Eight teenagers were honored Monday for completing life skills training and goal-setting exercises through the City of Danville’s Project Imagine collaborative, which works to steer youths away from gang activity and community violence.
毕业的有Kaylin Averett， Zi-era Beck, Tavion Buskey, Ian Calloway, Martevis Henry-Calloway, Saniah Lyons， Christian Motley和Christopher Motley。
丹支持人民币的博彩平台市的暴力预防经理、“想象项目”负责人罗伯特·大卫赞扬了参加这个项目的毕业生。
“It is our responsibility as adults to help you on your journey,” David said. “We are going to do whatever we have to do to make sure you make it home to your parents every day, to make sure you see your 18th birthday, and to make sure that you have the life you want. It is our duty, our call, and our passion to help you be successful in every layer of life.”
David and his staff tag the phrase “your new aunts and uncles,” meaning that they will serve as a support system for the youths.
“We are going to hold you accountable as well, just like aunts and uncles would,” David said. “If you do something, we are going to make sure you know about it, but then we are going to move on. We don’t hold it over your head. We say, ‘how do we fix this situation.’ You are walking into an organization that cares. As an organization, our emphasis is to get you to imagine the life that maybe you could not imagine before.”
该项目通过发展和维持与导师的关系，以及关注不与执法部门接触、提高成绩、完成学业和就业等目标，引导青少年远离帮派活动和社区暴力。
作为项目的一部分，青少年接受基于能力的评估，使用凯西生活技能和克利夫顿能力工具。 这些工具是用来引导青年人走上健康、有成效的生活之路。
此外，还会指派一名想像计划外展工作者，为每位青少年提供至少一年的指导。
“想象计划”是基于认知行为治疗的循证理论，如果青少年能够实施新的信息和标准，那么他或她就可以改变他们的行为。 The idea is that the program creates a positive "image" in the mind of a youth so that they he or she can "imagine" a life without gangs or crime.
参与“想象计划”的青少年是从警察局、法院、学校和家长推荐的人中挑选出来的。 Since the program’s inception, 22 classes, totaling more than 125 teens, have graduated.
大卫和“想象计划”的合作得到了全国的认可。 本月早些时候，大卫获得了全国劳动力发展专业人员协会颁发的2023年度青年劳动力专业人员奖。
In January of this year, David was named among the “Top 100 Influencers in Local 政府” in 2022 by the nonprofit Engaging Local 政府 Leaders.
2020年，大卫被国家帮派犯罪研究中心评为弗雷德里克·米尔顿·斯拉舍奖得主。 该奖项旨在表彰他在帮派预防和干预方面的成就。
The collaborative received the President’s Award from the Virginia Municipal League in October 2019.