National Tour
We are traveling the country this fall to spread respect. We’re on tap to reach 2,500+ middle school-college students, and 500 educators, parents and advocates. Want to add your community to the map?...
View ArticleMaryland – Howard County: Choose Civility
As part of our National Respect Tour, we’ll be in Columbia, Maryland as part of the Choose Civility, a community-wide initiative lead by Howard County Library system. FREE resources are available here....
View ArticleMiami: YPO-WPO Youth & Family
September 21-24 YPO-WPO Miami Chapter About YPO-WPO: YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) connects successful young chief executives in a global network unlike any other. The organization unites...
View ArticleNew Videos! National Respect Tour
Check out our latest videos from youth, educators, corporate clients and parents across the country.
View ArticleImpact Report: 2011
We reached 5,600 youth and their influencers directly and 60,000 more benefited from our programs. Check out our full report here: Impact Report
View ArticleReaching 30,000 at-risk youth in 2012
Did you know I was a youth offender? Luckily I had a probation officer who sent me to volunteer with a girl’s organization instead of to jail. Yet for my many other family members who were arrested...
View ArticleWe’re an Ashoka Finalist!
We are honored to be a finalist for the Ashoka Activating Empathy competition. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Prize and Townsend Press/DonorsChoose.org Prize in the competition. Prizes will be given to...
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Respect On the Inside
Meet our new Visting Author, Carissa Phelps, author of the acclaimed “Runaway Girl,” who has partnered with us to bring self-respect building tools to youth who are in jail, foster care or group homes....
View ArticleOur New Research: Self-Respect vs. Self-Esteem
What is self-respect? Is it different from self-esteem? Why does self-respect building matter in the realm of youth development? The Respect Institute Visting Professor Dr. Nancy S. Niemi explores the...
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Impact Report: 4,707 reached 18,540 benefit
2012 highlights… # of people directly served through programs including the Respect Rally, Respect 360, trainings and Kit, Respect Circles, keynotes, forums & workshops # of people who benefit •...
View ArticleRespect 360 Training + Toolkit
Youth and young adult influencers (including peers) use the Respect 360 to co-actively build self-respect in individuals ages 11-24. Respect 360 is a training and toolkit containing 75+ cards that...
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Clinton Global Initiative
Ri and its partners are committed through CGI to reaching 10,000 vulnerable girls and their influencers with self-respect-building tools by 2015 to help improve their life and academic outcomes....
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Respect On the Inside
Meet our new Visting Author, Carissa Phelps, author of the acclaimed “Runaway Girl,” who has partnered with us to bring self-respect building tools to youth who are in jail, foster care or group homes....
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Impact Report: 4,707 reached 18,540 benefit
2012 highlights… # of people directly served through programs including the Respect Rally, Respect 360, trainings and Kit, Respect Circles, keynotes, forums & workshops # of people who benefit •...
View ArticleResearch: Why Self-Respect Matters More
What is self-respect? Is it different from self-esteem? Why does self-respect building matter in the realm of youth development? The Respect Institute Visting Professor Dr. Nancy S. Niemi explores the...
View ArticleRespect 360 eTraining
Youth and young adult influencers (including peers) use Respect 360 to co-actively build self-respect in individuals ages 11-24. Respect 360 is a training and toolkit containing 75+ cards and 375...
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Vulnerable Youth Have Grit: They Need Opportunity
Some people say youth today need more grit or gumption. Some do. But the truth for those of us like me who’ve survived being traumatized by violence, poverty, or the doors of opportunity not just...
View ArticleAre Adults Causing the Youth Empathy Gap?
Harvard University 2014 research shows youths’ growing empathy gap: Yet 80% say it’s teachers & parents who’re prioritizing their achievements over their caring. The new report, THE CHILDREN WE...
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Reaching 10,000 Girls Via Clinton Global Initiative
Ri and its partners are committed through CGI to reaching 10,000 vulnerable girls and their influencers with self-respect-building tools by 2015 to help improve their life and academic outcomes. As of...
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Meeting President Obama!
I grew up in San Jose, CA.—what is now known as Silicon Valley. And as someone whose parents didn’t graduate from high school and instead journeyed through prison, teen pregnancy, trauma, poverty,...
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