Council-Sponsored Grant Activities:
2023 – 2024 Ambassadors for Respect
Ambassadors for Respect (A4R) program mid-year update
Purpose: to strengthen self-advocacy in Minnesota and bullying prevention efforts in schools.
PeaceMaker Minnesota's CHOICE, Inc Partner Program in Maple Grove hit the ground running in September and worked hard contacting schools. The Ambassador Coaches there (Robin, Mikayla and Andie) have already delivered four trainings, with four more scheduled in November. Their team has been working hard and their survey results indicate high levels of understanding in the classrooms they have trained.
Ambassadors from Focus Beyond Transition Program (St. Paul) and CHOICE, Inc (Maple Grove) came together at the PeaceMaker Minnesota office to participate in the creation of an Ambassadors for Respect video. Ambassadors showed their certificates and checks that they receive upon training fourth grade classrooms in bullying prevention.







Volunteer filmographer Josiah McClelland sets up Ambassadors with microphones as he prepares the set for the Ambassadors for Respect interviews. Ambassadors and their coaches spent the afternoon sharing about their experiences with the A4R program and training fourth graders about bullying prevention.







The A4R team from the Focus House Transition Program in Willmar, Minnesota, were "credentialed" as Ambassadors for Respect. They have been preparing and practicing for their first bullying prevention trainings of the year, and are ready to teach skills to local fourth graders.
