GrowingChange: Media Products as Therapy for Adjudicated Youth
- UNCP Author/Contributor (non-UNCP co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dr. Jason Hutchens, Adjunct Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP )
- Web Site: http://www.uncp.edu/academics/library
Abstract: GrowingChange is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the futures of teenage males in the juvenile justice system. The group is working to reclaim an abandoned prison in Wagram, North Carolina in order to convert it into a sustainable farm and agricultural center for the local community. If successful, GrowingChange hopes to institute a national model for converting closed prison sites into community centers across the country. Youth involved in the program undergo unique forms of therapy to reset their paths toward more promising futures. A core therapeutic component of GrowingChange is teaching youth in the program about ways to provide food and food-related products to impoverished populations in surrounding communities. As the fledgling organization grows, its founder, Noran Sanford, has discovered that promotional media endeavors provide additional therapeutic benefits for the adjudicated youth of GrowingChange.
GrowingChange: Media Products as Therapy for Adjudicated Youth
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Additional Information
- Publication
- National Youth-At-Risk Journal Vol. 1, Issue 2, p. 27-33
- Language: English
- Date: 2016
- Keywords
- media, therapy, prison, juvenile, justice