Youth Today
Opinion
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3.6KLos Angeles Meeting Foster Care Challenges With Simulation Labs, More Social Workers, Mentoring
I know from experience the precarious start so many of the children in the foster care system face. I myself was living...
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1.8KCollaboration, Training, Diverse Programs Help Us Work Against Racism Locally
As a passionate advocate for children and families to thrive and recognizing the barriers and violence created by racism, I’d like to...
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2.6KA Graphic Memoir About Working With Youth
I have worked since 1981 with teenagers who are homeless, runaways, addicted to drugs and alcohol, in the criminal justice system, former...
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3.8KFoster Kids Need Consistent, Caring Adult — a Full-time Mentor
Imagine if we could give every child in foster care a consistent, caring adult who walked alongside them for 12½ years, no...
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6.0KChild Welfare Policy Around Opioids Driven By Ignorance and Arrogance
At first glance, a “research brief” issued in March by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning opioids and child...
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7.9KRacial Microaggressions on the College Campus: What Faculty Should Be Doing
Despite an increase in diversity training and sensitivity programs, the instances of racial microaggressions are on the rise. The college campus has...
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5.5KInsideOUT Writers: Community, Compassion, Multitudes
The Youth Today/InsideOUT Writers series these past two years has been a critical reflection on the impact of the American justice system...
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7.0KParole Limited My Ability, but Community Led Me to Success
I got released from the system about five years ago now, and my life has remained a consistent hustle. When I was...
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2.0KBig Picture Learning Could Help Disrupt the Foster-care-to-prison Pipeline
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
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3.6KWhen Young People Lead, True Benefit Follows
Fresno is in the middle of the desert. The summers are hot. The average temperature in September is 93 degrees. On this...
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2.2KSchool Shootings a Tiny Fraction of Violence That Menaces Youth
The best way to stop school violence is to stop all youth violence. School violence really is a form of youth violence....
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4.4KOur Lives Are At Stake
I won’t let you fill me up anymore. Your hatred is toxic and time consuming You taught me to run away and...
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2.8KMentoring Programs Need to Experiment With What Works Best for Foster Youth
If you work with youth in foster care, you know that every child is unique with specific needs, strengths and opportunities. It...
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1.3KFinding the Right Volunteers Through Targeted Recruitment
Volunteer coordinators are often told to develop an elevator speech to use in their efforts to recruit volunteers. An elevator speech is...
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2.4KApplying Escalation Model to School Shootings Can Keep Everyone Safer
The tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018 reawakened our national terror of school shootings and renewed...
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2.6KMentoring Graduation Coaches Needed for Mass. Students
Massachusetts is considered a leader in education in the country, with the highest standardized test scores and some of the best public...
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6.2KThe Department of Child and Family Services Mostly Failed Me, But Still I Persist
I was in the Department of Child and Family Services foster care system for nine years of my life. It was my...
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2.2KYouth Leaders Need Extra Thought, Sensitivity to Help the Young Enjoy Outdoors
The next generation is responsible for protecting an environment that they may not know how to connect with. As someone who sees...
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1.8KRestorative Justice Even Works With the Big Bad Wolf, Training Shows
The first lightbulb moment for me was when I got to attend a restorative justice training for high school students in Seattle.
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4.7KLet’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
