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Five Keys Charter School Adds New Roots of Success Instructors
On Thursday, October 19th, we had the opportunity to train 15 instructors to teach Roots of Success in Five Keys schools and programs. Established by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department in 2003 as the first charter school in the nation to operate inside...
Roots of Success at MCCF WorkSource Center
This week (October 2017) we deepened our partnership with the MCCF WorkSource Montgomery Center, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, when we trained and certified MCCF staff to offer Roots of Success to men and women incarcerated in the Montgomery...
Webinar with The Corps Network
This month (October 2017) we had the pleasure of conducting a webinar to introduce members of The Corps Network (TCN) to Roots of Success. TCN’s work is very much aligned with our mission, which is to prepare youth and adults who have been failed by the...
New Mexico Corrections Expands Roots of Success to Womens Facilities
On August 1st, 10 women and 5 staff from New Mexico’s Western and Springer facilities were trained and certified to teach Roots of Success. Inmates who go through the Roots of Success program in these facilities will receive a Certificate and preparation...
Youth Correctional Facilities Welcome Roots of Success to Utah
This June, 15 teachers, counselors, and staff working in seven different juvenile facilities in Utah were trained and certified to teach Roots of Success. Youth who go through the Roots of Success program in these facilities will receive a Certificate and preparation...
Palo Alto Impact Center Invites Roots of Success Founder Raquel Pinderhughes to Panel on Scaling Nonprofits
In April 2017, Roots of Success Founder, Raquel Pinderhughes, participated in a panel and networking event focused on “Scaling Earned Revenue in Nonprofit Organizations”, sponsored by the Palo Alto Impact Center (now One World Training & Investments) and the...
Welcome Success Center to the Roots of Success community
San Francisco is known for having a highly educated population. Yet despite its reputation, approximately 50% of African American and Latino high school students in the city test below proficient in language arts skills, and an astonishing 85% test below proficient in...
Rising Sun Energy Center brings Roots of Success to their GETS program
This week, we had the opportunity to train and certify three instructors working in Rising Sun Energy Center’s Green Energy Training Services (GETS) program to teach Roots of Success to twenty women enrolled in their program. GETS is a pre-apprenticeship job training...
Tricyle’s Urban Agriculture Certificate & Fellowship Program trained in Roots of Success
This week we had the opportunity to train staff working in Tricyle’s Urban Agriculture Certificate & Fellowship Program in Richmond, Virginia. This eleven-month long intensive training program allows participants to earn a Certificate in Urban Agriculture...
Behind the Wall: Eugene Youngblood on teaching at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
I once read: The wrong action at the wrong time leads to disaster. The right action at the wrong time brings resistance. The wrong action at the right time is a mistake. The right action at the right time results in success. The Root of Success program at Coyote ridge...
Behind the Wall: Never Stop Dreaming
December 2016 NEVER STOP DREAMING! by: C.D.Walrond "Never stop dreaming!" Words I told to a disheartened student during the A.M. session of the Roots of Success class that I am an instructor for. It is so easy to lose heart and therefore lose focus when it appears...
Adding Salt To Popcorn: Gaining A Taste For Sustainability
by Grady Mitchell, Roots of Success Instructor and Master Trainer, Stafford Creek Corrections Center. Originally written for and posted by SPP. A few years ago, prior to Roots of Success (ROS) someone could have held a conversation on sustainability and I’m sure it...
Behind the Wall: Breaking that Barrier
October 13, 2016 I received my Graduation Certificate for the spring 2016 Roots of Success program here at Stafford Creek this morning. I have been waiting to write you until it was “official”. I’d been hesitating because I wasn’t yet sure that I had not been dreaming...
Accountability: Brainstorming article
By Julian Reyes, Roots of Success Instructor, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. Originally written for and posted by SPP. “Creating a sustainable lifestyle culture is paramount, and Roots of Success is teaching people a new way to think.” - Julian Reyes The planet is...