At- Risk Youth
At- Risk Youth
Program Model
Not for Profit
Poetic Motivational Life Coaching Program is the philanthropic arm of Turn of Ages Productions, based in Los Angeles, USA. This creative industry program is focused on self-regeneration for inner-city youths and adults through the creative voice.
Turn of Ages was founded by filmmaker and artist, Semaje Turnage, an inspirational personality who grew up in the projects. Despite his exposure to adverse and sometimes difficult situations around him, he has a different story which is filled with positive encouragement, love, and support brought by the socio-psychological influence of those around him. From high school, he went on to study film. Upon realizing how positively his creative gifts of resonating with his audience, he knew his calling was to help and heal others through the arts.
The motivational mentorship program was started in 2018 and at that time the focus was on at-risk youth males. Long before Semaje and his team saw the need to expand the program, it reached to include females, vulnerable individuals, and at-risk adults.
General Objectives
Each participant learns self-appreciation, how to cultivate positive thinking, a self-loving image, and develop high self-esteem through the process of allowing individuals to pursue their passion and hold themselves accountable for making their dreams come true.
The program is essentially a life enhancement process; healing the inner soul as you learn to live life to your highest potential, developing self-worth, gratitude, productivity, and positivity. We teach patience and how to take time for ourselves to learn and come in touch with our inner selves.
To be a world recognised centre for psychological and emotional recovery and human interconnectedness through poetic arts.
Poetic Motivational Life Coaching Program aims to empower at-risk youths and adults who are victims of life’s challenges, supporting those who are exposed to adverse childhood experiences, adult sufferings from emotional and mental ill health, uplifting the individual so they recover and take back their physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
To be a world recognised centre for psychological and emotional recovery and human interconnectedness through poetic arts
To create a culture of excellence, purpose and confidence through motivational self-improvement programs.
Working with youths and adults towards stronger sense of self-worth, self-esteem and the discovery-rediscovery of passion in and for life.
Motivate at-risk youths and adults to take on their passion with positivity and hope.
Helping them to bring out their inner power and change their lives so that they can positively impact others around them.
The program targets youth, males and females between 15-30 years, mature adults 31-45 years and at riskat-risk adults of 45 years and over. The specific individuals within the target groups are youths and adults with psychological scars, having low self esteemself-esteem, who were exposed to dramatic experiences at any stage of life, are emotionally and mentally distraught and self describeself-described as having troubled.
Semaje and his team of coaches will inspire mentees to be the best they can be, bringing a unique perspective on life and delivering it in a realistic and interactive manner.
Individuals joining the program will complete self-evaluation, through writing, poetry or arts. As individuals move through the program they will be evaluated based on where they started for progress. Assessment would be based on emotional and social wellbeing or engagement. Social, personal and professional developments will be used as indicators to measure the effectiveness of the program and its ability to empower, heal and restore hope and momentum within a person.
Sessions will take the form of varied spoken, poetic and other vocal expressions of art,
physical movements and expertise using creative poetic expressions.
Sessions will engage mentees with visual effects of art and poetic symbols that are calming. It will bear different themes and topics which are customised according to age and experiences. Some sessions involve mixed groups where lessons can be learned from cohorts, demographist and levels of advancements.
Class topics
- GOING AFTER YOUR DREAMS – MAKING IT A REALITY’ Listening to yourself and following your dreams.
- ‘THE KID GREW UP’ – Samaje talks to teens on how to ‘bully’ proof themselves.
- ‘THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING METHOD’ – Turning tragedy into triumph and obstacles into opportunities.
- ‘DON’T GIVE UP: A SELF ESTEEM JOURNEY – The importance of never giving up.
- BOYS & GIRLS IN CRISIS: A SELF-ESTEEM EPIDEMIC’ – Listening to yourself and following your dreams.
- I AM AUTHENTIC BECAUSE…’ – Learning to notice the unnoticed.
- ‘GOING AFTER YOUR DREAMS – MAKING IT A REALITY’ – Listening to yourself and following your dreams.
- ‘THE ART OF SELF-ESTEEM’ – How to stop self-sabotaging obstacles that keep you from achieving your potential.
- ‘DON’T GIVE UP: A SELF ESTEEM JOURNEY – The importance of never giving up.
- ‘THE POWER OF THE ENDURANCE’ – Semaje tells his amazing story on how to become a successful entrepreneur by turning tragedy into triumph and obstacles into opportunities.
