A serious crime creates harm that can last for generations. A long prison sentence can also last for generations. The hard question is what justice should do when both things are true. Today’s WarCry For Our Children conversation with Jose Hamza Saldaña, Director of the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, known as RAPP, brings that question into focus. Saldaña spent 38 years incarcerated in New York State. He was denied parole four times. While inside, he earned a colleg

Trust cannot be demanded at a precinct door. It has to be earned on the block, in the hallway, at the youth center, after a 911 call, and during the quiet months before violence breaks out. That is the hard question raised by Episode 9 of Voices of Change: WarCry NYC, featuring Ronald E. Hampton. Hampton is a retired Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department veteran, former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association, and a longtime advocate for communit

Poetry holds a unique power to heal, connect, and transform. It offers a voice to those who have been silenced, a mirror for identity, and a bridge to community. Inspired by the conversation with poet and cultural voice RuNett Nia Ebo on Voices of Change: WarCry NYC, this post explores how poetry and creative expression serve as tools for healing trauma, building confidence, preserving culture, and strengthening emotional well-being. RuNett Nia Ebo’s poem, Lord, Why Did You