A lack of kindness changes lives.
Commenting on the recent doubling of Lane County youth suicides, suicide survivor Zak Gosa-Lewis told KEZI, “As a kid, I just didn’t feel like I could talk to anybody.”
The Eugene-based Choose Kindness Foundation surveyed a group of 50 young people of color with a history of trauma about how they would like to change their lives; 88.9% agreed with this statement: “I feel I need more close relationships with people who really care about me.”
Douglas Carnine is professor emeritus at the University of Oregon and president of the Choose Kindness Foundation.