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 The program could be instituted in three ways;
(1) Added as a workshop that could be weekly or bi-weekly during school hours and/or after school.
(2) Incorporated into the overall curricula to help unify the objectives of teachers and/or resident artists. The program is designed to incorporate new ideas and information relating to personal and/or community development. Incorporating the ideas of a broad spectrum of school/institution personnel adds specificity and strengthens the program due to their familiarity with the student body.
(3) Incorporated as an extra-curricular program that would be more directed towards intensive hands-on personal/community development projects, which would also include internship opportunities.
A very important part of what we do is provide new ways to engage with the various media children, young adults and adults use. We focus on the three primary forms of mass communications; Internet, television, and radio. Our objective is to present clear examples of how to use media, broadly stated, as an educative and entertainment tool. In addition, by presenting historical and current models of people who incorporate tactics for personal and/or community development, we provide an alternative to the "I'm getting paid" and the "I'm better than you" mentality that is pervasive in mainstream arts, especially with the model presented by mainstream hip hop as well as the "success" of American Idol like programming.
Another element of the Purpose Lounge model is being able to conduct long-distance mentoring and education via free computer programs for schools and organizations that can't afford proprietary bundled solutions.
The PBIS platform [Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports] comports with our model. In addition, the program focuses on proper conduct between the genders and respect for others, no matter their sexual orientation, age, ethnic origin or class. This includes highlighting the efforts of various people in the community that go either unnoticed or don't get the credit they deserve. (i.e. workers in food banks, volunteers in elder homes, tutors for students-at-risk, mentors, people who help develop community gardens and beautification projects, ect.)
Below is our Classroom Oath that creates a contract to enhance the student/teacher relationship. The goal is to make a clear outline of responsibilities that can be posted in the classroom. Our hope is to have it read once a week by the teacher and a different student each week to help reinforce the message of responsibility.
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