I met Gerda Weissmann Klein at the White House Conference on Teenagers in May 2000. We sat next to each other in an afternoon breakout session on the Youth as Resources program. We spoke briefly about how we happened to be at this conference where we spoke of the human spirit and of our shared […]
Finding a Rallying Point for Community Change
Crime prevention is among the most exciting tools of the new millennium for building and sustaining communities in which people can safely live, work, learn, and play. It motivates, bonds, and mobilizes people around a shared goal. It also builds community. Crime prevention includes the basics of personal safety- locks, lights, alarms, and the like. […]
The Deeper Principles of Prevention
Many Successful prevention programs are driven held moral or religious beliefs. We shouldn’t be afraid to admit that. Public policy does not get us up in the morning; our core beliefs do. It’s the principles we do not articulate every day that nonetheless motivate us to be our finest. I think it’s time we stop […]
We Are All on the Hook
The tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, struck all of us hard. With the Conyers, Georgia, shooting, the nightmare continued. As we speak with family, colleagues, and friends amid grief outrage, and “what to do,” each of us wrestles with the devastating events, sometimes arguing with, and sometimes agreeing. If we’re honest, discomfort is a given. If […]
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