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8/31/2010

Healing Hurt People featured on NPR's Voices in the Family

The July 26th "Voices in the Family" program on NPR, 90.9 FM, featured the Healing Hurt People violence intervention program.

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7/2/2010

Drexel hosts Geoffrey Canada in event on corporal punishment

On June 1, 2010, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and the Drexel University School of Public Health co-sponsored an event with keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone. The event launched the Spare the Rod collaborative effort to end corporal punishment.

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6/23/2010

Sandy Bloom receives Spirit of Crazy Horse Award

Dr. Sandra Bloom will receive the Spirit of Crazy Horse Award at the annual Black Hills Conference on June 28, 2010 at the Crazy Horse Memorial, Rapid City, South Dakota.

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6/10/2010

Creative Alternatives of New York honors Sandra Bloom

Creative Alternatives of New York, celebrating the use of theater to help New York’s most vulnerable children and adults, recently honored Dr. Sandra Bloom, creator of the Sanctuary Model® of trauma informed care and Co-Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Social Justice at Drexel University, at this year’s annual gala, Broadway at the Boathouse…Encore.

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5/19/2010

John Rich on C-SPAN2's Book TV

John Rich was recently televised on C-SPAN2's program Book TV. This weekend cable program features 48 hours of nonfiction books from Saturday 8am (ET) to Monday 8am (ET).

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5/11/2010

John Rich on Cleveland's NPR program The Sound of Ideas

Dr. John Rich was featured on The Sound of Ideas program on Cleveland's NPR affiliate (90.3FM WCPN) on May 10 during a one-hour segment on youth violence.

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5/10/2010

Sandra Bloom's trauma work in Northern Ireland

Dr. Sandra Bloom, an associate professor at the School of Public Health, recently returned home from her third visit to Northern Ireland since 2007 helping residents deal with the trauma of violence. She went back this year to give the keynote address at the European Society of Trauma and Dissociation and consult with the four national trauma advisory panels that were established as part of the peace accord in 1998 to help victims recover from the decades of violence in the country. Her work emphasizes the role of public health in dealing with societal trauma, and comparisons of trauma can be made between Northern Ireland and Philadelphia.

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5/10/2010

John Rich and Ted Corbin on NPR's Radio Times

The March 16th airing of NPR's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane features an interview with John Rich and Ted Corbin of the Center for Nonviolence & Social Justice. Dr. Rich is the author or Wrong Place Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men. Dr. Corbin is the Director of the Healing Hurt People violence intervention program.
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2/25/2010

John Rich on NPR's Morning Edition

The February 9th broadcast of NPR’s Morning Edition features a segment with John Rich, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men.

 

2/8/2010

John Rich on the Mark Steiner Show

Dr. John Rich was recently interviewed on the Mark Steiner radio show, WEAA 88.9 in Baltimore. Joining John was Roy Martin, one of the young men John writes about in his book Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Click here for the podcast and show summary. Roy Martin is featured prominently throughout the book, and is now a case manager at the Boston Public Health Commission.
 
A forum for Baltimore and Maryland civic affairs, The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday thru Thursday from 5-7pm on WEAA 88.9 FM.
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12/16/2009

Sanctuary cited in new report on transforming juvenile justice in New York State

Dr. Sandra Bloom's Sanctuary Model is cited in the new report "Charting a New Course: A Blueprint for Transforming Juvenile Justice in New York State." New York's Office of Children and Family Services, which runs the state's juvenile placement system, adopted Sanctuary in 2007 to establish a more therapeutic environment within its facilities.

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11/2/2009

Essence magazine features Dr. John Rich

The November 2009 issue of Essence magazine features "We Dream a World," a piece in which Essence reaches out to black men, including Spike Lee, Colin Powell, the Center's own John Rich, and others to gather their views on being black and male in the Age of Obama.

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10/22/2009

Attorney General Eric Holder meets with Chicago public schools

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met with Chicago public school studens and elected officials on October 7, 2009, to spark a national conversation about youth violence. His appearance in Chicago draws focus to the city's recent beating death of high school student Derrion Albert, which was captured on video and widely viewed on YouTube.

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10/22/2009

Former U.S. Senator & Vietnam vet Max Cleland on PTSD

Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland recently appeared on NPR's Fresh Air to discuss his new memoir Heart of a Patriot. After 9/11, the loss of his Senate seat and the beginning of the Iraq War triggered a relapse of PTSD from his experience of losing three of his limbs as a soldier in Vietnam.

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10/22/2009

Traumatic childhood and life expectancy

The Center's Dr. Sandra Bloom is quoted in a recent article "Traumatic Childhood May Take Years Off Adult Life" by Patricia McAdams, available on the Health Behavior News Services.

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10/14/2009

Center provides trauma training to Philadelphia Police Officers

On October 9th, the Center presented a training with Dr. Sandra Bloom focused on the psychobiological effects of trauma and an introduction to trauma-informed approaches to working with traumatized individuals. The majority of  participants were Philadelphia Police Officers representing the divisions of Victims Assistance, Major Crimes, and Homicide.

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10/12/2009

John A. Rich named to Institute of Medicine

Dr. John Rich, Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Social Justice, has been named to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).  Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
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9/28/2009

Healing Hurt People expansion to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

The Healing Hurt People (HHP) program at the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice will be expanding its services to the trauma department at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

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7/14/2009

Service Learning Day with students from the Freedoms Foundation

As part of a week-long Service Learning in Public Policy program offered by the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice spent Tuesday July 7th working with and educating a group of high school students from around the country.

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6/18/2009

Dr. Sandra Bloom invited to forum on contemplative practices at Garrison Institute

The Center's own Sandra Bloom, MD, founder of the Sanctuary Model, is attending “Transforming Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices, Neuroscience and Cross-Cultural Perspectives,” a forum held June 17-20 at the Garrison Institute.

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5/12/2009

Dr. Ted Corbin receives Social Action Award

Dr. Ted Corbin, Director of the Healing Hurt People program, was presented with a Social Action Award on May 9, 2009, by the Quaker City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

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5/4/2009

Healing Hurt People convenes S.E.L.F. group

The Healing Hurt People program is very excited to have started a weekly group for victims of violence using the S.E.L.F. psychoeducational model.

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5/1/2009

"Healing Hurt People: Practice to Policy" with Dr. Ted Corbin

On April 29th, Dr. Ted Corbin, Director of the Center's Healing Hurt People hospital-based violence intervention program, was the featured presenter in Drexel's Africana Studies Speaker Series.

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2/17/2009

"In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time" with Dr. John Rich

On February 16, Dr. John Rich, Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Social Justice, was the featured presenter in Drexel University's Africana Studies Lecture Series.

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2/11/2009

Dr. Sandra Bloom joins the Center

The Center is delighted by the recent addition of Dr. Sandra Bloom to our team. Dr. Bloom will play a key role in the development of the Center, contributing to our training and research missions in particular. She will also serve as faculty in the doctoral program in Health Policy and Social Justice at Drexel University's School of Public Health.
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11/13/2008

Ahmed Kathrada and Barbara Hogan

Drexel University and the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice had the honor of recently hosting two renowned civil rights leaders. On November 10th, the Center held an intimate roundtable discussion with Ahmed Kathrada, South African human rights leader and prison confidante of Nelson Mandela. On November 12th, Barbara Hogan, South Africa’s newly appointed Health Minister, was the featured speaker of this year’s Jonathan Mann Health & Human Rights Memorial Lecture, hosted by Drexel University’s School of Public Health.

 

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