Anti-Violence

This story prompted several comments from angry libertarians when I posted it a couple days ago. I'll promote it to the front page in hopes that we'll get some more level-headed comments from the general public. I first heard the story on The Daily Show (May 12), but it's been reported in the general news media as well.  Read More »

Rape Trauma Services is a center for healing and violence prevention in Burlingame, California.

http://www.rapetraumaservices.org/
650-692-RAPE (7273)

The UAB Basketball
Tournament is the flagship fundraising effort for the
Twilight Basketball Crime Prevention Project and is
one of the country’s most competitive and storied
amateur basketball tournaments. For nearly two decades,
the best street ballers in the San Francisco Bay Area
have battled to save their neighborhood’s youth.  Read More »

Phelicia Jones, founder of Hope Preservation was one of the panelists on the Drug and Alcohol Panel at the conference.

This project offers personal and professional leadership by providing guidance in life-skills development for young African American youth between the ages of 12-18. This instruction also includes a Rites of Passage Program for young African American males between the ages of 12-18.

You can contact them at:  Read More »

In this powerful piece students recount their own experiences with violence and abuse in their families and communities, and then go on to explain what needs to change.  Read More »