There are so many ways that one can be touched by the incredible storytelling of events that redirected people’s lives. John Calhoun’s “Hope Matters” celebrates faith as a verb. You may find a new way of looking for your purpose within those pages. Through the odysseys of individuals, including that of the author, “Hope Matters” […]
Who is Naming and Claiming Our Kids?
As President of the National Crime Prevention Council, I sat on Attorney General Janet Reno’s U.S. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Thirsty to learn, Reno would hold meetings in places where she could witness what was going on in local communities. At one of our meetings at a school in Southeast Washington, […]
Proven Pathways to Violence Prevention
Drawing on forty years of distinguished service in delinquency prevention, John Calhoun, founder of the National Crime Prevention Council, lays out the essential ingredients for preventing violence. These include strategies for connecting with alienated youth, building community norms of caring, reducing access of weapons of violence, and claiming unclaimed kids. The Department of Youth Services […]
Article: Transforming How the Nation Fights Crime
* written by Jeffrey Klineman in the April 15, 2004 edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy When he went to the nation’s capital, John A. Calhoun thought he would spend two or three years there, just long enough to do some work for President Jimmy Carter. He ended up spending nearly three decades […]
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