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March 9, 2025
Pennsylvania’s last governor appointed a statewide child advocate. Then the pushback started.
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed has published an article covering the ongoing developments surrounding Pennsylvania’s Office of Advocacy and Reform as well as…
March 7, 2025
Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being
Our Youth Partners at Creative Resilient Youth were featured by Penn Today for collaborating with a Penn4C team to build an AI-supported platform designed to…
February 27, 2025
Womb-to-Prison Pipeline
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed continues her ongoing series on youth justice in Philadelphia with an article outlining the many factors underlying the…
February 26, 2025
PCGVR launches program connecting gun violence survivors with journalists
Emerging Leader Oronde McClain and the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting have just launched The Survivor Connection, a program to facilitate more empathetic, ethical…
February 11, 2025
True Narratives: Framing Pain, Punishment, and the Lethality of Termination of Parental…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sarah Katz and her colleague Corey Best have published an essay on family policing and the practice of terminating parental rights as structural…
February 6, 2025
Announcing Our 2025 Stoneleigh Alumni Grants
Many of Stoneleigh’s Fellows continue to pursue critical work to improve the lives of young people and their families in our communities long after their…
February 4, 2025
South Philadelphia Latine Im/migrant Youth Well-Being & Community Care Strategies
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Eduardo Burgos Quezada, Nationalities, Service Center, and his Voces Juveniles Para La Salud Mental colleagues have published a report reviewing their work…
January 28, 2025
Reform Rollback
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed has published the second part of her ongoing series covering the current state of youth justice in Philadelphia. …
January 23, 2025
Improving juvenile detention means fewer teens arrested, accountability for abusive staff |…
Stoneleigh Fellow Samantha Melamed and Stoneleigh Board Member Kevin Bethel were featured by The Philadelphia Inquirer for their efforts to improve the city’s youth justice…
January 22, 2025
City Council explores how Philadelphia is prepped to challenge changes implemented by…
Former Visiting Fellow Bob Listenbee was featured by WHYY for speaking about the potentially harmful impacts of new anti-immigration policies. Philadelphia City Council held a…
January 21, 2025
Teens say staff gave them cheesesteaks to assault other kids, and more…
Stoneleigh Fellow and Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Samantha Melamed has published an article further covering the state of youth justice in Philadelphia. An Inquirer investigation found…
January 14, 2025
Locked Up, Left Behind
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed has published a new piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the state of youth confinement in Philadelphia. One…
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