Resources

• The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice

  • The Mayor's Office to Prevent Gun Violence

• The Credible Messenger Justice Center was established in 2017

• The city’s Young Men’s Initiative paved the way to hire Credible Messengers by increasing programming for young men that are justice involved.

  • New York City's Young Men's Initiative status report - Urban Institute

• The Sanctuary Model for Trauma-informed care

• Arches Transformative Mentoring Program evaluation - Urban Institute

• Youth Advocates Program (YAP) model evaluation brief

• The role of ordinary citizens played in the great crime reduction

• Center for New York City Affairs – Urban Matters Blog

  • ‘I Take My Story and Use It to Help Others Change Their Lives’ by Urban Matters

  • Life Lessons: The Difference Credible Messengers Make by Elizabeth Walker

  • Raise the Age: Turning a Reform Law Into a Reality by Elizabeth Powers

  • From Mean Streets to Meaningful Mentoring: Becoming a Credible Messenger by Brandon Overby

  • Help Wanted: Nonprofits Hiring Young Adults with Criminal Histories in Supportive Work Environments by Julie Peterson

• The New School News

  • Institute for Transformative Mentoring Helps Credible Messengers Help Vulnerable Youth

  • CNYCA Institute Awarded More than $1 Million from The Pinkerton Foundation to Advance Transformative Mentoring and Violence Interruption in NYC

  • Center for New York City Affairs Launches Institute for Transformative Mentoring

• Solitary Confinement

  • 6x9: A Virtual Experience of Solitary Confinement l The Guardian

  • 15 Day; End the Torture of Solitary Confinement

  • Doing Time in Solitary Is Unimaginably Hard. Getting Out Might Be Harder. l Slate.com

• Unlock Our Kids Mobile Experience

• What’s the Status of Raise the Age and is it What Reformers Intended? l Audio Recording of December 2018 Event