The Michael Walton Foundation would like to thank our supporting organizations of our Empowerment Forums.  Your dedication to our youth continues to inspire us!

The MWF is hosting four Empowerment Forums for high school students during the 2012/13 school year. Each forum has over 40 dynamic interactive workshops. The workshops focus on career exposure and college prep subjects for the juniors and senior students while enhancing student life skills, leadership abilities and instilling an ethic of civic stewardship are the objectives of the Forums for freshman and sophomore students. This is achieved through a series of interactive workshops designed to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, responsible, productive citizens, and contributing member of society.

The goal of the workshops is to further explore career fields, college readiness or to develop student life skills in the areas of:

• self-discovery
• self-confidence
• decision-making
• conflict resolution
• self-expression
• responsibility
• community service
• leadership
• fostering peace
• safety
• wellness
• awareness
• perseverance

Workshops for the underclassmen include topics such as suicide prevention, effects of bullying, volunteerism, violence prevention, community engagement, dangers of distracted driving, cyber-safety awareness, etc.

Interactive Workshops 

EMPOWERMENT
Empowered to Conquer
Overcoming Peer Pressure
Finding your Passion for Advocacy
Peer-to-Peer Conflict Resolution
Overcoming Adversity through Self-Advocacy
An Extreme Makeover for True Success
Breaking the Talent Barrier

SELF-EXPRESSION
Dreamer Management
Revitalize, Inspire, Perform
Hip Hop and the Village
Promoting Unity through Entertainment

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Strengthening Your Community by Helping Your Peers
Creative Ways to Perform Your Community Service Hours
Planting the Seeds of Stewardship Conservation Service-Learning
National Service and Emergency Preparedness
One Hand to Give, One Hand to Receive

LEADERSHIP
Who Are You Not To Be a Leader?
Setting Goals to Win

ABUSE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
The Effects of Domestic Violence
Anti-Bullying
Being Aware of Your Surroundings

SAFETY
The Catastrophic Consequences of Distracted Driving
Emergency Preparedness
Online Safety- Social Media

WELLNESS
The Empowerment of Community through Music
See, Believe, and Achieve: The Importance of Wellness to Help Achieve Goals

FOSTERING PEACE
Uniting Communities through Hip Hop Culture
Community Organizing from the U.S. to Africa
Uniting Communities through Sports

CAREER EXPOSURE
Animal Husbandry and Working to Conserve Wildlife
The Few, the Proud, the Marines
Fly High with the U.S. Air Force Academy
Cool Careers in Law
Making Healthy Career Decisions
Government Careers Post-College
Careers on Capitol Hill

COLLEGE PREP
Financial Aid Seminar
Decision-Making: College Choices and Beyond
Finding Money for College through Sports
The Writing Process: Writing Towards College
Insider’s Look at College Admissions
College Admissions 101
The Out of State College Experience