation.
See Inequality…
Failing communities with insufficient housing, services, access to education and decreasing sense of hope that tings can be turned around for the better.
ROAR
RECOGNIZE. ORGANIZE. ACTIVATE. RE-INVEST.
YOUTH crave to contribute.
Research shows young people crave to be involved, to make a difference. They want to be part of improving the future.
YOUTH are very capable.
Student talent, motivation and skill is too often underestimated. They have creativity, ambition and energy.
ADULTS are not leading.
Adults are focused on issues that are not relevant to the issues kids see and deal with everyday. Adults are preoccupied with their culture wars.
YOUTH leaders are the future.
Now is the time to build a generational surplus of inspired capable problem-solvers if our country has any chance of remediating some of the complex issues preventing society from THRIVING.
Program Purpose
The Mission
Enable young people to be a force for good in the communities they call home.
Nurture the best instincts and performances of young people.
Build inter-generational networks to help coach, guide, educate and nourish success.
Goals Outcomes
Plan. Learn. Do. Do more
Create value for our communities
Deliver tangible net positive impact “deliverables” to the community.
Create opportunities to shine
Nurture the best instincts and performances of young people.
Learn by doing and applying
Hands-on experiences that build capabilities and memories for life.
Build lifelong relationships
Connect professionals and students personally, professionally and socially for a lifetime.
Kick start future leaders
Recruit eighth graders each year and create a growing pipeline of future leaders
Self-sustaining investments
Leverage documented impact to attract capital to expand the program and build sustainable program infrastructure.
Principles
The way we do it
Project FOCALS
Four areas to address youth intervention creativity
Make Safe Spaces
Can we make places where kids can feel safe, protected, relaxed to play and enjoy life?
Create Inclusion
Autism. Physical, mental disabilities. Loneliness. Bullying. Immigration. Latch key kids. Homeless. Can we make the circle bigger?
Address Mental Health
Depression. Anxiety. Mental illness. Suicide. Self care. Can we expose it? Remove the stigma? Provide resources? Get access to help where needed?
Provide Others
Shelter, Food. Clothing. School supplies. Tutoring. Can we bring surplus to the needy and make day to day living more comfortable for the less fortunate?
ROAR
RECOGNIZE. ORGANIZE. ACTIVATE. RE-INVEST.
YOUTH crave to contribute.
Research shows young people crave to be involved, to make a difference. They want to be part of improving the future.
YOUTH are very capable.
Student talent, motivation and skill is too often underestimated. They have creativity, ambition and energy.
ADULTS are not leading.
Adults are focused on issues that are not relevant to the issues kids see and deal with everyday. Adults are preoccupied with their culture wars.
YOUTH leaders are the future.
Now is the time to build a generational surplus of inspired capable problem-solvers if our country has any chance of remediating some of the complex issues preventing society from THRIVING.
360 Mentoring
Multi generational 360 degree coaching and mentoring from our faculty
ROAR Leaders will be taught, coached, mentored, guided by three generations of professionals. In turn, the youth leaders will be required to recruit, nominate and select an 8th grade intern. Collectively these teams will define and execute the THRIVE community initiatives. Mentors are there to coach, support, encourage. The youth leaders own performance.
Our Faculty
Our coaching staff
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“Young people will rise to and then exceed our expectations if we trust them, enable them, and coach them to succeed. They want to thrive and contribute.”
Henry Santos
Chief Operating Officer
3N Performance LLC
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Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.
Henry Santos
Chief Operating Officer
3N Performance LLC