Youth Outlook, an amazing youth media organization, reports this past week on Youth Together of Oakland CA finding youth peace-keepers in the same students who were involved in major fights that broke out in local high schools.
The Ali Forney Center in New York released a new campaign to reach homeless GLBTQ youth in [...]
Really, it’s impressive how many news items I review to just come up with five a week. I suppose I could add more but once I consider which ones I think are notable - it’s usually about that number.
I’m conscious of which items I don’t select. I’m focusing on youth and the sex trade, so [...]
Recently I facilitated one of my favorite workshops for the Chicago Harm Reduction Training Collaborative on Harm Reduction Street Law. It’s all about how to protect yourself and people from your organizations and agencies in encounters with the police.
It’s harm reduction based because we talk a lot about how to protect your legal rights even [...]
I had to read the article a few times before I could believe it. Apparently in Scotland they are electronically tagging some youth who are believed to be at high risk of sexual exploitation in the sex trade.
Ok, let’s break down what’s wrong with this picture. Tagging people like they were lost penguins or whales [...]
First the encouraging news, that Joe Francis, creator of Girls Gone Wild, is facing serious, on-going legal trouble resulting in an arrest and another court appearance on tax evasion charges.
Also a report on the Ruth Ellis Center for LGBTQ youth in Michigan doing amazing community building work and concrete services.
In case you missed it from [...]
This month I’m featuring manuals and reports on youth in the sex trade from Canada. I’m really drawn to the way that Canada has deeply involved youth in developing research and effective programs by and for youth in the sex trade. Canada is far beyond the U.S. in this respect.
Effective Youth Collaboration and Engagement: Key [...]
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