(November 30-December 15, 2002)
Location: Burlington, Vermont; Boston, Massachusetts
14-day program - 10 days in Burlington, 2 days in Boston, 2 days of travel
7 participants: 7 future core trainers from Irkutsk
After Phase 1, Project Harmony will meet with local partners to share the results of the first phase of the program. At this time, Project Harmony will begin promoting the second phase of the program, whose participants will be selected based on an open merit-based competition. All candidates will complete an application and go through an interview, conducted by DEPSY's Program Director and Coordinator. The seven individuals will be selected with the clear understanding that, in addition to their participation in the US-based program phase, they will develop the skills to become a core group of trainers for the in-school drug-prevention curriculum. Project Harmony will invest in these seven individuals, who will serve as leaders for Phases 3 and 4.
The US-based program phase will provide the Siberian participants with exposure to the array of in-school crime prevention strategies and programs that have been implemented in Burlington and Boston. In addition to meetings, roundtables, and open discussions with their US counterparts, the Siberian participants will have the opportunity to observe in-school programs in action.
Phase 2 Activities and Objectives:
 To expose Siberian youth development specialists to in-school crime prevention activities, such as analogous US juvenile drug-education curricula (i.e. DARE), School-Resource Officers, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Officer Friendly, and others
To learn more about the strengths and challenges of the US system of education
To experience first-hand how the police and schools deal with juvenile crime
To interact with American youth and learn what their concerns are with regard to drug and alcohol use, teen pregnancy, truancy, crime, HIV/AIDS, etc.
To share first-hand information about how American communities deal with in-school crises
To witness how state- and city-level government agencies collaborate with the communities to address juvenile crime
To allow the Siberian delegation to present information about their school system, their youth, the challenges they are facing today, and what the Siberian coalition is doing to address these challenges
To facilitate open and honest dialogue among all participants about the physical and psychological well being of Russia and America's youth
To create action plans to implement juvenile drug-prevention programs in their home communities
To begin discussing the third phase of the program, which will take place in Winter 2003
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