Author’s note: After the grim and disheartening recent days in Baltimore, there is hope. There are cities that once faced the same climate we are seeing in Baltimore today that are now making strides and developing programs that are saving lives and transforming the relationships between the police and those they police — a move […]
Remarkable New Policy Allows City Employees in Louisville to Mentor—and Pays Them!
When I ask businesses and others to step up to mentor, they ask, ‘what are you guys doing’? And I say, ‘Here’s our Mentors Program…mentoring is an act of citizenship…at the end of the day, we’re put on the earth to make the world a better place…being an American is not a spectator sport.’ ~ […]
Sacramento Ride-along
Part of my work for the California Cities Violence Prevention Network and the National Forum on Violence is to visit those cities engaged in the work of launching a comprehensive violence prevention strategy, a strategy blending prevention, such as family support, intervention, such as mentoring or drop out prevention, enforcement and reentry (work with individuals […]
The Power of a Name: Helping Children Feel Safe and Loved
The recent birth of our newest grandchild taught me a powerful and unexpected lesson: there is a strong link between his joyous arrival into this world and my professional work, helping to stop violence in cities across America by building safe and nurturing communities that don’t produce violence. In my role as “Senior Consultant” for […]
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