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Justice Involved Women: Ten important truths

  • Justice Involved Women
  • May 18, 2012
There are ten truths that matter when working with and understanding women in the justice system according to the gleaned research over the last...
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Morpheus Youth Project

  • Morpheus Youth Project
  • May 18, 2012
On Saturday 26th of May at 9pm there will be a benefit for incarcerated youth 19 SW 2ndAve. Portland, Oregon. A Potland State criminal justice...
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War on Women: Sexual Abuse at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

  • Sexual Abuse at Coffee Creek Correctional
  • May 1, 2012
On April 29th the Sunday Oregonian,(a local Portland, Oregon) newspaper's title read "Playground for Predators" which detailed how...
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The Other War on Women

  • The Other War on Women
  • April 27, 2012
There has been alot written about the war on women, losing rights, contraception, abortion, etc. but there is another war on women happening in the...
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The Women Addict in Prison

  • Addicted Women in Prison
  • April 12, 2012
So here you are. A woman with children facing enormous difficulties. For various reasons you find yourself addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. You...
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Fukushima anniversary spurs cancer debate

One year after a disastrous earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan and led to the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns, the lasting public health effects are...
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Portland's Drug Impact Area (Part Two)

  • Drug Impact Area part two
  • March 2, 2012
Mayor Sam Adams in his State of the City (Portland, Oregon) report said, "Portland the Place is flourishing. Portland the People are not. That...
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Portland's Drug Impact Zone

  • Drug Impact Area
  • February 29, 2012
In 2006 Portland's Drug Free Zone (DFZ) was born and proved to be a disaster. It targeted mostly African Americans (50%) and was found to be...
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Renaming, Reframing, and Playing with Dangerous Shadows

  • shadow of addiction
  • February 13, 2012
Here we go again. Another celebrity down behind possible addiction overload. According to a recent bit of information from the AMA (American...
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Poverty's Ripple Effect

When I was broadcasting for KBOO.FM, a local (Portland, Oregon) community radio, I got an opportunity to get a deeper understanding of people who...
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