About Our Organization
Council for Unity, a national non-profit organization founded in
1975, has a history of successfully promoting inter-group relations
and reducing violence in schools and communities. By
implementing school-based and after-school programs in leadership
development mentoring, career, college guidance and gang prevention,
the Council fulfills its' mission of empowering individuals
and groups with the skills necessary to promote unity, safety and
achievement.
Council for Unity
working proactively against gangs
Members of the Council for Unity at RHS work together to keep RHS a
peaceful learning environment for all of the school’s students, to
erase lines of division among its student body, to promote tolerance
and to strive for unity. This year, in addition to the Council for
Unity Club, which meets as an after school club, RHS also offers a
History/English elective, which follows the national curriculum
written for the Council.
Council for Unity is an anti-gang, violence-prevention program.
Riverhead High School is trying to create a “positive gang” among
students that is family-oriented. The pillars of Council for Unity
are best described by the acronym F.U.S.E., which stands for Family,
Unity, Self-Esteem, and Empowerment. Council classes study lessons
from history: confronting racism, bigotry, and violence.
New members in the Council for Unity Club are inducted in June,
after completing the curriculum. They are working together to keep
our schools safe from gangs.
RHS principal Jim McCaffrey sees safety as a number one concern. One
way of achieving that goal is through the Council for Unity, which
strives to keep the high school a safe haven.
The Council also has instituted a Council Mentors program. Council
members are partnered with students, who may be having some
difficulties academically, socially or emotionally. The mentors
provide friendship and advice, and make recommendations if faculty
intervention is needed.
“I like Council because it brings all the students together without
looking at only our ethnic backgrounds,” shares Quadre, the Council
President.
Also
see: Council for Unity Expands to the Jail,
Quadre
Mims wins 2006 Suffolk County Anti-Bias Award
Council for Unity 2003-04
National Council For Unity
see Riverhead Schools website
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* 94% of participants graduate from high school
* 96% of those attend college
* 70% of participating school principals reported a decrease in
violent crime in their schools
* 100 % of participants reported that Council for Unity has had a
positive impact on their lives.
Our organization is designed to help our youth today in a positive
way to understand that they are a strong part of our community that
that violence is not the way to go.
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