Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School, RI
Emily is president of the YCW and S.A.V.E (Students Against Vandalism Everywhere) at her middle school, A.S Feinstein Middle School. She has been a very active member since the 7th grade. “Emily lives and breaths for Youth Crime Watch and S.A.V.E” says her mother. She has organized a team of people from Coventry to clean up the park, fix broken toys, remove old trees and bushes, and repair the damage that had been done to the playground apparatus. She is very passionate about both YCW and S.A.V.E.  Her dedication to this program is such that she has also been mentoring a YCW site in Bronson, Florida, to ensure that their program is as strong as possible. She has even worked to create a special training video for the benefit of the group. The future of YCW and youth-led crime prevention in general is bright because of the leadership, initiative, and dedication of young people like Emily.

Chillicothe, OH
Eriq has been a member of Youth Crime Watch of Chillicothe since he was 10 years old, joining YCWC in 2003. He has stayed an active member attending all meetings and community service events. He takes his skateboard everywhere including YCW meetings; even a broken ankle from a skateboard accident won’t stop him from attending a meeting. He wears his YCWC sweatshirt proudly and recruits people at a skate park to join Youth crime Watch of America. Eriq is truly a YCW Diplomat and has helped to make the YCW program in Chillicothe the kind of program that is inviting to youth from all backgrounds.

Chillicothe, OH
Misty has been a member of Youth Crime Watch of Chillicothe since she was 12 years old back in 2002. She has remained active since and also is a Lt. in the Jr. Deputy program with Ross Country Sheriff’s Office, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Misty has perfect attendance, always involved in all community service projects and always coming up with new fund raising ideas. She manages to stay active even with a part time job and helping her single mother. Misty recruited her younger brother at age 11 to follow in her footsteps.

Hugh B. Middle School, RI
Over the past eight years, Social Worker Sheri Brown has been a staunch advocate for prevention and student leadership at the Hugh B. Middle School.  Sherri Brown leads 55 students who call their crime watch group “project RESPECT”.  She has a gift for reaching students and helping them to feel comfortable expressing their views and taking on leadership positions.  She has helped coordinated youth-performed plays to promote anti-bullying and developed a peer mentoring initiative with a nearby school for special needs students. In addition, she and her YCW youth have conducted countless community service projects and have maintained strong relationship with the school administration as well as outside entities that has helped secure support for the program and enabled it to flourish. She is well known for her dedication both in the school and in the community.

Pioneer Middle School, FL
Officer Robert Wallace is the School Resource Officer at Pioneer Middle School in Broward County, Florida. He has been the YCW site advisor at the school for a number of years and has demonstrated admirable dedication to the youth and concept of the program. School Resource Officers usually only stay at a particular school for a couple of years, but Officer Wallace has chosen to forego other opportunities and work to make sure he remains at Pioneer Middle School, supporting the efforts of the YCW program. He exemplifies the goals and ideals of YCW, ensuring that the youth remain the leaders while the adults involved remain supportive guides behind the scenes.

Chillicothe, OH
Lori is the mother of one of the youth involved in the YCW site through the Chillicothe Housing Authority in Ohio. When her daughter joined the group, Lori began volunteering and attending the meetings to help in any way possible. She now comes into the office to help with paperwork and fundraising twice a week. She also works to recruit new members and encourage adults, including parents, to become involved in supporting the efforts of the YCW youth. Lori has helped many youth raise enough money to come to the conference and YCW can always count on a large group to attend. Even though she has many other outside responsibilities, she has demonstrated that anyone can make time to help make schools and communities safer.

Pilgrim High School, RI
In 2005, Pilgrim High School, with the support of Principal Don Miller became the first school to institute the joint Third Eye/YCW program, working with the Attorney General’s Office. The program was very successful and the youth involved address a broad range of issues including bullying, graffiti, vandalism, underage drinking, substance abuse and fighting. Mr. Miller has been the advisor since it was started and has worked with the youth to initiate a wide range or prevention programs, fundraising activities, and action projects, that have involved at one time or another almost all members of the school. He has also been working to involve other organizations and entities in the community in support of the program including law enforcement, media, and local companies. His support has allowed the youth involved to make great strides in crime prevention and demonstrate the effectiveness of youth-led programs. 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 
Holy Temple Holiness Church has been a YCW site for six years and in that time has grown substantially and developed a comprehensive crime prevention program that has strong ties to the community at large. The group was recently instrumental in the election campaign of the current Mayor of their town. They chose to support the Mayor because of his strong platform on youth involvement in community crime prevention initiatives. In addition, the majority of the youth participants in the program actually train other youth and adults in the area in how to start a YCW program and reduce crime around them. This commitment to working with members of the community extends to other YCW programs, even if it requires traveling long distances.

Pompano Beach, FL
Pompano Beach High School has been a YCW site since 2004. Since its’ inception, the group has steadily grown in numbers, with approximately 90 youth participating on a regular basis. Pompano Beach High School is one of the few schools that have actually implemented every YCW component into their program. Two of the components that this site has a particularly strong focus on are Youth Patrols and Action Projects. Their main action project is an initiative that serves the homeless in their community. To demonstrate and improve the success of the program, this group collects and compiles statistical data regarding crime in their schools and the effectiveness of YCW efforts. According to their latest information, the general perception of the youth and adults in the school is that crime has dropped significantly in recent years. Reports show that the decrease is as much as 60% for crime overall in the school.

Providence, RI
Moses Saygbe is the Director of the Youth Division of the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of Students Against Vandalism Everywhere program since 2005 and has helped with the expansion of the Third Eye/YCW initiative throughout the state. He has a genuine enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them to reach their potential as leaders in their schools and communities. Mr. Saygbe has helped bring youth from all backgrounds and perspectives together in the pursuit of crime prevention and civic engagement. He has even helped to train a number of the school groups involved in the program. It is his dedication and commitment to the youth of Rhode Island that has helped make the Third Eye/YCW program one of the strongest youth-led crime prevention initiatives in the country. 

Coventry, RI
Coventry Public Schools has been incredibly supportive of the efforts of the Students Against Vandalism/YCW program, enabling youth leaders to reach out to other youth and community members, sharing information about the real and far-reaching costs of vandalism, bulling and anti-social behavior. This support has enabled the program to grow exponentially and for the number of youth impacted to increase. Coventry Public Schools has also helped by incorporating Service Learning into the School District’s Strategic Plan as a means to integrate civic education, viewing the SAVE /YCWA program as a key component in developing stronger relationships between youth, schools and communities. School Districts play an important role in the success of a youth-led crime prevention program and Coventry Public Schools is an example to be followed.