Break the Cycle.™
Reclaim the Community.
A movement to heal trauma, end violence, and rebuild hope across Shreveport–Bossier.
Break the Cycle™ is a community-driven, trauma-informed movement created to address rising violence, generational trauma, and family instability. Our mission is to reduce violence at its source by helping families heal, equipping young people with mentors they trust, and restoring hope in neighborhoods that have carried the weight of instability for far too long.
Violence is not the cause.
It's the symptom.
Families across Shreveport–Bossier are living with a level of stress, grief, and instability that would overwhelm anyone. Violence is no longer rare — it's daily. And behind every headline is a story of trauma that began long before the moment of crisis.
The deeper truth: violence is the symptom of untreated trauma, unstable environments, and generations of emotional pain passed down without support or understanding.
Without intervention, the cycle continues. This moment demands action — strategic, compassionate, and community-driven.
Without Intervention
- Youth make split-second decisions with lifelong consequences
- Families collapse under the weight of unmanaged stress
- Neighborhoods lose their sense of safety and hope
- Trauma repeats itself in the next generation
- Communities become defined by their pain instead of their resilience
A 3-Pillar Approach to Transformation
Break the Cycle™ is built on three pillars proven to reduce violence, strengthen families, and restore hope.
Healing Trauma Through Education and Support
Families cannot break cycles they don't understand. We bring trauma-informed care directly to the community in ways that are simple, accessible, and culturally relevant.
- Trauma education workshops for families
- Emotional regulation training
- Caregiver support frameworks
- Youth coping-skills development
- Safe spaces for processing stress and grief
- Family stabilization strategies
"When trauma is named, understood, and healed, everything changes — behaviors, relationships, and entire futures."
Get Support Now →Ending Violence Through Prevention and Intervention
We stop violence before it starts — not by punishing behaviors, but by teaching young people how to navigate emotions, conflict, and pressure.
- Conflict-resolution training
- Credible mentors — including leaders who have lived the street life and survived it
- Youth engagement and support networks
- Intervention teams for families in crisis
- Emotional regulation and decision-making skills
- Positive pathways for at-risk youth
"Prevention isn't passive — it's strategic, relational, and life-saving."
Get Support Now →Rebuilding Through Collaboration and Community Strengthening
Violence is too big for any one group to solve alone. We unite the people who care about this community's future — creating safer neighborhoods, stronger families, and a region that refuses to be defined by its violence, but by its resilience.
- Churches & faith communities
- Schools & educators
- Mental health professionals
- Youth coaches & athletic programs
- Local businesses & employers
- Neighborhood leaders, parents & caregivers
"Together, we're creating a region that refuses to be defined by its violence — but by its resilience."
Partner With Us →The 3-Phase Plan
Break the Cycle™ is built for long-term, sustainable impact — not just short-term programs.
Short-Term Stabilization
- Community listening sessions
- Trauma-education introduction events
- Mentor & volunteer recruitment
- Early donor meetings
- Public awareness launch
Mid-Term Expansion
- School & church partnerships
- Mentor training & youth support hubs
- Family workshops
- Community engagement events
- Growing donor network
Long-Term Transformation
- Citywide trauma-resilience programming
- Stable mentorship pipelines
- Neighborhood transformation initiatives
- Impact reporting & evaluation
- Multi-year sustainability planning
There's a Place for You in This Movement
Five ways to join Break the Cycle™ — whether you need support, want to give it, or both.
Get Support
For parents, guardians, teens, and young adults seeking mentoring, academic support, or family resources. You don't have to carry this alone.
Sign Up NowBecome a Mentor
Your presence can change a life. No special background needed — just a heart for this community and a willingness to show up consistently.
Sign Up NowPartner With Us
Schools, churches, nonprofits, and organizations — we want to collaborate and build something bigger than any one of us can alone.
Sign Up NowJoin Our Referral Network
For licensed professionals and community organizations providing mental health, basic needs, recovery, or stability services in the Shreveport–Bossier area.
Sign Up NowDonate
Your financial support fuels prevention, healing, and long-term change for families across this region. Every dollar goes directly to the work.
Donate TodayReach the Break the Cycle™ Team
Mon Amie's Solutions™
Bossier City, Louisiana
(318) 545-5525 x828
info@monamiessolutions.com
Break the Cycle™ Movement
Mon Amie's Solutions™
info@monamiessolutions.com
All donations processed through Hope for Good Northwest Louisiana — a registered 501(c)(3). Fully tax-deductible.
Donate at hopeforgoodnwla.org
Break the Cycle™ is a movement of Mon Amie's Solutions™, operating in partnership with Hope for Good Northwest Louisiana as its fiscal sponsor. All donations made through Hope for Good are fully tax-deductible.
"The cycle breaks when someone decides to stop passing it on. We are that someone. And we need you to be too."— Break the Cycle™ · Mon Amie's Solutions™
Meet the Team Guiding the Movement
Derrick Parker
Founder & CEO, PEAK Athletics & PEAK Consulting
Co-Founder, Heartwork Institute