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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Well done <span class=SpellE>Birgitt</span>!
And you might tell a little bit more. What I remember from our conversations
back in those days is that the kids involved not only came back and talked –
but also, and I think this is an important point, seemed to grow in
self-esteem. And that, of course is an excellent way to start down the path of
self-renewal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Birgitt Williams<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 03, 2004
11:44 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: coping with drug use</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Avner,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>during the 90's we had many many OST meetings with two
different groups of youth in the inner city. One group were what are referred
to as 'street youth'. The other group were new immigrant youth generally from
war torn countries. In both cases, drugs/gangs/violence were significant
complex and apparently hopeless issues. We didn't have much success engaging
the youth in discussions until we started having OST meetings. We then had a
lot of success in keeping the youth talking with us, bringing their
concerns to us, and so on as a result of the OST meetings and the follow up we
did from those meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The professionals in the community were involved in
the OST meetings and often were really challenged by the youth to change their
way of doing this as professionals to help the youth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>We used the OST to reach the youth in a different way
as a collective instead of one to one approaches. We did not use the OST as a
program to get youth off of drugs. However, from the OST meetings, several youth
made decisions to change their lifestyles, developing the will to get
themselves out of gangs and off of drugs and so on. We then linked the youth up
with professionals and services that could best help them with this specialty
area. We referred youth to the 12 step programs including Alcoholics Anonymous
and Narcotics Anonymous, both of which as you probably know have a good chance
of really being helpful with addictions. The OST meetings were 1. a gateway to
development of the will on the part of some youth to make changes and 2.
provided guidance to professionals and to the youth themselves of different
ways of support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Blessings to you and to
all with whom you make Genuine Contact,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Birgitt Williams of
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Founders of the International Alliance
for Mentoring<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=purple face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:purple'>Creators of the </span></font><font
size=2 color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple'>Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring
the Genuine Contact</span></font><font size=2 color=purple face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;
mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>Ô</span></span></font><font size=2
color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple'> program</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Avner Haramati<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 03, 2004
11:57 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> coping with drug use</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear colleagues</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A small city in Israel (about
50,000 people) is interested in the use of OS on the issue of coping with
overuse of drugs, especially among the youth. The local agencies and the
educational system feel quite helpless. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do any of you have an actual
experience with this kind of OS?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Avner Haramati</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jerusalem</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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