1. OJJDP New Grant Recipient Orientation April 6, 2010 Washington, DC Hasan Davis J.D., Deputy Commissioner Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice hasan@hasandavis.com www.hasandavis.com

4. In the Beginning, Life seemed full of possibility!

5. Eventually, my agents of reality said “you can only play from this deck of cards”

6.  Black  Male  ADHD  Dyslexia  Visual impairment  Hearing impairment  Broken Home  Welfare  Inner city  Arrested at 11 years old  Expelled from alternative school at 18  G.E.D. recipient

7. I still wanted to play… no matter the odd

9. Game Break!!!!

10. 5 Rules : Succeeding with Youth Away from NO WAY—A Way From No Way  Fight the Insanity  Carry Faith and Hope  Allow time  Forgive Failures  Deserve Victory

11. Insanity principle  If you keep doing what you have always done you will keep getting what you have always gotten -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

12. Insanity principle  If you keep doing what you have always done you will keep getting what you have always gotten  If you keep doing what you have always done your competition will get better and you will get worse results -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

13. Take Risk  The time has come to take what we know and do what we must. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

14. Raise the Bar  Communities rise or ultimately fall to the highest expectation the people have set for them. -Hasan Davis -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

15. Carry Faith and Hope Faith Faith [fayth] a belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without logical proof. A willing suspension of disbelief Hope Hope [hōp] Something that somebody wants to have or do or wants to happen or be true; A reliance on future possibilities -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

16. Faith and Hope Faith Gives the courage to imagine what cannot see or hold -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Hope Gives the strength to keep reaching for what others are sure we could never touch

17. Faith and Hope  Everyone needs someone who can see them as they are afraid to see their self. -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- For Hasan With Love Mom Inevitable Victory

18. Hope Dealers Vs. Hope Stealers Agents of reality, reality checkers, wake up callers, truth tellers, dream busters…etc.

19.  “For those of us who choose this important work, hope is mandatory; because we cannot give what we do not possess.”

20. What is the cost of Optimism?

21. Allow TIME Time [tīm] A suitable moment or period chosen as appropriate for something to be done or to take place -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory- Time is what we have so that everything does not happen at once Albert Einstein

22. Changing outcomes for youth is like wrestling an 800Lbs Gorilla

23. Advice: When wrestling an 800Lbs Gorilla…  You can’t stop just because you are tired…  …the only good time to think about stopping, is when you are sure the gorilla is tired!

24.  It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.  Sir Winston Churchill

25. Forgiveness for·give·ness [fərgivnəss] the act of pardoning somebody for a mistake or wrongdoing Forgiveness frees us from the awesome duty of worrying about the past so we can actually do something about the Future -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

26.  The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. Chinese Proverb

27.  The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is right now. Chinese Proverb

28. Deserve Victory de·serve [di-zurv] to have earned or be worthy of something vic·to·ry [viktəree] success attained over a difficult situation or opponent -Fight the Insanity - Carry Faith and Hope - Allow time - -Forgive Failures - Deserve Victory-

29.  “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.  Charles F. Kettering Charles F. Kettering

30. Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is.

31. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be.

32. Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

34. To Raise then up we must:  Risk  Risk more than others think is safe.  Care  Care more than others think is wise.  Dream  Dream more than others think is practical.  Expect  Expect more than others think is possible.