COVID-19 and The Incarcerated

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected both the incarcerated and their families. In some jurisdictions, inmates are being vaccinated and then released from prison. The link below is to an interesting and relevant article which appeared recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2100609 On a far more personal level, a friend became COVID-19 positiveContinue reading “COVID-19 and The Incarcerated”

EAH Housing – The 50+ Year-Old Nonprofit You’ve Probably Never Heard About Until Now

EAH – Where A Roof Is Just the Beginning                                                             Written by Roxanne Adams             EAH is a nonprofit organization in California that most people have probably never even heard about, although they have been in business for the past fifty years.  Originally named (put name here), EAH as the organization is known today, ownsContinue reading “EAH Housing – The 50+ Year-Old Nonprofit You’ve Probably Never Heard About Until Now”

In Memory of Latasha Harlins

Latasha Harlins was a fifteen-year-old girl in South Los Angeles who was shot dead in the back of the head after a convenience store owner had wrongly accused her of trying to steal a bottle of orange juice. The anniversary of her murder is rapidly approaching – Latasha died on March 16th, 1991. She wasContinue reading “In Memory of Latasha Harlins”

The Wrongly Convicted And Their Ultimate Redemption

A nonprofit named “The Innocence Project” was established in 1992 by lawyers Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. To date, the organization has helped at least 319 people who were wrongly convicted prove their innocence with the use of DNA testing and other technology that didn’t exist at the time of many of the original criminalContinue reading “The Wrongly Convicted And Their Ultimate Redemption”