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Braving The Wilderness: The Quest For True Belonging And The Courage To Stand Alone – A Book Review, Chasity D. Tompkins
Braving The Wilderness: The Quest For True Belonging And The Courage To Stand Alone – A Book Review, Chasity D. Tompkins
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal
Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, flipped the script on courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy in personal and professional situations through her research, writing, and scholarship. Widely known for her TED talks on these topics, including The Power of Vulnerability over ten years ago in Houston, in 2017, Brown released “Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone”, a self-help memoir, in the United States by Random House. In this review, I provide a highlight of each chapter in relation to its use for practitioners working in community-engaged programs with urban youth at-risk.
Making The American Dream A Reality For All Youth: Introduction To The First Issue Of The National Youth-At-Risk Journal, Dan W. Rea, Cordelia Zinskie
Making The American Dream A Reality For All Youth: Introduction To The First Issue Of The National Youth-At-Risk Journal, Dan W. Rea, Cordelia Zinskie
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal
This editorial provides an introduction to the first issue of the National Youth-At-Risk Journal. Information highlighted regarding the journal includes its mission, historical background and inspiration, and holistic aims and scope. Biased and realistic uses of the phrase “at risk” are also addressed. The editorial also introduces the journal editors and presents a preview of issue content.
Book Review: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Gregory D. Johnston, Amy L. Onofre
Book Review: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Gregory D. Johnston, Amy L. Onofre
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal
This review of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates explores the role choices and accountability play in youth development. This book illustrates how two young men with the same name from the same city and raised with similar life experiences would make different life choices that resulted in drastically different outcomes. One Wes Moore is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Rhodes scholar, White House Fellow and successful business person. The other Wes Moore is serving a life sentence in prison for his involvement in a robbery and murder of an off-duty police officer. Recommendations for youth practitioners are …
Making The American Dream A Reality For All Youth: Introduction To The First Issue Of The National Youth-At-Risk Journal, Dan W. Rea, Cordelia D. Zinskie
Making The American Dream A Reality For All Youth: Introduction To The First Issue Of The National Youth-At-Risk Journal, Dan W. Rea, Cordelia D. Zinskie
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal
This editorial provides an introduction to the first issue of the National Youth-At-Risk Journal. Information highlighted regarding the journal includes its mission, historical background and inspiration, and holistic aims and scope. Biased and realistic uses of the phrase “at risk” are also addressed. The editorial also introduces the journal editors and presents a preview of issue content.