^{“My calling is to support those that systems have failed based on what side of the street their children end up on.”}

Go below the binary.

Ruth Rollins

Ruth Rollins is the Executive Director and Founder of We Are Better Together, an organization that connects and heals women and girls affected by homicide and incarceration to prevent the cycles of violence and victimization.

Ruth made us reflect on the binaries in our country’s systems. She talked about how families are served differently based on whether their loved one was harmed or caused harm. She showed us how to go beneath labels of right and wrong to the shared roots of trauma – and the opportunities for shared healing.

^{The project: We worked with the City of Boston’s Community Healing Response Network to co-create a new protocol for response to acts of community violence. Ruth’s organization is one of the neighborhood teams of the Network.}