No one is born being a citizen. You have to be taught what it means. Sonia Sotomayor

Words Into Deeds

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. Nelson Mandela

Youth Voices on Substance Use

Empowering Youth Voices

Over 100 area high school students studies human rights documents and then, in consultation with local experts, formed fact-based opinions about addictive substances and addiction in our community. They developed outreach projects and presented these at an invited briefing at the United Nations, which was attended by over 200 UN policy and global health experts.

The Ladder of Prejudice: From Name Calling to Genocide*

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In his book, The Nature of Prejudice, Gordon W. Allport uses the metaphor of a ladder to describe how “little acts,” which often go unnoticed or unreported, can lead to more serious and disruptive individual and collective behaviors.  This framework describes, in...

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Workshops & Programs

Our society has too many low-wage earners who are especially vulnerable to changes in work opportunities and social services. Most do not see the “American Dream” of upward advancement as achievable. In this book, authors Katheryn J. Edin and Luke Shaefer profile...