A Perspective to Understand Thresholds Clients

A Perspective to Understand Thresholds Clients

Author and journalist Sarah Smarsh on resisting ‘bogus’ labels that divide us.   Sarah Smarsh is an author and a journalist whose environment as an adult diverges greatly from her childhood on a Kansas wheat farm. With exposure to extremely different...
Storytelling helps children of incarcerated parents

Storytelling helps children of incarcerated parents

How Storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids When a parent is sent to prison, the unintended victims of their crimes are their own children — without stability and support, kids are at higher risk for mental health and development...
Prisoner Reentry 2018 in NJ

Prisoner Reentry 2018 in NJ

Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey and NJ Institute for Social Justice Pres. Ryan Haygood: Fighting recidivism by breaking down the barriers to successful prisoner re-entry.   Click to view
Community Court: A Kinder, Gentler Way?

Community Court: A Kinder, Gentler Way?

Newark Municipal Court Judge Victoria Pratt: her unusual approach to handling low level, non-violent crime by using support, scolding and social services to salvage, rather than punish. Click to view.