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These young people matter. With opportunity, their lived experience becomes a positive force to interrupt youth incarceration.
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Don't Talk? Learning How and When to Open Up
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Often we're told to keep family matters private -- what happens at home stays at home.  But sometimes the secrets we keep are harming us. Andre grew up in a home with a "don't talk" rule.  Hear his...
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Congratulations @Ontheblocdoc! You have consistently been a healing, hopeful, helpful voice for returning citizens. So happy to see this collection of essays made available today.
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3 years
Dr. Harold Dean Trulear's @Ontheblocdoc, new book is available today! Get your copy of "Welcome Home: Essays and Reflections from Confinement to Community" here: https://t.co/97tm4t7JNv
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Forgiving my Father
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Life lessons learned in lock-up:  While Jason was growing up, his mother struggled to support their family while his father battled an addiction. Life got even more challenging when his father was...
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Nickolas, Part 2: Finish Strong
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"Even if you start wrong, you can finish strong.  When you look at my story, there’s really no ingredients for success. That’s what I want to let the world know, it doesn’t matter…there is redempti...
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Nickolas, Part 1: Even if you start wrong...
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Nick says that from his earliest memory, life played out like a cautionary tale rather than the preamble to an eventual success story. His formative years were the stuff of nightmares that included...
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Durell, Part 2: What Was the Truth?
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Now in prison, Durell did not want to be where he was at. He could feel the weight of the hopelessness, depression and anger that surrounded him. He began to search for spiritual truth. In this...
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Durell, Part 3: Finding True Freedom
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Re-entry was rough for Durell. As he says “A lot of people were skeptical of me because I was released to the same community that I was just terrorizing.” But thanks to some good mentors, Durell...
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Durell, Part 1: Man of the House
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Learning to Forgive
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Life lessons learned in lock-up:  Growing up in an abusive home, Olivia decided that to survive she would "hurt you before you could hurt me". She used her anger to protect herself as she was bounced...
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From Lock-Up to Leadership: Daniel's Story
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When Daniel was 15 years old, he was looking for guidance in all the wrong places.  His father had been sent to prison and it wasn't long before Daniel was arrested himself.  His journey took him...
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Joey: "Good luck with that kid!"
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Don't Talk? Learning How and When to Open Up
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Often we're told to keep family matters private -- what happens at home stays at home.  But sometimes the secrets we keep are harming us. Andre grew up in a home with a "don't talk" rule.  Hear his...
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https://t.co/PqN2Wz86rK When his father went to jail, Durell became the man of the house -- at age 10.
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Podcast Episode · We're Still Standing · 01/21/2022 · 21m
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A More Effective Juvenile Justice System | Ronnie "RECONCILE" Lillard | ... https://t.co/fSN3tT48QV via @YouTube
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I was happy to interviewed for this article and give my 2 cents worth.
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Let’s remind our Youth in lock up, that they aren’t forgotten this Holiday season, by giving a Gift of Hope! To learn more, https://t.co/xJUniXT4sQ
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Newest report on state trends in the treatment of children as adults in the criminal justice system
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5 years
CFYJ’s newest report is out: “Winning the Campaign: State Trends in Fighting the Treatment of Children As Adults in the Criminal Justice System (2005-2020)”. Read it here: https://t.co/rxHOxh6Y9W #WinTheCampaign #YJAM #CFYJStateTrends
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Why do kids join gangs? Find out in Episode 3 of We're Still Standing. ⚓
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Most of us, when we think about gangs, think about something we’ve seen in the movies or maybe in the headlines. We don’t think about children being recruited into gang activity. But that’s what...
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