"But what happens to the children who never got to be a child?" is a powerful question our Policy Manager, Ashley Hill Hamilton asks in her piece for this month's antigravitymag. ⁠ ⁠ In Louisiana, it appears the answer is punishment, criminalization, and incarceration. ⁠ ⁠ For Black children across the country, and especially Black children in New Orleans, genuine opportunity to be a child is stripped away. Orleans Parish School System has reported that 60% of their students have PTSD, and in Louisiana as a whole, our Black youth are six times more likely to be incarcerated than white youth. ⁠ ⁠ Part of being a child is having the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and be granted the ability to learn and move forward. #JusticeIs allowing children to be children and not denying them the ability to thrive because of developmentally normal behavior. ⁠ ⁠ There are two weeks left in #YouthJusticeActionMonth and we encourage you to share this piece with your networks and truly think abo...