June is Pride Month

June is PRIDE month. This is relevant to our work with the foster care population because, according to the Human Rights Campaign, 1 out of every 3 youth in foster care identifies as LGBTQIA+.  While they enter the foster care system for the same reasons as non...

New CASA Video for Parents

This video presentation helps the viewer to better understand and evaluate relationships as it pertains to domestic abuse and violence. As we continue to raise needed awareness of domestic violence in our communities, Joelle Piercy from Safe + Sound Somerset, walked...

Responding to Digital Bias

NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training. The findings and strategies that follow are from the Brookings Institution study, “Bystander Intervention on Social Media”...

Responding to “Everyday” Bias

NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training. THINK FIRST QUESTIONS: The first step in bystander intervention in response to implicit or “everyday” bias is to take a...

Responding to Explicit Bias

NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training. 1. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL BIAS INTERVENTION: In “The Prejudice Habit-Breaking Intervention”...