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07/25/2024

Spotlight on this organization and on the support they are offering around the tragedy of Sonya Massey’s murder. Consider sharing the event and donating to support the perennially needed work of Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health

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02/20/2024

Need a little hope or an alternative to “wipe them out” discourse?

Israel and Palestine have grappled with enduring territorial disputes and complex geopolitical tensions across generations. In this profound TED Membership conversation, Palestinian peace activist Ali Abu Awwad and Israeli founder of Idealist.org Ami Dar envision a future built on mutual respect, re...

05/12/2022

12/09/2021

“I want to define what harm reduction means to the federal government," he continued. "It means placing life at the center. It means creating conditions where it becomes easier to save a life than to let one perish.”

"Overcoming addiction is not easy, and it rarely happens overnight," Becerra added. "And where we can't prevent someone from using these substances, we should at least be trying to make sure we prevent severe consequences like death. That means we need to be helping people reduce harm while they fight their addiction, not silencing them, stigmatizing them, or pushing them into the shadows."

Government should be helping people fight addiction, not stigmatizing them, HHS chief says

07/13/2021

Is human suffering exceptional? Or is the isolation we are taught good business?

[video description: Sonya discusses how so many people think they don’t belong and they’re the only one feeling this way, but that in reality it is a very co...

06/15/2021

"Trauma involves a lifelong pushing down, a tremendous expenditure of energy, into not feeling the pain. As we heal, that same energy is liberated for life and for being in the present.

So the energy of trauma can be transformed into the energy of life."

Gabor Maté