LIVING ABOVE THE NOISE DIGITAL INTEGRITY AND INTELLIGENCE COURSE

OBJECTIVE

To educate youth on the importance of digital integrity, intelligence and internet safety as it relates to exploitation, human trafficking, misconduct and healthy relationship boundarie

LATN DI2

Digital Integrity & Intelligence education is a pull-out from the complete LATN curriculum which focuses on prevention and awareness set against the backdrop of digital integrity and the urgency of internet safety as it is related to the root causes of being a victim of abuse, exploitation, bullying, and gang association.

It also provides an understanding of the internet as a powerful tool that reduces global borders, promotes gender respect and equality, and introduces net neutrality, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, the six degrees of information, and the future of work to better equip teens on their own futures and how the digital world plays a role.

LATN DI2

It consists of four 1-hour interactive sessions geared towards reaching students and youth of varying ages and learning styles. We teach on healthy relationships, identity discovery, goal setting, STEAM education, all while stressing the means of informed decision-making, prevention for substance abuse, sexual assault and misconduct, teen pregnancy and STDs, as it relates to exploitation, human trafficking in the 21st century.

WHY

With the growing complexity of the Internet and its many components youth need to learn how to stay safe and respond to the dangers that are circulating on social media and the world-wide web, while taking advantage of the benefits.

PART ONE

Focuses on what the internet is and how it works, as well as setting goals, dreams, safe boundaries while communicating online, and healthy relationships.

PART TWO

Introduces youth to common risk factors of violence/exploitation, familial abuse, techniques of grooming and recruiting on the internet, and how to identify potential predators and learn what to do if they or someone they know are being exploited.

PART THREE

Teaches youth how to stay safe online by refraining from harmful messages, attitudes, and beliefs of pop culture and mainstream media that normalize exploitation and its root causes, while helping to realign goals and dreams to highlight that they were born for greatness and that who they are matters.

PART FOUR

Equips youth to have a full understanding of the internet and its many components, including net neutrality, artificial intelligence and the future of work while exposing how sexting, online dating, and the hook-up culture is related to the root causes of trafficking recruitment, grooming and ultimately online exploitation.