Emily Fromke
Courage and Collaboration: Howard University ...

There are many problems plaguing the youth justice system, including faults in the probation system, high levels of recidivism and lack of access to resources for low-income and minority youth. However, one problem that is seldom discussed and has a significant impact on youth is the use of detention centers. The Juvenile Justice Advocates at Howard University are an excellent example of how advocacy can make a difference in the lives of detained youth.

Courage and Collaboration: Howard University Juvenile Justice Advocates
Emily Fromke
Confronting Youth Criminalization: An Interview ...

For our final interview for Youth Justice Action Month, Emily Fromke spoke with Iliana Pujols, the policy advisor at the Connecticut Justice Alliance. In this interview, she shares her story going through the youth justice system as a teenager and how she uses her experience to help current youth.

Confronting Youth Criminalization: An Interview with Iliana Pujols
Emily Fromke
Hope for Youth Who Have Committed Violent ...

Texas alone cannot address the issues contributing to the violent behaviors of youth landing them in correctional facilities and the recidivism that results when they return to the same social groups and environments where they developed these behaviors. Families, communities and churches all have contributions to make.

Hope for Youth Who Have Committed Violent Crime: a Trauma-Informed Approach to Restoration
Emily Fromke
Hope and Healing in the Youth Justice System: ...

Dr. Tracee Perryman, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Center of Hope Family Services in Toledo, Ohio, joins Emily Fromke in a discussion about juvenile justice advocacy, diversion programs in Ohio and hope for the future.

Hope and Healing in the Youth Justice System: An Interview with Dr. Tracee Perryman
Emily Fromke
Chattanooga: A City at a Crossroad

Chattanooga, located in the southeastern corner of Tennessee, made national headlines in late May after a deadly shooting occurred in the city’s downtown riverfront area. The most disturbing detail of this shooting, without a doubt, is that it was a victimization of the city’s youth, by the city’s youth. Six teens were shot and two were sent to the ICU at the hands of their peers. Regrettably, this would not be the last tragedy of the summer: three months later, in mid-August, a sixteen-year-old was shot and killed — again, by one of his peers. Even more regrettably, these shootings find themselves lost within a larger narrative — one which tells a story of a city where gun violence, gang violence, and crime plague its youth. But there is hope, still. The story has yet to end because the city refuses to abandon its youth to this epidemic.

Chattanooga: A City at a Crossroad

Just Ryan’s Budget? Learning to be Passionate about Fiscal Policy

Just Ryan’s Budget? Learning to be Passionate about Fiscal Policy

So I want to challenge myself (and each of us) to become interested in fiscal policy. It’s not just Paul Ryan’s budget; it’s not just one more seemingly impossible, gridlocked debate on the Hill. Ryan’s budget, the Senate’s response, President Obama’s meetings and speeches, they make up a unique story. A story that we could invest in, if we choose it.

Filling the Gap in Health Coverage Among the Poor

Filling the Gap in Health Coverage Among the Poor

One of the major moral drivers of the push for health care reform in the U.S. was the unconscionable number of uninsured Americans—close to 50 million, many from low-income working families—who lacked access to quality health care. Although the details of health policy are enormously complex, the justice of providing basic, necessary health care to poor Americans is fairly simple. But is the president’s landmark health care reform legislation accomplishing this goal?

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