June 20, 2016
PBS News Hour June 20, 2016 By Joshua Barajas Fernandez. Guerrero. Martinez. As the names of the victims in the Orlando shooting were announced, it quickly became clear that the traumatic event had disproportionately affected the city’s Latino community. Nearly all 49 victims killed at the Pulse gay nightclub, were …
June 2, 2016
Los Angeles Times June 2, 2016 By Patrick McGreevy The same day as a fatal shooting at UCLA , the state Assembly on Wednesday approved a package of gun control bills including an expansion of the state’s gun restraining order law allowing courts to take firearms away from people judged to …
March 23, 2016
Building a Mental Health Movement We often go into movements because of [our own] trauma. Most people don’t just wake up one day and say, “Oh, I just want to change the world.” There’s something that pulls us in.— Haydée Cuza, PEERS Effective grassroots movements need more than just passion …
March 22, 2016
“We often go into movements because of [our own] trauma. Most people don’t just wake up one day and say, ‘Oh, I just want to change the world.’ There’s something that pulls us in.” – Haydée Cuza, PEERS Haydée Cuza is the executive director of Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery …
March 7, 2016
This is about environmental justice, racial justice, the criminal system, gender justice, sexual justice, class justice, health justice, and food justice. We would be a healthier society, both physically and mentally, if we focused on the caregiving of our society. – Haydée Cuza Haydée Cuza is the executive director of …