✅ Overview

This initiative is anchored in the conviction that long-term community peace and reconciliation require grassroots mobilization, trauma-informed education, and sustainable systems for response. The goal is to prepare a fully trained, community-owned, trauma-informed response team by the end of one year—positioned to expand into other Memphis districts.

Phase One: Partnership and Sponsorship (Days 1–90)

Objective: Build a foundation of support, trust, and shared ownership among key community partners.

Key Actions:

• Identify and Secure Community Partners:
  Churches, nonprofits, health orgs, local businesses, school administration, and youth groups.

• Establish Leadership Structure:
  Appoint a local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Planning Committee.

• Secure Sponsorships:
  Approach corporate, civic, and philanthropic organizations for financial and in-kind support.

• Host Launch Event:
  Introduce initiative, vision, and timeline at Manassas High School—mobilize public interest.

• Create Branding/Materials:
  Develop flyers, logos, registration forms, and digital content promoting the campaign.

• Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs):
  Sign formal agreements with pilot partners and volunteers.

Phase Two: Clarity Wellness Assessment (Days 91–180)

Objective: Identify and document the community’s trauma exposure using the ACEs framework.

Key Actions:

• Volunteer Training:
  Background checks, confidentiality agreements, and basic trauma-informed care training.

• Deploy “Clarity Teams”:
  Canvass local neighborhoods and student families for voluntary ACEs screening.

• Clarity Wellness Assessment Days at Manassas High:
  On-site stations offering wellness check-ins, ACEs education, and referrals.

• Incentivize Participation:
  Emergency Response Kits and resource bags for those who complete assessments.

• Data Aggregation & Mapping:
  Use de-identified data to visualize trauma hotspots and community needs.

‍ Phase Three: Train the Trainers (Days 181–270)

Objective: Equip selected youth, parents, educators, and community leaders to become trauma-informed trainers and responders.

Key Actions:

• Recruit Training Cohort:
  Select up to 50 community members across generations for advanced training.

• Partner with Professional Trainers:
  Invite experts in mental health, de-escalation, conflict resolution, CERT, and restorative justice.

• Curriculum Implementation:
  Deliver modules on:

  • ACEs and Community Trauma

  • Emergency Preparedness

  • Conflict Mediation

  • Youth Leadership in Crisis

  • Faith & Race Reconciliation

• Certification Ceremony:
  Recognize and celebrate new trainers with local media and partner support.

️ Phase Four: Full Simulation Training & Expansion Registration (Days 271–360)

Objective: Conduct a full-scale community simulation and register the next neighborhood for replication.

Key Actions:

• Simulation Day at Manassas High School:
  All CERT members, trainers, and Clarity Team volunteers engage in a mock crisis event (e.g., neighborhood violence, natural disaster, family crisis).

• Public Demonstration:
  Invite families, churches, and Memphis city leaders to witness readiness.

• Community Reconciliation Forum:
  Safe-space dialogues facilitated on race, justice, trauma, and healing.

• Register Next Neighborhood:
  Select next school or zip code to expand the initiative (e.g., Orange Mound, Frayser).

• Launch Online Portal:
  Create a central hub at YC MIDSOUTH.ORG for training resources, sign-ups, and reporting.

Outcomes and Sustainability Goals

• Establish a replicable model for trauma-informed, youth-led community emergency response.

• Mobilize 100+ community members as certified responders and wellness advocates.

• Institutionalize reconciliation and emergency response within school systems.

• Foster long-term partnerships between faith-based groups and public systems.

• Reduce aggression, increase safety, and strengthen North Memphis resiliency.