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A Way From No Way

A Way From No Way. OJJDP New Grant Recipient Orientation April 6, 2010 Washington, DC Hasan Davis J.D. , Deputy Commissioner Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. hasan@hasandavis.com www.hasandavis.com. In the Beginning, Life seemed full of possibility!.

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A Way From No Way

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  1. A Way From No Way OJJDP New Grant Recipient Orientation April 6, 2010 Washington, DC Hasan Davis J.D., Deputy Commissioner Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice hasan@hasandavis.com www.hasandavis.com

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

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

  4.  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 it was soon clear to everyone watching; I had a bad hand …

  5. I still wanted to play… no matter the odd

  6. Game Break!!!!

  7. 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

  8. -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

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

  10. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Take Risk • The time has come to take what we know and do what we must.

  11. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Raise the Bar • Communities rise or ultimately fall to the highest expectation the people have set for them. • Hasan Davis

  12. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -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

  13. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Faith and Hope Faith Gives the courage to imagine what cannot see or hold Hope Gives the strength to keep reaching for what others are sure we could never touch

  14. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Faith and Hope • Everyone needs someone who can see them as they are afraid to see their self. Inevitable Victory For Hasan With Love Mom

  15. Hope Dealers Vs. Hope Stealers Agents of reality, reality checkers, wake up callers, truth tellers, dream busters…etc.

  16. “For those of us who choosethis important work, hope is mandatory;because we cannot give what we do not possess.”

  17. What is the cost of Optimism?

  18. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Allow TIME • Time [tīm] • A suitable moment or period chosen as appropriate for something to be done or to take place Time is what we have so that everything does not happen at once Albert Einstein

  19. Changing outcomes for youth is like wrestling an 800Lbs Gorilla

  20. 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!

  21. It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. • Sir Winston Churchill

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

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

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

  25. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Deserve Victory • de·serve [di-zurv] to have earned or be worthy of something • vic·to·ry [viktəree] success attained over a difficult situation or opponent

  26. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”  • Charles F. Kettering

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

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

  29. Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  30. Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. To Raise then up we must:

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