#validation project

[ineedtoscreamintoapillow]

BEHOLD, CONCEPT ART >:D This is concept art for a game I plan to try and make when I'm older but I want to try and flush out the basis of it right now, and this is not the main character, but the twin. The main character is the one with all the curls, Raven, meanwhile this character is Alice ^^

[warrior544]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Mz4Ck4DgM)

Another great example of the strengths of some of the younger generation. Turning adversity into something great.

[byoumagazine]

I think a random act of kindness is so important because it’s something that everyone can do. You don’t need a large sum of money or social status. It doesn’t depend on your geographical location or what ethnicity you come from. It’s within everyone, and they just have to find it within themselves to go up to a person and make their day better. It’s this whole domino effect of kindness that really makes an incredible impact on the world at large.

Valerie Weisler, The Validation Project, in BYOU Magazine

[newstfionline]

Valerie Weisler takes on bullying with the Validation Project

By Taylor Zansberg, Talking GOOD, February 18, 2014

Valerie Weisler’s story begins like this: “I grew up thinking I had no worth. My peers bullied me every day for making friends with the odd ones out--the new kid [at school], the deaf janitor, the nine-year-old boy who skipped two grades.”

If there’s one thing you should know about Valerie, it’s that the only thing she loves more than smiling is being the reason behind someone else’s smile.

This, along with her experiences being bullied, is what inspired Valerie to start the Validation Project, an initiative to spread validation and proactively put a worldwide end to bullying. The project equips youth, ages 13-25, with the tools to change the world one validation at a time.

As Valerie describes so eloquently, “Everyone should be validating others; it should be as normal as brushing your teeth or combing your hair. Because deep down, everyone is fighting their own battle and even a simple smile or compliment can give them the push they need to get through it.”

Today, the Validation Project has branches in each of the 50 states and has international branches in Germany, Israel, Africa, Australia, Korea, England, Chile, Pakistan, France, Belgium, and India. Oh, did I mention Valerie is only 15 years old, and that she launched this initiative just last year at the age of 14?

Along with providing validating words to others, the Validation Project’s mission also involves validating others through action. Last year, from spring break to summer break--the time of year when many youth stay in hotels with their families on vacations--the Validation Project collected 10,000 toiletries that otherwise would have been thrown out for their “Teens for Clean” campaign and donated them to homeless shelters.

To date, the Validation Project has 5,000 teens involved with its projects.

It only makes sense that the inspiration behind this initiative would be someone as remarkable, talented, and driven as Valerie. She is wise beyond her years and carries herself in a sophisticated and professional manner. She exudes positive energy and kindness through her spoken words, written words, films, and actions.

Valerie juggles all the responsibilities of being a regular everyday 15-year-old with the responsibilities of being the CEO of the Validation Project. One minute she is on the phone being interviewed by Seventeen Magazine; the next she is emailing with Nickelodeon about her nomination for the Halo Effect awards; and the next, her mom is reminding her to study for her next day’s Spanish quiz.

Poignantly, Valerie attributes her strength and direction to having been bullied: “I felt alone, I could tell when other people were also feeling down. I found that the more I made it my responsibility to make others know they matter, the more I felt I mattered too.”