This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The deadly shootings of eight people in Atlanta on March 16 and 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22 brought heartache and grief to the families and friends of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the pressure of living in poverty to street violence and the foreclosure crisis that tore through many of Chicago’s communities, many students in Chicago Public Schools were handling a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In enacting Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act, California voters in 2004 created and charged the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission with the responsibility of driving transformational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As many as 1 in 5 of the roughly 2.7 million Americans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD, a mental health problem that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly two-thirds of parents say their child has recently experienced mental or emotional challenges such as anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts, according to a new national survey on student…
A wide-ranging discussion on how philanthropy can make a difference on difficult issues. Ken shares examples and ways to think about topics such as crisis intervention. Resources: https://www.jedfoundation.org/what-we-do/the-mental-health-strategic-impact-initiative-s2i/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-zimmerman-52439673/ Read…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration’s recent executive order calling for a comprehensive report on climate-related migration and for reorganizing the U.S. migration system comes at a critically important time. Across the United States, floods,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anyone who’s tried meditation can tell you that finding the time, space, and focus for quiet contemplation is no easy task—even when the world feels relatively calm. Today, the added…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are eager to return to normal after a year of coronavirus, but is the U.S. there yet? Hardly. The ongoing psychological and spiritual damage caused by the pandemic is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this country, vast racial inequalities are nothing new. They are the result of centuries of structural racism—unequal treatment by American institutions—and dominant white power structures—toward people of color. COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has hijacked people’s lives, families and work. And, it has hijacked their bodies and minds in ways that they may not even be aware of. As we see it,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago, educators have been tasked with addressing new, multi-layered challenges due to the primary and secondary trauma associated with COVID-19. Evidence suggests those…