Impact of a Murder: Addressing Police Brutality
It took eight minutes and forty-five seconds for a white Minneapolis police officer to suffocate George Floyd, but the impact of his tragic death will endure much longer. In the words of Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, “Daddy changed the world.” A bystander’s
Transforming Lives: Roca Breaks Patterns of Crime and Incarceration for High-Risk Youth
At the June 13 opening of the Roca Center in Lynn, Massachusetts – amid a crowd of police and state officials – Chris Mullins, 24, addressed the impact of Roca on his life. Roca (Spanish for “rock”) is a non-profit organization
American Protest Music Rises Again
Protest songs are nothing new. Music has always functioned as a way to express that which could not be said. The function and format of politically-charged music might be constantly changing but its power to connect and communicate has always