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In The Spotlight
Rites of Passage as a Framework for Community Intervention with Youth

By David Blumenkrantz, PhD, and Marc Goldstein, PhD, in Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

Discover the 20 core components of a rites of passage process that could reshape the way we approach community and youth development.

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New & Noteworthy
March 2012
David Blumenkrantz, PhD, will join M. Kalani Souza, of the Olohana Foundation, as host & convener of conversations at the Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana (PRiMO) annual meeting in Hawaii, March 13-15.

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February 2012
After the latest horrific high school shooting in Chardon, Ohio the call rings out once again: Bullying should not be accepted as a youthful rite of passage! If bullying is not a youthful rite of passage, what is the appropriate community sanctioned rites of passage? That seems to be the question no one is asking.

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