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• You’re invited: “Love is an Orientation” Virtual Book Club

  May 18, 2009

  UPDATE, 5/20 I’m overwhelmed at the early response to the “Love is an Orientation Virtual Book Club” experiment. In 36 hours, more than 125 people have already joined! That’s a little larger than any book club I’ve ever participated in. On second thought, I’ve never actually been in a book club before, so that’s a bad [...]

• Chicago’s student murder epidemic, and a growing response to it

  May 15, 2009

  According to a recent CNN report, 36 children and teens have been murdered in Chicago so far this year — more than one a week — and local activists and faith leaders believe the slayings aren’t getting the attention they deserve. Had 36 kids died of swine flu this year, “there would be this great influx [...]

• Why loving young people is like city living

  May 13, 2009

  [Ed. note: UYWI Blogger Jeremy Del Rio was invited to contribute to the Youth Specialties Blog as well, and they requested a semi-biographical first post. Enjoy.] Greetings from Brooklyn. Not Brooklyn Lindsey, YS Blog contributor. Brooklyn, New York, the most populous borough in New York City. Birthplace of Jay-Z and the integration of Major League [...]