June Staff Recommendations

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Staff Recommendation #1: Foster Care’s Invisible Youth Foster Care’s Invisible Youth features the stories of former foster LGBTQ+ children and their journey through the child welfare system. Youth who identify…

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May Staff Recommendations

Michelle Obama: This is What Scares Me Most in Today’s America! On the On Purpose podcast hosted by Jay Shetty, Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, share their story—reflecting…

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March Staff Recommendations

Investigating America’s Overwhelmed Child Welfare System–and Those Working to Change It According to Stand Together, 75% of cases in the child welfare system stem from accusations of neglect—most of which…

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Turning Points: Navigating Mental Health Podcast – Exploring Cultural Differences in Mental Health  Navigating mental health can be challenging. Understanding how culture shapes health journeys is pivotal in overcoming mental…

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January 2025 CASA Chronicle, Vol 4 Issue 3

In this edition of the CASA Chronicle, we say goodbye to staff, spotlight a long-serving CASA advocate, focus on a recent success story, and share some recommendations from staff and…

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Staff Recommendations Into the Fire Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter is a two-part documentary series that follows Cathy Terkanian’s relentless pursuit to uncover the mystery behind the missing person…

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Their grandmothers were comfort women in WWII. This is how it changed their lives The Post Standard published a piece detailing the dark history of “comfort women,” women and girls…

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September 2024 Staff Recommendations

If You See Them Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America In her memoir, author Vicki Sokolik shares firsthand her experience encountering unhoused youth. The book begins with Sokolik offering aid…

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August 2024 Staff Recommendations

Tell Them You Love Me Tell Them You Love Me is a true-crime documentary involving former philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield and Derick Johnson, a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy. Stubblefield…

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June 2024 Staff Recommendations

My Grandmother’s Hands: Radicalized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies  Recommended by Lindsay, this book shines a light on the impact of psychological trauma on the…

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