Dad Creates Song For Men Feeling The Pain, Missing Their Kids
Steve Warshaw, a dad of two boys in Renton, channeled his feelings into lyrics and created a song. Please give to a listen.
Washington State
Posts about issues that apply to Washington state as a whole or issues that are within Washington but outside the Seattle area:
Beyond Risk: Building Positive Childhood Experiences for Boys and Young Men
Michelle Flores is a nonprofit program specialist with more than a decade of experience in education and mental health. She focuses on community-based prevention, cross-sector collaboration, and trauma-informed program design, bringing both systems-level thinking and clinical insight to her work in Washington State.
King County Court Ruled in 2019 Man’s Kidnapped Son Should Be Returned. Here Is Why The Boy Is Still In Korea
The FBI’s recent podcast about international parental kidnapping was inspired by the case of Jay Sung and his son Bryan. Bryan is a U.S. citizen who at age three was brought to South Korea by his mom for a vacation, and she has wrongfully kept him there ever since.
Seeking Partner Orgs for ‘Gone Guys’ Film Screening Event
Two organizations in Washington have hosted screenings of the timely and important documentary Gone Guys. Aiming to build on this momentum, Washington Initiative for Boys and Men is reaching out to civic leaders and community based organizations to help get more screenings planned.
Sex Addiction Therapy and Age-Gating Internet Porn | Richland Counselor Jeff Michaelis
Jeff Michaelis and his wife MaryAnn testified for a bill intended to require porn websites to verify that individuals accessing their site are 18 or older. Supporters and opponents of the proposal gave compelling testimonies. HB 2112 ultimately did not pass.
Men and Women Kill Intimate Partners at Rates Closer Than You Think, Says Ann Silvers
Washington-based counselor and author Ann Silvers says the mainstream belief that vastly more women than men are killed by an intimate partner — often cited as five or six times more — is based on a misinterpretation of a study from 2013.
Tiny Houses for the Homeless — Colleen Carmichael of New Horizon Communities
When Quixote Village opened in Olympia in 2013, it was the first tiny house village in Washington to provide permanent supportive housing to those overcoming homelessness. Since then, New Horizon Communities has opened two more villages in Orting and Shelton, creating housing capacity for a total of 95 people so far, two-thirds of whom are military veterans.