“To effectively help the community, you have to be a part of it, or you have to come from it. . . and so I took my educational background, my bachelor’s in
chemistry, my master's in health administration as well as my current doctorate in public health, to figure out exactly what our community needs—that's how I ended up here.” The community police department helps too. Erin explains that if the police encounter a troubled youth who hasn’t fallen too far, they will recommend PCP. “Our program is definitely beneficial, it's needed, and it’s changed lives.” One young man had a Thinking for a Change session about apologizing: “Many kids nowadays don't know how to effectively apologize. After our session, he actually went back to the person that he’d offended and apologized. It’s small things like that that bring on a bigger scale of what we do. If we can help one, then we've helped millions because they'll share.” Lastly, Erin sends a big shout-out to Tadji Aten. “We are a dynamic duo, and I'd be remiss not to mention her and her hard work.”
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