AT-RISK YOUTH MENTORING

 

Alain has been working with various at-risk youth programs within marginalized communities to empower our future generations with practices and tools to help process their emotions and make better decisions regardless of their context.

Education

Alain delivers heart-centered education to children, at-risk youth, prison inmates, and law enforcement professionals.

His programs are designed to provide tools and solutions to engender the compassion and understanding we need to collectively move into a future that serves the individual, community, and our planet.

Alain facilitates moments of connection between those in the educational system and those working in, or affected by, the criminal justice system. Alain believes that through immersive experiences and a safe space for open dialogue we facilitate the healing of wounds that are deeply entrenched in our society.

In a climate where school shootings, bullying, police brutality, racial division and political challenges create fear, mistrust and confusion, Alain offers solutions to reduce stress, rebuild trust and gain the confidence to establish bridges between the communities that make up our collective experience in society.

Topics include:

  • Stress management

  • Drug abuse

  • Mindfulness

  • Non-violent Communication

  • Anti-Bullying

  • Life Planning and Goal setting

  • Accountability

  • Community building

 
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VITAL INTERVENTION & DIRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES (VIDA)

VIDA is a structured 16-week program for non-violent, at-risk youth between the ages of 11 and 17. Through collaboration between the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, community-based organizations, volunteers, schools and families, the program teaches youth the value of effective decision-making and taking responsibility for their futures.

Alain volunteers with the VIDA program offering this youth motivational mentorship, mindfulness practices, and wellness-based tools to empower them to make healthy decisions regardless of their context and circumstances.

 

WATTS BEARS SUMMER SCHOOL

The Watts Bears was started as a program to serve the youth residing in one of the most gang affiliated and recurrently violent communities of South Central Los Angeles. The Watts Bears were created by LAPD officers from the Southeast Division, with these officers coaching student-athletes in football and track & field.  The teams were created to give underprivileged youth in Watts a chance to play organized sports but on a larger scale, and to positively change the historically strained relationship between the police and the community of Watts. 

Alain mentored in this summer school program, guiding these youth through mindfulness and empowerment practices, building bridges between these communities and law enforcement to create more solidarity, compassion, and harmony.