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A look back at 2019...

Greetings!

This past year was an amazing opportunity for The Rendon Group to get a feel for the fabric of America and further our understanding of cultures around the world. Domestically, our work took us from the southwestern city of Albuquerque, to the Big Easy of New Orleans, to the seaport city of Baltimore. Globally, we trained and inspired over 140 young leaders from 26 countries and took our internationally recognized young women’s leadership program, Women2Women, to Egypt.

Along the way we’ve made some great friends. We met amazing people — from the foreign service, to public health, to law enforcement — and found that all of us shared a common bond, an undying commitment to inspire others and make the world a safer, healthier, better place.

We decided to make this e-newsletter more of a photo album so you can get a better taste of a year at TRG. Enjoy and Power On!

Rick Rendon,
Co-Founder & Senior Partner
The Rendon Group

Photos of New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

MARCH 2019 – ALBUQUERQUE: Over 5,000 middle and high school students attended the New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness. The DEA 360 Campaign partnered with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and community partner, Walmart, to educate and engage students in the effort to combat the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.

MAY 2019 – BOSTON: Proudly working along side the nationally recognized, homicide response non-profit, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, TRG produced the annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace. Thousands of people walked in memory of their murdered loved ones and to promote the effort to bring peace to our neighborhoods.

JULY 2019 – EGYPT: Working with the United States Embassy, Cairo and the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports, we organized and produced the first ever Women2Women-Egypt. Over 80 Egyptian emerging female leaders participated in this 6-day leadership program.

AUGUST 2019 – BOSTON: Over 140 female leaders from 26 countries convened in Boston for the 14th Annual Women2Women International Leadership Program. With this graduating class W2W has trained over 1,600 leaders from nearly 80 countries.

SEPTEMBER 2019 – BOSTON: TRG created and produced a broadway-worthy opening ceremony for the 2019 NASWA Workforce Summit’s host agency, MassHire Department of Career Services, Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development. Revolutionizing the Workforce System was attended by close to 600 workforce specialists from around the country.

Southern Louisiana Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

October 2019 – NEW ORLEANS: Over 5,000 Louisiana middle and high school students attended the Southern Louisiana Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness. The DEA 360 Campaign partnered with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and community partner, Walmart, to educate and engage students in the effort to combat the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.

Baltimore Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

NOVEMBER 2019 – BALTIMORE: Over 3,000 middle and high school students from the greater Baltimore area attended the B'MORE Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness. The DEA 360 Campaign partnered with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and community partner, Walmart, to educate and engage students in the effort to combat the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic. The Summit featured a special address from First Lady, Melania Trump.

Photos of Team Harmony Community Briefing

DECEMBER 2019 – BOSTON: TRG convened a Community Briefing of Boston leaders from the government, media, non-profit and civic sectors to officially launch TEAM HARMONY 2020. Team Harmony is a school-based racial harmony campaign designed to engage middle and high school students in the effort to promote understanding and tolerance and combat hate. The Global Youth Rally Against Hate is slated for October 20, 2020 – learn more at: teamharmony2020.org!

The Rendon Group Productions (TRGP), our video production arm, produced numerous projects throughout the year — for the aforementioned campaigns as well as several others. First was a Peer-to-Peer Educational Video Series produced for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development. TRGP developed a whopping 34 videos showcasing five programs. Our unique group conversation approach resulted in experts teaching other peers while keeping the content engaging. This best practices series offers specific training and technical assistance to states around the country. Working with Commonwealth Medicine/UMASS, TRGP created three animated instructional videos aimed at teaching patients and caregivers how to utilize a new Personal Care Directory interface. Additional TRGP projects included PSAs, promotions, and highlight pieces for the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace, Candy O’Terry’s The Story Behind Her Success event, Children’s Services of Roxbury, the Westford Health Department, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and the Northeast Homeland Security Regional Agency Council.

Thanks for taking a look at our photo album!

The Mission continues — check out our road map for 2020:

April 2020
The Ohio Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

May 2020
The Greater Milwaukee Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness
The 24th Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace

June 2020
The SouthCoast Massachusetts Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

August 2020
Women2Women 2020 - America

October 2020
TEAM HARMONY 2020: Global Youth Rally Against Hate
The 11th Annual Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit