“Why would we be attacking. . . people who we know exactly where they live, we have their fingerprints, we have their pictures, we know everything about them, they are interested in staying and contributing to US society, they can lose their status...
“The dynamics of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and power and control are similar regardless of your country of origin.”
"There is just not enough information out there, particularly on the research side of things, on how media is shaping young Black men’s views of themselves."
“We really need to start addressing the root of some of these issues, which, unfortunately, lead young people to being involved in trading and selling sex, in order to effectively get them out.”
“[With regard to the] resolution of anger - we are working at people’s core. And, if an individual sees himself getting angry all the time, or others tell him, “you know you are just angry all the time,” they start thinking that is their core. “At...
“What we know about individuals who are female with Autism is primarily based on females who also have an accompanying intellectual disability. But, what we know about individuals without an intellectual disability and who are female continues to be...
“What we noticed if we look at all the spiritual wounds that people carried with them for long periods of time -what seemed to be a common theme throughout all of that was avoidance. We know with the PTSD literature, avoidance is a major symptom of...
“Self-care, such as walking, mindfulness, or unplugging for the weekend -that is not a luxury. It is really part of doing the work; it is not separate.”
“I would just like to say that one of the major social determinants of health and wellbeing is education, and if we can put students who are at risk of not getting an education on a trajectory of higher education vs. the criminal justice system, I...
“Most outcomes with regard to health programs or patient programs look to improve the patient’s health. With progressive illnesses like Huntington’s and Parkinson’s and such, there is no way to do that... The foundation of our relationship with the...
