Scarlett Lewis is a speaker working with Kirkland Productions through Safe & Sound Schools.
About
Scarlett Lewis founded the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement™ after her son was murdered during the Sandy Hook tragedy in December 2012. Shortly after his death, Scarlett decided to be part of the solution to the issues that we’re seeing in our society—the same issues that also caused the tragedy. She created the Movement and became an advocate for social and emotional learning (SEL) that teaches children how to manage their emotions, feel connected, and have healthy relationships.
Scarlett works to promote the Choose Love Enrichment Program™, a free, comprehensive, evidence-based SEL program that empowers educators and their students to choose love for themselves and others. While we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can choose how we respond. This program teaches children how to handle adversity, have courageous conversations, and to respond with love.
Scarlett has been instrumental in changing legislation to incorporate SEL into schools. The Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act was introduced by Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and, in December 2015, Congress approved Every Student Succeeds Act. Scarlett graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Communications in 1990. She has worked in the finance industry as a bond trader, investment banker and real estate. Scarlett is an artist and avid horsewoman; she lives in Connecticut with her son, JT.
popular programs
Choosing Love
(Keynote, 1-3 hours dependent on needs)
Scarlett reveals a simple formula for choosing love and then how this formula can be used in almost any circumstance to promote self-empowerment, resilience, connection and optimism. Scarlett discusses her journey and describes how Jesse’s message has taught her to embracing a deeper meaning of gratitude, forgiveness and compassion. Scarlett describes:
Using a formula for choosing love in any situation
Facing the impossible
Finding courage when you think you have none
Cultivating faith instead of fear
Choosing a loving thought over an angry one
The power of choice
The physical, mental and emotional benefits of choosing love
The neuroscience and brain research behind choosing love
Social and Emotional Learning
(Workshop, 1-3 hours dependent on needs)
Scarlett addresses a need that has been lacking in the educational experience: social and emotional learning. She discusses her own SEL project, The Choose Love Enrichment Program, which provides tools that teach children that they have the power to choose a loving thought over an angry one. Using the latest neuroscience, the program addresses new ways to effectively teach emotional intelligence in a logical sequence focusing on awareness and mindfulness. The overlying message woven throughout the program is “Although we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can always choose how to respond in every situation.”
Cultivating a Healthy Workplace Environment
(Workshop, 1-3 hours dependent on needs)
Based on the science and research behind successful “Social and Emotional Learning” programs, Scarlett provides adults in the corporate world the same tools that support and promote healthy interaction, cultivate happiness and enable employees to have healthy perspective without being distracted by negativity. The program provides the support and tools for heightened self-awareness and understanding the opportunity to take personal responsibility for one’s actions and reactions to peers, supervisors, and others in the workplace.
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It is my great pleasure to recommend Scarlett Lewis as a speaker. Scarlett brings great passion and inspiration to her message of forgiveness, healing and hope. Scarlett inspired a crowd of 300 people and to this day I encounter people who attended and say it was the best one they have ever attended. I give Scarlet my highest recommendation without reservation as a speaker for any event. Her message is a universal one and strikes at the heart, mind and soul of all people.
Tom Petrizzo, CEO, Tri-County Mental Health Services, Inc.
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It really brought to mind a lot of things that happen to me that I could be upset or angry about but I’m going to look at it differently now. I’m really going to come away from this with a different attitude.
Karen Delvecchio, Student, Quinnipiac University
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