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This Teen Helps Formerly Incarcerated Youth Reenter Society

Jane Lyons was a high school freshman when she started a non-profit with her brother to help formerly incarcerated youth. Youth Overcoming Obstacles (YOO) is dishing out second chances. Now 18, this Delaware based woman recalls that the idea of prison stopped being an abstract concept when her neighbor was sent to the local juvenile detention center, Ferris School for Boys. “[Teens at Ferris] feel as if society is stacked against them,” Lyons said in a recent TEDxYouth show. “They simply think that our world is waiting for them to make a mistake.” Lyons realizes that everyone’s needs are unique,…

Mormon Choir and SF Gay Men’s Chorus Join Stage Together

Ten years ago the Mormon Church took a stand supporting California’s Prop 8, the initiative that effectively made same-sex marriage illegal. And then earlier this Summer, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir happily joined the stage with the San Francisco Gay Men’s…

Biden Launches “As You Are” LGBTQ Family Acceptance Initiative

Former vice president Joe Biden just started a campaign in his foundation to promote family acceptance of LGBTQ youth. Biden has been an open supporter of all things #LGBTQ, including supporting the transgender right to serve in the military. With…

How to Fight Hate Without Burning Out

At the anniversary of the Charlottesville protests and some of us are wondering what we’ve learned. Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer – the woman killed at last year’s protests – has since become an outspoken activist and offers us advice: keep fighting. She started the Heather Heyer Foundation, an organization that helps young adults who are passionate about…

Young Sam Schimmel Embraces His Alaskan Identity, Even the Tough Parts

From the moment he could walk, Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel was a child with an agenda. Spending summers with his Siberian Yupik family in Alaska, he quickly took to the outdoors. “He never was inside. He hunted and fished,” his dad, Jeremy Schimmel, told NPR. “He was catching fish when he was 2 — off the dock.” At age five, he…

Seattle Kids Going to Preschool in Nursing Home

How do we make sure the oldest and youngest of us aren’t being lost in the shuffle of our busy lives? The Mount in Seattle, Washington, is taking a back-to-the-future approach to the modern problem. Loneliness and depression are leading issues for many elderly in the U.S. And the wisdom and experience of older folks aren’t being passed on to…

‘Resilience’ – The Science Behind Stress and How to Overcome It

Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope reminds us that even a scrap of hope can be the key leading us to something big. We all get stressed, obviously, but there’s a particularly vicious kind that stems from negative childhood experiences. This ‘toxic stress’ can affect some people forever. Based primarily on scientific research by epidemiologist Robert Anda and…

Damian Marley Grows Pot In Prison

After years of historic drought and declining oil prices, Coalinga – a small town of farmers and oil workers in central California – was left $3.3 million in debt and watching jobs disappear. But this year the town rebounded almost instantly – debt erased, 100 new jobs, and $1 million in new, annual tax income. Their secret: Damian Marley, youngest…

There’s a Revolution Happening in the Toy World

Toy companies are finally starting to offer more inclusive doll options. People of color and those with disabilities have been historically underrepresented in the toy aisles, so this is a big win for kids. Studies show that poor representation in a child’s toy selection can lead to a negative psychological impact. Giving kids dolls with varied ethnicities and abilities will…