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IS YOUTH VIOLENCE AN EPIDEMIC
THAT COULD HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE?
Part Two: Fractured Families Create Fractured Communities
What is one thing that could help bring families and neighbors closer together?
Part Two: Fractured Families Create Fractured Communities
Families and communities are connected. When families are wounded, disconnected, or unstable, those conditions can extend into neighborhoods, schools, and relationships. When communities are divided by fear, silence, and mistrust, young people may not receive the belonging, protection, guidance, and positive connection they need.
A fractured community can make it more difficult to recognize problems early, support families, protect young people, and respond to conflict before it becomes violence. Creating safer communities requires more than reacting after harm occurs. It requires people to rebuild relationships and accept shared responsibility for the well-being of young people.
The Create Conversations Community addresses this obstacle by creating opportunities for listening, education, mentorship, community forums, roundtables, civic participation, and shared action. Rebuilding relationships helps strengthen the network of support surrounding families and young people.
Comment below and tell me: What is one thing that could help bring families and neighbors closer together?
We are raising $50,000 as an initial launch-development milestone, not as the full budget for the initiative. This first step will help us begin building the foundation for the larger vision. If you believe every young person deserves a safer, more hopeful future and you believe in this work, please support the launch by making a gift, hosting an online fundraiser, or sharing this post.
Learn more about the program and give here:
Join the Create Conversations Community Facebook group and remain connected to the conversation:
For more in-depth program information, email conversations@risenetwork.net.
The next post in the series, “Education Is the Key to Future Workforce Development,” will examine how education can help young people develop the skills, confidence, and opportunities needed to build a sustainable future.
Please share this post and let’s Build the Future, Together.
Rozalyn Shepard
Create Conversations Community
Rise Network Community Development Corporation
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Author Max Miller Releases
New Self-Help Book
“Blame It on the Feel of Pain”
About Detangling From Past Pain
Get ready for a transformational journey toward inner peace as indie author Max W. Miller’s new self-help release, Blame It On The Feel Of Pain, inspires readers in a witty, down-to-earth book. Truth and compassion are foretold, using poetic frames called ‘The Wises,’ and the help of opinionated little emojis bringing laughter and thought-provoking conclusions throughout.
The author encourages her readers, whom she also calls partners, to stop wrestling with the hard knocks of the past. She expresses how voluntarily walking back into time precedes trauma healing. Confronting lingering pains is a step toward strength and hope for the future. ‘Blame It’ delves into the author’s life experiences, bringing to life the importance of using Full Circle Moments to find resolutions.
Throughout Blame It On The Feel Of Pain, the reader grows to understand through a unique interpretation that what we are destined to become grows out of the years we’ve already traveled. Further, our future hinges on how we address the pains of the past. Other expressions focus on how desires in the present are carved out of having a clear vision that old, lingering strongholds must be defeated. A history of suffering is a prerequisite for becoming fed up enough to demand enjoyment now!
To Get On the Road To Overcoming Your Trauma See Her Exclusive Interview
Order Her Book Blame It On The Feel Of Pain
See Max Miller's Other Articles on The Southeast Queens Scoop
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Be Encouraged And Inspired With...
New Children’s Picture Book Honoring A Mother-Son Bond And Black Hair Pride
See How Author Shellice Beharie pays tribute to the memory of her loving son in her debut picture book, "PRINCE AND HIS MOTHER’S CROWN: Tales Within my Mother’s Hair."
This read-aloud narrative communicates that in their early stages of childhood boys can find comfort and creativity in their mother’s tresses. Checkout this is very uplifting reading for our challenging times: Click Here. Or to order: Click Here
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While there are brilliant persons on the Autism Spectrum celebrated today, very little media stories focus on people, especially women of color. Our co-publisher's new bio-pic "nZinga's Spectrum In 3D," is a moving and inspirational documentary on how a young Black woman RISES to overcome her challenges.
nZinga Austin is also the Co-publisher of Our Black News Scoop and Southeast Queens Scoop. The documentary of about 1/2 hr long is getting rave reviews.
Checkout Nzinga's Spectrum in 3D now Click Here. Please share
Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.
She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.
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Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.
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