What did the primitive Native American cultures know about raising their youth that we have largely forgotten?

• The elders/adults play a respected role in the culture.
• Everyone is connected.
• The role of Nature is paramount.
• The role of community is paramount.

In modern American society our children often times lack true elders... their parents, teachers and other role models are too distracted with modern gadgetry, addictions and a sense of self-importance to slow down and make genuine contact with our youth. Our youth see this and reflect it back to us.

Are you ready to SHOW UP for the challenge?

In the fall of 2009 Monarch Center will launch the Community Challenge Workshop Series at locations across Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

The Community Challenge workshops are intended to bring together a diverse group of community members in order to support, challenge and change the ways in which we influence our youth. Monarch will facilitate as many as three workshops in each community and then strongly encourage small groups (Challenge Groups) to form and meet outside of the workshops. These FREE Community Challenge workshops bring together groups of concerned adults with the common goal of helping our youth learn how to navigate a world in which they are often manipulated and overwhelmed by materialism. We remind the adults - and support them - in their responsibility for teaching, confronting and setting high expectations for the youth in their communities. The Challenge Groups continue and strengthen the work that started in the workshops. They are formed when Community Challenge Workshop participants' network with one another as well as neighbors and other community members interested in engaging in this meaningful process. We encourage these groups to meet at least once a month, and to stay in touch with one another in between meetings through phone calls or email.

The Monarch facilitators stay in touch with the Challenge Groups and offer ongoing guidance and resources. If you are concerned for the youth in your community and are ready to be a true ELDER in their life then the Community Challenge is for you!

Download the list of 2009 / 2010 dates and locations for these FREE workshops! »

For more information, email or call us at 303.569.0767.

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Next Workshop in the Series...

Paonia, CO : Saturday, January 23, 2010 10am-3pm

Blue Sage Center for the Arts | 226/228 Grand Ave., Paonia, CO 81428

The youth in the Paonia community are faced with overwhelming and powerful challenges to their adolescence. Join devoted parents and other adults as we learn what we can do to help and have a positive impact on our youth.

Learn about teen addictions and behaviors:

• What is at the core of teen addictions, including drugs,
  computer, sex, shopping, etc.
• How to deepen superficial child–adult relationships.
• Strategies to help promote youth health and happiness.
• What is causing - and how you can stop - youth acting out behaviors
  such as defiance, depression, poor school grades, etc.

Who should attend?

• Parents
• Grandparents
• Aunts & uncles
• Friends
• Teachers
• Shop owners
• Health care workers
• And other adult community members concerned about the youth of Paonia.

For more information, email or call our us at 303.569.0767.

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