April Hernandez-Castillo is a committed and fierce activist in raising awareness about Intimate Partner and Teen dating violence. Your Voice, Your Choice is her candid first-person experience with Intimate Partner Violence. She opens up and shares her story in the hope of empowering others to speak up (or to leave) before it's too late. Your Voice, Your Choice goes back to the beginning and leads the reader through April's life, tells about her positive upbringing in a Puerto Rican household nestled in the heart of the Bronx, and emphasizes the reliability of that inner voice everyone has. As the reader learns what defined April's voice, they are also asked to dive deep into themselves and decide what it is that is defining their own. It's their choice.
"I was the one he trusted. I was the one he loved, the only one who believed him, even when his own mother had locked him up and thrown away the key. And now, I was going to pass down the white tiled hallway, knock on his doctor's office door, slam his secret notebook on her desk and make her read it, make her understand what he was hiding, make her see what only I had seen." April won't let Jonah go without a fight. He's her boyfriend—her best friend. She'll do anything to keep him safe. But as Jonah slips into a dark depression, trying to escape the traumatic past that haunts him, April is torn. To protect Jonah, she risks losing everything: family, friends, an opportunity to attend a prestigious music school. How much must she sacrifice? And will her voice be loud enough to drown out the dissenters—and the ones in his head?
Do you want to know how to face each day with the faith of David as he charged toward Goliath? Would you like to be bold, confident, and courageous like Daniel when he entered the lions den? Do you wish you were able to stand boldly before people as Paul stood before the counsel in Corinth? You will grow in your faith, stand with confidence, and watch the desires of your heart come to pass if you trust in God. It is your choice!
What is free speech and why is it so special? Your Voice is Your Superpower tells you why your voice matters and how you can use it and also why we must protect everyone’s right to free speech. Everyone loves superheroes. Who doesn't? They're super! Some of them can fly. Some are strong. Some can become invisible. And some wear capes. But the thing that really makes them super is that they help people and change the world. And guess what? You have a superpower inside you. Your VOICE is your superpower. And because of a thing called freedom of speech, with that voice, you can express yourself, you can help people, and you can change the world. Now, more than ever, teaching children the value of free speech is essential to raising smart, engaged citizens. Knowing the value of free speech allows children to courageously share what they think and believe, whether it’s with their family, friends, or their elected officials. Learning about the value of free speech also teaches children the importance of being good listeners, even if it means listening to points of view that differ from their own. In Your Voice is Your Superpower, father-daughter duo Jessica and Sandy Bohrer team up to teach children the importance of free speech and why it is essential for maintaining a functioning democracy. Your Voice is Your Superpower provides the perfect stepping-stone for parents looking to teach their children more about their First Amendment rights in an easy, appealing way. This fun, colorful book proves that the first step to raising engaged, courageous children–and in turn, raising a new generation of superheroes–starts at home. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists. "The First Amendment gives us superpowers! What a terrific way to help kids understand why they are free to say and write what they think. This engaging story is perfect for young readers and maybe a few parents, too." --Kathleen Carroll, Chair of the Board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
Compiling decades of fieldwork, two acclaimed scholars offer strategies for strengthening democracies by nurturing the voices of children and encouraging public awareness of their role as citizens. Voice, Choice, and Action is the fruit of the extraordinary personal and professional partnership of a psychiatrist and a neurobiologist whose research and social activism have informed each other for the last thirty years. Inspired by the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Felton Earls and Mary Carlson embarked on a series of international studies that would recognize the voice of children. In Romania they witnessed the consequences of infant institutionalization under the Ceaușescu regime. In Brazil they encountered street children who had banded together to advocate effectively for themselves. In Chicago Earls explored the origins of prosocial and antisocial behavior with teenagers. Children all over the world demonstrated an unappreciated but powerful interest in the common good. On the basis of these experiences, Earls and Carlson mounted a rigorous field study in Moshi, Tanzania, which demonstrated that young citizens could change attitudes about HIV/AIDS and mobilize their communities to confront the epidemic. The program, outlined in this book, promoted children’s communicative and reasoning capacities, guiding their growth as deliberative citizens. The program’s success in reducing stigma and promoting universal testing for HIV exceeded all expectations. Here in vivid detail are the science, ethics, and everyday practice of fostering young citizens eager to confront diverse health and social challenges. At a moment when adults regularly profess dismay about our capacity for effective action, Voice, Choice, and Action offers inspiration and tools for participatory democracy.
Decibella is a loud talker. A really loud talker. She’s so loud, she’s hurting ears, startling wait staff, disrupting classmates, and annoying moviegoers. She doesn’t realize different environments and situations sometimes demand a softer, quieter voice. That is until a caring teacher introduces her to the silly-sounding word “Slurpadoodle” and the five volumes of voice (Whisper, 6-inch, Table Talk, Strong Speaker, and Outside).
About the Book: This BOOK is for YOU…Whether you are an enthusiastic couple, a would-be parent, a single parent, a grandparent, a counsellor, a teacher, a trainer or one who deals with children around them all the time; this book will change your perspective towards children and open all the secrets to Conscious Parenting. Parenting Journeys begin with the idea of starting a family, pursuing the idea and bringing a child into your world or adopting, or even having a surrogacy to conceive and impregnate, followed by raising infants into toddlers, progressing into young kids and teenagers, finally sending them off on their way into the world. You remain in their lives as a friend and a guide forever. This book addresses all these stages of Parenting. Are you confused and always questioning your parenting techniques , Old school v/s the new? Are you trying to give the best of both worlds to your child? Do you wish to imbibe virtues and train the child in a pragmatic manner? And in the process are you burning out? Are you constantly trying to be the Best Parent, Best Coach, Best in Everything? And, is it working for you? Are you trying to raise your child in the present, from the rules of the past to live an independent life in the future? Is it time to enter into a communion with your child? This book equips you with practical tools to shift your mindset away from the traditional parent-to-child "know it all" approach and moves towards a mutual parent-with-child conscious relationship? It is never too late. You can begin at any age! The dynamic yet simple ideas and techniques in this book will assist you in achieving results with your child that you had always dreamt of/wished for. Using the tools herein, will inspire you and your child to create a lasting bond and thrive in this Special Relationship. These concepts form the core of the '7 Tools to Cool Conscious Parenting' workshop and 'Conscious Parenting Master Class', where you can interact with Meheck and receive pragmatic and result-oriented solutions to the roadblocks in your parenting journey. I hope this book contributes to your journey. Happy Parenting! About the Author: Meheck Mukherjee, an Author, Transformation Coach, Founder of AIKYA - The Oneness Program, Children and Relationships Counsellor. She has written two books on Conscious Parenting and a Coffee Table Book which is a compilation of Empowering Poetry and Travel Photography. She graduated as a Biomedical Engineer with a Honors Degree from the University of Mumbai. She excelled at school, college and university, be it the Arts, Literature, Sanskrit, Mathematics or Sciences as well as at Dance and the performing arts. Meheck has come a long way in the journey of her life from being a perfectionist, extremely logical and practical person to being pragmatic and a fully aware energy worker. She was born in an affluent business family with strong value systems and an orthodox mindset. As she carved her way from the conventional education and career path to a completely radical energetic one, she had one flame burning all along; her Passion. She gave up her decade long status as a Professor in Quantitative Statistics and Research at Business Schools to choose Counselling and transforming peoples’ lives. She has facilitated great transformations in single or divorced women, empowering them to pursue more choices and acknowledging themselves; teenagers and youngsters who had fallen prey to various addictions, alcohol, smoke, drugs or gaming and bringing the zest for real life back in them, bringing them abreast with more possibilities and multiple career options; special children - autistic, ADHD, ADD, OCD, being the catalyst in making their parents and them aware of their special potencies and facilitating them to create lives beyond what they could imagine; individuals who have given up on life and are depressed, motivating them and facilitating them to transform their personal, professional, mental and physical health. Meheck has one ask: To be able to touch numerous lives: Spread Consciousness in the world. This book is an attempt to work at the roots and empower the future generations and bring more consciousness on the planet.
Agent Savich teams up with new agent Sherlock in a case that brings back memories of the murder of Sherlock's sister in "The Maze," and the daughter of a murdered high-powered attorney hides in a town that has dangerous secrets in "The Cove."
