“Kelsey became vegan because she knew first-hand what it was like to be stripped of everything, held captive, and tortured. The Troubled Teen Industry and a factory farm aren’t too terribly different, after all. Kelsey gave up a lifelong love for riding horses, because, in her own words, “horses aren’t really for us.” She could […]
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WWT Attends the film screening of “Reimagining Safety” hosted by Three Sisters Garden with Voices of Strength in West Sacramento “The police are violen ce workers” “Critical Race Theory acknowledges the birth defects of America’s origins” “War on crime, is really a war on poverty” “Social oppression leads to self destruction” “Abolition is putting your money
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Dear survivors, advocates and allies, Cornelius “Corn” Frederick, a 16-year-old foster youth living at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away on May 1, 2020, after being restrained by six staff members for throwing a sandwich. His last words were, “I Can’t Breathe.” Cornelius’ death brought on criminal charges filed against three staff members. 125
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One of the largest for-profit providers of hospital and healthcare services in the nation that continues to face allegations of abuse and death in its facilities full of vulnerable patients and at-risk youth goes by the name of Universal Health Services .1 In 2021 UHS received a net revenue of $12.64 billion, primarily through federal
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By Daniel Washington Inclusive language is fundamental to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work. It is important because it sets the tone for providing safe spaces for everyone in the workplace. When organizational leaders push for inclusive language, this changes the standards and policies of an organization, and therefore, it changes the overall workplace culture.
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When talking about neurodiversity in the workplace, we must first define neurodiversity. What does neurodiversity mean? Neurodiversity refers to a range of differences in brain functions. It can also refer to neurological differences like autism and ADHD that are a result of normal, natural variation in the human genome. When we frame neurodiversity this way,
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2 years ago I was on social media and I kept coming across this horrific murder of a 16 year old foster youth in a congregate care facility called Lakeside. There was a video of the incident and final conscious moments of his life, where he throws a sandwich in the cafeteria and winds up
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This week a newspaper local to upstate New York, the Finger Lakes Times, released a three part series acknowledging the injustices that occurred on the campus of Freedom Village USA. This Independent Fundamentalist Baptist organization thrived in the troubled teen industry by existing on the edge of a remote part of Seneca lake for nearly
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We are asking for your help. In Missouri, our friends from the TTI survivor community have drawn the line: Agape Boarding School has gone too far. Agape, a residential troubled teen program located in Cedar County, Missouri, is under investigation for their abuse and for using unsafe, controversial practices on youth. The alarming reports of
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Brut Media Presents Inside the Troubled Teen Industry featuring Gabriel Joseph Gonzalez, survivor of Freedom Village USA (FV) and co-founder of the We Warned Them Campaign. FV was notorious for neglect, abuse and exploitation during its 40 years of operation. In 2019, Gabriel and other survivors were successfully able to prevent FV from reopening in
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