I went to Rodef Shalom, the local temple near where I live, to hear a United Church of Christ pastor from Newtown, CT, recount the chaos, the anger, the tumult of grief and confusion following the murder of twenty children and six adult staffers in 2012: 800 teddy bears arriving from Iowa, 200 apple pies…where […]
Old Roots, New Shoots: Back to Where I Began
“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” ~ T.S. Eliot How I needed – how we in the audience all needed – to hear columnist David Brook’s comments that were shared last week at a forum hosted by PathNorth, here […]
A Rare Partnership to Strengthen Struggling Families and Reduce Juvenile Crime: The Unprecedented Approach and Success of YouthConnect and the Boston Police Department
“It’s not a program. They’re family.” William G Gross, Superintendent-In-Chief, Boston Police Department commenting on social workers co-located in BPD’s precinct offices In partnership with the Boston Police Department (BPD), YouthConnect places licensed clinical social workers in police departments throughout the city of Boston. The partnership allows YouthConnect’s staff to immediately intervene with youth at […]
Youth at the NRA Vigil: “I am scared every day to go to school.“
A vigil memorializing the 26 lives taken in Newtown, Connecticut, is held outside of the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, on the 14th day of every month. This one, on April 14, 2018, was different: only the kids – from Parkland, from Newtown, from Gaithersburg, from Alexandria (elementary school students!) – spoke. No other words […]
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