Fourteen Years After Jessi’s Death: The Question the Courts Never Were Allowed…

Always remembered, always honored, always loved On July 20, 2012, twelve people, including our daughter, Jessi...

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Pride Holds Joy and Grief in the Same Hands

Pride Holds Joy and Grief in the Same Hands Pride Month is a celebration of identity,...

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May is National Mental Health Awareness Month

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month so it’s a great time to speak honestly about...

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March Remembrance

We honor and remember the lives lost, those injured, and all who have been forever changed...

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A Moment for Mindfulness

Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment,...

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January doesn’t have to be a sprint

January. We are told that we need to run at full speed as soon as January...

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Protecting Families from Gun Violence: The Overlooked Toll on Children, Teens, and…

When reports say a child died from a ‘firearm assault,’ it means something horrific — that...

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EMDR gains traction treating gun violence survivors

Over the past quarter-century, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has become proven as an effective...

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My healing journey advances with Survivors Empowered Retreats

‘In three decades working with numerous state and national gun violence prevention groups, only Survivors Empowered...

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Japanese art of kintsugi proves powerful metaphor for Sandy and Lonnie Phillips…

‘Broken & Beautiful’ by Wavecrest Films featured at LA film festival “Broken & Beautiful,” a new...

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2 Hands Making a Heart Shape

Amid mindless violence, mindfulness provides life preserver

Mindfulness is a puzzle. You don’t fit together all the pieces at once. It takes time...

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Lessons Learned over a Dozen Years

Much has been learned from supporting individual gun violence survivors in many places over many years....

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