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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Hiba Shublak <hiba@activelearningusa.org> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:35 PM To: eComment Subject: City Council Agenda April 18, 2017 Item # 75C Importance: High Categories: Correspondence Greetings, As an active partner with SAUSD, City of Santa Ana, Boys and Girls Clubs, Delhi Center and many other organizations, Active Learning works collaboratively with other organizations to offer meaningful programs that strive for positive change. As the CEO of Active Learning and its sister organization, ALBI, I work dedicated to focus all my resources on quality youth engagement, enrichment and education programs through community centers, libraries and after-school programs during out-of-school hours. ALBI's proposed program will provide services at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana for at risk youth ages 6-17 to give youth the chance to recognize their inner strengths and infinite talents with trusted mentors through dance, acting, singing and visual arts. Beyond teaching the arts we will provide complementary program components to address crime and gang prevention for both youth and their caregivers (many of our students live with a grandparent); such as gang prevention and conflict resolution workshops for students and coffee with a cop meetings for parents to learn about gang prevention. Activities will provide meaningful interface on a regular basis with Santa Ana PD, community leaders, and other youth service community organizations that we partner with. The power of our arts' activities using prevention strategies are comprehensive, reducing risk and developing protective factors in each child, their families, and communities. These collective strategies have a sizable impact on reducing delinquency because the strategies engage the entire spectrum of systems and individuals impacting a young person's life. We strive to further the collaborative approach and work together with organizations. Collectively we can address prevention strategies for at risk youth through various expert strategies, expanding the role of youth as effective citizens into the community. I apologize for not being able to attend the City Council meeting and I thank you for your time and consideration of my grant proposal. Respectfully, Hiba Shublak Executive Director/Founder Active Learning Ph. 714.717.4534 www.activglearningusa.org Creative Movement & Dance Education