Cultivating Confidence, Identity, and Purpose
Every child deserves opportunities to discover their strengths, develop confidence, build meaningful relationships, and understand their value.
AGAPE's children and youth initiatives focus on creating experiences that encourage positive development, emotional awareness, leadership, and a strong sense of belonging.
Youth Affirmation & Identity Development
Our developing youth affirmation initiative is designed to help children and young people recognize their strengths, understand their identity, and develop positive beliefs about themselves.
Through guided reflection, creative activities, family participation, and affirmation exercises, participants will have opportunities to identify their values, develop personal affirmations, and share them in a supportive environment.
Parent & Child Affirmation Workshops
AGAPE is developing intentional parent-child affirmation experiences that bring families together for learning, reflection, and encouragement.
The proposed workshop model includes:
Understanding the meaning and purpose of affirmations
Exploring identity, strengths, and personal values
Parent-child conversations and reflection
Creating personalized affirmations
Practicing positive communication
Family encouragement and commitment
A closing affirmation ceremony
The goal is for each participating child to have an opportunity to publicly share an affirmation while being surrounded by encouragement from family and community.
Youth Leadership & Civic Engagement
AGAPE seeks to create opportunities for young people to develop leadership skills, participate in community service, express their perspectives, and contribute to decisions affecting their communities.
Youth Emotional Wellness
We are exploring opportunities to provide culturally responsive, age-appropriate wellness programming that supports emotional awareness, healthy relationships, coping skills, and positive identity development.
Potential future offerings include professionally facilitated group support and therapeutic partnerships.
Youth and Family Outdoor Experiences
AGAPE is exploring family-centered hiking, birdwatching, and outdoor learning experiences that promote connection with nature, physical activity, environmental awareness, and family relationships.
A particular focus will be creating welcoming outdoor experiences for Black children and families.
Youth Justice & Family Connection
AGAPE is interested in developing family engagement and affirmation programming for youth involved in juvenile justice systems.
Our vision includes opportunities for young people and their families to participate in guided reflection, affirmation development, family strengthening activities, and meaningful recognition ceremonies.
Any facility-based program would be developed in partnership with the appropriate juvenile justice agency and subject to its approval and safety requirements.