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October 23, 2018
‘They Immediately See Gangs’: From El Salvador To Boston, Helping Young People Shake Stigma And Feel Safe
President Trump has referred to members of the MS-13 gang as “animals” Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the gang is infiltrating the U.S., calling unaccompanied…
From: WBUR
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October 18, 2018
He helps steer young men away from trouble with ‘love, time’
“This work is not 9 to 5,” says Tha Thai, a 41 year old who came to America with his family as a refugee from Cambodia in 1984. Today, he is the assistant director at Roca…
From: Dorchester Reporter
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October 15, 2018
Hundreds Join Roca for Its 30th Anniversary Celebration Party
An outpouring of community love, relentlessness and transformation echoed around Park Street Wednesday as the region’s leaders joined hundreds of young…
From: Chelsea Record
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July 29, 2018
Anti-Violence Nonprofit Roca Opens Holyoke Office
An organization committed to keeping young men out of the poverty-to-prison pipeline is expanding its presence in western Massachusetts. Roca has opened…
From: WAMC
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July 24, 2018
Roca celebrates opening its doors in Holyoke for young men having trouble with the law
An organization aimed at keeping young people off the path to incarceration celebrated their opening in Holyoke Tuesday night. Edward De La Cruz, a…
From: WWLP 22News
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July 10, 2018
Helping young men ‘going to jail or … going to die’: Grand opening planned for Roca’s Holyoke office
Roca, an organization committed to helping high-risk individuals, will hold a grand opening for its 384 High St., location July 24. The Holyoke agency works with male…
From: MassLive
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July 10, 2018
Roca is Baltimore’s newest effort to reduce crime among children, young adults
Around that same time, Molly Baldwin was back and forth from Massachusetts to Maryland – on a mission to bring a program she says could’ve saved Dawnta and those…
From: WMAR Baltimore
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July 5, 2018
Roca Brings Antiviolence Campaign to Baltimore
A new team decked out in purple shirts hit the streets of Baltimore this week in pursuit of some of the most troubled and potentially dangerous young men in the…
From: The Crime Report
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July 4, 2018
Nonprofit Roca begins relentless pursuit of Baltimore’s most dangerous young men — to change them
A new team decked out in purple shirts hit the streets of East and West Baltimore this week, in pursuit of some of the most troubled and potentially dangerous young…
From: The Baltimore Sun
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June 15, 2018
Using Psychology-Informed Strategies to Promote Self-Sufficiency: A Review of Innovative Programs
Workforce development and human services program providers and policymakers are continually looking for new strategies to promote employment…
From: OPRE
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June 8, 2018
Roca Boston’s Tha Thai Named to “Strong Leaders” by the Lewis Family Foundation
The Lewis Family Foundation, in collaboration with Pinnacle LTD, looks to deepen the work of non-profit leaders who are committed to impacting the lives of…
From: The Lewis Family Foundation
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May 25, 2018
Roca Celebrates 30th Anniversary at Annual Breakfast
Roca’s annual breakfast welcomed a packed house of local officials and supporters at the Intercontinental Hotel Monday morning, including former U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Jr.,…
From: The Chelsea Record
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May 23, 2018
How social entrepreneurs are tackling the criminal justice system
The United States houses 25 percent of the world’s prison population and, according to reports, spends $80 billion a year on incarceration. That means each American…
From: Thompson Reuters Foundation News
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May 21, 2018
TURNAROUND PROGRAM SEEN AS ANTIDOTE TO “ALWAYS KNOCKING” GANGS
Damion Johnson first got involved with a gang when he was 8 years old. By the time he was 13, he had an illegal gun of his own and would soon become a gunsmith for…
From: State House News Service
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May 15, 2018
MASS. POLS IMPRESSED AFTER STUDYING GERMAN JUSTICE SYSTEM
The day after state lawmakers unveiled a compromise criminal justice bill in late March, the architects of that reform package joined Massachusetts court and…
From: State House News Service
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April 28, 2018
Women Celebrating Women at Roca
Every country has a story about the strength of its women. That was the lesson learned by the 30 or so young mothers who attended Roca Chelsea’s International…
From: The Chelsea Record
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April 24, 2018
Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Young Adults, and Community Corrections: Pathways for Innovation
In this new report, co-authored by Molly Baldwin, Anisha Chablani-Medley, Luana Marques, Vincent Schiraldi, Sarah Valentine, and Yotam Zeira, the authors review a…
From: Harvard Kennedy School Executive Session on Community Corrections
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March 27, 2018
Relentless Roca
Roca marks its 30th anniversary helping steer young people away from dead-end lives and into productive ones with a Boston celebration. But that May 21 event would…
From: The Daily Item
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March 10, 2018
News from ROCA: Young Men Head to the Farm
If you want to change how you feel and think, try do something new and different – this is one of the core lessons from Roca’s cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)…
From: The Chelsea Record
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March 7, 2018
Combating Violence at the Grassroots
Pugh has also moved to bring the Boston-based Roca anti-violence program, which targets young people 17-24, who are most vulnerable to violence and crime…
From: AFRO
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March 6, 2018
Roca Disrupts the Cycle of Incarceration Through Mentoring
Founded in 1989, Roca is a non-profit organization that aims to disrupt the cycle of incarceration and poverty though a 24 month mentoring program. The Springfield…
From: WGBY
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February 28, 2018
How And When Will The Cycle Of Violence & Corruption In Baltimore End?
The mayor is launching the Roca program, targeting young men once considered unreachable, with intense efforts to get them to turn their lives around…
From: CBS Baltimore
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February 21, 2018
This Anti-Violence Program Has Been Proven to Cut Crime. Can It Work in Baltimore?
Cities know that a majority of crimes are committed by a small slice of the population. In fact, somewhere between half and three quarters of all killings and…
From: Governing Magazine
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January 12, 2018
Baltimore can do better. Here’s how.
A $6 million commitment from our business community to help implement the nationally recognized Roca program in Baltimore will strengthen our efforts to…
From: The Washington Post
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