Families often end up in contact with the child welfare system because of difficulties navigating NYC’s public systems to address family challenges. Trapped in a... Read More
“RJ hubs have trained staff and physical spaces where youth and families can heal, reconnect and build healthy relationships and help resolve conflicts through dialogue... Read More
“If you really want families to stay together or to reunify, material needs should not be part of the equation. Otherwise you’re just penalizing people... Read More
“There’s so much promise in collective action as healing. Communities are social, we’re social creatures. When we’re together, that’s how we heal.” In recent years,... Read More
‘I think a new hood is possible if people have the space to dream it and the tools to achieve it. So the first step... Read More
‘There’s always a tension around both wanting to bring young people into the process and being uncomfortable and resistant to what young people actually say.... Read More
‘If we are trying to transform public life, we have to transform the process of making policy. Equitable and just policy has to have a... Read More
“Nobody stays safe alone. Nobody transforms alone. We do a lot of relationship-building. We keep bringing more people into the circle: neighbors, family, friends, clergy.... Read More