Youth Today
Opinion
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2.6KAdvance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Neighborhood
Fresh shell casings are still scattered in the streets. Multiple sets of dice are still rolling like rocks in an avalanche. Bottles...
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2.3KHow Are Youth With Disabilities Maintaining Relationships During COVID-19 Pandemic?
Although stay-at-home requirements are being lifted in phases, many people are choosing to remain indoors until the coast is clear. This decision...
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1.9KHow Are Youth With Disabilities Spending Their Money During COVID-19?
It seems like every day experts have new opinions on how the economy is being affected by COVID-19. Today alone, I’ve read...
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1.8KSystem Change Means More Than Defunding Police
Calls for racial justice have reached a critical level in the U.S. and the world. This moment, which to many people seemed...
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1.8KWe Need to Take Care of Each Other After COVID-19 Too
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) in Richmond, Calif., is a non-law enforcement governmental agency whose sole purpose is to reduce gun...
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2.2KWhere Are Young People With Disabilities Getting Their News About COVID-19?
Anyone who has worked in a newsroom knows that the way people consume news has changed dramatically over the past decades. When...
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2.7KNew York State Must Pause Aging Out From Foster System During COVID-19
As a young adult formerly in foster care, I know that people my age are confronted with a tough reality when their...
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2.2KLike Police, Youth Workers Prone to Burnout
Just days ago, I received a group email from fellow ACYCP (Association for Youth and Child Care Practice) Board delegate, Janet Wakefield,...
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2.8KAfter George Floyd, Black and Brown People Need Voice Plus Seat At the Table
Why are we so shocked in this country after witnessing a black man being killed? Is it because of the way he...
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3.4KWe Have Chance to Build Better Child, Family Well-Being System
The current global pandemic and associated economic crisis is shining a spotlight on the stresses and resiliency of families and some of...
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2.9KHow Can Front-liners Help Youth With Disabilities?
As states begin to slowly reopen from lockdown, we find ourselves feeling a mixture of caution and hope. For the past few...
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3.4KHow to Recruit and Retain High-quality Foster Caregivers in South, Southwest
There is a growing need for individuals who can commit to serve as foster caregivers to children and adolescents in the United...
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1.3KWhy the Party Is On For Emerging Adults, Even in Pandemic
Be it with outrage or eye-rolling, most of us were confounded by the spectacle of college students indulging in spring break rituals...
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2.7KCOVID-19 Making Life Harder For Some Transgender, Nonbinary Youth
Times are unsettling for all of us these days. While it feels like in many ways we are experiencing this pandemic all...
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2.2KGeorge Floyd’s Death Is Creating the American Spring
In the midst of me gathering information and doing interviews for this column this past week, a horrific event took place in...
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3.1KFamilies, Communities, Systems Need to Collaborate to Really Help Whole Child
An ancient parable describes a group of people who come across something unknown to them — an elephant. Fascinated, each person begins...
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2.3KNew Types of Therapy Hold Promise at One Treatment Foster Care Program
Vast, beautiful land coupled with a rich history and cultural allure solidify the reality of New Mexico as the “Land of Enchantment.”...
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2.0KNew Mexico, and U.S., Needs Help With Both Immediate Needs, Ultimate Causes
A few years ago I attended a workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed, an approach to community education based on the use...
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1.8KHow Can Youth With Disabilities Be Better Prepared For Future Outbreaks?
Through my work with the disabled community, I have found that many feel it is of the utmost importance to achieve a...
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2.0KGun Violence Prevention Is Essential, Especially During Coronavirus
Teens On Target (TNT) is a leadership development program at Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, Calif.’s anchor agency for violence prevention, intervention and healing....
