Deep Dive
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the NYC Child Welfare System
During the early months of COVID-19 and continuing today, much in child welfare changed because of the pandemic, including the number of hotline calls as... Read More
Recent Work
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Interview
Restorative Justice Hubs: Ashanti Jones, NJ Institute for Social Justice
“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
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Featured
Guaranteed Income: Melody Webb, Mother’s Outreach Network and D.C. UBI Coalition
“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
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Interview
Collective Action as Healing: Anna Ortega-Williams, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
“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
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Featured
A Healing Agenda for NYC: Talib Hudson, The New Hood
‘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
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Interview
Community-Led Youth-Centered Neighborhood Planning: Damon Rich and Jae Shin, Hector
‘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
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Featured
Community Policymaking: Cameryn Okeke, Vera Institute for Justice, and Saadiq Bey, Kings County DA’s Office
‘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
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Deep Dive
Lifting barriers to government funding of innovative, community-driven approaches
Government funding is crucial to large-scale social change, as the funds available far outweigh private philanthropy. Most grassroots organizations can’t scale their work above about... Read More