ChrisAnna Mink is a pediatrician and 2015 graduate of the masters in specialized journalism program at USC Annenberg School. Most of her career has been sepent in vaccine research, government (including the FDA Office of Vaccines), or caring for the underserved. She has worked at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for more than a decade and from 2006 - 2014, she was the Medical Director of the Kids in the Dependency (KIDS) foster care clinic.
“I don’t feel like there is enough coverage of just how big and pervasive the child welfare system is,” said Hager.
“The pandemic changed me," said Johnson. "It showed me that having no data can be just as harmful as doing data for data’s sake.”
Early chilhdood researcher Angela Narayan believes that positive life experiences should play a much larger role when thinking about adversity and potential interventions to address early traumas.
Chuco’s Justice Center is a place for second chances for young people of color who have a history of involvement in the juvenile justice system, many of them previously expelled from school.
A journalist and pediatrician gains a new appreciation for the complicated and difficult choices facing California mothers entangled in violent relationships.
Jovenes, Inc. in Boyle Heights is helping young adults break the cycle of homelessness. But as health providers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles shared, the health challenges go well beyond housing.
California’s ‘failure to protect’ law allows child welfare agencies to take kids from households scarred by domestic violence. Advocates say the separation can worsen a family’s trauma.
California's “failure to protect” laws aim get kids out of dangerous situations. But such policies can overlook the difficult choices mothers must make to find safety when facing violence.
Two domestic violence advocates explain why "transformative justice" offers an urgently needed alternative.
