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“We know that children that actually touched debris were more impacted. I’ve learned this from my disaster work. A lot of people assume children are resilient, and ‘Oh, they’re going to bounce back, they’ll be fine.’ Unless we give them attention and speak with them, they don’t bounce back. They’re not as resilient as we think.”

Repairing the invisible damage from Tropical Storm Ida Patricia Findley, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Social Work, and Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives in NJ Spotlight News

“Microaggressions are the slights that people in marginalized groups experience. There are two types of microaggression: overt and covert. Overt, or microassault, is a direct attack and a racist comment, such as telling an immigrant to ‘go back to where you came from.’ Covert is an unintentional comment that really is an insult, such as ‘you speak so well for an immigrant.’ The underlying message is that ‘you don’t belong.’”

‘So articulate for a Black person’: How microaggressions are more than just slights Assistant Professor and Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention & Intervention Maxine Davis in northjersey.com

“What do bodega workers need protection from? Convenience store workers, including bodega workers, experience high rates of workplace homicide. To put it into perspective, they are killed nearly at the rate that police are killed in the line of duty. Bodega workers are frequently victims of assault or witnesses of violence. Opening late and working alone makes them a perfect target for robbery.”

The Beloved, But Vulnerable, Bodega Worker (op-ed) Assistant Teaching Professor, Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Newark Campus Coordinator Charles Chear in Next City

“I had access to compassionate care, but there are many stories of people who have to call multiple clinics, repeat their story over, have to travel — all while every kick of their fetus is a reminder this baby is not going to survive.”

Doctors seek to educate people on later abortions in post-Roe era Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice & Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Erica Goldblatt Hyatt in New Jersey Monitor