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How Can We Help Boys and Young Men of Color Heal, Grow, and Thrive? [RWJF.org]

 

Violence was a mainstay in George Galvis’ life from as far back as he can remember: His earliest memory, from age 3, is of witnessing his father savagely attacking his mother. So it’s no surprise that he brought what he learned at home to the streets. That ended at age 17, when he was incarcerated for multiple felonies, including attempted murder for his involvement in a drive-by shooting.

Once he left prison, Galvis began a healing journey that led him to embrace his American Indian roots and reclaim his culture. It also steered him to college, where he studied hard and earned a degree. Now a youth activist and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Galvis spends some of his time teaching young people how to heal from trauma. While it’s true that too often “hurt people, hurt people,” he says it’s equally true that “healed people, heal people.”



[For more of this story, written by Maisha Simmons, go to http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture...an_we_help_boys.html]

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NOTE RWJF is starting a new program with FUNDING AVAILABLE

From the article:  We're looking for organizations that will partner with groups that work directly with or provide services to BYMOC to foster growth and opportunity. The focus is on technical assistance, field building, and supporting efforts to counter the narrative about BYMOC that they do not matter.

The hope is that these projects will 1) strengthen and support practices and organizations that understand how experiences with trauma impact a person’s mental and physical health; 2) expand research and awareness of what encompasses trauma; and 3) elevate solutions that are working to mitigate the effects of trauma transferred from one generation to the next.

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