Juvenile crime overall has declined. But to change the course of the young people caught up in gun violence -- either as victims or perpetrators -- Thrive Academy surrounds them with support -- life coaches who help them figure things out. We talk with Pastor Ebony Harvin and Bilal Rahman, two life coaches for Thrive, and with Secretary Vincent Schiraldi, the head of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. 

Links: Thrive Academy, We Our Us, Thrive Academy Life Coach application.

Juvenile crime overall has declined. But to change the course of the young people caught up in gun violence -- either as victims or perpetrators -- Thrive Academy surrounds them with support -- life coaches who help them figure things out. We talk with Pastor Ebony Harvin and Bilal Rahman, two life coaches for Thrive, and with Secretary Vincent Schiraldi, the head of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. 
Links: <a href="https://djs.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx">Thrive Academy</a>, <a href="https://weourusmovement.org/">We Our Us</a>, Thrive Academy <a href="https://djs.maryland.gov/Documents/publications/Application-The-Thrive-Academy_2023.pdf">Life Coach application.</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org" target="_blank">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

DJS's Thrive Academy lifts youth up and out of the juvenile justice system

New research from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science suggests that songbirds of different feathers flock together during their migrations… and there’s a lot to learn about these multi-species relationships.

For insight, we’re joined by migratory ecologist Joely Desimone, an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Appalachian Laboratory.

Link:
Migratory bird species found to be socially oriented | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

New research from the <a href="https://www.umces.edu/">University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science</a> suggests that songbirds of different feathers flock together during their migrations… and there’s a lot to learn about these multi-species relationships.
For insight, we’re joined by migratory ecologist <a href="https://www.umces.edu/joely-desimone">Joely Desimone</a>, an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s <a href="https://www.umces.edu/al">Appalachian Laboratory</a>.
Link: <a href="https://www.umces.edu/content/migratory-bird-species-found-to-be-socially-oriented">Migratory bird species found to be socially oriented | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science</a>

Social or solitary? The secret lives of migratory songbirds

Here’s a Stoop Story from Kelly Harris about a memorable trip to Greece.

On September 21st and 22nd, the Stoop Storytelling Series will share tales on the theme, “Keepers of Culture: Stories about people who inspire and enlighten,” at the Maryland Folk Festival. 

And on September 27th, the Green Room in Baltimore will host an evening dedicated to the theme: “Neighbors: Stories of Friends, Foes, and the Fences In Between.”

Check out the Stoop podcast.

Here’s a <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/">Stoop Story</a> from Kelly Harris about a memorable trip to Greece.
On September 21st and 22nd, the Stoop Storytelling Series will share tales on the theme, “<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/keepers-of-culture-stories-about-people-who-inspire-and-enlighten/">Keepers of Culture: Stories about people who inspire and enlighten</a>,” at the Maryland Folk Festival. 
And on September 27th, the Green Room in Baltimore will host an evening dedicated to the theme: “<a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/event/neighbors-stories-of-parking-wars-block-parties-and-glass-houses/">Neighbors: Stories of Friends, Foes, and the Fences In Between</a>.”
Check out the <a href="https://stoopstorytelling.com/podcasts/">Stoop podcast</a>.

Stories from the Stoop: Baring it at the beach

Three times as many people are dying from opioids as a decade ago. Baltimore City sued on behalf of those lives lost, and to combat overdose deaths in the future: The city has won more than $242 million dollars in restitution so far.

We ask Interim Deputy Mayor J.D. Merrill, and Sara Whaley, Program Director of the Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, how it will be spent.

Links: Baltimore City Opioid Restitution Fund, Overview of Mayor Brandon Scott's executive order, Restitution Advisory Board Application, Comments or Questions, 988 substance abuse help.

Three times as many people are dying from opioids as a decade ago. Baltimore City sued on behalf of those lives lost, and to combat overdose deaths in the future: The city has won more than $242 million dollars in restitution so far.
We ask Interim Deputy Mayor J.D. Merrill, and Sara Whaley, Program Director of the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.org/public-health/combating-the-overdose-epidemic/">Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative</a> at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, how it will be spent.
Links: Baltimore City <a href="https://health.baltimorecity.gov/substance-use/opioid-restitution-fund">Opioid Restitution Fund</a>, Overview of Mayor Brandon Scott's <a href="https://health.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/BRIEFING%20-%20Executive%20Order%20Opioid%20Settlement%20Funds%208.29.24%20Slide%20Deck_0.pdf">executive order</a>, Restitution Advisory Board <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JrEsMa7Gwk-ADTGOZ5zmxynKEa55oxlLtDhUisFKbFlUQVNLQVowVzQzMFVTNFpIVEJZTzVVN1hJMC4u">Application</a>, <a href="mailto:overdoseresponse@baltimorecity.gov">Comments or Questions</a>, <a href="https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/health/health-services/substance-use">988 substance abuse help</a>.

DJS's Thrive Academy lifts youth up and out of the juvenile justice system

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