Juvenile justice reformers have tried for years to figure out what works to help rehabilitate youth in trouble, and a recent shift away from locking kids up has been at the forefront of reform efforts. One of the most common alternatives...
This month at Partner for Healing we have focused on vicarious transformation. Laurie Pearlman and Kay Saavitne describe this as: “ Vicarious transformation refers to the process of integrating a larger understanding of the...
In 2013, there were more than 41,000 deaths as a result of suicide in the U.S. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death, claiming more lives each year than death due to motor vehicle crashes. Especially alarming, it is the second leading...
Nearly everyone in the Country has seen the infamous “elevator” tape of Ray Rice delivering the vicious knock-out punch that rendered his wife unconscious. No matter what your opinion on this one highly sensationalized...
New York state recently announced an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers, to $15 an hour. It's the fruit of a three-year labor campaign. But there's another group of workers out there that hasn't had a real wage...
Accountability and blame are not the same. Imagine this scenario: Your good friend Trish calls you upset. “I’m such an idiot,” she says. “I was in a huge hurry to get to a meeting at work, so I backed out of the driveway...
More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women’s movement began. Consider the evidence of October 2014, when an audience member at a Hannibal Buress show in Philadelphia...
A biomarker found in the blood of alcohol users is much higher in binge drinkers than in those who drink moderately, according to a new study that measured the effects of alcohol on young adults. The biomarker, known as phosphatidylethanol (PEth),...
On Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 6:30 PM at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, Ellyn Bell and Stacey Bell will be confronting the issue of childhood sexual assault with a book signing and talk about their latest book, “ Singing with the Sirens:...
California’s second-largest school district is almost ready to answer a question that has prompted legal challenges across the nation: How much money translates to an adequately-funded student education? San Diego Unified is nearing...
On July 22, in announcing the federal indictment of Charleston killer Dylann Roof, Attorney General Loretta Lynch commented that the expression of forgiveness offered by the victims' families is “an incredible lesson and...
The first fortnight of public hearings of Australia’s royal commission has drawn to a close before resuming for a final fortnight of public hearings on Monday 3 August. The focus on Friday was on perpetrators and how to intervene to...
Last year, documentary audiences first met Kenneth Young, a man sentenced to life in prison in Florida for crimes he committed as a young teenager. A year later, advocates still are spreading his story, hoping it will help end sentences of...
The case of Sandra Bland has raised anger and suspicions nationwide since she was found dead in a jail cell in Hempstead, Texas, two weeks ago. Bland's family and supporters have rejected the medical examiner's finding of suicide, and the...
I previously shared my truth about my battle with depression and self-injury in a piece I wrote titled " An Open Letter to Black Women About Mental Health ." Not only did I openly share my experiences with depression, but I urged...