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Addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and Community Violence
More than 100 reentry service providers gathered for the Los Angeles Reentry Collaborative’s latest convening, which explored how childhood trauma and exposure to community violence impact reentry outcomes. The keynote…
Read MoreJared Seide makes an appearance at Global Loneliness Awareness Summit in Washington, D.C.
Beyond Us & Them founder and Executive Director, Jared Seide, joined a panel of speakers as part of The Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness‘s Global Loneliness Awareness Summit.…
Read MoreLAPD officers talk POWER
The Peace Officer Wellness, Empathy & Resilience (POWER) Training Program is a nationally certified intensive and interactive curriculum for police and correctional officers that utilizes mindfulness practices, compassion-based communication exercises and training…
Read MoreSam’s story: A family in council
It wasn’t until a year after getting involved with the Inmate Council Program that I mentioned Council to my family; and that was only because I was invited to speak…
Read MoreJolene’s story: a family healed through council
Jolene’s husband, Sam, had been in prison for over a decade when he began participating in Beyond Us & Them’s (formerly Center for Council’s) Inmate Council Program. It was through…
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