Challenge Day: A Unique Program That Saves Lives
Have you ever been ostracized for being different? Have you felt out of place as a child in school? Were you bullied, teased and beaten up? Challenge Day is an NGO based on Ghandian principles of change; focused on Diminishing the inequities in the social structure in schools, Challenge Day brings a spirit to the system.
Listen to Mira’s conversation with Rich Dutra on Sweet Talk this week as they talk about the difficulties of structural violence inside a system that rejects “heart” and embraces the agenda.
Rich Dutra St. John Ph.D is former high school teacher and championship wrestling coach who has worked with teens and families since 1978. As a licensed family therapist and drug intervention specialist, he was recruited to open and direct two different adolescent treatment facilities in Northern California, most notably the Thunder Road Adolescent Recovery Center in Oakland where he served as the founding cli
nical director. A gifted facilitator and counselor, Rich is viewed as an expert in working with youth and families. With a shared vision that every child could someday live in a world where they feel safe loved and celebrated, Rich and his wife Yvonne combined their collective passion and experience to co-found the Challenge Day Program in 1987. Their work with has now positively affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of youth and adults in 39 different states and 6 Canadian Provinces.
Have you ever been ostracized for being different? Have you felt out of place as a child in school? Were you bullied, teased and beaten up? Challenge Day is an NGO based on Ghandian principles of change; focused on Diminishing the inequities in the social structure in schools, Challenge Day brings a spirit to the system. Listen to Mira’s conversation with Rich Dutra on Sweet Talk this week as they talk about the difficulties of structural violence inside a system that rejects “heart” and embraces the agenda.
Rich Dutra St. John Ph.D is former high school teacher and championship wrestling coach who has worked with teens and families since 1978. As a licensed family therapist and drug intervention specialist, he was recruited to open and direct two different adolescent treatment facilities in Northern California, most notably the Thunder Road Adolescent Recovery Center in Oakland where he served as the founding cli
nical director. A gifted facilitator and counselor, Rich is viewed as an expert in working with youth and families. With a shared vision that every child could someday live in a world where they feel safe loved and celebrated, Rich and his wife Yvonne combined their collective passion and experience to co-found the Challenge Day Program in 1987. Their work with has now positively affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of youth and adults in 39 different states and 6 Canadian Provinces.
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