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OUR
MISSION
Using the proven principles of restorative
justice, we empower youth to generate new
possibilities for their lives through personal
accountability, empathy, and leadership skills
that shape positive social behaviors.
OUR
VISION
Youth Transformation Center is a not-for-profit
501(c)(3), HIGH IMPACT, organization, dedicated
to moving the worldwide movement of restorative
justice as an effective alternative to
suspension, expulsion, and incarceration to the
tipping point.
OUR
OBJECTIVE
Statistics and studies clearly show that
banishing and ostracizing children through
suspension, expulsion, and juvenile
incarceration has done little to build strong
character in our young people that leads to
responsible and productive adulthood. The
character development and restorative justice
movements, now reaching critical mass around the
world, provides an effective alternative that
promises long-term, positive results.
Youth Transformation Center is proud to offer cutting-edge character development and restorative justice educational materials and training for youth and their adult leaders that opens a pathway to a reduction in juvenile crime and violence and builds stronger, safer communities.
WHAT WE
DO
BUILD
CHARACTER
Through a process of self-discovery, youth learn in our workshop intensives what it means to be fully responsible for their behaviors and for their lives.
BUILD
SELF-WORTH
Both in the restorative justice process post crime and in our workshop intensives youth have the opportunity to re-discover their self worth and their value to themselves, to their families, and to the world around them.
INSPIRE
ACTION
Our Boomerang workshops aim to catapult youth to a positive future through personal insight that gives them the impetus and sense of urgency to reach small goals NOW that lead to big dreams.
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Jeannette Holtham, author of Taking Restorative Justice to Schools: A Doorway to Discipline, is President and Founder of the Youth Transformation Center. Ms. Holtham is a mediator and restorative justice facilitator and trainer with a 20-year career history in event planning and leadership training—nine of those years at JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement). Jeannette graduated summa cum laude from Regis University with a BA in communications and earned the Excellence in Communication award. In 2009 she was a nominee for the Pikes Peak Restorative Justice Council Leadership Award. Jeannette holds several rigorous certifications, including Sherod and Phyllis Miller's Core Communication I and II, and the Insights Discovery personality profile model from Dundee, Scotland. She is a graduate of Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living and the Wisdom Course. Interestingly, she is the creator of the original "Movie Index" a parental guide for making informed entertainment choices that aired on KOAA-TV for six years. Jeannette recently developed Boomerang, a motivational workshop intensive that gives teens dealing with high risk factors a chance to view their lives from a new lens and provides them with high-octane tools that will help them navigate their life’s journey to a positive and fulfilling future, while strengthening their social-emotional intelligence. |
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Lynn Lee enjoyed
a rewarding
career as a
teacher for 15
years in the
Widefield School
District.
She holds
a Masters Degree
in Education
Administration
and is well
known locally
for her
passionate
contribution to
mediation,
restorative
justice
conference
facilitation and
victim advocacy.
Prior to
coming on board
with Youth
Transformation
Center as our
Restorative
Justice
Coordinator,
Lynn worked in
the area of
Restorative
Justice for
Workout, Ltd.
for five years
both as a
volunteer
community member
and as a victim
advocate.
Lynn has
facilitated many
Restorative
Justice
conferences and
is a member of
the Manitou
Springs
Restorative
Justice Council
and Co-Chair of
the Pikes Peak
Restorative
Justice Council.
She is
the recipient of
the 2009 Pikes
Peak Restorative
Justice Council
Leadership
Award. |
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Maggie Griggs
brings her
background as a
web designer and
developer,
graphic editor,
researcher and
information
technology
professional to
the YTC.
With a
background in
business and
accounting to
support her work
as a technology
professional
Maggie has
worked in
companies both
large and small.
Maggie
earned a BS in
Accounting with
a minor in
Computer Science
from the
University of
Southern
Colorado.
She has
been recognized
for her
achievements in
the business and
information
technology
industries by
the Cambridge
Who's Who
Registry of
Professionals,
The
International
Who's Who
Registry of
Information
Technology
Professionals,
Empire Who's Who
Registry of
Executives and
Professionals,
The American
Biographical
Institute,
Madison Who's
Who and is a
member of
Omicron Delta
Epsilon, the
International
Economics
Organization.
She has
also provided
and enjoyed a
variety of
support and
learning
experiences in
archery,
fencing,
costuming,
needlework and
other aspects of
Middle Ages
recreation as
well as creating
the first
internet based
library for the
region and
holding various
offices at the
local and
regional levels
during more than
25 years as a
member of the
Society for
Creative
Anachronism,
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YOUTH TRANSFORMATION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD
Steve Elder, VP
Advancement Colorado College
Rich Schur, CEO
Magnum HR
Shannon Schur,
President and CEO Schur-Success Auctions
Attorney Pete
Lee, 2009 Colorado House of Representatives
Candidate
Joyce Schuck,
Parents Challenge
Colorado State
Representative Michael Merrifield