David Card is a professor of economics in the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California at Berkeley. He and a colleague, Alan B. Krueger, did research on the impact of an increase in the minimum wage in New Jersey on fast-food restaurants. They found that a small increase in the minimum wage did […]

Read a June 15, 2013 Patheos article by Terry Firma about a school teacher’s domestic violence encounter and how it effected her livelihood and job.

The Point Foundation grants scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Contact Eugene Patron, director of marketing and communications.

California Church IMPACT is the legislative advocacy arm of the California Council of Churches, which supported a state bill that it says would make sentencing for youths fairer. Email through the website.

Kimo Uila is director of juvenile justice services for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco. He has a background in faith-based juvenile justice advocacy in that city.

Javier Stauring is director of Faith Communities for Families and Children, which held a Juvenile Justice Week of Faith in Februrary 2010 with events across California.

Greg Kepferle is CEO of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, Calif. He has testified before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives about maintaining and increasing funding for juvenile justice programs.

Dennis Gibbs is director of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles’ Prism ministry, which focuses on “restorative justice” for the incarcerated, including juveniles.

The Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. The institute works toward inclusion and equality for LGBT people. Contact director Joel L. Kushner.