OJJDPNew Grant Recipient Orientation

April 6, 2010 Washington, DC

Hasan Davis J.D., Deputy Commissioner

Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

hasan@hasandavis.comwww.hasandavis.com

In the Beginning, Life seemed In the Beginning, Life seemed full of possibility!full of possibility!

Eventually, my agents of reality Eventually, my agents of reality said “you can only play from said “you can only play from this deck of cards”this deck of cards”

Black Male ADHD Dyslexia Visual impairment Hearing impairment Broken Home Welfare Inner city Arrested at 11 years old Expelled from alternative school at 18 G.E.D. recipient

I still wanted to play… no matter the odd

Game Break!!!!

5 Rules: Succeeding with YouthAway from NO WAY—A Way From No Way

Fight the Insanity Carry Faith and Hope Allow time Forgive Failures Deserve Victory

Insanity principle If you keep doing what you have always

done you will keep getting what you have always gotten

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Insanity principle If you keep doing what you have always

done you will keep getting what you have always gotten

If you keep doing what you have always done your competition will get better and you will get worse results

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Take Risk The time has come to take what we know and

do what we must.

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Raise the Bar Communities rise or ultimately

fall to the highest expectation the people have set for them.

- Hasan Davis

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Carry Faith and Hope Faith Faith [fayth] a belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody

or something, especially without logical proof. A willing suspension of disbelief

Hope Hope [hōp] Something that somebody wants to have or do

or wants to happen or be true; A reliance on future possibilities

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Faith and HopeFaithGives the courage to imagine

what cannot see or hold

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Hope Gives the strength to keep reaching for what others are sure we could never touch

Faith and Hope Everyone needs someone who can see them

as they are afraid to see their self.

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

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Inevitable Victory

Hope Dealers

Vs.

Hope StealersAgents of reality, reality checkers, wake up

callers, truth tellers, dream busters…etc.

“For those of us who choose this

important work, hope is mandatory; because we cannot give what we do not possess.”

What is the cost of Optimism?

Allow TIME

Time [tīm] A suitable moment or period chosen as

appropriate for something to be done or to take place

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

Time is what we have so that everything does not happen at once

Albert Einstein

Changing outcomes for youth is like wrestling an 800Lbs Gorilla

Advice: When wrestling an 800Lbs Gorilla… You can’t stop just because you are tired… …the only good time to think about stopping, is

when you are sure the gorilla is tired!

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Sir Winston Churchill

Forgiveness

for·give·ness [fərgivnəss] the act of pardoning somebody for

a mistake or wrongdoing

Forgiveness frees us from the awesome duty of worrying about the past so we can actually do something about the Future

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.Chinese Proverb

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is right now.Chinese Proverb

Deserve Victoryde·serve [di-zurv]

to have earned or be worthy of something

vic·to·ry [viktəree] success attained over a difficult situation or opponent

-Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time --Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory--Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” 

Charles F. Kettering

Treat a man Treat a man as he is and as he is and he will he will remain as remain as he is. he is.

Treat a man as Treat a man as he can and he can and should be, and should be, and he will become he will become as he can and as he can and should be. should be.

Treat a man as he is and he will Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be. become as he can and should be.

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

To Raise then up we must:

RRiskisk more than others think is safe.

CCareare more than others think is wise.

DDreamream more than others think is practical.

EExpectxpect more than others think is possible.