The other day I attended a diversity training at work. The facilitator talked about who and how we hire. She said something...
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
G.I.R.L.S. N Da Hood is exploring gender and incarceration in the Bronx. We focused on understanding womyn’s experiences with arrest, court, lockup,...
Many of you are well-versed in the fields of education, parks and recreation, and other sectors that serve children. I hope to...
Camps and other youth programs are fun, dynamic and fast-paced places, which is part of the reason youth thrive in these settings....
Imagine a program that allows a young person who has been deeply affected by statewide systems to have autonomy and decision-making ability...
How do we develop character in youth at our Teen Center? Each year as we dive further into character development and social...
After-school hours are fertile grounds for juvenile delinquency and problem behaviors. The persistent finding that juvenile violent crime peaks between 3 p.m....
Benjamin Franklin once said; “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Nowhere is this axiom truer than in the...
It’s been hyped as “revolutionary,” a “landmark” and a law that “blows up the nation’s troubled foster care system.” But the so-called...
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as they begin to transition into life outside foster...
That’s the most common phrase after an adult gets a tour of New Urban Arts. When you walk into the community art...
Year after year, thousands of children have the opportunity to enjoy the wonders of summer camp. This is their time to make...
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
A Newark, N.J., police officer talks about the hostility she experiences from local residents. She is pained that the community won’t look...
Across the youth justice community, the leadership and expertise of justice-involved youth remains untapped or is utilized in ways that disempower and...
Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...
As policymakers in Washington wrangle over walls, many youth in communities on our southern border grapple with fear of exclusion in the...
There has been surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) over recent decades. Teachers and principals show strong support for...