About Our Founder
Denita Pickens-Jones is the founder and executive director of P.U.R.E. (Positive, Unity, Resource, Education) Youth Group. An organization dedicated to inspiring youths to maximize a full potential in reaching their purpose. Denita has over 15 years of experience in customer service to include, interpersonal contacts, financial risk assessment, working in private and public organizations, administrative, executive leadership skills to include both tactical and strategic functions, a passion for excellence, and takes pride in work that reflects professional proficiency that demonstrates her personal value of leading with integrity.
After completing a Business of Science degree (BS) in Business Organizational Management, she obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Patten University. Denita has continued to self-develop pursuing her education and professional target with an Executive Leadership program from the University of California, Davis and is pursuing her Doctorate at Walden University.
Denita is a writer and produce of a stage play production, “U R Not Alone” which toured over 40 cities as part of P.U.R.E Youth Group. As a dedicated educator in reaching the younger population, Denita serves as a pioneer and motivational speaker as she addresses the struggles and pressure of the adolescent plight. Denita has worked with many cities in California to bring her positive and uplifting message to the community, some of which included organizing events to benefit the entire family. Denita has organized many fundraising events, to assist with cost that minimized the burden on families, part of her dedication and commitment to the fulfillment of a cause.
As the founder of P.U.R.E Youth Group, Denita takes great pride in setting the foundation that will define her legacy as she is called to a purpose of helping youths within the community served. Part of her belief is to assist the expansion of the minds of our youths to see their individual values and provide the hope of a future in which they can see and produce tangible results. Her greatest gift is just that, the gift of others finding themselves via P.U.R.E Youth Group.
Who is P.U.R.E?
Positive Unify Resources Education (P.U.R.E) Youth Group is an organization focused on bettering the community by working within various platforms to assist minors trapped in disadvantaged socio-economic nightmares not of their own making. Those bullied, abused, violated, alienated, depressed, discouraged, disillusioned youth that society pretends only exists as statistical abstraction. Those that has been labeled as destined for street gang affiliation, teen pregnancy, educational dropouts, drug addicted, incarcerated or soon to be, and on their way to a premature death.
P.U.R.E reaches out to these untouchables and salvages them out from the cycles of domestic abuse, street violence and institutionalized bullying by providing a second, third, fourth, firth change at the American dream.
Our Mission
Dedicated to help young people build character, healthy relations, and learn coping skills to develop leaders of tomorrow.
Our Vision
We conclude by rescuing the children, the family is preserved, by preserving the family, the community is strengthened, by strengthening the community, society is better and by bettering society, we all benefit.
How does P.U.R.E do it?
Outreach: Troubled youth have little interest in formal behavioral corrective forums. P.U.R.E engages the youth creatively, through self-evaluating but heartwarming upbeat stories, vividly brought to life onstage. Our stage plays employ powerful theatrics to captivate youthful audiences while seamlessly weaving our message of contemporary societal issues into the storyline.
Counseling: At the venue of each stage play, our experience crisis resolution counselors stand ready to share with any member of the audience that feels the need to unburden themselves or receive friendly advice on toxic issues concerning domestic abuse, street violence, and bullying.
Mentoring: P.U.R.E is more than just a production show. It is a lifestyle of relationship we seek to establish with any at-risk youth and their family members to break the cycle of violence and abuse at the source. This is our why. Our dedicated staffers follow up with our youth network until they graduate into a state of self-reliance, at which time they simply become, well…friends.
P.U.R.E is pleased to state that several members of our stage cast are in fact volunteers that were original part of our youth network. One element of how we pay it forward in our serviced community.
Where do you fit in?
Simple. You received this information because P.U.R.E needs you as a partner. Remember, our target audience is the disadvantaged youth of society. If you desire to help salvage, motivate, inspire, redirect, and refocus our youths, we are seeking to work with your team to break destructive cycles in the family.
Benefits/Programs offer:
· Conflict Resolution
· Identifying roles in the family
· Effective Communication
· Accepting self
· Workshop - States of Bullying
· Domestic Violence
· Cultural Barriers
· Listening vs Hearing
· Gang Activity
· Breaking Cycles - Barriers
· Anger Management
· Parent & Youth Interactive Exercises
· Our Community – Our Life
· Generational Gaps
· The importance of education in the family
· Men & Son Workshop
· Women and daughter Workshop
· Q&A for Parents and Youth