Human rights Archive
Alliance of Moms held its Raising Baby event last Saturday at Children’s Institute, Inc., in Los Angeles, where a number of celebrities were in attendance, including Jessica Alba, Kristen Bell, Rachel Bilson, Michael Ealy and Jordana Brewster. Raising Baby is …
What youth program these days does not claim to be in the business of youth empowerment? But if you pay attention to what’s actually baked into the DNA of a program, you will get a firmer grasp of an organization’s …
A report released today is a major step in President Obama’s commitment to expand the number of states enacting “Leelah’s Law,” which would ban the use of conversion therapy to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of lesbian, gay …
Monday morning my sister was attacked by a pit bull. It bit deep into her forearm, then let go. Just as it was about to attack again – likely, more lethally – two Good Samaritans in a pickup truck intervened, …
Earlier this month, the American Psychological Association (APA) voted almost unanimously to adopt a policy banning psychologists from participating in national security interrogations, including noncoercive investigations now conducted by the Obama administration. “The vote followed an emotional debate in which …
By: Janice Tjeng Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. Image: Trong Hong (left) and his wife, Rani Hong (right), are the founders of The Tronie Foundation For Rani and Trong’s stories, click to watch the video. The …
By: Kristine Alarcon Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. At the Children’s Clinic in Portland, Oregon, parents are talking with their children’s pediatricians about their children’s health and even their own childhood trauma. A parent’s childhood experience could provide important …
By: Janice Tjeng Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. Image: Susi, a 30 year-old Indonesian domestic worker. Susi experienced domestic abuse for a year under the hands of a Hong Kong employer, Law Wan-Tung. She had to work 20 …
Back in my thirties, I stealthily read self-help books that addressed healing from childhood abuse. Stealthily, because I had recently earned my doctorate from Stanford, and was living in Silicon Valley during the first tech boom. At that place, during …
By: E. Diane Champe, Founder/President of the E Diane Champe Institute Managing Assistant: Tram Pham Child abuse (physical, mental, emotional, and/or sexual) and neglect encompasses lifelong consequences for men and women (survivors). Survivors don’t realize until much later in …
