Over the course of my four decades of working to keep young people safe and helping them to thrive, I’ve always known that nothing is more important than seeing the entire picture, the whole child. If a child is disruptive in school, the teacher and school social worker may know only that they have a […]
Working with a Broken Heart
I met Dr. Jeremy Richman and Nelba Marquez-Greene at a conference on July 22nd. They met in Newtown’s firehouse barely able to breathe as they awaited word about the fate of their children immediately following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty children and six educators slain. Were their children among the murdered? They were. […]
No Sanctuary – Even in the Holy of Holies
Prayer groups are intimate. Here the broken heart seeks healing, meaning. Here pain and vulnerabilities are shared, and hearts and hands embrace to comfort, to soothe. Into this place of healing walked a murderer. The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina subscribes to the most fundamental of biblical precepts:“I was a stranger […]
A Young African-American Male Joins the Memphis Police Force
Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to hear Jhukuruin Cole speak. He shared his thoughts as a member of the youth panel at the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention’s annual Summit held in Washington D.C. Jhukuruin had recently joined the police force in Memphis. But why did this impressive, self-possessed young African Man […]
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