The purpose of the Drug Treatment Court is, in the words of the Honorable Jo Ann Friia, White Plains City Court Judge and initiator of the Drug Treatment Court in White Plains, “...a holistic approach to rehab, with an eye to restoring [these individuals] to the community.” The overall impact of our vision for the program is to decrease the rate of recidivism and empower the graduates of

Chess Mates is a program that allows for children to be able to have access to the game of chess in their local libraries throughout the summer. Chess is a game that teaches patience, mathematics, intelligent and productive foresight, and increases brain power in children and adults.

I see a community of powerful individuals who work together for the benefit of all. A bold community whose citizens can openly express their views in public settings with open dialogue about issues and topics affecting their community. I see a community full of achievers. A community that inspires other communities to dream and achieve greatness.

Our vision includes: (1) A more engaged democratic campus created through grassroots participation, the establishment of social activist networks and the harnessing of student political and social power (2) An integrated approach to change through community development.

We envision a world where access to basic healthcare is universal. We envision a world where individuals are brought together to create a culture of awareness and action for the needs of others while creating networks for action and inspiration.

A campus, community, state, and country which is aware and supportive of people of marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities. This community would be actively involved in awareness raising events and visibly proud of its diversity.

I have been heavily involved with the Pilipino Academic Student Services (PASS), a student-iniated recruitment and retention center on campus. PASS is one of five ethnic-specific recruitment and retention centers on campus that together have formed a coalition, the Bridges Multicultural Resource Center.

A sustainable recycling program for the on-campus Greek houses at the University of Arkansas. My ultimate goal is to use a recycling competition to educate Greeks on the methods of recycling, so that after the competition ends they will continue to recycle their trash.

1. A more active community in Flagstaff that has a direct influence on the actions and decisions of the local government, through creating alliances in the community and working with elected officials. 2. A more active campus that stands up for student beliefs of democracy, equality, and social justice, through a stronger campus presence of NAU Peace and Justice and other progressive groups.

The mission of The Josie Odum Morris Literacy Project, Inc. is to promote literacy in the Inkster, Michigan, by making new books, forums, workshops, and reading and writing tutors available and accessible to city residents.

Banishing Every Assumption and Negative Stereotype (BEANS) is an after-school girls' group that we will be piloting for the 2008-09 school year in the Facing History public charter school in Manhattan.

My vision is for the young Native American ladies of Anadarko, Oklahoma to take pride in their heritage and community, to have high self-esteem, and to become leaders of the community and state, representing their community in a positive manner.

I hope to engage and mobilize unregistered potential voters in five target cities throughout the state of Michigan. The focus areas of choice are Ypsilanti, Kalamazoo, Flint, Benton Harbor & Saginaw, MI.

We believe that young people have the power to make change in their communities. Our vision is that every young person has access to the knowledge, tools and resources to engage their families, friends, classmates, and neighbors in the progressive movement. Education is a crucial tool to make our vision a reality.

My vision for the world is one were social inequalities no longer exist and one of the best ways to achieve this is through education. Education if used as a tool of empowerment can prepare student s to solve the problems of the future and work towards ending conflict and inequality at global scale.

The Experimental College has now existed for 2 years as an alternative education space. In EXCO, anyone can take or teach a class and all classes are free.

My vision for the Filipino population in San Francisco is a heightened awareness and the shared health concerns affecting this constituent. More importantly, I want my community to overcome its mindset of the inevitability of poor health and begin thinking and working towards a healthier lifestyle.

In keeping with the mission of Bryn Mawr College the Social Justice Pilot Program "seeks to sustain a community diverse in nature and democratic in practice, for we believe that only through considering many perspectives do we gain a deeper understanding of each other and the world".

Camp “I Have a Dream” will serve the youth of the Dheisha and Jalazone refugee camps, near Bethlehem and Ramallah respectively, with a week of seminars and workshops that teach alternative methods of activism, civic engagement, and non-violent resistance.

In two years, my vision for the USC campus and South LA/Figueroa Corridor community is equitable, sustainable development and economic justice that ties together local, neighborhood struggle, the USC campus community, and, even, larger intra-regional alliances in Southern California (between the inner city, inner-ring suburbs, and outer suburbs).