Fairfield PAL Offers 'Alive and Free' Program This Summer For Kids In Grades 7-12

News from Fairfield PAL Center:

Alive & Free is a life-changing program at the Fairfield PAL Center that helps young people in the Bay Area and around the world. At the heart of the Alive & Free Prescription is the notion that violence is a social disease with an explicit treatment process. Like disease, it is transmitted by the germs of bad information, bad instruction, bad advice, and bad examples.

Young people who have learned the Alive & Free prescription have a new set of life skills to make choices that help them go to college, succeed in life, and give back to their communities.

This summer, the Fairfield Alive & Free program at Fairfield PAL will explore “Game vs. Wisdom and how to tell the difference”,“Listening to your background music”, “fearship vs. friendship (when was the “wrong” crowd, right anyway?)” and more.

Alive & Free teaches stress and anger management, improves conflict resolution skills, develop emotional intelligence and strengthens critical thinking and goal setting.

The Fairfield Alive & Free program is proud to welcome guest instructor, Andre Aikins for this summer!

Andre Aikins manages the day-to-day operations for Alive & Free and assists with teaching the Alive & Free prescription in Richmond and San Francisco. He has almost 20 years’ experience with at-risk youth and is the recipient of the 2011 Community Service Award from the Sociology Department at Grambling State University. He was formerly an assistant principal and math teacher at Madison and Frick Middle Schools in Oakland.

Aikins holds a B.S. in Mathematics Education from Grambling State University and an Administrative and Teaching Credential from the State of California.

The Fairfield PAL program offers Fairfield, Suisun, and Travis teens a place to grow, learn, and build the skills they need today and in the future. The PAL Center offers teens a safe environment, supports working families and helps students achieve by giving them opportunities right now.

The Fairfield PAL Program is open to Fairfield, Suisun, and Travis students enrolled in grades seven through 12. Memberships are $10 per year and can be purchased at the Fairfield Community Center (1000 Webster Street) Mon-Thursday between 11:30-5:30pm. A current student ID is required to register. For more information, please call 422 6288.