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Scenario

How to help young people make meaning of traumatic encounters with authority

My teenage nephew got stopped by police while walking home from school and I do not know how to help him process what happened.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to provide wisdom about injustice without destroying hope reveals the delicate balance adults must maintain with vulnerable youth.

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Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with MLK and civil disobedience philosophy?”

Peri

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