Humanity Archive
In the West, our introduction to power and dominance comes early. Starting with our first moves towards independence, we learn our desire for freedom can be squelched by someone bigger, more powerful, even Goddess-like. Mom. She is the order …
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 …
County leadership in Los Angeles today passed a motion aimed at increasing protections for victims of child sex trafficking while also decreasing the stigma associated with this form of child abuse. A motion approved today by the Los Angeles County …
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 …
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net STUDENT VOICES By Alyssa Dolan The dialogue on the imprisonment of those with intellectual development disorders (IDDs) has progressively grown silent. Crucial to this nonexistent discourse is the tendency of the justice system to criminalize the …
Los Angeles County committed to stepping up its support for LGBTQ youth in the child welfare system when its board of supervisors passed a motion yesterday dedicating $100,000 to analyze services directed at this population. Third District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl …
By Jackie Snow Juvenile Justice Information Exchange NEW YORK — This was the thrust of a discussion in Manhattan on Wednesday night between representatives from advocacy groups Lambda Legal and Children’s Rights with host Molly Gochman. Two dozen people assembled …
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, …
By Sarah Barr By Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON — A coalition of national advocacy organizations is calling for stronger relationships between racial justice and LGBTQ groups to help dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. In a new report released two weeks …
