An out-of-control vehicle breached the perimeter of the lot and crashed through the bedroom wall of a small house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It screeched to a stop just three feet from the sleeping boy’s bed. The event most likely occurred in the early

The Gun Show I walked into a sea of white males with a dappling of white women.  Guns, magazines, ammunition and maga hats galore lay out on the tables before me. As soon as I entered the warehouse where the gun show was held, a

The attitudes we convey are important in creating a more peaceful and accepting world. I believe most people have good intentions towards others. I want to carry this attitude forward as I live each day, meet new people and greet others. My neighbors’ attitudes towards

Hundreds and Thousands of people of all races have gathered to say, “Enough is Enough” and “Black Lives Matter.” They speak up, they protest, they challenge the status quo and they ask for change following George Floyd’s murder by a white police office. The change

In 2007, I participated in an International Trauma Studies Program co-sponsored by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization of Uganda. The focus of the program was on psychosocial and mental health interventions in countries affected by war, violence