By: LaRecya Dunn, PR Representative, BBMgmt PR Agency
HOUSTON, TEXAS. A powerful community partnership is taking shape in Houston as Attorney Terry Peden and CoolxKids, led by Unique Simmons, come together with a shared commitment to equip young people with the knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to navigate some of life’s most challenging situations.
The initiative is rooted in a simple but important belief: young people deserve to understand the world around them before they are forced to learn its lessons the hard way.
Beginning right here in Houston at Cullen Middle School, this collaboration is designed to reach young people who may be considered at risk and provide them with meaningful education surrounding what is commonly referred to as “Street Laws”, the real-world knowledge young people need to understand their rights, responsibilities, choices, and consequences when encountering situations that may involve law enforcement.
Rather than waiting until a young person finds themselves in a difficult situation, the goal is to prepare them beforehand.
Knowledge Can Change the Outcome
For many young people, interactions with police or other authority figures can be stressful and confusing. Without an understanding of how to respond appropriately, communicate effectively, make responsible decisions, and understand their rights, a situation can quickly become more complicated.
Attorney Terry Peden brings a legal perspective to the conversation, helping young people better understand the importance of knowing the law and making informed decisions. His involvement represents an opportunity to take legal education out of the courtroom and bring it directly into the communities where young people live, learn, and grow.
The message is not about teaching youth to fear law enforcement. It is about education, awareness, accountability, and preparation.
Young people should understand that their choices matter and that knowing how to handle a difficult situation can make a significant difference.
CoolxKids: Building the Whole Child
For Unique Simmons and CoolxKids, this effort aligns naturally with the organization’s broader mission of creating meaningful experiences and supportive environments where young people can belong, discover, and lead.
CoolxKids, powered by CoolxDad, centers on mentorship, social-emotional development, STEAM, agriculture, creative exploration, and family engagement. The organization supports the whole child inside and beyond the classroom.
As Director of Programs & Family Initiatives, Simmons brings together her experiences as an educator, community advocate, parent, and doctoral student in Curriculum & Instruction. Her work emphasizes helping young people strengthen emotional regulation, build confidence, develop healthy relationships, and discover possibilities for their futures.
That foundation makes this partnership about much more than a single educational session.
It is about creating an environment where youth can ask questions, learn without judgment, understand consequences, and develop the confidence to make better decisions.
A Community Coming Together
The collaboration between Peden, Simmons, and CoolxKids represents the kind of community partnership that can create lasting change.
Schools cannot do it alone. Families cannot do it alone. Attorneys, educators, mentors, community organizations, businesses, and local leaders cannot do it alone.
But together, they can create an ecosystem where young people have access to the information and support they need.
The CoolxKids vision already embraces this idea, working alongside community leaders and advocates to create a network in which schools, families, mentors, universities, businesses, and community leaders share responsibility for what happens next for young people.
This initiative takes that philosophy one step further by putting practical knowledge into the hands of youth.
Starting in Houston, Building for the Future
Cullen Middle School is only the beginning.
The hope is that what starts in this Houston community can eventually become a model that reaches more schools, neighborhoods, families, and young people.
The objective is not simply to tell youth what not to do. It is to teach them what they can do: how to think before reacting, how to communicate, how to seek help, how to understand their circumstances, and how to make responsible choices when life feels overwhelming.
Life will happen, sometimes unexpectedly and sometimes unfairly. The phrase “life lifing” captures the reality that young people will encounter situations they never planned for. The question is whether they will have the knowledge and support necessary to navigate those moments.
That is where education becomes empowerment.
Attorney Terry Peden and Unique Simmons, through this partnership with CoolxKids, are helping create a space where Houston youth can gain that empowerment before they need it.
This is not the finish line. It is the beginning.
Beginning at Cullen Middle School and growing from there, the vision is to build something that positively impacts youth, strengthens families, and contributes to safer, more informed communities.
Because when we equip our young people with knowledge, we do more than prepare them for difficult situations; we give them a better opportunity to shape their own futures.
Houston is where it starts. The hope is that the impact will go much further.
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