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Join the Stoneleigh Foundation and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth for an exclusive screening of the original documentary series JUSTICE, USA, followed by a panel discussion on .

Thanks to our supporting partners: Common Justice, Juvenile Law Center, Raphah Institute, The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project, and Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project.

Restorative Justice for Youth: A Screening & Discussion of JUSTICE, USA Join the Stoneleigh Foundation & the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth for a screening & discussion of the documentary JUSTICE, USA.

We're so proud of our Eduardo Burgos Quezada for his work reimagining behavioral healthcare for immigrant youth in Philadelphia.

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Sara Kruzan and Human Rights for Kids have uncovered important insights about girls who are prosecuted as adults in the U.S. in a new report released this week.

Majority of girls prosecuted, sentenced as adults faced abuse: Survey A majority of girls who are prosecuted as adults in the U.S. have experienced some form of abuse or victimization prior to their system involvement, according to a new report. Survey results, …

Join Gregg Volz & Anne Marie Ambrose and leaders from across PA for the Trauma Informed Education Coalition's "We Heal Us: Youth Courts Webinar" on 5/14. Credits available for social workers, educators, & attorneys. REGISTER:

Youth Courts ​This webinar provided free information about training school system stakeholders in a new, highly effective approach to supporting the positive growth of their students. Attendees were introduced...

Check out this great blog post by harp-weaver LLC, inspired by our recent webinar with Stoneleigh Fellows Dr. Brandy Blasko and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel on the impact of gun violence on Philadelphia's students and schools.

Why research matters in philanthropy By Abby RollandSeveral weeks ago, harp-weaver LLC staff listened to a panel discussion about gun violence in Philadelphia schools. Hosted by the Stoneleigh Foundation, the panel first focused on research conducted by Stoneleigh Fellow Dr. Brandy Blasko, and then featured a number of expert voices di...

JOB OPPORTUNITY: CeaseFirePA is hiring a as its inaugural Director of Firearm Su***de Prevention Policy to build a comprehensive approach to Pennsylvania's firearm su***de crisis through policy, messaging, and coalition-building. Interested? Learn more and :

Director of Firearm Su***de Prevention Policy, Stoneleigh Fellowship Apply for CeaseFirePA's inaugural position to build a comprehensive approach to PA's firearm su***de crisis through a policy, messaging & coalition strategy

4/2 WEBINAR: Join the Stoneleigh Foundation for a conversation with Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Kevin Bethel and School District of Philadelphia leaders about the ways in which gun violence is impacting Philadelphia’s students, and a presentation by Dr. Brandy Blasko on new research that is informing policy and practice and improving public safety.

Understanding Gun Violence among School-Age Youth in Philadelphia Join Stoneleigh for a presentation on the latest research on gun violence and how it can inform policy and practice to improve safety.

Check out this excellent multi-media report on youth homelessness in Philadelphia by Resolve Philly's Marcus Jarvis, produced with the support of Steve Volk and featuring Rashni Stanford.

Young Philadelphians Take on Youth Homelessness - Love Now Media Explore the challenges and solutions surrounding youth homelessness in Philadelphia. Discover the root causes, impact on individuals and communities, and efforts to address this pressing issue in the city.

Join Sarah Katz for the Inaugural Temple Women’s Conference: Reimagining Safety on 4/5, featuring Dr. Dorothy Roberts as keynote speaker. Learn more and register here: https://sites.temple.edu/gsws/temple-womens-conference/

Hurry: there's still time to register for our webinar with Young Artist Program today (3/6) from 3-4pm for a discussion about art, community-building, and giving youth tools to develop their voices!

Youth Partnership Spotlight: Young Artist Program Join Stoneleigh and the Young Artist Program for a discussion about art, community-building, and giving youth tools to develop their voices.

Join Stoneleigh and the Young Artist Program on Wednesday (3/6) from 3-4pm for a discussion about the importance of art and community building as a means to give young people the tools and space they need to develop their identities and voices. Register here:

Youth Partnership Spotlight: Young Artist Program Join Stoneleigh and the Young Artist Program for a discussion about art, community-building, and giving youth tools to develop their voices.

Join Stoneleigh and Creative Resilience Collective on Wednesday (2/21) from 3-4pm to learn about the ways in which creating art and safe spaces with peers can support the well-being and leadership of young people. Register here:

Youth Partnership Spotlight: Creative Resilient Youth Join Stoneleigh and Creative Resilient Youth to learn about co-creating safe spaces to support the well-being and leadership of youth.

Join Stoneleigh and the The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project on Wednesday (2/7) from 2-3pm for a conversation about building youth-led movements through art, organizing, and creating non-carceral responses to harm and violence. Register here today:

Youth Partnership Spotlight: Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project Join Stoneleigh and the Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project for a conversation about building youth-led movements to pursue justice reform.

We are proud to announce the selection of our 2023-2025 Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellows: Christa Caceres, Hanae Victoria Mason, Franklin Moreno, Oronde Mcclain, and Julia Zielinski.

This cohort of Emerging Leaders will work in collaboration with their host organizations to tackle the gun violence epidemic using policy, practice, research, advocacy, organizing, and communications strategies. CeaseFirePA, The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project, Temple University College of Liberal Arts Public Policy Lab, The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, Cambodian Association Of Greater Philadelphia.

Learn more: https://stoneleighfoundation.org/announcing-our-2023-2025-stoneleigh-emerging-leader-fellows/

Check it out: A new set of interactive maps and data dashboards from the City of Philadelphia aims to inform and influence the conversation about the health of our communities by tracking well-being across nearly 50 indicators. Find out how the city is faring as a whole, or take a deep dive into specific neighborhoods.

ProgressPHL - Office of the Controller An interactive dashboard that tracks the social progress for every neighborhood in Philadelphia.

579. How media reporting on firearm violence does more harm than good Dr. Jessica Beard, director of research for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, discusses a new report that offers firearm-injured peoples’ perspectives on how the news media …

Take some time today to watch the Juvenile Law Center national session on the over-policing of children, hosted by our partners at JLC's Youth Advocacy Program!

A4YJ National Listening Session 2023 Featured Panelists Include:Marcia Hopkins, MSW Director of Youth Advocacy Juvenile Law CenterPaige Joki, Esq. Staff Attorney Leader of Education Law Center's...

Temple University Beasley School of Law recently interviewed Sarah Katz about her Stoneleigh Fellowship to promote racial justice in the child protection system. Learn more about Sarah's Fellowship in her own words:

Professor Sarah Katz Awarded Senior Stoneleigh Fellowship - Temple Law Professor Sarah Katz of the Family Law Litigation Clinic awarded Stoneleigh Foundation Fellowship to promote racial justice with Q&A.

High school students: Join our partners at the Philly-based, youth-led UrbEd for a paid fellowship program to become more involved in education policy, advocacy, and activism.

The fellowship will begin in September of 2023 and last the entirety of the school year, until June 2024--and all students will be compensated for their participation.

Learn more and apply today! http://urbedadvocates.org/fellowship

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Fellows will meet throughout the month with communication and work in between meetings. At meetings, students will have the opportunity to learn from professionals across the field of education to increase their knowledge and understanding of the systems in power.

For the first half of the cohort's year, fellows will also join UrbEd for field trips and more, learning about Philly's rich organizing history.

For the second, fellows will begin working on a project of their choosing with all of UrbEd's resources that makes Philadelphia better!

The fellowship will also provide students with the skills to respond to issues in urban education, including local, state and federal policy; and it will assist young people in making a difference in their own education.

Our partner UrbEd is hiring! Check out and share the paid positions and internships below for college and high school students.

To apply or read the position descriptions, please visit www.urbedadvocates.org/careers

Applications will be accepted until August 13, 2023.

We are excited announce Lee F. Carson, MSW, LSW as the Stoneleigh Foundation's new Program Officer.

Lee will be responsible for the Foundation’s Emerging Leader Fellowship program and cultivate opportunities to maximize our Fellows’ impact on policy and practice. He will also develop and coordinate programming across a broad array of the Foundation’s Fellowship programs to support our Fellows and enhance their experiences.

Learn more about Lee at the link below, and join us in welcoming him to the Stoneleigh team!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stoneleigh-foundation_join-us-in-welcoming-our-new-program-officer-activity-7084954287167922176-L6xZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

We are also very excited to announce this summer Stoneleigh Fellow, Sarah Katz!

About Sarah
Sarah Katz currently serves as a Stoneleigh Fellow and Clinical Professor of Law at Temple University, where she also leads the Family Law Litigation Clinic, handling custody, child and spousal support, adoption, and other family law matters in Philadelphia Family Court. She is a nationally acclaimed expert in trauma-informed legal advocacy and teaching, and her Fellowship work is an outgrowth of that research. As a Stoneleigh Fellow, she is creating resources to engage the legal community in advocacy that is centered in and responsive to the needs of those impacted by racialized harm in the child protection system.

About the Fellowship
Black and brown families disproportionately experience significant harm and trauma as a result of involvement with the child protection system. Nationally, there is a groundswell of organizing led by individuals with lived experience in the system, namely parents and former foster youth, to draw attention to these racialized harms and reduce the footprint of the system on their communities.

Sarah Katz, at Temple University Beasley School of Law, is seeking to engage lawyers and other stakeholders in supporting and building upon these existing efforts in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania to address systemic racism in the child protection system. She will research best practices for advocacy grounded in lived experience, with a particular focus on how lawyers can understand their role as collaborators and participants in the work. She will also develop materials for use by law professors, attorneys, and law students to deepen critical thinking, to reflect on the importance of letting those most impacted lead, and to let this understanding drive systemic reforms. Her ultimate goals are to create a new law clinic focused on achieving racial justice for Black and brown families impacted by the child protection system, and to help transform how lawyers and advocates perceive their role in this work.

We are thrilled to announce our newest Stoneleigh Fellow, Brandy Blasko!

About Brandy
Brandy Blasko currently serves as a Stoneleigh Fellow in the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) Office of School Safety. In this role, she is researching educational factors related to gun violence victimization and perpetration among the SDP’s current and former students. Brandy also leads the research, evaluation, and data management work within the Office of School Safety at the School District of Philadelphia and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Temple University.

About the Fellowship
The gun violence epidemic is among the most pressing problems facing Philadelphians today, and far too often young people are involved as both victims and perpetrators. To date, research exploring predictors of youth gun violence victimization and perpetration has not fully considered the role of educational factors, including enrollment, transitions, attendance, and discipline.

Brandy is working within the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of School Safety to examine the primary drivers of gun violence victimization and perpetration among the School District's current and former students. Her work will also strengthen the city’s understanding of the connections between individual, community, and educational factors and their relationship to gun violence. Her efforts have the potential to inform policy and practice to preserve the safety of young people in and around Philadelphia schools.

Learn more about Brandy's Fellowship: https://stoneleighfoundation.org/fellow/brandy-blasko-phd/

We’re ! We’re looking for a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellow to form a network of survivors, gun owners, and local leaders to elevate awareness of rural firearm su***de. Apply today to educate community members and policymakers about this epidemic: https://form.asana.com/?k=l_Y5RaW1uf0ilUYE_SG5UA&d=959079207482078

Reminder! More application deadlines are coming up this week for the Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellowship opportunities. Don't miss out on your chance to apply: https://stoneleighfoundation.org/apply/emerging-leader-fellowship/application/

Former Stoneleigh Fellow Adam Serlin, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and Econsult Solutions, Inc. have published a new comprehensive socioeconomic report on Philadelphia’s youth justice system.

Press Release: https://phillyda.org/news/new-report-details-declining-youth-contact-with-juvenile-justice-system-but-rising-costs-and-inefficiency/
Executive Summary: https://phillyda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Philadelphias-Shifting-Juvenile-Justice-Paradigm_-Exec-Summary.pdf?utm_source=Main+Media+List&utm_campaign=5a3071b41a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_22_01_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3be4269e47-5a3071b41a-19100917
Full Report: https://phillyda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Philadelphias-Shifting-Juvenile-Justice-Paradigm_Technical-Report.pdf?utm_source=Main+Media+List&utm_campaign=5a3071b41a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_22_01_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3be4269e47-5a3071b41a-19100917

Next Friday, May 26th marks the start of Creative Resilient Youth's 2023 Takeover, a week-long art exhibit featuring artist talks, panel discussions, and other youth-centered programming at Asian Arts Initiative during the last week of Mental Health Awareness month.

Learn more and register to attend: http://bit.ly/CRYTAKEOVER2023

The exhibit will include artwork created by emerging Philadelphia-area artists and self-portrait collage work about identity and social pressures in partnership with Asian Arts Initiative’s Young Artist Workshop (YAW).

CRY’s annual culminating showcase aims to uplift intergenerational community learning and celebrate youth perspectives on teen mental health. Through artwork, storytelling, and critical dialogue, CRY encourages the public to respond to injustices in teen mental health care. The event will also celebrate CRY’s graduating cohort, who have dedicated two years to exploring mental health, artmaking, design, and political education. These teens highlight important opportunities for intergenerational community dialogue about mental health care, identity, and chances for collaborative action to improve health outcomes for them and their peers.

Great news!

The deadline to apply for the Emerging Leader opportunity with Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project has been extended to June 9th.

Apply today to expand the Healing Futures Restorative Justice Diversion Program in Philadelphia’s youth justice system:https://stoneleighfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/YASP-2023-25-Emerging-Leader-Fellowship-Description.pdf

June 9th is the deadline to apply for the Emerging Leader Fellowship opportunity with the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia!

Apply today to organize multigenerational community outreach and programming that addresses the trauma created by gun violence and racism in the neighborhoods where the city’s Cambodians and other Asian residents live:https://stoneleighfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CAGP-2023-25-Emerging-Leader-Fellowship-Description.pdf

Before you leave for the Thanksgiving Holiday, be sure to check out the Stoneleigh Foundation's 2023-2025 Emerging Leader Fellowship application to see if this opportunity is a good fit for your organization! Submissions are due by January 13.

Five Reasons to Host An Emerging Leader Fellow; Virtual Convening on 12/6